Spectator sports have a funny way of making me, and probably a lot of others, think about time.
A Penn State game from 1996? I remember every detail of the day. A conversation I had last week? I remember bits and pieces.
Selective memory, I’m sure. But this week, in reading (and writing) about Saturday’s game against Northwestern, I came to realize that it’s been five years since the two teams met.
Five years? Part of me was shocked it had been that long, but then I remembered a lot about attending that 2017 game in Evanston: where I parked, what hotel I stayed at, where I ate on the drive back home.