It's the most wonderful time of the year.....

OK, now only 13 days left until the kickoff of the 2013 season.  I guess it is that time of year to make out my wish list.  Before we do that let's take a minute to review last years wish list.  We came close but did not win a conference championship last year as we were narrowly defeated by Tulsa last year.  Of course they were helped late by a blown call by the referees.  We still had a chance to win the game though and could not pull it off so I can't really blame the loss entirely on the refs.  Number two on the list was to crush FIU at home.  Well we didn't exactly crush FIU although I thought we would the way we played in the first half but it was still a convincing win anyway.  Number three on the list from last year was to beat Misouri at the Brighthouse which we did not accomplish unfortunately.  Once again we came up short late and let another team get away with a win in our house.  Next on the list was to win a second bowl game - mission accomplished.  The convincing way that we beat Ball State in the Beef O Brady's bowl was a great way to end a good season.  The last item on the list was a bit of a stretch but I was hopeful that if we kept the game close we could come out ahead on the scoreboard against Ohio State in the big horseshoe.  Too many turn overs probably cost us the game but we did stand toe to toe with them for a short while.  It was a long drive up to Columbus and even though we did not win that was a game that I will always remember we had a great time seeing all of the Black and Gold faithful up in Ohio.  We were able to make it to Schmidt's in the German Village of Columbus and had a wonderful time.