CIVIL UNREST. No, not in Baghdad, not in Los Angeles or Seattle, but in politically-correct Minneapolis. Sources inform the Superintendent that similar unrest took place in Durham, New Hampshire. I suppose there is good reason ... Saddam Hussein was still a Tikrit ward-heeler (or was that porn star?) the last time a Division I team (Boston University, if memory serves) repeated as hockey champion. (Wisconsin failed at this opportunity in 1978 and in 1982, which prevented college hockey from coining the ugly "three-peat" when the Badgers won again in 1983.)

UPDATE:"With victory comes a little chaos."

No, this is not Baghdad. The women are strong, the men are good looking, and all the children (intake air) are above average. But were more than seven of them arrested? (Via Fraters Libertas, a fan of the Fighting Sioux in the Anybody-But-Minnesota camp. I'm a bit more tolerant. If not Wisconsin, let it be Minnesota or North Dakota, or if none of those, there are cases to be made for St. Cloud State and Wayne State. Muck Fichigan!)

FURTHER UPDATE: Did the artifacts of the Baghdad Historical Museum become assets for the Deposed Ba'athist's Retirement Fund? Left as an exercise.