DOWN WITH PANTS!

The Down With Pants! crew attended one of their all-time greatest sporting events on Saturday afternoon watching the undefeated and #1 ranked Stanford Cardinal go down in flames at the hands of the Washington Huskies 75-62. The Huskies are now 17-10 and have won 12 of their last 14 after starting the Pac-10 season 0-5.

Down With Pants! arrived at Hec Ed two hours early with only $30 in hand ready to purchase a ticket. We quickly realized that there was virtually no way we were getting in. Nobody was selling and if they were it was for far more than the $30 we had. With only half an hour until tip-off, things looked bleak and the Down With Pants! crew decided they would head home and get in front of a TV. Only a few hundred feet from the car a fan with an extra ticket felt our pain and offered his absent girlfriend's ticket to us for a measly $20. We jumped for joy, shook many hands and nearly cried at the generosity of this great patron who could have got at least $50 more out of someone else.

On this day, Down With Pants! learned that there are still some good people in this world who are not just looking to make a buck. We also learned that Stanford is not nearly as good as touted (although Josh Childress, despite his poor shooting, is an incredible player) and that the Washington Huskies are for real. Here's hoping the NCAA can look past that silly RPI and give these guys a shot in the tourney.