Booo Central!

Western lost a close game last night to our rivals, Central Michigan. I attended the game and suffered through near-freezing temperatures most of the game. It actually started to snow near the end of the game. The game was close for the most part. We led 7-3 at halftime and then the scoring picked up a bunch after the break. The big hit for was that we lost our leader and leading receiver, Simmons in the first quarter after he alledgedly kicked a Central player (I've heard he was trying to shake his foot free). Our offense didn't look quite the same after that. The defense played surprisingly well and kept us in the game throughout. The game looked over after Central scored to lead 27-17 with about 4 minutes left. We pushed the ball down the field quickly to make it 27-24 and forced Central into a fumble on their next possession. We scored almost instantly (almost too soon) to lead 31-27. In the back of my mind I knew that Central had way too much time left. They pushed the ball down the field in plenty of time (and with more than a few calls going their way) and scored after a couple goal-line tries with mere seconds remaining. Final score: Central 34, Western 31

The refs were pretty bad in this game. They made some bad all-around calls and it seemed like most of them went against the Broncos. The last drive saw a horrible pass-interference call against Western and some very questionable calls at the goal-line, especially the last one which clearly looked like the Central QB fumbled before reaching the end-zone. However, upon further review, the call stood as a touchdown and iced the game for Central. Oh well. Our season was pretty much shot anyways and the only satisfaction would have been ending Central's perfect conference record. Central clinched a MAC Championship bearth after beating us last night. This was also the first time they beat us hear in Kalamazoo since 1993.

Moving away from that depressing game, I didn't make it to advising today to talk about signing up for classes next year. Friday looks to be the big day and that is my goal now. I'm working tonight and tomorrow morning and Friday looks to be the first time that I can get onto campus to talk with an advisor (they have some weird hours).