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Go Cats!

On our way home from K-State's first football game in September, Chelan, Caiden, and I wondered whether they would win any more games this fall.  Boy, were we wrong!  10 times this year, they found ways to win - always close, tense, exciting games!  While I could care less about the NFL, college football is another story for me.  I'm not sure when it started, but for some reason, I have enjoyed K-State football for some time.  Way back in college, I would hole myself up in my dorm room if K-State was on TV (they were really good back then)!  One of my friends even won tickets while we were in college and we went up for a weekend to watch the game.  I guess there's something about watching "your" team actually doing well.  It's so much fun to have something to cheer about!

Maybe it's my dad's love for the school, or the fact that Chelan graduated from K-State, maybe it's that I know one of the guys on the team this year, maybe it's the fact that the QB's bio in the football guide is mostly about his Christian faith, maybe it's the fact that they were underdogs in nearly every game (I'm always partial to underdogs) - whatever it is, I have enjoyed football this fall.  When we couldn't watch them on our TV, we were at my parents' house or we listened on the radio.  Our anniversary date was even planned around a game - we watched the first half at Applebee's and then drove to my parents' house to watch the 2nd half (crazy, right)?  I never thought I would spend an anniversary date at my parents' house! 

In the end, K-State finished #8 in the BCS poll and will play Arkansas in the Cotton Bowl.  We are happy that we will be able to watch that game on our own TV (it's on FOX)!  Caiden was thrilled with that news when I told him this morning.  Picture a quiet "Yes!" accompanied by a fist pump!

With college football mostly over for this year, our Saturdays will feel quite different.  I guess we'll have to move right on into basketball!


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