Now, thanks to the FR Foxhole, I now know where the expression, "no more Task Force Smiths" comes from . . . and because this is a two-fer special, I also know what "the whole nine-yards" means. Thanks.
On MacAuthur . . . not only did his Far East Command "fail to anticipate the threat", but when first reports came in that the 24th division was getting chewed up, Mac Arthur said, "the news reports painted it much worse than it actually was". Huh? [From "American Ceaesar"]
Well, back to the football game . . .