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Please, oh please let the Broncos beat the Cowboys and remain undefeated so far in this season. Charlie almost said the words allowed, and would have if he didn’t think his thoughts were too girly sounding. He had been a huge Broncos fan since he was child and his brother was a Dallas Cowboys fan and the two of them enjoyed a healthy rivalry their entire lives. It was only fitting that Charlie would end up going to the University of Colorado Denver and his brother Matt went to the University of Texas in Dallas. Their choice of schools actually had more to do with the specific programs, and for Charlie the scholarship offer, than it did with their favorite football teams, though it certainly worked out in their favor. In addition, the boys grew up in rural Nebraska, which made their choice of football teams and colleges all the more interesting. And while their schools weren’t direct rivals, the two brothers certainly kept up their sense of competition throughout their academic careers.

They even went so far as to compete for the most girlfriends, which their youngest brother Jerry ended up demonstrating was a ridiculous endeavor when he married his high school sweetheart, and the only girl he dated from his sophomore year on. Jerry and Denise seemed to be absolutely meant for each other, which helped to ridicule the competitive older brothers. And appropriately, Charlie and Matt had money waged on this game. Well, it wasn’t exactly money so much as the looser had to pay for a weekend hotel stay in the winner’s city so that their parents could come for a visit. This was typical of the competitive, yet good nature of the brothers and their bets. And of course it turned out that Matt had to pay for his parents’ stay in one of the hotels Colorado when the Broncos were able to hold onto their lead and win the game. Of course afterward he joked to Charlie that he was the won who lost as he would have to spend a weekend with their parents.