[Vision2020] One BAD Football Weekend On Both Sides of the State Line

[Joe Campbell]

The Palouse Superbad (last email sent prematurely)



On Sep 22, 2012, at 8:45 PM, Joe Campbell <philosopher.joe at gmail.com> wrote:

> I wonder if we'd do better if we combined the teams. We could call it the Palousrtreyy
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> On Sep 22, 2012, at 8:31 PM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:
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>> I watched the game on TV.
>> 
>> It looked like the Cougs had things wrapped up through almost all of the third quarter.  Then things kinda slid away.
>> 
>> Idaho had good control of their game until they fumbled on the Wyoming one yard-line and Wyoming, four plays later scored a touchdown.
>> 
>> Between UI, WSU, and the eight games they have played, their combined record is 2-6 with WSU's wins over Eastern Washington (24-20) and UNLV (35-27).
>> 
>> Maybe the Washington Department. of Transportation ought to install a sign on the east-bound off-ramps from I-195 going into Pullman that read "CAUTION! Ten miles of bad football ahead!" Inscribed with the WSU Coug and UI I-Vandal logos.
>> 
>> Seeya round town, Moscow, because . . .
>> 
>> "Moscow Cares"
>> http://www.MoscowCares.com
>> 
>> Tom Hansen
>> Moscow, Idaho
>> 
>> "We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students.  The college students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."
>> 
>> - Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)
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>> On Sep 22, 2012, at 7:59 PM, Joe Campbell <philosopher.joe at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Went to the WSU game and it was such a let down. We played well all
>>> game and were up by 10 with less than 5 minutes left and Colorado far
>>> from their end zone. Then things fell apart.
>>> 
>>> Joe
>>> 
>>> On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 6:25 PM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:
>>>> In Pullman, the WSU Cougars lost their Homecoming game to the University of Colorado Buffalos (who lost at home to Fresno State University [69-14] and Sacramento State [30-28]).
>>>> 
>>>> While here at Moscow . . .
>>>> 
>>>> . . . the UI Vandals lost to the University of Wyoming Cowboys (who lost at home to California Polytechnic University, Cal Poly [24-22], and Toledo University [34-31]).  The win by Cal Poly over Wyoming must have provided for plenty of pep talk for Cal Poly football players the next time they gathered 'round the water cooler at the engineering lab the following Monday.
>>>> 
>>>> Next week WSU travels to Oregon and UI travels to North Carolina.  This should keep those Cal Poly players busy in their next lab estimating the point spread in each of these games.
>>>> 
>>>> Further . . . although UI is not scheduled for a bye week until the end of October, I'm favoring the bye by three points.  Any takers?
>>>> 
>>>> Seeya round town, Moscow, because . . .
>>>> 
>>>> "Moscow Cares"
>>>> http://www.MoscowCares.com
>>>> 
>>>> Tom Hansen
>>>> Moscow, Idaho
>>>> 
>>>> "We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students.  The college students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."
>>>> 
>>>> - Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)
>>>> 
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