Aging UConn alumni pair power husky bastards over longhorns...

Sure, the years have not been kind to their once buff, cut, bronzed, athletic physiques, but, for this stark January afternoon at Gampel, they were BACK! Keith and Vin have held season tickets for quite some time, but, with the Huskies reeling (in the years?), it was time for drastic action - student section, painted faces, bare chests with a large blue 'O' on one and 'N' on the other. Yikes, not a sight for the timid!

I posed the question: what's up with the letters, because the national television coverage was constantly shooting to these two old guys in the student section spelling 'NO' in the first half, then 'ON' in the second? "We switched seats." No, you idiots, what was the meaning? "Ohhhhhh, I guess it was time to take the bull by the horns," giggled Keith. "(Wives) Sharie and Marcia were going to be the 'U' and 'C' but they chickened out at the last minute, so we persevered without them." But, guys, you needed another 'N' to spell UCONN.

Vin looked at Keith with contempt, "I TOLD you I was pretty sure there were two 'N's', but you wouldn't listen! We could have gotten Rick, or that intoxicated co-ed over there.  Anyway, we didn't take spelling in college, it was an elective. The crowd had to be energized today if our beloved Huskies were to triumph without our beloved Coach Calhoun. Our nipples froze on the way in from the parking lot, and they still hurt like hell, but it was worth it." When I mentioned they could have worn sufficiently warm clothes until they got inside Gampel, they just looked confused.

"I think this is the BEST day of my life," blurted a teary-eyed Vin, oblivious to the curious stares as we made our way out of Gampel. "Hey," yelled out Keith as we parted ways outside, "Can you give us a ride out to our car? My nipples are KILLING me!"