There was no family more excited about the start of college football season than the three Heinisch members still at home. We bought IU season tickets, we made menus for tailgates in Bloomington, we talked about attending other college football stadiums, and we even started making plans for going to some bowl games in December. The Hoosier's opening game at Iowa gave us a little reason to worry, but the Hawkeyes proved that they were a good team and we were all positive that IU would still easily finish above 500 on the season.
Fast forward two months and a lot has changed. Saturdays have actually become depressing as our weekends have started to revolve around watching IU lose and trying to still be optimistic about the rest of the season. There have been legitimate reasons for the Hoosiers lack of success this year including injuries and a tough schedule. Today, however, it was hard to remain positive after the game. IU had lost to a mediocre Maryland team ending their chances of a having a winning season and definitely dashing their hopes for invitation to a bowl game.
Cameron handled it as well as he could. He decided that a long walk on the WACF and a pop from Casey's would make the situation at least tolerable. After dinner we all played several games of pool which helped elevate everyones moods as well. By the end of the night and a viewing of 1963's The Haunting, we were finally able to talk about IU football without becoming depressed. Thankfully, there's always another game, another team, or another season to talk about. For this fall that will have to be enough.
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