I know we started enjoying the limelight a little too much. I was there at the games with all of the celebrities on the sidelines; I saw Snoop Dogg and his entourage walk through campus to come watch spring practice on a regular basis; I stopped in my tracks, just like everyone else, when Pete Carroll would jog past, his aviator sunglasses gleaming in the bright Southern California sun.
Damn, it felt good to be a Trojan.
When word started to leak out on Wednesday that we were banned from playing in any bowls for the next two years, I actually felt nauseous. I was angry, not just because the punishment seemed a little harsh, but because I knew that my Facebook newsfeed would be 50% filled with Oregon fans talking about how USC sucks and how we're all a bunch of spoiled rich kids that got what we deserved. Case in point:
"hahaha screw USC, I hope Reggie Bush is stripped of his Heisman and USC has its National Championship vacated. They are a bunch of cheating bitches and I hope the program never fully recovers."
You stay classy, Oregon. Forget about the fact that the day before our quarterback was kicked off the team for being a dumbass and getting arrested (AGAIN) for driving with a suspended license and possession of pot. Or the fact that like, what, half the team was arrested within the first two months of the year. Whatevs.
Anyway, when I read the NCAA's report the next day (well, the first half of it), I gotta say, I was pretty disgusted. I still think the punishment was harsh, but I definitely agree that we deserve to be punished. Reggie Bush, who I used to like, deserves to have his Heisman taken away. If the school decided to erase all knowledge of him in the records of USC, I'd be perfectly fine with that. He's currently about as welcome on campus as OJ Simpson. The fact that Mike Garrett hasn't been run out by a torch wielding mob baffles me. Screw Pete, he abandoned ship and is resting comfortably in Seattle. So, while I think the punishment is harsh and it's gonna take a miracle to come back from that, we definitely deserved something. Leave the star treatment to the celebrities, let's just get back to playing college football.
I was so depressed on Thursday that concentrating on bar prep was just too hard. I decided to take a break and make some cookies, my favorite comfort food.
Yum
Cookies make almost everything better.
Yes, I realize I used a wine glass for my milk and cookies. But 1) I was out of regular glasses and 2) I don't drink, so when else am I going to use this? Might as well put it to some use, right?
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