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Before I begin, a couple of caveats: First, I’m a proud graduate of the University of Washington, and I prefer my apples purple and gold. And second, you can probably tell that this column is about football, so if that’s not your thing, you might want to move on to the Mitt Romney article.

It’s been fun to watch a successful Washington State Cougar football team this year and see their fans get all excited. It’s sort of like when your kid brother gets better grades than you do one semester – you’re proud of him, but you know he’ll never really be as smart as you are.

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