Finishing this project has been weighing on me. Didn't realize how much till my dream last night.
It was one of those deep, "REM" type dreams, real as can be...
I was sitting in C Deck, north end of the Horseshoe. It was the Ohio State - Michigan Game, and not just any game. The winner was going to the National Championship. The Bucks were leading by 6 points with less than a minute to go in the game and had the ball backed up to their own end zone. Coach T was doing his best imitation of Tressel Ball, and ran into the middle 3 straight times, much to the chagrin of the "throw the ball" segment of the fans in the stands.
With seconds left, the Buckeyes had to punt from our own end zone, and our kicker got off a booming one. About six Buckeyes swarmed the return man just as he caught the ball. He was going nowhere! One of our guys came out of the pile holding the ball high and pandemonium erupted. We had won. But wait! A Wolverine was running up the far sidelines toward the south end and he also had a ball? Our kicker knocked him out of bounds at the 10-yard line. The SOB's had snuck another football on the field! They had snuck a ball on and tried to run it back.
The referees huddled forever, and wouldn't you know it...awarded Michigan the ball at the 10-yard line. Coach Tressel did his best ever Ballistic Woody imitation. While the refs were shafting us, I worked my way down one of the aisles, eventually standing at the C Deck rail right over where they had spotted the ball. (Quite a feat considering I was seated in the North end and the ball was spotted on the south goal line!)
The Maize and Blue ran two plays and went nowhere. It was third down with less than 10 seconds to go. They threw one to the sidelines and their receiver caught it...clearly about 10 years out of bounds. Game over, once again we win! Not so fast again. Damn ref signaled complete, and came running in and spotted the ball on the one-foot line and put one second on the clock! It was all or nothing as the Wolverines came to the line and the QB went under center....
And then I woke up!
Swear to gosh. That was the dream. Real as could be. I've got to get another life!