Fall Football, Day 2: Um Ya Ya!

I’ve attended exactly three Saint Olaf football games. The first was in 1989 to see Tanya when she was an Ole cheerleader. The second was sometime between 1993 and 1996, I really don’t remember — it was a home game and I was probably avoiding doing some homework or something. The third game was today.

I set Karl’s expectations pretty low — Saint Olaf isn’t exactly renown for its football program. Our opponent was Bethel University. They were ranked #5 in the nation, they had a bye last week so were well-rested, and it was their homecoming game.

The Elliotts live right down the road from Bethel, so we dropped Laura off at their house to avoid football with Angie and Adam while Jason and I took Colin, Justin, and Karl to see the Oles take on the Royals (why aren’t they the Bethlies?).



Here’s Karl joining in on the college fight song, “Um Ya Ya!”


Though it probably won’t get as much press as some other MIAC game, I think we probably saw the most exciting MIAC game today! The Oles were down by eighteen points at the start of the fourth quarter, but they rallied and scored twenty to win the game — the go-ahead touchdown coming with 25 seconds left to play. The final score was 30-28.

We’ll savor the Oles’ victory because tomorrow we cheer for the Vikings, and we all know how that usually ends up…