Alright, let’s talk about that Nicholls vs Gonzaga situation. I remember deciding I wanted to catch that game when it was happening.
My thinking was pretty simple: Gonzaga’s always ranked high, usually a powerhouse, especially come tournament time. But sometimes, those smaller schools, like Nicholls, they bring a different energy. You never know, right? Could be an interesting matchup, maybe even an upset brewing. So, I figured, why not give it a watch?
So, the day came, and I got ready to settle in. First step, find the game. Turned on the TV, started flipping through the usual sports channels. Went up, went down. Nope, not on the regular cable lineup I had easy access to. Okay, plan B.
Fired up the smart TV interface. Started digging through the different streaming apps. Which one had the rights? ESPN? TNT? Some conference network thing? Took me a bit, clicking around, logging into a couple of accounts I barely use. Felt like I was doing detective work just to watch some basketball.
Finally located it. Think it was on one of those secondary streaming channels you get bundled. Hit play. And then… buffering. Of course. Right when I wanted to watch, the internet decided to crawl. Picture got all blocky, then froze. Sound was choppy.
Typical stuff, really. Got up, went to the router. Did the whole unplug-wait-plug-back-in dance. Waited for the lights to come back on. Went back to the TV. Logged back into the app again, because of course it logged me out.
By the time I got a semi-stable stream going, I’d missed a chunk of the first half. The game itself? Well, from the bits I saw between glitches and interruptions, Gonzaga was pretty much handling business. Nicholls played hard, you could see the effort, but the talent gap looked pretty clear.
- Got the stream working… mostly.
- Missed the start thanks to tech issues.
- Tried to follow the action.
It wasn’t exactly the thrilling, edge-of-your-seat experience I’d maybe hoped for when I first decided to watch. Plus, the kids needed something, the dog decided it was a good time to bark at a squirrel outside the window… you know how it is. Hard to really lock in.
What I ended up doing
I basically ended up watching bits and pieces. Saw some plays, checked the score crawl periodically. It wasn’t the focused game-watching session I planned. It was more like… background noise while dealing with other stuff.
So, my whole experience with the Nicholls vs Gonzaga game was less about the basketball and more about the struggle to actually watch it. A reminder that sometimes the simplest things, like watching a game, turn into a whole little project. That’s just the way it goes sometimes, I guess.
