{"id":96631,"date":"2007-02-03T12:31:35","date_gmt":"2007-02-03T17:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"\/blogs\/2007\/02\/03\/the-big-game\/"},"modified":"2007-02-03T12:31:35","modified_gmt":"2007-02-03T17:31:35","slug":"the-big-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2007\/02\/03\/the-big-game\/","title":{"rendered":"The Big Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just wanted to do a brief analysis of the Big Game on Sunday. The way I see it, you have two teams that have had their ups and downs so far this year. Both have shown explosive offenses and stingy defenses at times, but both have struggled as well.<\/p>\n<p>It should be a good game as fans around the nation gather in front of their TVs in homes and bars throughout the land. Don&#8217;t forget&#8230;they drop the puck at three in Northfield.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, wait&#8230;you thought I was talking about the, uh, Super Bowl? Who cares about that snoozefest? I&#8217;m talking Middlebury-Norwich! ESPNU!<\/p>\n<p>And they won&#8217;t have Prince in between periods. This is a good thing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just wanted to do a brief analysis of the Big Game on Sunday. The way I see it, you have two teams that have had their ups and downs so far this year. Both have shown explosive offenses and stingy defenses at times, but both have struggled as well. 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