Growing up along Tobacco Road, I've always been a big college basketball fan.
Growing up just down the road from Charlotte, close enough to attend a Hornets game their inaugural season, I've been an NBA fan off and on.
But now that I'm all grown up, and hearing the groans coming from NBA fans of every team not named Golden State, it only serves to remind me why I'm such a big NFL fan.
I fondly remember the college hoops-like hysteria that enveloped the Hornets in their inaugural season nearly three decades ago, when North Carolinians divided come ACC Tournament time united and passionately cheered on Muggsy Bogues while hopelessly cheering for the likes of Dave Hoppen and Tim Kempton.