I went with my friend Stuart to the Old Chicago Restaurant on South Colorado Boulevard here in Denver for dinner and beers last night. The televisions were showing Northern Illinois playing UAB (the University of Alabama - Birmingham) in the world famous Boca Raton (mouth of the rat) Bowl. It was 27 to 10 in favor of UAB by the time we left, and so the handwriting was on the wall. The final score was 37 to 13, and as you can see from the above photograph, as a loyal Illinoisan, Stuart was inconsolable about the impending loss. I only have to say that Stuart better get prepared for an even bigger disappointment, when Northwestern (my father's Alma mater) plays the Utah Utes in the Holiday Bowl Christmas Eve. Sports Illustrated Magazine says Northwestern is highly overrated and will lose big, but then again, it is an effete Eastern publication that disses all Chicago or Chicago area sports teams. The old joke (incorporating in it the interstate highway going past Evanston, home of Northwestern) was Interstate 94, Northwestern nothing, but those days are long gone. So cheer up, Stuart. They might actually win.
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