We gave them the ball at our 2. We gave them the ball at our 30. We gave them the ball at our 39. We gave them the ball at our 45. And so we lost. I’m so tired of writing stuff like this.  I’m tired of looking up these statistics.  I’m tired of perusing [...]

After our win at Indiana – or maybe it was our win at home over Northwestern – I remember reading of a caller to the WDWS postgame show who stated that 6 wins really wasn’t bowl eligibility – 7 was the only thing that would lock it up.  At the time, I chortled to myself.  [...]

Boy don’t you know. A field goal off the upright. The failure to recover a great onside kick at Purdue.  Ohio State completing one pass and beating us.  Fresno State getting that first down.  Minnesota scoring with 16 seconds left.  A failed two point conversion after we scored in the third overtime at Michigan. And [...]

It was the question we were all asking two weeks ago. Is this a good team that finds ways to win close games at the end, and will build on that to have a special season (like Iowa in 2002)? Or is this a bad team that has been really, really lucky – a 3-3 [...]

I get to my seat close to game time.  I had hoped to get in there early today so I could pace off some nerves in the aisle, but it just didn’t work out that way.  3 minutes after I arrived at my seat, we were kicking off.  3 minutes after that, my section was [...]