Back when Rick was all football all the time (pretty sure I haven’t mentioned here that Rick isn’t doing anything with football anymore – just softball, baseball & field hockey, but that’s a story for another day), he used to tell time in the fall by who our opponent was that week. I remember being at open house for Mallory’s class one year and needing to pick a conference slot. We were looking at the dates & times and Rick asked when it was and I said the week before Thanksgiving. He responded “When is that? Wait, that’s Ohio State …