Ugh, why is Jordon writing about football???
Sat Oct 30, 2010 22:59 (UTC -5)October is a busy month. It’s the middle of the semester, so I’ve have a lot of exams and projects and such for my classes. My last hurdle is a paper that’s due on Tuesday, and then I should be less busy for a little while. I hope.
As usual, I’ve been following the football team with interest. It figures that the only year I enter the student football ticket lottery is arguably the Florida Gators’ worst in many years (because why else do people enter the lottery if not to sell their tickets?). Early in the season, I went to the games against South Florida and Kentucky, both decisive victories. Then the team went to Alabama, the top-ranked squad in the nation, and lost—no surprise there. Next, the Gators played Louisiana State at home. I went to that one, but I wish I hadn’t; LSU ended up scoring the game-winning touchdown in the final seconds. What a nail-biter that was. The next week was the homecoming game against Mississippi State—and we dropped that one too. I’m glad I wasn’t there; I listened to it on the radio.
So, the Gators lost three games in a row for the first time since 1999 and lost three regular-season games in a row for the first time since 1988. Fortunately, they had last weekend off. Everyone hoped that they would come out of their bye week with a win. And today, they did, by beating Georgia in overtime. I had never seen a college football game go into overtime, so it was interesting to watch. Of course, it was a nail-biter as well.
It’s just football, you might say. Yeah, I know. But I figured I should mention this stuff so I could put it in 2010: The Year in Review.
I will try to bury this post with other stuff soon.
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