A truly gut-wrenching victory

I won't ever joke about a Huskies loss making me sick again given what happened after last Saturday's win over Oregon.

I wouldn’t say that Saturday’s game made me sick.

When Oregon’s field-goal attempt on the final play drifted wide right, I was as wildly happy as I’ve ever been at a sporting event in my 48 years of human existence.

Three reasons Washington won

I hopped up and down. I hugged strangers. I (eventually) walked down to the edge of the stands, hopped over the railing and didn’t so much rush the field as amble onto it somewhat sheepishly.

(Clockwise left to right) Me, Chris, Kyle and Matt.College roommates, we enrolled in September 1993 and “rushed” the field on Saturday.

I woke up on Sunday morning at the Renaissance Hotel with a sore throat and a headache, which I assumed it was because I had shouted so darn much. I tested negative for COVID on Sunday, the day I flew back to New York. By Monday I felt thoroughly unwell and Tuesday night I tested positive for COVID, which I mention to assuage my guilt for not posting earlier.