Lol. There was a degree to which I wanted to stay another night to watch it locally with my Purdue buddies, but I also wanted to get home.
Watching it in Indy would mean figuring out a new flight (possibly crazy cost) another hotel night (Indy was super expensive that weekend due to a Morgan Wallen concert plus the NIT), probably an insanely early flight to get home in time to spring the dog from boarding, a hell of a bar tab from a day of drinking, and having to fly Sunday hung over.
I'm too old for that. It's not like the F4 was at Lucas Oil and I could have gotten a ticket.
Besides, the big one is tomorrow.
This is a special case where all bets should be off! If you understandably can't be onsite in Glendale AZ, you were already in Indianapolis! Figure out another flight later. Along with the hotel. Worry about it all later including the added costs and drinking later. The dog boarders will understand.
Is sports trivial? Ultimately yes, sports is a trivial interest. Or more precisely, sports is comparatively trivial to faith, family, health, finances, and livelihoods. But does this triviality of sports mean that sports is meaningless? Certainly not! The individual can invest meaning into the trivial.
I've invested a lot of personal meaning into certain teams and should they advance to a championship round it
rewards the meaning invested into those teams. No matter how trivial sports might ultimately be.
For you to blow that off is downright
insulting to the years you've invested in your team!
The people who most know me know I'm skipping work, weddings, funerals, and graduations if my team(s) are in the championship game. And I've already expressed this once, flying from overseas without getting military leave approved in time to attend a BCS Championship.
If I couldn't go to the championship game (in Glendale AZ) you better believe I'd find an alumni group to go watch and celebrate with (and you were already in Indy!!!).
Speaking of Morgan Wallen, even he knows how to extend a stay:
https://twitter.com/MailOnline/status/1777297461532393783