College football gives hope to MoneyLaw adherents everywhere:
Appalachian State 34, Michigan 32. A Division I-AA program brings down the fifth ranked Division I-A program in the country. In the big team's home stadium.
The lesson is a powerful one and bears repeating: Rankings mean nothing. Performance means everything. Congratulations, Mountaineers.
At some point, I may think about the arbitrariness of winning and losing - essentially all of this turns on the fortuity of one defensive player getting his hand on one kick - and we go from what might be embarrassing but forgettable (recall Ohio State and Cincinnati a couple years ago) to this.
Hey, I'm sure that there are many lovely folks who come from Ann Arbor, and Jeff's one of them. But as an OSU supporter (and, NO, that doesn't stand for Oklahoma State!), I have to say that I'm kvelling. Sometimes the underdog DOES win. :)
I take it that you have hotel reservations for the Sept. 15 game in Ann Arbor against Notre Dame. Don't worry if you don't -- no one wants to see that stinker.
Yes, it did come down to one last kick and one last kick block. But an "elite" team does not leave business unfinished till the final six seconds, when the football gods do their finest -- and funniest -- work.
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Pbbbbbbbbbpppttttttt.
I have nothing more mature to say.
At some point, I may think about the arbitrariness of winning and losing - essentially all of this turns on the fortuity of one defensive player getting his hand on one kick - and we go from what might be embarrassing but forgettable (recall Ohio State and Cincinnati a couple years ago) to this.
Signed,
Agitated but not Dead in Ann Arbor
Hey, I'm sure that there are many lovely folks who come from Ann Arbor, and Jeff's one of them. But as an OSU supporter (and, NO, that doesn't stand for Oklahoma State!), I have to say that I'm kvelling. Sometimes the underdog DOES win. :)
Jeff,
I take it that you have hotel reservations for the Sept. 15 game in Ann Arbor against Notre Dame. Don't worry if you don't -- no one wants to see that stinker.
Yes, it did come down to one last kick and one last kick block. But an "elite" team does not leave business unfinished till the final six seconds, when the football gods do their finest -- and funniest -- work.
Michigan Who? A-S-U!
Yours in Division I-AA and T4 pride,
Jim
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