Thursday, November 16, 2006

Sports bloggin'


Sorry for the lack of posting all week. I've been busy, man, so just get off my back! Anyway, a few random thoughts that seem to be about sports to one degree or another.

#1 Ohio State plays #2 Michigan on Saturday afternoon in Columbus. Every single analyst on ESPN seems to think that Ohio State is going to mop up the place with Michigan. I am a Michigan fan by marriage--although I did go to math camp in Ann Arbor one summer--and, therefore, hope they are wrong. This hopefulness may be misplaced, but Michigan does seem to be able to get up for these big games, especially when they aren't the favorite. (See here for some evidence to support this assertion.)

My father-in-law reports that tickets to the game are harder to come by than World Series tickets were in Detroit (or "The D", as we like to say). Nickelback can't even get them.

In a related note, there are few things in life more painful to read than intellectuals writing about sports (c.f., Will, George). However, if you're into that kind of thing, two 'tards from Slate discuss the game here.

In unrelated news, its been a while since we pondered the fate of apparent Tour de France winner Floyd Landis, but, if this report is correct, he may have gotten screwed. Apparently, Le Monde is reporting that the lab mixed his B sample up with someone else's sample. Woops. One wonders where Floyd has to go to get his reputation back. (I kid, of course.)

There was something else sports-related that I wanted to mention, but I've forgotten what it was. Go Blue!

UPDATE (11/17): Yikes! Bo Schembechler dies this morning, at 77. Here's the story from ESPN.

Posted by jwb at 2:10 PM   

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