When the Hoyas squared off against the Big Red of Cornell in front of 11,000 Ivy-leaguers, no one was expecting the shellacking the Blue and Grey were about to take.
Everyone has their stock stories, the ones they can tell at awkward social moments. Most involve extreme situations or life-changing moments; mine involves neither.
Putting aside personal stances on the war in Iraq, it is important to remember that the soldiers putting their lives on the line were leading normal lives like the rest of us two-and-a-half years ago.