After 20-plus years of excessive and easy credit driving growth, leading to numerous booms and busts, most economies currently are in much worse positions than they were, and the general response has been to do more of the same.
And Ohio State is the top-ranked team in the country, a relatively easy driving distance to Newark, and their fans will do anything right now to forget the troubles of the Buckeye football program.
The Welsh side opened the scoring when they spurned an easy penalty and instead opted for a scrum, driving the Sarries pack back over their own line before ex-Australia international Lyons dropped on the ball for a converted score.