24 November 2007 - RARE Saturday entry, for a rare Saturday
Normally, I reserve this space for an extended version of my morning commentary heard during the 6:40am segment of the show. Today, I am on the air later for "On a Football Saturday" so I think this is worthy of an entry, even if I don't get to give a spoken version of it on the air.
I am in Overland Park, Kansas, staying with my brother Dan's family for the weekend. In a few minutes, I will be leaving for Arrowhead Stadium to work one of the biggest college football games that I have ever worked, even attended, outside of conference championships and bowl games. In fact, this may actually be bigger than some of those.
This game was going to be huge when it was announced last winter that it was being moved to Arrowhead Stadium for two seasons because of the rivalry. It has gotten bigger and bigger each week of the season as Kansas has gone on to pick up 11 wins this season, while Mizzou got 10 and only dropped one along the way. But now....
Wow...
But now, this game is bigger this morning than it was even 24 hours ago. The number one team, Louisiana State University, dropped their game at home to unranked Arkansas. (Which, I predicted for those who were curious.) That makes, for now, Kansas the UNofficial number one team. As Dan said, they need to take care of business still. That also makes Mizzou the UNofficial number three team. And by kick-off, that could be even higher if Connecticut is able to beat West Virginia on the road.
This game is huge!!
Well, on that note, I am off to Arrowhead Stadium. This will have 90% of my attention today. I'd be lying if I told you that I will NOT be checking that UT-UK score, or tonight's basketball game between UT and the other, less important and came later, UT.
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