They know exactly what they like and aren't afraid to say it.

I think the major difference is that it was a little less predictable and more situationally sound. Not to mention they just played better. I think the team responded very well to a dire result from last week.

I had to double take when my girlfriend said the NYC race was declared six minutes after polls closed, it's "college football buy game-esque blowout" levels out there.

My only complaint is that our cable package took ESPNU and CBSSN off the sports package for whatever reason this year, but yeah, a Saturday Western Weekend game goes hard.

In October????

Everything is politics now, alas