November 10, 2008

As some of you probably know, Iowa pulled off a huge upset this last Saturday against #3 Penn. St. I was held on the edge of my seat for the entire game. It is an incredible time to be a Hawkeye fan. The one thing that I keep kicking myself over is that at the beginning of the season, I was debating between getting tickets for this Penn. St. game and next weeks Purdue game. I chose Purdue because no one thought the Nittany Lions were going to be any good this year and I didn’t want to go watch a blow out game. 

As the season progressed, and an undefeated record was brought to Kinnick Stadium, some thought that I still made the right choice. They figured Iowa was going to get destroyed this game. Even though a little part of me started to feel the same way, I knew that Iowa still could pull it off. Besides last year, the Hawks have beaten Penn. St. 5 games in a row prior. Coincidentally enough, the streak started in 2002, when Iowa loss only one game that year and was ranked #3 in the country. The only loss that year, to Iowa State. Hawk fans will never forget that game. They could have been in the National title game if they had won.

Besides all of that, I have some more good news. Lately, I have been getting A’s on my past few exams. I don’t know how I’m doing it. When I get done with the exam, I feel like I did an ok job on it, maybe a B if I’m lucky. Everything seems to be going my way these last few weeks. No problems have come up like they normally do. There always seems to be some type of problem, whether it is car troubles or shots for my cat. Then just when everything looks up, a bill or two shows up in the mail. With all of this good news, I’ll stop while I am ahead. Superstitious?