The Alphabetical, Week 12: In Which We Learn There’s No Such Thing As A Boring Saturday
A is for Abkhazia. A territory between Georgia and Russia, a disputed space on the map caught somewhere between statehood and being ruled by outside powers, and in the opinion of some, a nonexistent space altogether. Much like college football as a national sport of any sort, it can’t really be said to exist, but like many breakway republics and their news, you can’t say it isn’t an interesting concept, even if there’s no proper way to determine a champion, no single league, no management, and very few common rules on how things are done across the board. And yet it moves...
B is for Bollocks. This weekend was far better than anticipated, thus bollocksing the weeklong “WAAAAAHH BORING” columns peppering the media leading up to it. Colorado and OK State ruined your early bedtime on Thursday by taking the game deep into the fourth quarter in Stillwater, Boise State was at least spectacular in their 28-point second quarter against Utah State, and Saturday’s lackluster slate of games roared past all expectations from the 12 o’clock hour through the crescendo of the evening’s ludicrously entertaining slate. [Ed. note: Some of us missed the evening games because of the deep sleep the noon games put us in.] The lesson is the same here as it is with the rest of life: keep expectations low and you never come away disappointed, kids.
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