husker du-da-day

I managed to run that gauntlet and my friend Mark-not-the-Methodist and I got over to the dome for dinner. While we were sitting there, the v.p. comes over and says, "Hey, do you two want some field-level seats on the 40-yard-line?" Hmm. Let me think. We snapped them up and headed down to the most amazing seats I've ever had for a football game (excluding my time in the Baylor Line/student section. Lessons we learned from that? 1) Take a knee, 2) Take a knee.). Right behind the Michigan bench. Right by the game. Right by the cameraman. I was on the jumbotron for about 2 seconds. It was amazing.
And also a really good game. I was excited to get to see two teams with such history and tradition take one another on. We didn't know who to cheer for. When I asked the Smartest Twelve-Year-Old I Know who we should cheer for, he said, "I'm cheering for Michigan." How

The game itself was exciting and interesting, and ended on an absolutely crazy play that should have resulted in a defensive penalty. You can watch it here. We were totally stunned - it was just the wildest thing ever, and the ultimate tackle finally happened about fifteen yards from our seats. The officiating throughout the game was pretty bad, and there should've been a penalty on Nebraska for having too many players on the field -- meaning that the game wouldn't have ended because you can't end a game on a defensive penalty. No penalty was called, though, and Nebraska won, 32-28. We stayed through the trophy presentation and slapped hands with every member of Nebraska's team for kicks at the end when they took a victory lap. If only it was our team! But it was such a great evening and it made me even more excited about next week. Six days!
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Go Big Red!!!
Thursday, December 29, 2005 4:38:00 PM
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