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Simultaneous best and worst by El Kabong

For our five-year anniversary, my wife and I went to Vegas for our first trip. We renewed our vows at the Elvis chapel and all that stuff.

The weekend we chose to go was 10/16/1999, and the Irish were hosting Southern Cal. I decided to watch the game in the MGM sportsbook. Unfortunately, sitting nearby were a number of SC fans who were obnoxious from the kickoff. By the end of the half, in the interest of not getting arrested for pummeling somebody, I managed to locate some fellow ND fans at the other side of the book and went to sit with them. "See ya!" was the shouted reply from the SC dicks.

The second half went much better, and when the SC assholes left the book after Jabari Holloway recovered the fumble in the end zone for a TD, I serenaded them with a "See ya!" of my own. The extended birds warmed my heart.