01-27-2017, 01:52 PM
Regarding the 1990 Big Game:
The joy of seeing the ending live in the stadium, for me, may have been equaled when leaving. I did the usual - walked due west down through the campus to the Berkeley BART station. While riding the escalator down, there was all sorts of hooting and hollering by Stanford fans. There was a woman behind me - a C.al fan, maybe around 40 - looking very unhappy. She snapped at us, "Well, we will enjoy the Copper Bowl while you go to the toilet bowl". My mind was spinning with comebacks, and I had a cruel one teed up, but I realized it wasn't necessary. I just let her stew in her own miserable state. 26 years later, that event still brings a smile to my face.
The joy of seeing the ending live in the stadium, for me, may have been equaled when leaving. I did the usual - walked due west down through the campus to the Berkeley BART station. While riding the escalator down, there was all sorts of hooting and hollering by Stanford fans. There was a woman behind me - a C.al fan, maybe around 40 - looking very unhappy. She snapped at us, "Well, we will enjoy the Copper Bowl while you go to the toilet bowl". My mind was spinning with comebacks, and I had a cruel one teed up, but I realized it wasn't necessary. I just let her stew in her own miserable state. 26 years later, that event still brings a smile to my face.