It took me a long time to figure out what to write about this one.

If you saw my post on the message boards late Saturday night, then you know that I didn’t attend this one in person. I was in Northern Virginia at the state cross country meet, where I saw my ninth-grader run. The Radford High School boys — much like the Hokies — lost by an excruciatingly close margin, finishing second to Galax, 79-77. If you know cross country, you know that’s a razor-thin margin, and the what-ifs are endless. A few seconds here or there in 17-19 minutes of running makes the difference.

I followed the Maryland game on Twitter, not super-close, but enough to get the gist. Things looked good, then they looked bad, then they were tied … and I was able to listen to the last eight minutes and overtime in the car.

Afterwards, I was really bothered by this one. Very disappointed. I didn’t want to watch the game. Didn’t want to break it down. Didn’t want to take notes and analyze. Didn’t want to write about it.

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