Sports: WBD explained

WBD = Win By Default

A term coined by my good friend Steve, a very skilled and competitive person, especially with video games of all kinds. Whenever we played Bomberman, many times one player was the last one standing just by virtue of not making a fatal mistake; the other players simply blew themselves or each other up with their bombs. In other words, the winner won by not losing.



Somehow the term just kept flashing in my mind when the Florida Gators beat the Georgia Bulldogs 21-14. The last significant first down that allowed the Gators to run out the clock, after all, came from a 5-yard facemasking penalty against Georgia - a very, very slight facemask. and that was that.