I have made fun of the Redhawks one too many times and yesterday the city of Oxford and Mother Nature took revenge on me. I spent yesterday afternoon at a conference at Miami University. When it let out at 5 I got a bit turned around on my way to my car. Right about the time I got myself sorted out, it started to rain. Pour. Torrential downpour. Dime-size drops landing everywhere. It was if everything turned against me and said, “You think Athens is better than Oxford? You think Ohio University is better than Miami University?” I do, by the way. “Then take this.”

I was quickly drenched and at the end of the 20 minutes it took me to get to my car, I was soaked to the bone. One boy did take pity on me and offer me a ride but it was when I was within yards of the parking garage.

In my car, paying no attention to social rules, I stripped out of my soggy clothes and put on workout clothes that had been in my trunk. And both regretted mocking Miami University and missed Ohio University.

Go Bobcats. (Some people never learn.)

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