This weekend was homecoming... the weather was a little dreary but that did not dampen the students' spirits. There was so much activity that went on ... Miami alumni came into town to go to the big, or not so big, football game.
Although we all know that the reason why they were back on such a cold and rainy weekend was because they missed Miami so much that they couldn't fathom the idea of not coming back to cheer on their alma mater ... even though all the cheering from the fan section hasn't been able to shake Miami's football record of 0 wins and 8 losses.
Friday night was the homecoming parade. An hour before the parade was supposed to start the skies turned a dark grey and the rain came pouring down. Since I'm on Spirit Board (which is a branch of CAC) we decided to enter a float into the parade.
Our Spirit Board was hard at work the days before the parade perfecting our car float. The night before and morning of the parade it was raining cats and dogs. Unfortunately our float got torn apart and we had to start fresh. We made-do with what we had, and the float turned out not so shabby!
The football game on Saturday was freezing. Julie, Kara, and I walked to the game. We were meeting a couple of our friends there. We left the dorm figuring that if we wore a long shirt and a sweatshirt we'd be fine .... WRONG ... oh so wrong.
Walking out the back door the wind hit me, hard. Of course, I was too lazy to walk back up ALL the steps to my room, so I ignored the goosebumps on my arms and walked to Yager ... which is so far from my dorm!
When we got inside the stadium we noticed that the student section was lacking in attendance, however, the alumni made up for though. The game was a blow out in the beginning ... we played Northern Illinois University (NIU).
Julie, Kara and I got so cold that we ended up leaving after the first half. Miami was trailing ... they ended up catching up to NIU, but they still lost 27 - 22.
I must say, the football team is getting better and better. They are close to victory ... they can smell it, they can see it, now all they need to do is reach out and grab it!
Friday and Saturday night the hockey team played. Since it was the homecoming games the arena was more crowded than usual. Miami played Michigan State and won Friday night (2-1) but unfortunately lost in over time on Saturday night (3-2).
It was an unfortunate and disappointing weekend for the Redhawks, but no worries ... there are promising days ahead for the two teams. The Redhawks are aiming for their first win of the season, and the hockey team is hoping to return to the National Championships to claim their hard-earned victory!
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