The red-blooded nationalism of American sports fans is already ramping up to its acme for the 2012 London Olympics. Late Saturday night, we got a preview of what might happen if football ever gets included in the Olympics — and if the U.S. loses.
That happened because the U.S. team at the IFAF U-19 World Championship fell to Canada, 23-17, in the gold medal game. The American team was the defending champion in the event, and had won its first two games in the 2012 event by a combined 97-13 score