Monthly Archives: September 2009

Fear the Huskies? (or, proof that the Pac-10 is actually pretty awesome)

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Last week, immediately after USC wrapped up its epic victory over Ohio State, our resident “Trojan Husky,” David K., responded to my obligatory “Beat the Huskies!” tweet by commenting: “BOW DOWN! BEAT THE TROJANS!” I snarkily responded, “My my, aren’t we getting uppity and optimistic after our first win since 2007, over the sixth-worst team in Division I-A [i.e., Idaho].”… Read more »

One football fan’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad weekend

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For a sports fan, it doesn’t get much worse than what Stewart Mandel reader Josh from Delaware, Ohio experienced last weekend: Friday night, my high school alma mater was down 20-7 with a few minutes left, scored two touchdowns but missed the second extra point and lost in overtime. Saturday evening, my college alma mater held up very well on… Read more »