[CardinalSagehen]

Does anyone really enjoy picking against your own team just to get more points on a fan message board?  Against the alma mater for most of you?  

No money is on the line here, and I have no pride in trying to win this contest.  You will be getting an extremely irrational pick from me.  Maybe I'll go with 24-23, just for old times' sake.  

And if the season continues to get worse, I'll probably bail from the contest but not from the team.  But you guys have your fun, picking us to get blown out.  I won't judge, I just don't enjoy it.

The alternative to resorting to wish fulfillment is recognizing dismal reality.

Your list above was pretty funny.  Some more to add: 1-point conversions down multiples of 8 in the 4th quarter, declined holding calls, unavailable ILBs, QBs sliding 2 yards from a critical 1st down, and penalties on the left tackle.  

I am still processing my complicated feelings about Stanford Football right now.  I just can't enjoy picking against us and don't care enough about being right.  What is it that Winston Churchill said?  "Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never-in nothing, great or small, large or petty..."

[CardinalSagehen]

Does anyone really enjoy picking against your own team just to get more points on a fan message board?  Against the alma mater for most of you?  

No money is on the line here, and I have no pride in trying to win this contest.  You will be getting an extremely irrational pick from me.  Maybe I'll go with 24-23, just for old times' sake.  

And if the season continues to get worse, I'll probably bail from the contest but not from the team.  But you guys have your fun, picking us to get blown out.  I won't judge, I just don't enjoy it.

The alternative to resorting to wish fulfillment is recognizing dismal reality.

Your list above was pretty funny.  Some more to add: 1-point conversions down multiples of 8 in the 4th quarter, declined holding calls, unavailable ILBs, QBs sliding 2 yards from a critical 1st down, and penalties on the left tackle.  

I am still processing my complicated feelings about Stanford Football right now.  I just can't enjoy picking against us and don't care enough about being right.  What is it that Winston Churchill said?  "Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never-in nothing, great or small, large or petty..."