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Back in January, I set out my seventh annual list of New Year’s resolutions for 2025, and in accord with my own tradition, here’s my assessment of how well I did keeping them.
This past weekend, Western had one of its best Homecoming Weekend crowds ever–certainly the best I’ve seen. Downtown was packed for the parade, and our stadium was filled with purple-clad Catamounts. We were playing SoCon rival Mercer, the first-placed team, and a victory would earn Western its first conference championship in university history.
It was guaranteed to be a huge game, and it quickly become a high-scoring back-and-forth. Soon it seemed the team that scored last was going to take it all. With 1:30 left on the clock, WCU drove the ball down field, finding our way within field goal range with just seconds left. Western missed the kick, and Mercer won the day.
I posted the following on the Catamount Sports message board: