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...example, I met one Srebrenica victim who seemed almost staid about her traumas, as if the loss of her husbands and sons was just a bad memory, like a bad grade on a test. This woman could not speak English, and of course I did not speak BCS (Bosnian, Croat, Serbian), so we greeted each other with “As-Salamu Alaykum” (Peace be upon you). She pointed to her T-shirt, which indicated that she was in the “Mothers of Srebrenica” group, and when I looked at her again I could...
...years later, I have to thank my dad, both for knowing me so well and for encouraging me to go to Harvard. Without his prodding, I might have witnessed Michigan’s historic loss to Appalachian State wearing maize and blue or endured Oklahoma’s heartbreaking BCS disappointments as a student rather than as a distanced fan. (Thanks, dad, for your clairvoyance). Instead, I became a reporter at a place known far more for its Marshall Scholars (lots) than its Heisman winners (zero). I covered Harvard-Yale instead of OU-Texas, national rowing championships instead of national...
...Yeah, the BCS is garbage. Even New Jersey-based Rutgers, a school few even knew had a football team, played their way out of a BCS bowl in favor of the first-ever Texas Bowl (good move guys, even if it will never, ever seem like...
...however bad the BCS is, the Ivy League is far worse. Michigan fans: when you’re watching Ohio State play Florida a week after New Year’s for college football’s biggest prize, no matter how much you think it should have been a Buckeye-Wolverine rematch, be grateful...
...know it’s a tough pill to swallow, but here’s a final thought for all the fans at schools who feel like they’ve ever been screwed in some way by the BCS: just be happy that you?...