With two months of the college season in the books, December has finally rolled in and with it the merciful end to a year that has been just one flaming dumpster fire after another across the board. Sure, you can be happy that the Chicago Cubs won a thing, or maybe you had a really, really good burrito in March, but ask yourself, deep down: what has 2016 done for me?
If you’re like me, which is to say argumentative, unfunny, and ungrateful, then you’re probably not happy with the answer to that question. But maybe, if you’re an optimistic, college hockey-watching Minnesotan, the type who likes the Bulldogs’ unique brand of maroon and gold, you can point to one lone bright spot in a year of gray.