Cornucopia

Saturday was a cornucopia of fandom, a veritable turducken of sports feasting.

First up was the traditional season-closing rivalry match between Northwestern and Illinois, with the Sweet Sioux Tomahawk trophy going to the winner. We arrived at the infamous West Lot close to an hour before it opened, which forced us to crack a kegger in the street to fortify us to withstand the brisk (20 degree) weather. After entering the lot and tailgating for several hours, we were treated to a frigid but tasty treat (full of creamy goodness, as that idiot on the Big Ten Network always says) as the Wildcats smothered the Illini and closed the regular season at 9-3 with a 27-10 victory. Thus, Cats fans face the pleasant dilemma of figuring out how to transport their grills, tents, coolers, and voluminous containers of assorted booze, to exotic Florida for the upcoming bowl game.

After a brief and even more frigid post-game tailgate beer, we loaded ourselves into the Tank and headed downtown for the UIC-DePaul basketball game, DePaul's first match against UIC at the Pavilion. The Fish Head was rewarded with another victory, as his alma mater by another mother cruised to a thrilling 67-63 victory over UIC. As is the case with all basketball games, the game was a snoozefest of tall guys with funny shorts rushing around, until the last 15 seconds when all the excitement was crammed in. Fortunately, the boredom was of the pleasant variety as we feasted on ale and buffet in the Dragon's Den during the game.

Lastly, after a late arrival home, the Fish Head watched a DVR loop of replays of the Wildcats victory, over and over, into the wee hours of the morning.

Go Cats!