Sports Happy Husband

Pierce's birthday was the highlight of Mitch's weekend, I have no doubt. He would not have sold his tickets to the Big Ten opener for the University of Wisconsin (#7) versus the University of Nebraska (#8) - it's first game in the Big Ten - at Camp Randall yesterday if he did not put Pierce's birthday first. That said, Mitch's happiness this weekend is credited in half to the amazing sports weekend he had. A quick recap -

The Milwaukee Brewers won the first two games of the playoff series against the Arizona Diamondbacks - one yesterday and one today.  In September, Milwaukee won the NL division title - it's first division title since 1982 when the Brewers won the AL East and appeared in the World Series. Both games were watched as closely as possible by all four boys - and even the mom - in this house.

Last night, the Badgers flew by the Cornhuskers, 48-17. "What is a Cornhusker?" one of the boys inquired. I can't count the number of times the boys told me something of value or shouted "Tooooonnnn" when UW wide-receiver Nick Toon had a great play. They really are following the Badgers with Mitch!

And finally, the Detroit Lions beat the Dallas Cowboys (34-30) making them 4-0 on the season. Seriously? They were 0-16 a couple of seasons ago. And now for the first time in 31 years, they start 4-0. Yikes. On top of the win, they came back from a 24 point deficit to beat the Cowboys. They remain one of two unbeaten teams in the NFL. The others, happens to be from Wisconsin but Mitch's least favorite team - the Green Bay Packers.

If you are Mitch or a lover of all things Wisconsin, you are a happy sports fan tonight. I'm pretty sure Ray is watching all of this in amazement, wishing he were here to chat it up with Mitch and thankful his grandsons are going to take after him and their father.