At the end of each year, when the Los Angeles weather plummets relentlessly into the mid-60s, something happens in Los Angeles.
Two of the finest universities in the country each have a bonfire, sending the future doctors and industry leaders of our country into a feral state of unrest, dancing wildly around a stack of burning pallets and leaving the casual observer to wonder who's got the conch. Each school covers their mascot statue in duct tape and plywood, protecting it from adventurous frat boys looking to become folk heroes.
College sports rivalries bring out the best the worst something in all of us, and when the family tree somehow forks into unknown territory, that something can ruin birthday parties.