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There isn’t much to planning a day’s activity when it is a Saturday and predicted to be cool, rainy, and windy. Oh, and it’s October. College football on television! Remember back when Gopher fans had a dome to snuggle in to watch football in this kind of weather. I hope they all rise to the occasion and revel in the excitement of watching the game being played outdoors. I do prefer the outdoor option and I would muster the energy to face it, if I was going. However, I don’t have tickets to today’s game so I will be wrapped up, toasty on the couch, with a lap blanket and a fire in the fireplace to watch the border battle against the Badgers.

There are other exciting sports happening in the Twin Cities this weekend, too. The Twins are closing out their 28-year tenure in the Metrodome, with a series against the KC Royals, chasing Detroit for the Division title. Marathoners from near and far are here for the 28th annual Twin Cities Marathon on Sunday. Then on Monday night, the NFL Vikings host rival Green Bay. That will be a nationally televised prime-time broadcast of the game in which former Packer quarterback, Brett Favre, lines up wearing a purple jersey for the first time against his former team.

All this combines to create a nicely energized feeling around town. With a little luck, the current spell of wet weather will break ever so briefly on Sunday to fit with our plans to take the convertible on a drive in search of some fall color with our friends. I don’t think there are very many ‘top-down’ days left in the year. Hey, I might not be outside to watch the Gopher game, but I’ll be outside for a late-season convertible trip! Weeeehaaa!