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  1. I can wait another weekend for that if it's all the same to you. But other than that I hope that you and your son have a good day out. Bruins have had our number over the years (yes, I was in Husky Stadium in 1990 for the UCLA game that cost us the national championship). UW has won the actual Rose Bowl since beating UCLA there.
  2. I will take this jinx in two weeks. Thank you. Once again the Pac-12 has given the ducks a bye before they play Washington. Oh well.
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    UCLA @ Colorado

    Paging Willie Lyles....
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    UCLA @ Colorado

    You will beat UW. Because this is what always happens in this situation. Due to this immutable fact, I will be at Mizzou - South Carolina instead of in Pasadena.
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    UCLA @ Colorado

    Meh. I'm fine with Utah and Colorado. They're decent fits (I liked the old 10-team conference better because we played everyone every year, but so be it). Get someone new in here, make a tight media and scheduling agreement (not merger) with the Big 12, move the conference championship game to the new Vegas stadium, and I'm good. It's still a fun conference to follow and the road trips can't be beat.
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    UCLA @ Colorado

    Well, that and he's a complete and total dumbshit. ..
  7. Direct to card didn't work (same red bar "can't process" mentioned earlier), but PayPal did: Hi flatdawgs, Thank you for your order at Surly Horns. Your payment has been received and approved. — Surly Horns Order #422 Got two confirmation emails though, one from Surly and one from PayPal. Hmmmm…..
  8. Why? Do you want to start losing to Michigan every year? 🤣😉
  9. Despite our shitty coach, the Shit Midas himself, that was still a good game until Stanback (UW QB) fumbled midway through the 2nd half. Actually had a great time there, laughed at the Sooner Schooner (see 1985 Orange Bowl for why), and didn't pay for a beer the entire weekend. That said I lost track of the number of Sooner fans who came up and said "Welcome to Oklahoma! Did you fly or did you drive?" Yes, Oklahomans, while it is indeed technically possible to drive, most of us coming down for the game flew rather than drive the 1,980 miles from Seattle.
  10. I was at both those games (actually every home game since Alabama 1978)…. and yes, they were both insanely loud. The loudest I recall though was for the 2000 Miami game. My seats were fairly close to the field and you could not hear a thing for three straight hours. I love the renovated stadium, but I'm not sure it can get that loud any longer what with the multiple levels of suites on the south side. The loudest other stadia I've been to are Clemson, LSU, and Oregon. Michigan was louder than I expected; Oklahoma, tOSU about the same. ND and the old Orange Bowl not as impressive as I would have thought, though both games were beatdowns so perhaps understandable. Quietest? Hawai'i... but, hey, Hawai'i. Really want to check out the RRS, and hopefully DKR. I'll visit Kyle if we ever play them again.
  11. Yeah, when we were there most of the businesses had "Welcome Husky Fans!" signs in the windows. That was nice. Weird, but nice. (of course that's when they were having a mudhole stomped in them by a new team every week, so why not) They seem to fit into the conference well. Surprisingly, to me anyway, I think Utah's also been a good addition.
  12. I've done the Boulder trip - great place, although we were there in early October I think. We had the 11am (local) game so spent the rest of the day hitting various bars and watching college football because sometimes life doesn't suck. Drove up to Rocky Mountain NP the next day for a day hike, and the great fall weather quickly turned to howling winds and snow. Hard to say - lots of Colorado folks on the board will have much better info - but 11/10 may get you some snow at some of the areas. Hard to recommend Oregon. (actually if they don't hate you it's a good atmosphere). Utah is fine too, especially if you make a long weekend of it and hit some of the parks. I really do enjoy Pullman (although some years the drive home is a lot longer than others); it's a real college atmosphere and the stadium is small but not a bad seat in the place. Plus the folks at the Methodist church where we tailgate are always very nice and they open up the bathrooms so you don't freeze it off. Pos rep to them.
  13. If you plan in advance - maybe. Pullman only has around 30k population, including students and faculty, so if there is much in the way of Airbnbs they'll be limited. Moscow, ID is less than 10 miles east, but that's even smaller (and has the U of I in town). You'd probably end up in Lewiston, ID, Spokane, or Walla Walla if you went that route (Walla Walla is a cool wine town but not particularly close). If you ever do get out this way for a game shoot me a message.
  14. Hope you do - I'd love to see a game at Jack Trice myself. Iowa State seems to be like Oregon State is in the Pac-12: everyone's second favorite team (except Oregon's). The difference of course is that you care a lot more about football than they do, and perhaps party even more than WSU - which is saying something. Pullman is difficult to get to and impossible to get lodging in on a game weekend; you'd be best served flying into Spokane and staying there (it's 90 min. or so away). Of course if you make it out this way in September and can do a back-to-back, fly in and out of Seattle and drive the 5+ hours. The Cascades are stunning and you can hit some nice wine country along the way if that's your thing. Throw Portland in there and hit the Columbia Gorge one way.
  15. Ah - well, that makes more sense... a little more. I've just heard that line before and, well, you know, aggy....
  16. Oh, I think most networks would broadcast a trainwreck live if they knew it was going to happen....
  17. Some of the worst fans I've ever experienced as well (after Miami). Have been twice; first time I figured I just ran into some shithole fans like we all have but it was even worse the second time. I'm sure there are a lot of good fans like Parliament, yet it was certainly my misfortune not to run into any.
  18. Well, of course it is. Who needs those pesky extra downs when you can just throw an interception before you would actually need to punt? This must be another one of those things that they can't explain from the inside, because from the outside it certainly surpasses understanding.
  19. Wazzu isn't actually a bad place to watch a game, except of course the obvious challenges in getting there. The Palouse can be beautiful and Pullman is a fairly typical small college town. I'm sure SDG can give you pointers when you decide to go.... I've hit all the stadia in conference at least twice now - Bay Area usually just fly in and out same day when possible. They all have something around to do whether it be the city or the Western parks, don't they? (Again, probably excepting Pullman here although the Idaho Rockies aren't that far). Great conference for road trips even with the distances.
  20. Of course you do. Bastid. Sun Devil Stadium is my personal road trip house of horrors in conference....
  21. Shit, you always seem to win when it matters. I will never, ever forget 1990 - a bad Bruin team keeps UW from a likely first NT - which was followed by an actual one the following year, so even more disappointing. UW was #2 that day and #1 ND lost the next week - the Huskies went on to blow out WSU and then destroy Iowa in the Rose Bowl. Not the worst day I ever spent in Husky Stadium, but certainly way up there. That rat bastard Terry Donahue I believe had the only winning record against Don James amongst conference foes. (I actually respected and even liked Donahue, but damn it.) If both coaches stay in place, 2021 should be a great matchup. Hope it's in November. 😝
  22. Axe? Maybe chainsaw, but I'm gonna go with axe.
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