October 06, 2007
Oops, They Did It Again
GEE, THIS COLLEGE FOOTBALL Saturday is going all right. Not only did the Fighting Zooks of Illinois knock off overrated Wisconsin, the lowly Northwestern Wildcats engaged in a shootout with the Michigan State Spartans and won in overtime at East Lansing, 48-41. This puts the miserable Spartans, who won their first four games, at 0-2 in the Big Ten Conference. Heh. Double heh. HAHAHAHAHAHA!
One of these years -- 2031, maybe, or 2047 -- Michigan State is finally going to get over the hump and have a decent season. Not this year, though. Their loss to Northwestern has made it perfectly clear that even with a spiffy new coach, the Spartans are still the Spartans, and are well on their way to having another miserable season. They're known for folding like a cheap suit once the going gets tough, and it seems pretty clear they're still mired in that losing mentality. This is good, because it almost ensures glorious Michigan, which is better than Michigan State in every possible way, will crush Michigan State's undisciplined squad later this year.
As for Michigan, we defeated Eastern Michigan today, although this was not without the typical screwups one is unfortunately starting to expect whenever Michigan plays an easy game. But a win is a win, and I'll take it, especially since Michigan State did not win, and now finds itself in a considerable hole in terms of winning the Big Ten Championship.
Also: as I should have guessed, Georgia is in fact getting crushed at Tennessee, and I am not watching the Red River Shootout *grumble*, which has naturally been a great game so far. The good news, though, is that Penn State-Iowa is on ESPN 2, and that beats the alternative.
Posted by Benjamin Kepple at October 6, 2007 05:06 PM | TrackBack