When the college football season started, the Badgers had Ohio State scheduled at home on Oct. 4. It potentially would be the clash to two unbeaten teams (both at 4-0). Oh the excitement of it all.
So the tickets for Ohio State were sold out early. I don't know what e-Bay was bartering the tickets for, but it had to be substantial. I have 4 tickets that I thought would be worth a fortune.
But things change! Ohio State was beaten by USC two weeks ago. Then last week the Badgers let a 19-0 halftime lead against Michigan slip away and they ended up losing their first Big 10 game. My fortune in tickets was slipping away.
So Saturday night the Ohio State game takes place and each team has 1 loss. It still is a great match-up but my guess that the e-Bay price for my tickets has dropped a little.
Lo and behold, the Milwaukee Brewers won the National League wild card for the Major League Baseball playoffs. There is one male family member living on Saemann St. in Sheboygan who continually predicted the Brewers would collapse. Boy, did he have a "wrong number". The Brewers play Game 3 of the playoffs in Milwaukee on Saturday evening (Oct.4) at Miller Park. The game starts at around 6:00 PM so that it conflicts with the evening Badger game. Whoa! Now sports fans that had Ohio State football tickets will have to make a decision on whether to atttend Badger football or Brewer baseball. Brewer fever seems to have pre-empted "Bucky Ball". Again the e-Bay bidding for Badger tickets will probably drop. I might have to pay someone to take my Ohio State tickets.
The lesson Grasshoppers is that nothing in life can be taken for granted. One minute I've got 4 tickets to a highly anticipated Ohio State game worth a fortune on e-Bay and the next minute both football teams have a loss and their game is competing with the Brewers. A fortune just slipped though my fingers. I'm still smiling though because like a hot date, anticipation is the biggest part of the experience. I have my dreams of what might have been.
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Dad