So North Carolina's annihilation against Michigan St has come and gone... and I just cannot believe the amount of folks that some how found a spot on the Tar Heels bandwagon.

Look, I'm an ACC follower. Maryland is the team I watch and root for. Do they suck? Sorta. Are they that great? As long as they leave Vasquez with no support, not at all. But I'm a Terp fan, through and through.

All of that said, I tend to root for anyone in the ACC that's still in the tourney (outside of Duke, YUCK!), so even though I am an underdog lover and wanted to root for Michigan St, I knew that North Carolina would win.

From Saturday night until today, I keep seeing the following on Facebook updates and twitter lines:

"Go Tar Heels"

"I told y'all, no one can stop dem bois in babee blu" (this status is sooo wrong for so many reasons)

"Y'all already know... Tar Heels all day baby!"

Okay, so where were you people before the tourney started? Better yet, before the season started?? Why are you front running???

Let's be clear. Front running is becoming a "fan" of a team when they are either the fan favorite, in contention for a championship or a media darling. It's totally separate from rooting for a team that you don't care about during a game. To show you what I mean, I've taken the liberty of pointing out to you two examples of front running...


Where are their Heels colors, jerseys, hats, ANYTHING!!! *sigh*. Most folks choose a side for whatever reason, whether you are betting or just because you feel the need to choose. But when that game is over, you go right back to not caring. All of the jawing and smack talk after the fact doesn't even come to play, because that's not your team anyway.

See, where I'm from, you get laughed at for being a front runner. Why? Because it shows you like whose "in" right now. No one takes front runners seriously anyway. We laugh at you because we think you have no real working knowledge of the sport anyway. The minute there's a new hot team running the show, you want to be yapping again, talking about, "That's my squad!!"So we just look at you like

every time you start to talk. Man go sit down somewhere.


Honestly, who can trust a front runner? If they can jump on and off a squad, whose to say they would look out for you when you needed them?? Can you depend on a front runner to bail you out of jail after you just cussed out a cop, or lie for you when you needed to get out of the house to go hang with the homies??? They're too flip floppy. You could learn a lot about a person's personality if they are a front runner.

Bottom line: Being a front runner is wack! Find a team, and stick with them. For better or worse, through sickness and health. Having a true team to follow is like a marriage, with ups and downs. Having a front runner is like having an affair. It's a pain to maintain both, they want too much of your time and they almost always finds a way to bite you where the sun don't shine.

Sorry guys, but the Tar Heels bandwagon is full.