From the Did You Know department ... With no Auggie football game this weekend (on the varsity level, there is a JV game on Saturday), this marks the first time Augsburg has had an middle-of-the-season bye week in football since 1991. That year, a game on Nov. 2 against Gustavus was cancelled due to the after-effects of the infamous Halloween Blizzard (remember that one -- 28.4 inches of snow in the Twin Cities).However, this week marks the first time there was a "scheduled" bye week for football since 1983, when the Auggies had games played on Sept. 3 and Sept. 17, but not Sept. 10 (the Auggies also had a scheduled bye week in the 1982 season). The 1983 season was also the only year that Augsburg has ever played 11 regular-season games (the Auggies went 4-7). Augsburg played 12 games in 1997, but two of those were in the postseason, the season the Auggies won the MIAC title and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Division III national playoffs.
I don't know about you, but I'm probably going to experience some "football withdrawl" this weekend ... but it gives Auggie fans an extra week to prepare for the Homecoming battle with St. Olaf next Saturday at Edor Nelson Field!
