NEVER RUN OUT OF GAS IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE





LOST's brother, the better traveled fellow that he is, has ALWAYS bemoaned the desolateness of Pullman, Washington. By all accounts, it is the land that the Thomas Brothers (Rand AND McNally) forgot. It is a two hour drive from the burgeoning metropolis of Spokane, Washington, and probably one hell of a place to send your kids to school. Especially if they are part of the WItness Protection Program. But like anyone will tell you about a long trip, stock up on your supplies for the journey, cause its a bad thing to run short on necessary stuff in the tulies.

Well, that's exactly what happened Saturday Night, but not to the team you might think it would have. Yep, the fabled Bruins came boppin down that little country road, into a place where they'd last one when this current crop of Bruins was in middle school, and a guy named McNown was still playing high school ball. They were coming off a most thrilling win over what seemed to be a solid team, the well-coached California Golden Bears. They were coming in undefeated, despite having a very thin, downright porous defensive front. They were facing a Cougar team motivated, as usual, by the presence of a number of Southern California area players passed over by the $C's and the UCLA's of the world for one reason or another, even though they had all played with and against each other at the level below. They were coming in to face a running back who last year had slashed them up so effectively that he should've been called Popeil. Or maybe Simpson. And as the game started, it looked like Jerome Harrison was going to perform more cardio-ectomy on the Bruins again this year. By the dawn of quarter number 2, it was 21-0, and forget the ropes, the Bruins were on the deck. gasping for anything. Thats when the Drewsome went to work. As in Maurice and Olson. Chip chip, slash and burn. The lead was cut to 28-21, then the Cougars managed 10 third quarter points, and all looked lost. It turns out that what was lost was the Cougars' reserve. The Bruins, as they've done all year, outscored the Cougars 17-0 in the fourth quarter, sending the game into overtime, where the Bruins slowed the Cougar offense, holding them to a field goal, and then took the ball on offense and kept handing it to Maurice Drew. Bam, bam, bam, Touchdown, and that's the way you say undefeated.

They say that great teams find a way to win. This is a good team, to be sure. It would be great if they could find some more hitters on the defensive front. The devil is still holding court across town, and lurks down the road.