Last night we had people over to watch the OSU-Wisconsin football game. Admittedly, due to the mix of people who showed up, I ended up doing more gabbing than football watching! But I saw the important plays, both bad and good. OSU played OK, but not well. It was a back and forth game and we sure looked like we could lose it, but we pulled it together in the end and scored a touchdown with less than two minutes left to take the lead, then got an interception to seal things up.
I think its clear that expectations for this team have changed over the last few weeks. As the announcers said on last nights game, at the beginning of the season there was no doubt that the Big Ten would go to OSU, the only debate was who would get second. Now every week it feels like we could go down in flames. Next week is Purdue, so that should be easy enough. But then comes Michigan State, who is pretty good this year, and then to Penn State who is really a danger. I will be happy just to keep winning, no more expectations of a national title, high rankings, or blow outs.
But, with my other teams being the Vikings, Twins, and Wild, this is still the winningest team I have ever cheered for.
2 comments:
to be fair, OSU has choked the last two years in the game that's really mattered, so they are pretty similar to the Vikings. And the Wild. And the Twins.
Ah, but the Minnesota teams choke in many games, not just the big ones.
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