trolling for attention

troll: (n) one who roams message boards and posts nothing but inflamatory, pointless posts in order to draw the ire of other participants.

my kansas jayhawks lost big time today to villanova 83-62. i'm over it.

i have recently gained a rather unhealthy addiction to the espn.com college b-ball message boards. i tend to start at the kansas board and move on to other top-ranked schools. most of the time i get far too into what is said. and i am always amazed by the idiots that post crap on other teams boards saying things like:

"your team sucks"
"my team rules"
"your team is overrated"
"no one can beat my team"
"your fans are idoits"

etc.

today, following kansas' embarrasing loss, the so-called 'trolls' desended on the kansas board. i am frustrated by the band-wagon fans of other schools feeling good about themselves that they have now let the world know that the jayhawks suck and don't deserve their #2 ranking.

maybe there is some truth to this, but kansas does not suck. however, there is no rationalizing with these people in these environments. all you can do is ignore them. i know it takes a big person to swoop by in relative anonimity and spout off a bunch of ignorant statements with no real merit to a group of complete strangers.

great job guys. wait 'til your teams suffer a loss and remember all that you said on this day. it will bite you in the ass.

you may have just cured my addiction.