tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5547134571364490534.post5166649639070292745..comments2024-03-25T11:48:38.946-05:00Comments on BRING YOUR CHAMPIONS, THEY'RE OUR MEAT: FOOTBALL APOCALYPSE. BE ALARMED.numeatchampionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13076433467205008793noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5547134571364490534.post-66156420464705225602013-10-04T08:40:04.375-05:002013-10-04T08:40:04.375-05:00I appreciate that you waited until today (well, ye...I appreciate that you waited until today (well, yesterday, actually, but I just read it now) to create the emotional frenzy that I am now experiencing in anticipation of NU v tOSU. While other writers went to the whip ten or more days ago and left readers spent and panting by the time last Saturday's absence of contest occurred, you demonstrated remarkable restraint and characteristic wisdom in holding back your much appreciated emotional jolt. As we are not attending tomorrow in person, Mimsy and I will be holding a pep rally in the rec room at 6:30 tomorrow, at which time we and the dog anticipate rising to a still greater fervor. Props to you for another grand offering.Purple Flag On Saturdaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5547134571364490534.post-38439827644686295702013-10-03T09:22:03.181-05:002013-10-03T09:22:03.181-05:00By referencing NU football rather than Rice, Jack ...By referencing NU football rather than Rice, Jack Kennedy would have needed to alter the rest of his speech to "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are im-freaking-possible . . ." and I'm sure Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. advised him that such a turn of phrase would not 'pop' in the history books.danwhite77noreply@blogger.com