Staying up that late is not a problem in a dorm when everybody is doing it, but in a house where the parents have to work in the morning or younger siblings get up early for school, it leads to a clash of time zones.
And like the most poignant of political dramas, from ancient Rome to modern politics, it had absolutely implacably opposed figures on either side: two self-made leaders in Margaret Thatcher and Arthur Scargill, bent on one of the mightiest industrial clashes of modern times.
It was rounded out by one of the more nondescript Cascadia clashes of recent times as Seattle and Portland cancelled each other out until a frenetic final 15 minutes, but prior to that New York Red Bulls and LA Galaxy played their only game of the regular season in a manner that was remarkable in the context of recent history.
I'm really pleased for Paul Nicholls and I really believe that there's a good chance Kauto Star and Denman will be 6-4 joint-favourites by the time they go to post next year – if that happens it will be the biggest National Hunt clash of all time.
Starting with Saturday's trip to Southampton, Forest then entertain Derby in a must-not-lose-at-any-cost-at-the-best-of-times clash, before Newcastle come to town in the Carling Cup, but McClaren can at least call on Guy Moussi and Paul Anderson after injury and history: Forest haven't lost in Southampton since 1990.
The perceived east-west cultural clash of our times is more than academic to Gilbert & George, both now in their 70s.
Victory in this clash of first-time finalists would make Clermont the first team to take the trophy after also winning all six pool stage matches since the Heineken adopted its current format in the 1999-2000 season.
Everyone in public life from time to time has clashes of funerals and weddings and christenings.
To take an example from outside the philosophy of mathematics, most philosophers would reject a philosophy of time that clashes with the theory of relativity (in this case X = science).
QT row over Syria strikes vote Jump to media player There were clashes of opinion on Question Time over the issue of parliamentary authorisation for any UK military action in Syria.
