Doing the Impossible. Go Cats!

Last night, I met up with Brian Flyg for dinner out in the Pentagon City area. It'd been a long day, from having to go to the National Academies main building by 8 am for the council meeting. We had dinner and caught up, but neglected to go anywhere to watch the Northwestern vs. Ohio State night game. I'd received email notices about the game, but figured that since we were playing Ohio State, that we'd get steamrolled like we had for the past 33 years. So, oblivious to football, we chatted; and I stopped by Chopper and Sarah's to see how Chopper was faring after his scooter Cannonball across the country.

Afterwards, I met up with Tina at the Bottom Line where she'd gone with her rugby teammates after winning a few games. They had some good music on, there there were the few requisite sketchy guys trying to get girls to dance with them. I ended up leaving early around midnight to get home.

I woke up early the next morning, and had an email from Philip with congratulations about the NU game. I thought at first that he was joking, but no, it was truth! We'd beaten Ohio State 33 to 27! And I had MISSED IT!!! Ahhh!!! I called and woke up Rich and Jeffrey with the news! Rich and I then called Melissa and Todd (slightly hoarse) in Evanston. They'd been at the game and had several "experts" in the area of football tell them that it was a great day for an upset! Because of the win, were were named the National Team of the Week, as well as having the game itself become an ESPN Instant Classic. I'll be able to watch the game! (It was also the most watched game ever on ESPN2).