1. Winning is hard, and no wins should be taken for granted. Ask Notre Dame and a bunch of other teams...

2. Football season is sacrosanct. Losing a football game is still better than winning many things when it isn't football season.

3. There's "sports mad" and "actual mad". It's important to file things in the right place. What actually matters is different from things that don't.

4. My wife won't let me watch anymore if I'm going to complain. She's a good woman. And she'll even watch with me if I chill the "h..." out.