Today was a lovely day for a football game in Ann Arbor. Gray, with a lovely rain/snow mix, and cold... not so bad at first, but after 4 hours, brrr!
Luckily, it was totally worth it :)
I sometimes feel a little out of place living in Ann Arbor. It's such a great place to live, and I love the university, but everytime I see that maize and blue or hear a few bars of "Hail to the Victors" my skin crawls a bit. Having gone to Ohio State as an undergrad, I have love for the buckeyes that transcends place and time; Yes, it is nice that the U of M is basically paying for me to get a Ph.D., and I am happy in just about every other way here. But I never heistate about which football team I claim as my own.
The Bucks won, 14-3, and there were so many Ohio State fans in the big house! Enough people to have the O-H-I-O cheer go around the stadium audibly-- something I never thought I'd see!! This win was big for us, it means we are outright big ten champs for the second year in a row, and we are guaranteed a trip to the rose bowl.
The only way we wouldn't be headed to Pasadena on January 1st is if the stars were to align (as my dad put it, in this solar system and the next one over!) the Bucks could jump back up to the number 2 spot and head to the national championship game. I don't want to look too forward ahead, but this is pretty exciting, and I can't wait to see how things unfold.
Today was also nice because my dad was able to come up for the game. We love watching good football together, and this has to be one of the best games we've been to.
