Last Friday, we participated in our annual Red/Gold Scrimmage. It's an inter squad scrimmage where we split up into two teams, put on our game gear, and play a game against each other. With the lead bouncing from one team to the other throughout the entire game, all I could think about was how amazingly interchangeable we obviously were, and last time I checked, that was a good thing. What a great start to a great weekend!

The continuation of greatness flowed into Saturday's football game where we faced our archrivals, Central College at Central. Not only is Central our biggest rival in the Iowa conference, but it was the last game of the year for our football team. This was probably the most exhilarating, most nerve-racking display of all-out effort and heart that I have ever seen from our football squad in the past four years. I don't know what it was, but those boys had something special that drove them through regulation time and into overtime for one of their most glorified wins, finishing 24-17 in OT. It was almost like the Storm football gods had given them a special, super hero powers.

Still in amazement of the super awesome weekend, I still couldn't get over how thrilling the weekend had been. What was it in those athletes that I had seen compete, both in basketball and football, that made them so successful? Was it some kind of supernatural power? Was it good coaching and scheming of the game plan?

On Sunday, I found my answer. I watched Kung Fu Panda. Yes, you better believe it.  I watched it and loved every minute of it. The message in this movie was pretty incredible. Looking on from the outside, anyone would think that these teams, our basketball team and the football team, had some sort of secret ingredient that made us successful. But as it turns out, as you find out in the movie, there is no secret ingredient to the Kung Fu at all. What makes these teams so successful isn't from a super power the Sports Gods bestowed upon them, it's from the BELIEF that each team has what it takes to BE something special. It comes from the hard work and heart of each and every one of the players on the team. It comes from respect, inspiration, and minds of the coaches. It comes from the support from the die-hard fans. So what's our secret ingredient? It's our belief in our ability; our ability to push each other, run faster, jump higher, and nail our shots. We BELIEVE in OURSELVES. The secret ingredient isn't so secret now is it? Watch out, we know Kung Fu.