I would like to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving!
I am thankful for having the privilege for being a Syracuse basketball fan, and for all the high and low moments every year. There is joy in watching the team grow and develop each year.
I am thankful to have had the privilege to see Syracuse win a National Championship in 2003, and to see Hakim Warrick fly out of no where for one of the greatest game winning blocks ever. I am thankful to have been able to watch the team win a dramatic 6 overtime game against UConn in the 2009 Big East Tournament, with players on both teams playing their hearts out.
I am thankful to have been able to attend the Syracuse / Boston College game with my dad on January 21, 1984, and watch a dynamic freshman Pearl Washington sink a half court shot to beat Boston College.
I am thankful for having been able to go to the Syracuse / Georgetown game in 1990 with my good friend Vady, and watch the Orangemen storm back from a big half time deficit to beat the Hoyas in overtime 89-87. That may have been the loudest game I have ever attended at the dome.
I am thankful to have watched the 1996 Championship game with John Wallace carrying the Orangemen in the post season. The Orangemen lost the game, but I was able to view it with my 3 month old son sitting on my lap.
I am thankful for having a wonderful family and having the time to share with them. I am thankful that I have a home to live in, and always have food on the table. That I have friends to share the good times with, and those to support me in the bad times. I am thankful the bad times are so far and few. I am thankful to have the lord in my life to provide me with inspiration each and every day.
Thanks thanks to all the Syracuse fans out there.
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