Citrus Bowl VI: The Point

I have an unofficial research department. His name is Nathan. And he's been looking things up (and building spreadsheets for me) for 10+ years. When I think I see something for the first time – like the combined three point shooting in the Oakland basketball game last month – I know I can count on him to check me.

That night I posited that this was the first game in the State Farm Center where the two teams combined to shoot 50 or more threes and only make only 22% (or less). He responded very quickly with his research:

To thank him for all of this free research, I've given him my extra tickets to a football game each of the last two seasons. As I've shared before, I have my Pressbox In The Stands up against the northwest stair tower and I also have the two season tickets directly across from me up against the bricks of the northeast stair tower. So I made a deal with him when I gave him the tickets the first time: when Illinois scores, let's point at each other across the stadium. We score, we point.

I only remembered for one of the touchdowns that game and forgot for the other one, instead celebrating that time with the person seated with me. I felt bad, so at the tailgate afterwards, I apologized to Nathan for forgetting to point after the second touchdown. I hate telling someone "let's do this cool thing when Illinois scores" and then immediately forgetting to do the cool thing. Just the thought of him and his wife pointing at me while I'm distracted by something else hits me right in the stomach. Ugh. I hate that thought.