PTI makes a mid-major's day

This is one of those times, when you post a picture and hope that everyone sees what you are seeing. Unfortunately, the few people who will see this and who don't know me will not be so quick on the draw, so let me explain.

I very clearly recall when a little known sports show popped up on ESPN called PTI, Pardon the Interruption. Instantly, my friend Chris and I became devout followers of the whimsical Tony Kornheiser, and the sometimes funny, and always better-dressed Michael Wilbon. We would meet on the mall between our dorm rooms for dinner and spend most of our conversation discussing the ramblings of Wilbon, or Tony's get ups.

I love everything about this show (okay, maybe stat boy is the one exception... can we retire the intern already? He's got his own pathetic show to run!) The way the ticker not only shows you what is coming up in the conversation, but also keeps the back and forth to a time limit is genius... especially in these days of TiVos and DVRs. I love the chemistry between Kornheiser and Wilbon, their ability to make fun of themselves, and get this... they actually have good opinions, founded on facts, and presented with preparation! What a concept!

The title sequence is terrfific, with it's hokey music and the wonderful insight that the word "Interruption" actually has the show's acronym, PTI, contained within it (interruPTIon). And contrary to the belief of some, it has not jumped the shark yet, despite Kornheiser's new role on Monday Night Football.

If you watch the show like me, then you know that the set has become overgrown with sports memorabilia, paper faces from "Role Play", and nick-nacks that fans and marketers have inevitably sent in hopes that they might reach the air. I recall writing the guys e-mails several times in college in hopes that the University of Delaware (Go Hens!) might make one of their brief topics of conversation. I'm not certain of the history, but UD may have made it on air at some point... perhaps when our football team won the 2003 I-AA national championship, or when YoUDee was named to the mascot hall of fame, or ... well that might be it.

So, I was especially excited when I was watching today's PTI, and I glimpsed something familiar. What was that? There in the corner! Could it be? It is... it is a University of Delaware hat! Over Kornheiser's left shoulder sat a UD hat, presumably on one of the Role Play heads. I'm not sure why it's there, how it got there, or if it holds any significance, but it's there. I'd love to know why/how it is there.

Do you see it?! You see it?! UD is famous!