And thanks to our friends the Showalters (ISU grads) and their Slingbox, we got to watch it. Due to our hit-and-miss Chinese Internet, it took us 6 hours to watch the game which made the 3 OT game even more suspenseful than I'm sure it was in real-time.

It was our first football game since we moved to China in 2010 and it felt great to watch, except when the Slingbox periodically froze. Everyone made a lot of food and there was plenty of Chinese beer to go around. Brett's brother and his friend were in Beijing visiting and they are definitely die-hard ISU football fans. I consider myself a fan but after watching them agonize over every penalty and celebrate every pass completion like they won the Publisher's Clearinghouse, I'm downgrading myself from fan to casual observer.

The game aired at 12am Sunday morning (Beijing time), and there was a mandatory media blackout until we watched the game. No internet checking, no text messages or phone calls that might ruin the game. It was worth it.

Steele Jantz? Greatest football name ever? Probably. And until reality potentially sets in next week against Connecticut, he may be the next Seneca Wallace. Only time will tell. I've been saying for several years that I will renew my membership with the Iowa State University Alumni Association and resume sending them money once they can put together an 8-win season. Perhaps this is the year? They only need 6 more.

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