SHEW!!!! Man, that was stressful. That game reminded me of EVERY game during the 2002 season when we ended up winning the championship - staying just barely ahead the whole game, watching most of the game pacing back and forth, through the cracks of your fingers, coming down to the last second, winning by less than 7 points. After weeks and weeks of hype - the OSU v. Michigan game definitely lived up to it, and the Buckeyes pulled it off. I don't know about you, but I really hope we don't have to play them again for the championship - they were that good.
If you haven't been around to hear about Stadium Hat, I'll fill you in: back during the 2004 season, Articus purchased Stadium Hat for Brian as a birthday gift. 
At first we just thought it was funny, Brian wore it to the games, got lots of comments from overly excited Buckeye fans, and that was that. Until last year Brian sold his Texas tickets on ebay, and thus didn't go to the game, therefore Stadium Hat was not present at the stadium. And guess what? We lost. A heartbreaker. So then we started to think...hmmm....maybe there's connection, we've always won as long as Stadium Hat has been present at the game. And since then, we've always made sure it was present at all home games. Stadium Hat has not lost - we think the overall record is about 20-0. So once again, Brian sold his Michigan tickets this year, but luckily, Melanie was going to the game, so she carried the torch, and alas - THANK YOU STADIUM HAT!!!
As for us, we watched the game with our good friends over at Jason and Beth's house. Everyone was such as good sport - having seen how Katy had reacted to all the screaming last weekend at bw-3's, everytime the Buckeyes scored, we all participated in a very quiet, yet very celebratory, O-H-I-O!! 
One of the nailbiting moments during the game...
It's sure been crazy around here, though, and Melanie said the game was an experience she will never forget. I'll try to post again later with some more of her highlight pics...
2 comments:
Great story about the hat.
Craig & I were there and it was awesome but too close!!!
Jack was at home with baby-sitters and reacted the same to cheering, bless him.
I must admit that this is the closest I have ever come to watching an entire football game on TV! It was quite wonderful. The best part was watching Dan dot the 'i' and after reading about his training program.
You will be glad to know that I wore a red turtleneck and gray sweater to work on Friday, 11/17, and am wearing scarlet and gray as I type this. It is kind of lost on these Steeler (pronounced Stiller) fans in Pittsburgh. But they are glad to know that there is SOME sport I seem to care about.
Love,
Oma
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