If you happened to find yourself walking or driving at the west end of Beaver Avenue on the corner of that down-sloping turn, there's a house there that might have caught your eye -- and then made you look twice because you probably didn't believe it the first time you saw it.

In the front yard of the house was a 10 feet tall waterslide called "The Banzai Double Drop Falls Waterslide."

Picture this: You hoist yourself up the back of the slide with plastic rungs, then once you're situated at the top, you let yourself slide over the two bumps and land in a small pool of water at the end.

Now, instead of 8-year-old kids sliding into ecstasy, picture 21-year-olds flinging themselves onto the top and sliding into a mud pit and you'd have what consumed the better part of my Sunday.

We also broke out the barbecue and pong table in between waterslide phases, which didn't help anyone avoid that mud pit. There was also a competition of sorts for best slide. There were different categories - freestyle, dismount, creativity, etc. At one point, we even had judges with number cards. (The freestyle slide that included a beer in hand got a 10.0 score.)

We were quite a spectacle. Little kids would stare out of car windows and drool. We were the envy of every fully clothed person walking by. I'm all about being careful and safe, but water slides are just damn good fun.

It was a perfect way to celebrate a win over Florida International. It was a ridiculous game with a ridiculous score so we celebrated in a ridiculous way. It's the stuff college dreams are made of and it made me glad that I'm still young enough to get away with it.

--Erin