Fast Forward Fall and Football

Holy Midwest, Batman. It was 86 at 2pm on Friday and 68 by 5pm down to 50-something that night and only 60 and windy the next day. So what do I have now? The first cold of the season. Not cool. I feel a little silly wearing a jacket and mock turtleneck today as it's raining and 56 when I will be in shorts in the same weather come March. It's supposed to warm back up to normal this weekend when I am going to be at camp again.

It was also football kick-off weekend and I jumped in feet-first. Last Tuesday we drafted our fantasy football team in the staff league. Saturday I watched the Iowa-Syracuse game (MSU was not broadcast here...) and then went to Brian's game in West Bend which they lost after a hard fought game. Sunday was the most football that I have ever watched in one day. First, Lions vs. Seahawks. Second, Packers vs. Bears. Finally, "Manning Bowl". Tonight is Washington vs. Vikings as I won't stay up to see the late game. I actually won my fantasy game this week and will potentially have the highest scoring team this week. Surprise.

As for the games I watched, the Lions game first. It was actually a good game to watch, despite the loss. The defense was very good keeping one of the best teams in the league from scoring a touchdown. The offense was not very good, but they still looked better than previous years with a greater variety of plays, good use of a variety of players and its the first game with almost a completely new offense (coach, QB, scheme, new WR's). The Green Bay game. All I can say is Brett Farve's first shutout and it was done by Chicago. The faithful are silent this week. Manning Bowl was a good game and a lot closer than I would have expected. I think the Giants could have won except for a few bad calls (offensive pass interference call was really bad). It's got to be tough as a family to have the media hype it up so much. Obviously they will survive.

Now I have a lot of work to do to keep ahead this week.