In honor of one of the schools who played today (I guess this narrows it down somewhat, huh?) I thought that I'd post a photograph of an antebellum University building. Rather grand and imposing, isn't it? And all the more so when you consider this was put up before the Civil War.
Guesses where and what building it is?
Is this North Hall (home I believe of the history department) at University of Wisconsin?
Bob Strassfeld
Bob–darn you're good. You got it exactly. It was built in the 1850s as a dormitory and then I think in the late 19th century was converted over to classsroom and/or administrative space. I didn't know the history department was there — hope appropriate!
Also, Calvin, if you're reading this — I have a comment on your post on Craig Wilder's book but I think it was caught by our spam filter.
Al,
Not so good. Without your important hint that the school in question had played in a bowl game yesterday, I never would have gotten this.
North Hall houses the Political Science department, not history. Since I work right across the hill from it, I'm embarrassed I didn't recognize it in the photo! Must be the relative lack of snow in the photo.
Thanks for the intel, Jason — I took this photo from an odd angle. Makes Bob's id all the more impressive.
From that angle it looks a lot like Old East and/or Old West in Chapel Hill.