09-28-2011, 12:55 AM
FarmBoy, I lived in Haus Mitt too -- but long before it was Haus Mitt, when it was Jordan House and all girls. When I was at LSJU, people didn't have to draw every year unless they wanted to change their housing; I got to Jordan as a sophomore, loved it, and spent three years there. Five years after I graduated I came back for business school. Took a bike ride out the Row to look at Jordan and discovered the name had been changed to Androgyny House, with a large question mark on the door. Thankfully that didn't last long...
Big Game 1990 is one of my favorite memories. I was there with C.al friends (yes I have a few), sitting in the C.al alumni section. When our two-point conversion failed, the guy next to me looked completely bummed out. I asked him what the matter was, since they'd just won the game. He said, "We'll find a way to screw it up." I had no idea how right he was -- till 12 seconds later on the game clock. To me the best part of it was that the Weenie fans were so stupid that they couldn't remember the lessons of '82 and stay the hell off the field after the conversion try. To me that was a signal lesson in the ultimate futility of Weeniedom.
Jeff, my nephew from Corvallis is visiting us at the moment -- we might well be up there sometime before too long, so will definitely try to get in touch. It is a nice town.
Big Game 1990 is one of my favorite memories. I was there with C.al friends (yes I have a few), sitting in the C.al alumni section. When our two-point conversion failed, the guy next to me looked completely bummed out. I asked him what the matter was, since they'd just won the game. He said, "We'll find a way to screw it up." I had no idea how right he was -- till 12 seconds later on the game clock. To me the best part of it was that the Weenie fans were so stupid that they couldn't remember the lessons of '82 and stay the hell off the field after the conversion try. To me that was a signal lesson in the ultimate futility of Weeniedom.
Jeff, my nephew from Corvallis is visiting us at the moment -- we might well be up there sometime before too long, so will definitely try to get in touch. It is a nice town.