University of Wisconsin Marching Band

It was a beautiful view, beautiful day out.

The Wisconsin Marching Band was doing the national anthem, and it was just amazing.

They did a moment of silence for Mike Ditka.

That was a very classy thing for the organization to do, and it was just amazing.

Taking your son to Bears Packers.

You know, that's some good parenting happening right there.

And thanks for reminding us about the Wisconsin Marching Band doing the national anthem and the stadium having a moment of silence for Coach Ditka.

But overall, I bet you could sense the electricity in the stadium like no other because I could feel it coming through the television.

LaFleur will go at three o'clock today.

But other than that, the Wisconsin Marching Band out there for the national anthem, clear skies and 72 degrees.

It was just unbelievable weather.

The guys come rolling out of the tunnel in their, uh, rivalry jerseys, which I don't really like the alternative journeys-- jerseys, but I like those.

And as we're going to the Wisconsin game, first we went to the Badger Bash where the marching band plays, and you know why I'm, I'm there in the, the pep rally at Union South? I run into friends who were youth leaders with us 15 years ago, and now they've moved up north and retired, and we got to visit with them and, and then did you know the, the, the Beer Barrel Polka that they always dance at the end of the pep rally and Mr.

Pompey, the, the director of the University of Wisconsin Marching Band is, always dances with someone? And my daughter Ruth says, "Hey, Dad, that's my friend from school," because their older sibling is in the marching band.

And then we get to the upper deck of Camp Randall, and we're having a great time, beautiful weather, I'm so excited to be there, and then all of a sudden I realize that one of Josh Williams' friends who I'd met at the Craig football game sees me, and he comes up, and now I'm greeting Chris in the upper deck of the Badger game.

Here's my regret to you.

I have two daughters that are now music majors in college.

They were born at Janesville Mercy.

They graduated from Janesville Craig, and do you know in the first 18, 20 years of their life, I never took them to see the University of Wisconsin Marching Band? Why? Because in my professional ministry life I was all in, but in my personal life I still got my foot back at Michigan State, and I love Michigan State.

But God says, "Go all in where I've called you." Go all in.