THE JIMMER

When I was a little boy my dad brain washed me to be a BYU fan. We had season tickets to football for years, until I started playing and we couldn't go. I remember getting Cosmos signature on my BYU cap. I remember James Dye was my football hero. I remember going to basketball games as well. I always had fun. I loved BYU. Then my neighbor played for the Utes basketball team when they went to the Final Four and I suddenly became a Ute fan. After he left the team I just became a neutral fan. I didn't care for either team really. If BYU was playing Utah then I would cheer for Utah just to make my dad mad.

Suddenly I decided I was going to go to BYU for school, something I never thought I would do. The first year I just casually went to school and kinda watched some games, but still was neutral. That all began to change as I went to a football game with girlfriend at the time, Bianca. It was way fun and I caught one of the football player pink sweat bands. Then it all started...
Jimmer stepped out on the court for his fourth and final season as a BYU Cougar. I knew who Jimmer was, and I knew that I didn't like him, because I heard he was super arrogant and cocky. Little did I know that the person I thought I didn't like would change everything.
At the beginning of the season I would watch the games on TV, because I was too cheap to buy tickets. Then I thought I would surprise Bianca by buying her tickets to a game for her birthday. By this time I had the Jimmer bug and was sharing it with anyone like a virus. My vocabulary quickly was embedded with Jimmer. This all blew up after Jimmer dominated San Diego State, the #4 team in the nation. I regret not going to that game, but I made up for it by borrowing tickets from friends for a few more games. By the end of the season Jimmer was more talked about than how much everyone dreaded finals.The best part of this whole Jimmermania, it that I talked my dad into taking me and my brother to Vegas for the MWC Championship. As a result of that, I stood there and screamed and cheered louder than ever as I witness history. I was there when Jimmer broke multiple records: Danny Ainge's all time scoring record, MWC Tournament high score, person bests and more. He scored 52 points. 3 Pointer after 3 Pointer the crowd went even more crazy. I couldn't even here myself think. It was the greatest game ever!!

Now the Jimmer era at BYU is over and we all wait to see what his future holds in the NBA. Many think he will be great, others think not. I hope that Jimmer will show everyone that he is a fighter and that if his weakness is defense, then his defense will soon be a strong point. He has what it takes and will do what it takes.

I can't wait to be able to tell my kids that I witnessed "The Jimmer"!!

PS Jimmer was 6 time POY and broke multiple records!!