Football Widow

An Awkard Football Widow Moment

August 30, 2008 10:05 PM | 0 Comments

I like to wear the color red. Anyone who knows me, works with me would quickly tell you this. It's not because it's supposed to be some power color; it's mostly because when you live in an overcast city like Seattle, you want to bust through the dreariness.

I just got back from a University of Washington Huskies party to celebrate the first game of the season against the Oregon Ducks. The party was hosted by Tracy, one of my sports fan husband's (Bryan) colleagues. Knowing it was a casual affair, I didn't put too much thought into my wardrobe choice. I wore a red hoodie, black cargo paints, red sandals and red & silver earrings.

En route to the party, Bryan mentioned that red is the official color of the Washington State Cougars, the Huskie's arch rival.

Great! Drat! Crumb! And other faux expletives.

So, I show up at the party looking like a communist at a McCarthy hearing.

I didnt even meld with the few Cougars who were in the group because the specific color I was wearing was lipstick red, race-car red and the Cougar's color is crimson. Double drat.

The only rationale I could come up with was that I spent my first two years of college at the University of Wisconsin and the Badgers' official color is lipstick red, so that's what I told people. (In truth, the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill is my alma mater.)

After being investigated for un-Huskie behavior, I'll probably be blacklisted from the sport of football for the rest of my life.

C'est la guerre.

Have you had any awkward Sports Widow moments recently?

The Sports Widow
(aka Nan Hall)