It's Saturday morning, 5 AM.

Tried this week to get a press pass for today, but was told "Everyone from Iowa Is Coming" and they are all out. Fortunately I circled this one months ago and bought a student ticket, so this afternoon I will be in the south end zone, just a few rows off the field, below Block O and right square center of the goal post. Should make for a lot of action.

I wonder if this will be like the last Iowa game I went to? A few years ago the Hawkeyes came in flying high and it was billed as a big game. I was there and watched that one as our defense suffocated them and they laid an egg. Will we see a repeat performance? The stage is set!

As I think this morning of this game and this team, the number of seniors we lost last year, and the youth with which we started this season, the words of the late Dan Fogelberg come to mind...

...And it's run for the roses
As fast as you can
Your fate is delivered
Your moment's at hand
It's the chance of a lifetime
In a lifetime of chance
And it's high time you joined
In the dance...

Go Bucks!