Onenightlast week, RyanCassidy, an18-year-old recent high school graduate, beganplayingXbox at 10:30 p.m., using two-minute breaks within thegame to playanothergame on his cell phone.
While Thursday's trend has been: 5.6, 5.2, 4.5, 4.1, 3.7, 3.9, 3.8, 3.6, 3.1 and then last night's preliminary 2.8, down 33 percent from last year's airing this week.
The only time I ever saw Chris lose his temper was when we were sharing a double room our lastyear, and some less enlightened brothers decided to make a bunch of noise late at night during finals week.