I’m glad that it’s football season, but before last weekend I wasn’t able to watch much of it.  We were in Alaska for much of the start of college football.  We were flying back from NYC two Sunday’s ago, the opening Sunday for the NFL.  It wasn’t until this past weekend that I was able to sit and watch some football on TV.  And that meant one thing, heading to Wyman’s for the Bengals game this past Sunday.  This used to be a great Bengals bar, with lots of black and orange on every game day, but recently it has been overcrowded with Bears fans.  However, this past week the Bears had a later game, so we decided to head up to Wyman’s for the game and some great pizza.  Turns out the game was great too, with the Bengals earning their first win of the season.

Unfortunately we will be traveling again this coming Sunday and will likely miss most of the football action.  However, I will be attending the undefeated (and 14th ranked) University of Cincinnati Bearcats game against Fresno State this coming Saturday. It is so exciting to watch my alma mater actually win at something. Our school was always a big time basketball school, but the roles have reversed recently, and everyone is way more excited for football than basketball. I can’t wait to see them play live.

No football post would be complete without a fantasy football update. Both teams in my money leagues lost this past week. I am now 0-2 in one and 1-1 in the other. I desperately need to start winning some more games. In my other fun league, I had a victory and moved to 1-1. In a college pick’em I have somehow moved up into second place out of 19, even after missing the first week while in Alaska. I’m still alive in my survivor league, where I picked Minnesota over Detroit. This week I am not going to pick Detroit’s opponent. Finally, I am still learning this salary cap game but I made a couple of trades this week that I’m hoping will boost my standings.