Downhill skiing, Russia Ski this year's Olympic courses and soak up the post-games atmosphere, on a trip to Sochi.
There was an elimination-game atmosphere at the Garden.
Moving the game to November will provide a bowl-game atmosphere.
Silence, I repeat, was the dignified option in the immediate post-game atmosphere.
The real problem comes if the game atmosphere turns overtly competitive.
The night began with a college-game, atmosphere that featured a live band and the playing of the state anthem.
After collapsing in September, Schilling was able to find his comfort zone in the big-game atmosphere he craves.
Rob Biasotti, St. Thomas's strength-and-conditioning coach, told me that he had never witnessed such a hostile pre-game atmosphere.
"This was like a bowl-game atmosphere for us," said Holtz, who last season guided the Pirates to an upset of Boise State in the Hawaii Bowl.
Kelley especially remembered how quickly the big-game atmosphere of the home fans turned as flat as Wisconsin's shooting percentage.
