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I remember 20-yrs. ago watching the Vardell/Northwest Road Warriors team bludgeon its way to a pretty good season.   Although the victory over Kal was viscerally emphatic.  During that season and that game I remember feeling kinda bored.   I became a Stanford fan watching Gene Washington, Plunkett, Vataha, Bunce, Tony Hill and on through Benjamin, Elway et al.   Stanford made its move out of misery by passing while other teams were running. (OK, OK they were passing , too,  but you know what I mean)  Anyway, that was my firmly held concept of what Stanford football was.

But last night (like every game this season) sitting on the couch my wife had to put up with my narrative/coaching,  shouting at whoever was carrying the ball "Now! Turn up, turn up!" and then cheering when another first down was made.   Those first downs are addictive little buggers.  Who knew they could be so much fun?  Finally, after decades, we have found the antidote to Stanford\'s traditional defense disease.   Just don\'t play defense that much.  Showed it vs. Arizona.

The hardest part is having to pretend I\'m sad when Bama loses.   Our youngest daughter went to Baton Rouge for the game and afterwards got to watch one of her sorority sisters get put in the back of a police car.   At least it wasn\'t her.   I root for Bama because...well, because why not?  The only thing it costs me is having to pretend I care and I\'d rather have happy relatives and co-workers than grumpy relatives and co-workers.   But  one good, long drive from Luck and company gives me more pleasure than a whole winning streak in Tuscaloosa.  All you guys in the Bay Area are lucky bastards and I hope you know it every waking moment.

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I remember 20-yrs. ago watching the Vardell/Northwest Road Warriors team bludgeon its way to a pretty good season.   Although the victory over Kal was viscerally emphatic.  During that season and that game I remember feeling kinda bored.   I became a Stanford fan watching Gene Washington, Plunkett, Vataha, Bunce, Tony Hill and on through Benjamin, Elway et al.   Stanford made its move out of misery by passing while other teams were running. (OK, OK they were passing , too,  but you know what I mean)  Anyway, that was my firmly held concept of what Stanford football was.

But last night (like every game this season) sitting on the couch my wife had to put up with my narrative/coaching,  shouting at whoever was carrying the ball "Now! Turn up, turn up!" and then cheering when another first down was made.   Those first downs are addictive little buggers.  Who knew they could be so much fun?  Finally, after decades, we have found the antidote to Stanford\'s traditional defense disease.   Just don\'t play defense that much.  Showed it vs. Arizona.

The hardest part is having to pretend I\'m sad when Bama loses.   Our youngest daughter went to Baton Rouge for the game and afterwards got to watch one of her sorority sisters get put in the back of a police car.   At least it wasn\'t her.   I root for Bama because...well, because why not?  The only thing it costs me is having to pretend I care and I\'d rather have happy relatives and co-workers than grumpy relatives and co-workers.   But  one good, long drive from Luck and company gives me more pleasure than a whole winning streak in Tuscaloosa.  All you guys in the Bay Area are lucky bastards and I hope you know it every waking moment.