gauntlet

A talisman that is going to throw the gauntlet at the Springboks.

One of those brave participants is East Texas mother of four Samantha Casiano, forced to deliver an anencephalic baby with no chance of living, a gauntlet of unnecessary mother-child suffering with a severe impact on Casiano’s mental health, relationships and view toward further pregnancies.

Depth is always the key to surviving the gauntlet.

Their meeting may not decide the true champion of 2003 — many of the players in this year’s matchup weren’t even born yet — but the stakes still are high for USC and LSU, given the gauntlet awaiting them in the coming weeks.

In our case, that meant leaving our off-site hotel at 7 a.m. and running the gauntlet through metal detectors, bag searches and guard dogs so we could be at the gates when they opened at 8 a.m.