Maybe it was because the Cubs had the best team in the NL this year? Well, that and the fact that Tennessee winning their bowl game doesn't have any bearing on any other bowl games. As far as the Titans, I'm assuming you didn't have nearly the expectations for them as you had for the Cubs this year. With the exception of 98 (when I was just happy they were there) that's how it is every year for me, though. In 2003, 2007 and this year once the Cubs were eliminated I couldn't get enough interest to watch anymore playoff baseball. You may be right about the Vols, but even when I have high expectations for the Titans in the postseason (2002, 2003) and they fail, I can still watch and enjoy the rest of the playoffs. It's weird. I was only able to watch a couple innings in all during today's NLCS game (a half inning here and there in between games of pool and It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia). I'll definitely watch the ALCS because there's no way the Cubs could be playing there, but with the NLCS, either result is going to tick me off. Obviously the Dodgers winning are going to tick me off but when Utley and Burrell hit those home runs, I wondered why the Cubs couldn't hit a couple balls that hard. I didn't watch a single pitch last night - and I don't plan on going out of my way to do it. Instead, I watched Wake Forest beat Clemson. I won't avoid watching the playoffs, I think there's just too much Cubs hangover left.