Un-tidy bowl

The Wildcats snuck by Indiana 31-28 to become bowl-eligible. As usual, the cardiac crew made every effort to maximize the pulmonary pressure, scoring the go-ahead TD with only 44 ticks on the clock, but at the same time leaving Indiana 44 ticks to come back. The game was finally decided when the Cats forced a Hoosiers fumble with 12 seconds to go, but an official review then elongated the suspense by several minutes. The Wildcats football games are eerily similar to professional basketball - show up with 2 minutes to go and you will see everything of interest.

Highlights of the game (not counting the thrilling finish):

Indiana coach calling a pass play for the scrub QB who was in for one play. Result: Horrible toss, interception, Cats touchdown. Oops, maybe you should have called a run.
The running game. Tyrell had 141 rushing yards on 33 (count 'em!) attempts and 213 total yards. The re-appearance of the running game is very timely.
Heineken mini-kegs. These things are the bomb.
My oldest daughter attending the tail-gate and game. After many years of tailgating, she was the first family member to make it to a game!

So the Cats are now 6-5 (3-4 conference) and technically bow-eligible. The Fish Head is too mentally challenged to fully decipher the bowl scramble, but its likely that 6-5 (especially with other Big Ten events this weekend) will not get the Cats a bowl. Oh, to have that Duke game back. Or, that Michigan game. Or, that Purdue game. The Cats maddening inconsistency and inability to close out every game has placed them in this precarious bowl position, where the Illini game on 11/17 is a must-win.