We’re #3

Tonight’s National Championship Football game was played between Notre Dame and Ohio State.  The majority of our family was hoping for a Buckeye win with Brett being the lone supporter of the Irish.  It may seem strange to those on the outside as to why there was such anti-Notre Dame animosity coming from so many of us, especially since we are Catholic.  When asked, I try to explain how tired I was of hearing about them when I was growing up.  Even our local television was named WNDU.  That never bothered me as much of the fans, however.  Most were just loud mouth locals still talking about the glory days of Lou Holtz.

I watched the game on the plane while flying to Indianapolis this evening.  I thought that it would be a nice distraction from the turbulence on the flight.  Instead, the plane was filled with obnoxious Notre Dame fans, one of whom screamed loudly in the beginning when they drove down the field eighty-five yards for a 7-0 lead at the end of the first quarter.  Thankfully, Ohio State took control from there and ended up winning 31-23 in the end.

Now that the College Football Playoffs are over and there is talk about the seasons that were, my thought would be that the Hoosiers ended the year #3 in the nation.  The only two teams that beat us were playing tonight.  Plus, we beat Michigan in the regular season who was one of only two teams that handed Ohio State a loss this year.  I realize that most sportscaster might not agree with me, but I ran my theory past both Parce and Cameron and they agreed 100%.  It may have been a biased audience, but I felt it was enough support for me to shout “We’re Number Three!”