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Why does it bug me that the popular press is using words like "fallout" to describe responses to Appalachian State beating the University of Michigan? For heaven's sake it's a football game. I think the word "upset" is justified, but unless you 1) might lose your coaching job over the game's results, or 2) just lost a boatload of money of the game, I hardly think you are experiencing "fallout." Of course I obsess over plenty of pop culture events, so 'judge not...' definitely applies here.