[NYC Poke]

I usually hate the call to ice the kicker.  I say this as a football fan in general, not as a fan of a particular team.  It drags out an almost inevitable conclusion.  It's like watching the final 2 hours of the final ten seconds of an NBA game.  BORING!

As a fan of a particular team in this instance, I thought the TO was the right call.  I was preparing myself emotionally to deal with the loss, but I kind of had a feeling that we were owed one for the missed FG in Ames.  I know, it's stupid, but I did feel it.  I remember that much, though it may have been dizziness because I had not breathed regularly in the last three hours or so.

Good God, I can't really even write about this.  I did not sit through this entire game, and I watched it at home.  My entire day was spent on the road taking a new rescue horse to the vet for surgery to remove bone chips, and when I got home we were down 14-0.  I was literally rolling around on the floor for a lot of this game.

I'm not proud.

Anyway, so, yeah.  I believe the poker analogy is apropos, and I appreciate the comments of others who did as well.  I thought y'all had this game just like I thought we had escaped in Ames.

I couldn't hear the words "foot" and "ball" mentioned in the same paragraph for about a week afterwards.  You are better people than I am.





*I'm back in Texas due to an illness in the family, I grew up in Tulsa without horses, etc., this is all a little new to me, I'm more comfortable in an urban environment, but this is where I am now.

[NYC Poke]

I usually hate the call to ice the kicker.  I say this as a football fan in general, not as a fan of a particular team.  It drags out an almost inevitable conclusion.  It's like watching the final 2 hours of the final ten seconds of an NBA game.  BORING!

As a fan of a particular team in this instance, I thought the TO was the right call.  I was preparing myself emotionally to deal with the loss, but I kind of had a feeling that we were owed one for the missed FG in Ames.  I know, it's stupid, but I did feel it.  I remember that much, though it may have been dizziness because I had not breathed regularly in the last three hours or so.

Good God, I can't really even write about this.  I did not sit through this entire game, and I watched it at home.  My entire day was spent on the road taking a new rescue horse to the vet for surgery to remove bone chips, and when I got home we were down 14-0.  I was literally rolling around on the floor for a lot of this game.

I'm not proud.

Anyway, so, yeah.  I believe the poker analogy is apropos, and I appreciate the comments of others who did as well.  I thought y'all had this game just like I thought we had escaped in Ames.

I couldn't hear the words "foot" and "ball" mentioned in the same paragraph for about a week afterwards.  You are better people than I am.





*I'm back in Texas due to an illness in the family, I grew up in Tulsa without horses, etc., this is all a little new to me, I'm more comfortable in an urban environment, but this is where I am now.