So we resigned to listening to the game on internet radio again this past weekend.  Only, when I was online setting it up, I noted on NUSports.com that it was an ESPN360 game.  Never tried it before, so I checked it out.  Took them a bit to get going, and the feed was behind by a few minutes, but there it was- live television on my computer.  Huh, whooda thunkit.  It took me a couple minutes (ok, 10) to figure out the graphics card setting to port out of the laptop via the S-video out to the television, but once i did, we were watching a quite nice picture.  Much nicer resolution than I’d expected; give it a try if you find you’re missing a game they carry.

Rasheed Ward had a career high day with 10 receptions and 1 TD.

Oh, and CATS WIN, 22-17 over Iowa.  Their next game on October 11th against Michigan State has already been bumped up from an 11am to 2:30pm Central start time and should be broadcast on ESPN2.  GO CATS!

Jodi and I are knee deep in planning a trip to Chicago to visit my sister, and we’re working on squeezing in an NU game as well (my sister, also an NU alum, has season tickets – did I mention that if we lived in the Evanston vicinity we’d also have tickets?  by vicinity, I mean less than a 6-hour drive).  Homecoming is usually our target game, but some other things have come up for that weekend (10/18).  So, we’ll just have to see what materializes.  But Maya is excited to see Auntie Katrina and Uncle Ed, and plans for a trip to the NU campus and perhaps downtown Chicago are in the works.  And a game is a must for her;  she’s already secured her attire, has her own keys*, and everything.  I will undoubtedly eat something my arteries would sternly advise against.  And it will taste excellent.

* Incidentally, i never knew THIS was the origin of the keys being jingled at kickoff.  kind of snobbish; a trait i’m not fond of about the school.  this and the cheers (“State school, State school”  and “That’s alright, that’s okay, you’ll be working for us someday”) are quite likely the result of, say, 30 years of consistently terrible football play coupled with the need to feel superior to the opponent in at least some way.  of course, this could also just be another wikipedia entry that falls a mile or two short of the truth.  either way, i park no one’s car, and no one parks my car for me.  QED.

Here are some highlights- they’re totally NU-centric, so you don’t see how well Shonn Greene and Ricky Stanzi played for Iowa, but it gives you an idea.