At the Final Four

Here we are ... finally.  Yesterday was a complete mess trying to get out to Detroit.  Dan, Rich, and I woke up at five in the morning to drive to Bradley Int'l.  Our flight was delayed, but we still managed to fly out from Hartford to Philly.  Once in Philly, our flight to Detroit got canceled and so did basically every other flight out there that was not full ... why?  Due to a little mist.  Every possible way to get to Detroit was either full or canceled - even if we tried to connect to a flight in a different city.

So we finally got a flight to Cleveland (without the help of the Philadelphia Airport staff) and ended up driving from there to Detroit with a few other stranded people headed in the same direction.  Two and a half hours in a car later and we reached the Detroit Airport.  At the airport we waited for at least an hour for Rich's bags, which ended up not arriving.  We then went to catch the shuttle to the hotel and were informed that it had just left about a minute before we got there.  This day was not going well.  Forty-five minutes later the shuttle takes us on a half hour ride to the hotel.  Starving and exhausted we sat at the crowded hotel restaurant (while the cougar waitress was hitting on Rich relentlessly) until we got enough nourishment to go off and hit the hay.

In summary we were supposed to be in Detroit by 1 pm and did not get there until 9 pm.  Great day.

Today, however, has been quite a different story.  The sun is shining, Ford Field looks great, we're well rested, and things are looking up.  

This area is pretty awesome.  Police blocked off the roads so that we can walk anywhere.  There are tons of fans, though obviously they are mainly Michigan State supporters.  Even the bar designated for Huskies fans was full of green instead of Husky Blue.  UConn fans are minimal in numbers, but the student section was still enthusiastic (or maybe just drunk).  Rich got hit on by another cougar when he asked how to get to the Hockeytown Bar and she said it was in her bedroom.  Overall, however, we got some great footage of screaming Huskies Fans, UNC Fans, and Michigan State Fans, though the Villanova fans seemed to be absent.  

So here we are a little less than an hour and a half before game time, and most people are expecting UConn to take the win tonight.  We'll have more updates as the game gets rolling.