Nobody likes U$C

Yesterday (October 6th) was perhaps the most bloggable day I've had in a long time and I feel almost legally compelled to comment on a couple of significant happenings of that day.

The first thing that I must comment on is of course U$C losing to Stanford (and their backup QB) in LA. This game is the very proof that if you turn the ball over 5 times in the second half, you can't beat anyone. That is pretty much the only way you can win almost every offensive category and still lose to a team with a lot less talent. Oh, that and giving up two 4th and longs on the game's final drive. I thought that the first call on 4th and goal would have worked too, but it was too bad that the refs figured out that Stanford had 4 wide receivers, a tight end, AND a running back. Legally using 12 men to score the game winning touchdown would really be a brains over brawn kinda thing.

Then of course, USC received the game on a silver platter when in spite not having any time outs, they got the ball at their own 40, needing about 35 yards for a field goal that a college kicker at a good D1 program should make. Booty didn't step up when the unblocked man came around the end and that sack cost them about half of their remaining time and more or less sealed the deal.

Stanford still can't run the ball...

Now for the non-football side of things. There truely is no better feeling in sports than watching U$C lose football games (perhaps aside from watching them lose at anything live). Needless to say their 5+ year home winning streak happened to directly overlap my 4 years at UCLA. In life, there aren't a lot of fun moments when you are standing in a blue wool uniform that says "UCLA" when your team is getting its face kicked in at the Colosseum and the only people left in the stands by the 3rd quarter also have blue wool uniforms and some sort of musical device. My good friend, Kevin says the most animated I've been while watching football was when I saw $C lose to UCLA on TV after the Big Game last year. He's probably got a point there, I don't particularly like U$C or really anyone that has graduated/attended that school (maybe I should make an exception for Gerran, but he'll have to separately petition to be on the exclusion list). Putting it more simply, yesterday was a good day for humanity, civilization, and the future of our country. Some philosophers may even view yesterday as proof of a divine being that is still active in the world. God bless America.