College football started last weekend and this week the NFL season began. Needless to say there has been a lot of football watching at the Heinisch home. Thursday started the week off with a relatively boring Bills vs Rams game. All of that changed yesterday, however, as Saturday was filled with close games and multiple upsets. For most of the afternoon we thought that #1 Alabama was going to lose to an unranked Texas, but they squeaked out a victory with a last second field goal. The disappointment of Alabama winning was soon erased when Cal texted our group chat that Notre Dame had lost to Marshall. We were all thrilled to see that. The biggest upset of the afternoon was Appalachian State over Texas A & M, but that didn't really bring much emotion from any of us.
The game that we had all been waiting for IU vs. Idaho. We didn't expect it to be close as the Hoosiers won 52-10 last year. We set up the projector outside and started a bonfire just as the game was scheduled to begin. We were surprised to see that the time had changed from 8 to 8:30 p.m. Meg called and said that it was due to the heavy rains that they were getting. I hadn't thought of that as our day had been sunny and warm. The delay gave us time to watch Kentucky at the University of Florida. Last week the Gators were the talk of the college sports world as they had beaten UTEP. Unfortunately, this was not the case tonight as they lost a close one to the Wildcats.
The IU game was definitely a wet one. The students were drenched and the field was soaked. We had talked about going to Bloomington tonight. After seeing the videos, I was glad that we decided to stay home. It would have been a soggy tailgate. The other issue was the Hoosiers' play in the first half. It was embarrassing as we missed two field goals and found ourselves down 10-0 going into the locker room. I started to really regret that I had made fun of Notre Dame for losing as I was sure that we were next on the upset list. Thankfully, IU turned it around in the third quarter and took control of the game eventually winning 35 - 22.
Today's football viewing began with the Bears game which looked like it was being played in a monsoon. It was hard just to see the field. It must have worked in Chicago's advantage as they upset the 49ers. That win, along with the Vikings walking all over the Packers and the Buccaneers victory made for a great weekend of football. Cameron even won his fantasy football game, which might have been the highlight for him. All in all it was a great weekend for the football fans in the Heinisch family.
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