Winning isnt everything.

It's the only thing. -Vince Lombardi

There are few things in life that get me more excited than having the excuse to publically taunt others. And there are few times in life when it is as openly permissible than at a college rivalry sporting event, such as yesterday's CU-CSU football game.

Now, I'm a Ram fan through and through; however, I never truly got into Ram football because, well, for lack of a better explanation, it was pretty abysmal. God love those guys, they tried. After growing up in Columbus where the Scarlet and Grey are a life force and college football is more necessary than oxygen for a tried-and-true fan, well, CSU just never really cut it for me.

I was thinking about all this yesterday as I taunted CU freshman while they were entering the game. And I came to a lightbulb conclusion. I really could care less for CSU football. It's the actual rivalry that matters. I love the hot-blooded mess of taunts and insults and blatant cheers. Being on the winning side is such an overwhelmingly satisfying feeling, because bragging rights dont die for another 365 days until it all happens again. And I know that for the next year, I can bring it up in matter-of-fact conversation among anyone that happens to be affiliated with Boulder. It's not about football. It's about ego.

And for those of you who dont know, CSU did take the cake this year. Finally. Back in the game. Fairchild is obviously doing something right, and I'm looking forward to at least semi-following them this season through other people's facebook statuses and judging his second-yr season solely on that.

The one thing that I will say is that Grant Stucker played a phenomenal game. The kid is a fifth-yr senior quarterback who has only thrown three passes in the total of his five yr career at CSU, and he led the team to our first win in Boulder in God knows how long. Talk about waiting for your moment in the sun.

23-17 isnt a bad way to win. And I was thankful, because my massive amounts of insults, shit-talking, and whatever else may or may not have happened would have easily been thrown back into my face ten-fold in a place where CSU fans were easily outnumbered 40-1. I'm just surprised that I only got one beer thrown on me and that nobody punched me in the face.

Win-win all around. Go Rams!