[mrs bouquet]

All credit to James Cracknell, but according to the BBC coverage, you would think he had won it almost single handed.   Boring BBC.      Mrs Bouquet

[JayG]

As kids my brother and sisters used to manufacture some sort of allegiance to either Oxford or Cambridge even though none of us had any reason to support either - it did provide some sort of interest in what was usually a pretty one-sided and lengthy viewing experience.

Not watched it for years, but I can understand why the poor old Beeb feels it has to 'big up' one of its few remaining live sport fixtures... 

[Yorkie]

My dad and my brother used to sit on opposite sides of the sofa!