@nudog71 Ca we have a different choice? I don't much like football, don't follow it & couldn't care less who wins it. I watch one football game a year, the Rose Bowl, a tradition made long ago when I lived in CA, then changed when I went to grad school in IA.

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@nudog71 Way back then it was just PAC-10 & Big 10, but the leagues have expanded. In CA I rooted for PAC-10, which back then was only ever USC or UCLA. Occasionally Berkeley. When I went to IA I rooted for the Iowa team, or if they weren't in it, whatever Big 10 team was playing.

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@nudog71 Then both leagues were expanded & my interest abated a lot. Right now I have no idea which teams are playing or even whether that's been worked out yet.

If trump will be humiliated with a "perp walk" in handcuffs, I will watch it But that's not likely. ➡️
@nudog71 I think the main reason he's fighting the elections result is that he is terrified of prison. Of course. His whole life has been spent ripping people off & being king of the mountain. The moment he is no longer king of the mountain he is practically dead meat. ➡️
@nudog71 Unless he can bribe the Big Guys [guards, inmates or both].

Frankly I expect he'll leave BEFORE 1/20, sneaking out under cover of darkness to a private airport where he can work out flights to Ru. Tho I'm not sure Putin wd take him. He's no use to Vlad now. I love that part.➡️
@nudog71 Tho it's hard to go "under cover" when you're "protected" by Secret Service. 😆I suppose he cd wear a mask [heh heh hee] & maybe dress like a janitor, but his body shape is unmistakeable.

Hmmm. Speaking of Secret Service, do you suppose he'd get that protection in prison? 😆➡️
@nudog71 We've never had a situation like this before. Tradition is he gets protection for life. But...in prison? How would that work? Isolation?

Me? I'll see how it's playing out before deciding what I'll do that day.

If the weather's good, maybe I'll do a bike ride w/grandkids.☺️😊❣️

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