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Message: [QUOTE="Hans Sprungfeld, post: 4861922, member: 181"] Who could object to any of it? Anybody here? Really? And if so, for what good reason? The game was a pre-built hedged bet, a win-win trash TV cat fight. Providence wins its Super Bowl, and the erstwhile hometown hero - multi-year featured face of the PC Fox network halftime commercial - reaps in proportion to what he sowed. His social-climbing grab for the gold ring at America's premiere Jesuit University has provided him with more than enough to cover the costs of whatever's needed to soothe his and his wife's hurt feelings. If not, nothing will. Besides, shtick or tic, he has seemed to relish playing the anti-hero in broadcast & recorded comments, which should stoke the rivalry and build [B]somebody's[/B] brand. Perhaps he'll even joke that English won with 'his' players. Those whose takes have been stalled by their mystification that the animus was so high are entitled to continue airing their pique about something they truly don't care about, that only tangentially affects them. It'll evaporate soon enough enough, if it hasn't already. Ed loses? "Hate to see it happen." If Providence had lost? "Hate to see it happen." If you tied any of this to a financial wager and lost? Well, that's on you. There should have been enough juice in the high drama and, I suppose, the game itself. Final note: Devin Carter is a baller who did what was needed and handled his post-game handshake with the guy who sold him on Providence like a mensch. [/QUOTE]

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