Octoberfest

We have the Octoberfest thing down pretty well.  Brats, bierocks, Ashley's home brew, German potato salad, and a new addition - Victoria's beer stein cookies.  Add perfect weather, Avon beer steins, Kenneth's lederhosen, and German polka music and you have yourselves a party.

But something was missing.  All of the ingredients were there, but things did not feel right.  There was no excitement for the game.  We all expected to get clobbered so there was no . . . anticipation (sing it, Carly Simon).

The feel of the general atmosphere in the parking lot has changed.  Tailgating continues to be fun, but the fans seem, well . . . resigned.  Resigned that we would lose.  Resigned that we have no chance.

Fortunately, Coach once again proved us wrong.  Once again the 'Cats nearly pulled off a win when no one else thought we would even be in the game.  And in the end, rather than leave at half like we thought we might, the game was exciting until the last minute. And yes, we lost the game, but not as badly as we thought we might, and we had a great time.  So it was another successful Octoberfest after all.