No Pity for the Kitty 2013

Was really hoping for a Sun Devil victory in the 87th Territorial Cup on Saturday night.  Yes, an ASU victory meant the home field for the Pac-12 championship and would be a huge momentum builder going into that tough match-up against Stanford, whom we lost to badly earlier in the season.  But for me, I really wanted to beat UofA at home after very tough losses against them the last two times (in 2009 and 2011).  I look forward to this game every season.  Not only is it one of the better rivalry games out there, it's always unpredictable.  And I LOVE beating the Stink of A.  The 1996 game was my second best college memory.

This year the Devils lived up to billing, whipping the Mildcats handily.  North Nogales St. head coach Rich Rod called it right: embarrassing.  The Mildcats didn't help themselves, turning the ball over three times, inc. a devastating pick 6 by QB B.J. Denker in the 3rd Q just as UofA was mounting a little comeback.  I had been hoping to just survive the quarter, where our offense has been particularly anemic the last few games.  That pick 6 was a back-breaker.  All we had to do was hold Ka'deem Carey, which we did for the most part (he still easily got his 100 yds), in particular twice in the first half on 4th down.

I wore my No Pity shirt my sister got me two years ago (last year watching on TV from OK) and am now 2-0.  I admit, it was hard to really appreciate the win until the 4th Q; you can never rest easy until the game's over or pretty much over in a contest like this.  It's pretty crazy we're now playing for a chance at the Rose Bowl, and at home at that.  I honestly didn't think we'd be at this point.  The team's playing confident and are undefeated at home.  I'm not saying we'll beat Stanford, but it's going to be quite a game and will be close.  I will be very happy with the Holiday Bowl too.  Either way, I'm going to the game with Coach.  Was great he was able to be out here for the game Sat. night.  Felt bad Featha had to leave early to tend to his sick wife.

Coach, Featha, and I watched the end of the crazy Iron Bowl, with Auburn returning a failed field goal 100 yards to win it.  I got back from the Nutcracker with the girls just in time to catch the end of the Ohio St.-Michigan game.  As soon as Mich. decided to go for two, I knew we'd win it.  Great football day all the way around.