Monday, October 8, 2007

Spanking the Trojans

OK, there have been plenty of strange upsets this season, but Stanford, a 41-point underdog, beats #2 ranked USC? I didn't see the game, so I have to wonder - did they decide at the last minute to ditch the football thing and have an academic quiz bowl contest in its place?

(Not to offend the Stanford grads in my readership, but the Stanford Cardinal is a pretty lame name. I mean, a color? WTF? The Stanford Griffins, the Robber Barons, or even the Trees, would have been a huge improvement because at least a person can easily conceive of them doing something, even if it's just standing around for hundreds of years.)

I am now sort of surprised that OU and UT, after losing to lesser teams in their previous week's games, did not manage somehow to both lose in the Red River Shootout this past weekend. Although obviously I am happy for OU to have won this game, I'm a bit disappointed that a Dallas area junior high football team did not take the field and trounce both teams simultaneously.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Dad doesn't think this bodes well for beating Cal in the upcoming Big Game. He figures one miracle is probably all we'll get... BTW, I think having a color requires a level of abstraction/intellect that granted, your usual football fans just aren't going to get too excited about. But that's why we have a crazy tree running around the field right? :)

Sally said...

I admit, that crazy tree thing is pretty cool.

Robert's hypothesis, which sounds good to me, is that the Stanford Cardinal is mimicking the Harvard Crimson. (Whereas Rice mimicked/mocked the Harvard seal.)

Robert pointed out that there is a New Zealand cricket team called the "All Blacks" because of their totally black uniforms. He also notes that the Italian national football (soccer) team is called the Azzurri (light blues).

He is currently naming a bunch of teams with colors in the name - Alabama crimson tide, Tulane green wave, Army black knights...

This is the same man who about 45 minutes ago claimed that he doesn't have much capacity for "rote memorization" and the like. I would hate to think what he would know if he had made some actual effort.