<p>…the House, the Senate, and UCLA over USC…all in less than a calendar month.</p>
<p>Oh yeah…and I made my debut on stage in front of a paying audience.</p>
<p>TheDad – that’s so exciting!-- what role did you play? First time on stage? Woo hoo!!!</p>
<p>Yeah, I agree with you about the House and the Senate – don’t care about whether UCLA beats USC, though . . .</p>
<p>I want my money back!! (j/k)</p>
<p>And here I was just mulling… the Giants can’t win a game, Rutgers goes down in triple OT, The Knicks are truly horrible, and Michigan gets leapfrogged by Florida for the national championship game! It can’t get any worse. :(</p>
<p>^NJRes, just what I was thinking!</p>
<p>TheDad, it’s at times like these that I always counsel looking both ways while crossing the street. Even if it’s a one-way street. ;)</p>
<p>'Mudge, I’ve written the line: “His caution was proverbial. He looked both ways, even when crossing a one-way street.”</p>
<p>NJ, sorry about Rutgers…I was pulling for 'em. I hope Michigan waxes USC but they already had their shot at Ohio State and imo Florida deserves the last shot.</p>
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Time to change security programs? ;)</p>
<p>(Again, that’s kind of spooky.)</p>
<p>Unless you’re for Florida!</p>
<p>Go GATORS!!!</p>
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<p>Plus the Chargers are 10-2, in first place in their division, tied for the best record in the NFL, have the best running back on the planet, are riding a six game winning streak, and have already beaten the Raiders TWICE this season.</p>
<p>^^^ Yeah, what’s wrong with <em>this</em> picture?</p>
<p>Signed,
A Patriots fan</p>
<p>Not on neutral turf, though, Thedad. And besides, UMich is the only top team whose only loss is to the No. 1 team. If the two best teams in the country come from the same conference, well so be it. No one seems to argue the fact that they’re the two top teams.</p>
<p>Funny, after the Ohio State loss, they were still ranked second. Guess they didn’t play well enough the last two weeks? ;)</p>
<p>The only thing on which we’re ever likely to agree – UCLA over USC.</p>
<p>Yes, sjmom. Someone started a thread recently on “things about which we can all agree.” Didn’t get much play. Imagine :rolleyes:.</p>
<p>UCLA over USC - sign me on, too.</p>
<p>Ticket to the game - $60
Hot chocolate in a souvenir mug - $6
Beating the Colts after seven straight losses to them - PRICELESS!</p>
<p>It was sweet, trust me. There were quite a few Colts fans at the game, several of them seated near us. They started out smug, jawing and waving their arms, but by the end of the game, it was as if someone had let the air out of a huge balloon. Having sat through several games that produced losses this season, this game was especially sweet.</p>
<p>My boss, a UCLA grad, was just reminiscing how fun the UCLA/USC games were. She mentioned waving credit cards and car keys (lol.) College rivalries are so great… my personal memory is of the Big Game, the Cal-Stanford match up everyone lived for…</p>
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<p>Don’t USC players prefer the keys to condos for Mom and Dad ?</p>
<p>Back in the day , when things were just a bit out of control at SMU :eek:, the SMU students came to a campus near me supporting USC at a ballgame. Their signs read : “SMU for USC, Spoiled Rich Kids Stick Together”.</p>
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Houses, condos, cars…whatever. No consequences, either.</p>
<p>My mother used to sing me “alternative” lyrics to the USC fight song:</p>
<p>Time out! for USC
It’s time to pay the referee!</p>
<p>(She went to Mills and was a Cal fan most of the time – many football dates.)</p>
<p>As for Florida and Michigan – as a future maybe Michigan parent, I should be upset, but I’m not. Based on the games I saw this year, I have little question that Michigan is the better football team (maybe even as good as Ohio State), but there are a number of significant factors in Florida’s favor, IMO:</p>
<p>– Hardest schedule in the country. When you line up the Florida wins against the Michigan wins, except for Notre Dame Florida’s opponents were definitely superior. </p>
<p>– Best record/won championship in the best conference.</p>
<p>– Michigan really can’t complain that it was cheated under any circumstance: If OSU beats Fla, Michigan had its shot. If Fla beats OSU, it clearly has a more impressive record than Michigan (assuming Michigan beats USC). If Michigan beat OSU and Fla won its bowl, Fla would have a legitimate beef.</p>
<p>– A Michigan-USC Rose Bowl is a great game, with great tradition.</p>
<p>– Florida is a much bigger television market than Michigan.</p>
<p>– Florida is a much bigger television market than Michigan.</p>
<p>Hmmmmm. I don’t remeber that one in the BCS formula, but I agree with you. It’s probably there! LOL.</p>