How now, Trojan cow?

Here in Ann Arbor, everyone hates USC. Which means when Stanford played USC, the Cardinal cheering section was huge. And when Stanford beat USC last night 24-23, the whole city was celebrating with us.

I wasn't even planning on watching the game. A fellow Stanfordian and I had gone out to watch last week, only to slink away depressed from such an embarrassing loss to Arizona State. So when we heard the spread for this week was 41-3, no one even suggested suffering through it.

But good old KZSU is hard to resist with their excellent radio coverage of Stanford sports. And shortly before the half ended, my friend and I were engaged in a gratuitous text battle keeping each other posted on the game we were both listening too. When Stanford scored to make it 16-14, I think we both said something like "WE HAVE TO WATCH THIS!!" and within minutes were screaming at the TV screen at a local sports bar.

I won't bore you with the details, since ESPN and every one else is covering them pretty well. But yes, this was our back-up quarterback starting his first college game ever. Yes, our defense held one of the country's best running teams to under 100 yards total. And yes, this was the first time in 35 games USC has lost at home. Remember who beat them last time? You guessed it: Stanford.

What a great Saturday.