A weekend away

Been down on the Plains this weekend to visit a friend's alma mater, and in addition to seeing the Sooners dominate West Virginia, got to see this.

"Overall, they're going to be okay."

Thankfully everyone walked away after the Sooner Schooner tipped over. pic.twitter.com/J1dwTP9xS8

— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) October 19, 2019

Fortunately, no animals or students were injured.

And then this happened to my alma mater.

Scenes from Sin City: A solid roar and smattering of applause at @SuperBookUSA as Illinois gets outright upset of Wisconsin. Illini were 30.5-point home underdogs at kickoff! @Covers pic.twitter.com/UBfJAijzRo

— Patrick Everson (@Covers_Vegas) October 19, 2019

Per @southpointlv sportsbook director @andrewssports on whether his shop took any Illinois moneyline bets: “Not a penny.” Illinois went off +2500. @Covers

— Patrick Everson (@Covers_Vegas) October 19, 2019

Per @SuperBookUSA’s Cameron Coombs (@Coombtown) on Illinois moneyline betting, after Illini shock Wisconsin as 30.5-point underdogs: “We didn’t have a moneyline up. The spread was too high. We did need Illinois to cover the +30.5 though.” No problem there. @Covers

— Patrick Everson (@Covers_Vegas) October 19, 2019

Fortunately, I get over sports letdowns a lot easier than societal letdowns. And it's been nice not to think about societal letdowns the last couple of days.