exhale

“Kind of a big exhale from the dugout.”

The question remains of whether this was a turning point or a temporary reprieve in a lost season, but at least for the moment everyone associated with the team could deeply exhale.

“I pulled almost an all-nighter last night, so he’s been keeping us up,” he said, exhaling a light chuckle.

But Fitzgerald swooped in, as USC was finally able to exhale with a Big Ten road victory in hand.

Together, the crowd exhaled three long, loud sighs, then tapped their chests in unison, repeating softly: “This is my heart. This is my heart. This is my heart.”