Who thought the column would become so aptly named so quickly?
Well, with 20/20 hindsight, probably most of us would have. We tried to tell ourselves that Colorado St. was lower than trash and the Buffaloes blowout win the previous week meant less than nothing. However, it turned out having a game to tune the machine against a lesser opponent could have had its advantages - advantages that reared their ugly heads in several moments of foot-shooting in the second half.
Could some of these have been eliminated had the weather forecast not replaced a Frost warning with a lightning show that sent Akron home?