Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.college
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 08:44:19 -0400 
From: "Susan R. Wagner" <sw39+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: The Worst Sports Day in the World (tm)

>Dismal.  Just frigging dismal.  That's what it was.
> 
>This post is mostly self flagellation.  I've been charged with making
>this post, but do so under no duress.  (That's for the benefit of the
>other Old Blues here in the Weakest Excuse for a Sports Town.)
> 
>Saturday, October the 10th, 1992.  Ick.
> 
>First off, Miami misses on a chance to lose.  Not the most important
>game of the day for me by far, but a harbringer of times to come.
> 
>A group of Old Blues trudged down to Damon's at Waterworks (IMO the
>best sports bar in Pittsburgh) to see Cal lose to Washington and the
>A's lose to the Jays on side-by-side screens.  Lance Blankenship (Cal
>graduate) committed *two* errors, and was crucial to the drop to the
>birds.  But the worst offense of the day was all mine.
> 
>In the third quarter, Washington had just gone up 14-7 after UW's
>punter (that kid is *amazing*) pinned Cal inside their own 12 for two
>or three consecutive series.  After the UW score, I muttered something
>about Cal finally getting decent field position "on their own twenty,"
>and got up to go to the bathroom.  Not much, really, but the woofing
>gods heard me looooooud and clear.  I came back from my foray (and the
>bathroom even has the front page of Useless-A-Today's sports section
>above the urinal -- nice touch) and looked up at the screen to see
>Gilbertson looking as if he had just heard that his favorite dog was
>killed by an overzealous Postal Carrier.  He should have been so
>lucky.  The Cal deep man dropped the ball, didn't just fall on the
>damn thing to take --- at worst --- a safety, and it was 21-7 UW.
>Game over.  The Bears didn't even cover, removing even the
>semi-dignified "we beat the spread" cheer well known to so many Old
>Blues.  So, if Gilbertson were to ask tomorrow to have my degree
>revoked, he'd probably get it.  And maybe even deserve it.
> 
>We continued on to Pitt stadium, and (for only $7.50) got seats on the
>50 yard line to watch ND cream Pitt.  It wasn't even as close as the
>52-21 (or whatever) score would indicate.  10 ND points in the last
>few minutes covered the spread for the Irish.
> 
>Moving on for a brief trip along Greek Row just East of the stadium,
>we proceeded to "enjoy" a few Penn Pilsners while watching the Buccos
>drop yet another game to the Braves and all but lose the series.
>Three consecutive years as NL East champs, and three booby prizes for
>Leyland and the Pirates.  And Bonds still can't hit for squat during
>post season play.  Good riddance, Barry.
 
>Then, reclining at the home of a fellow Cal alum to watch the Evil Red
>Horde, also known as "Bill Walsh, SuperGenius, and a football team
>thrown in as a bonus" beat up on UCLA to put them in the catbird seat
>as spoilers of the Pac 10.  Maybe even favorites.  (Modulo USC, who
>will, given the recent trend, probably beat hell outa da Mighty Kal
>Bearz this week.)
> 
>And, the Penguins could only manage a tie.
 
>All in all, a truly disasterous day to be a Cal fan in Pittsburgh,
>City of Champions (sic).
 
>And it's all my fault.

I couldn't have said it better my self, EXCEPT my dismal weekend of
sports began on Thursday night watching the Colorado Buffs barely win a
game they were dominating ( at lease in the stats).  It was most
frustrating - WHY didn't they put in Detmer?  Then I get no relief from
the weekend in sports.  I am also from California so I like the A's -we
are in BIG trouble now. How can they blow a 6-1 lead, why did they pull
Welch.  He had a great game. I like the Bucs cause this is where I live
now.  I despise Miami, no real reason, just don't like them.  I really
wanted Pitt to beat Notre Dame, they did look good for a while.  I
wanted Cal to beat Washington, close, but no cigar.  I'm not to upset
that Stanford beat UCLA, maybe they'll give Washington a good game.  I
do sympathise though, your from Cal and you don't like Stanford, the big
game and all. But my dismal weekend is going to continue tonight, see
I'm also a Bronco fan.  It will be painful to watch the Redskins beat
them tonight - I will be glad when this weekend is over!!!

Susan Wagner
CU Buff fan in Pittsburgh, PA



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