A New Rivalry

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St. Joseph's Indians versus Marian Knights. It is one of the biggest rivalries in the state of Indiana. It's been a traditional catholic school rivalry ever since the schools first opened. My family has always been a St. Joe family, my dad, brothers, myself and even my cousins have all played football for St. Joe. My sisters have been trainers for the football team, cheerleaders, and a cheerleading coach. As you can see, we all have had big parts of this historic rivalry. But this year it is a different story. My youngest sister, Katelyn, decided that she wanted to transfer out of St. Joe and wanted to enroll at Marian. She is even still cheering for Marian's varsity cheerleading squad. This year begins a new family rivalry. My whole family is going to the game to see these two schools battle it out on the gridiron, to see my cousin, Austin, play for the Indians, and to see my sister cheer for the Knights. Who is everyone in my family cheering for? Each of us only knows the answer to that question in our own hearts. It's hard for me to choose because I just played my senior season for St. Joe last year and I would like to cheer for my cousin. I really do want to see St. Joe roll over the Knights with all of the Indian pride that they have because St. Joe is the team that I put my heart and soul into for four years, but then again in another way I will still be very proud of my sister if her team gets the W.

Another year, Another loss to Michigan :(

It was so predictable. Michigan was driving down the field with less than two minutes left. What happens next? Of course they score. The Wolverines score to take the lead 28-24. Notre Dame had come back from being down 21-7 to make the score 24-21 with Dayne Crist's 95 yard touchdown pass to Kyle Rudolph in the fourth quarter (see the video below). Of course with the ball back in Denard Robinson's (Michigan Quaterback) hands it was inevitable that Michigan would probably score and give the Irish the ball back with barely any time to even make their way down the field. Like every other time when Notre Dame is down with less than two minutes left, a field goal will not help. Notre Dame had to score a touchdown. Dayne Crist overthrew his receiver in the end zone with no time left. We lost... and as a Notre Dame fan losing is such a depressing feeling because everyone that hates the Irish seems to love to make fun of you during those times. But all Notre Dame fans stay faithful no matter what, we all look forward to seeing our team win again and we all know that Notre Dame's loyal sons will march to victory again!

Home

Home is what I have been missing the most while here at Ball State. When I say home, what I mean is I miss my parents, I miss my girlfriend Jordan, I miss my Aunt Jan who is like a second mother to me, I miss my brothers and sisters and my neices and nephews. I remember at one time hearing the words "Home is where the heart is", and it wasn't until I moved down here to Muncie to attend school at Ball State that I understood what that actually meant. Being here isn't the same as going to camp or going on a vacation and missing home, at least for those there is a definite time when you will go home and be able to stay there. When I'm here it's so different, I live here but it is not my home and when I went home for Labor Day weekend it just wasn't the same as "being at home". To me, being at home means you get to stay at home with all the people you love in the place that you love and that wasn't the case. I wanted to stay home but I couldn't. There was a metaphorical force that was dragging me back to Muncie as I reached out to grasp at time and pull myself back to the beginning of the weekend and restart at the point when I was just arriving into South Bend. I had never appreciated South Bend more in my life than I did when I arrived on friday. With the windows down and the wind blowing in, I could feel that I was finally home. I had not seen my family or my girlfriend yet, but I knew I was closer to them and that it was only a matter of time until I would be with them. When I arrived at my house, my family wasn't there yet, so I just waited. I couldn't wait to see them and give them all hugs, I hadn't seen my dad in almost a month since he was gone for business before I moved in at school. After seeing them, I was off to see Jordan. I was so excited. As I pulled my car up the driveway I couldn't help but smile. I saw her come around the corner of the house to come meet me, she looked so beautiful. Her amazing blue eyes sparkled, she spread her arms and I embraced her in my arms. I don't think I've ever given her a bigger hug. I had made it, I was able to be with all of the people who I love, and the was no better feeling in the world.

LaFollette has WEAK INTERNET

If you live in LaFollette then you know what I am talking about. It seems like every other place on campus has the greatest wifi connection. Is it because LaFollette is such an old buliding? Is it because it is on the very northeast edge of campus? Who knows, but I know that living in LaFollette is such a hastle when it comes to the internet. There is an alternative for trouble with using the wifi in LaFollette. You can go to Wal-Mart and purchase an Ethernet cord, but in some rooms in Lafollette the data outlet to plug in the cord is broken. Now that poses a problem doesn't it? I was one of the lucky ones that got a room where the data output actually does work (However, it is still a slow connection). I wanted to test fact that the internet works perfectly fine everywhere else on campus. So, I decided to do my fantasy football draft in multiple places on campus. I started in Noyer Hall and walked towards the library and everything seemed good. I walked even farther south toward the Atrium and everything was still working fine. I walked back up McKinley Ave. on the east side of the street (near the new fitness center) and all was well with the connection. As soon as I began to cross the street to get to LaFollette the connection started to go bad. I then had to rush up to my room to plug my computer into the Ethernet cord. I thought it was the weirdest thing that I was walking down the street while drafting a fantasy football team and as soon as I went back to LaFollette the connection started to go bad, proving that although there is an internet connection in the complex, but it is just very very weak.