Go 'Cats!

This weekend marks the 6th Northwestern Homecoming football game that I've attended. And for the first time in 4 years, NU is ranked again. Woo Hoo!!!! Not only will I be cheering on the Wildcats to victory against the Wolverines, I will be doing it in the company of Nancy and Caleb. More yippeees! (Law McGraw will be there too, but I rarely ever get to see the Brennemans.)

I mentioned to my roommate yesterday morning that I was going to NU Homecoming on Saturday. She immediately thought that I was talking about my high school, since she went to a college where there was no football team. That got me thinking to what kind of college experience I would have had had I gone to a college where sports wasn't a big thing, like say...University of Chicago. Now, I'm not saying that my life revolves around college sports or that I can even name any college athletes, but there's just something about the camraderie that you feel when your entire school gathers at a stadium to cheer on fellow students. Well, that and early Saturday morning tailgates. What kind of school spirit do schools without sports teams have? I don't know, and I'm glad that I'll never have to know.

I do know that I have a football game to look forward to on Saturday and a possible bowl game in the winter. And this makes me happy. :)

Until then, I have to put the finishing touches on my application essays.