The Olympics are missing half of the equation.
The Stars have the Avalanche. The Yankees have the Braves. The Cowboys had the 49ers. For those from the Bay Area or the Lone Star state, please note my use of the past tense.
In the Olympics, there was the short- lived Dan vs. Dave rivalry that never materialized. Yet even though it fizzled, the hype was worth the subsequent anti-climatic purge.
The Olympics needs more rivalry and less glory, more fight and less love, more pain and less joy.
Every week, college football makes a media circus out of pain and suffering and the lost dreams of youth.
It's not about who won on Saturday. The front page news is about who lost, whose national championship dreams are dashed, and whose coach has half a leg out the door.
After No. 17 Oregon downed No. 8 UCLA, 29-10, last Saturday, the story was about trash-talking Bruins' quarterback Ryan McCann.
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