College Football, part 2
So I tried desperately to catch up on all the things that I've missed over the past few years due to apathy, but it didn't quite work out that well. I watched some college football yesterday, but I primarily watched tennis, which is something that I'm more interested in and consider to be more compelling.
Yesterday I started watching part of the Notre Dame/Michigan game, the game that found Michigan to be quite overrated. For those who were unaware, Michigan was supposed to be this bruising team that would pound you with toughness (and was capable of explosiveness). However, after Mike Hart went down with an injury, Michigan was done, and their title hopes likely vanished with their loss.
The reason I stopped watching was because a) I don't care for Michigan and b) I don't care for Notre Dame. Plus, I couldn't decide whether to cheer for resurgency or the home team on the ropes, both scenarios equally plausible in my mind.
I then turned to the SEC game between Georgia and South Carolina, but I figured I would have at least six more times each to see these teams (see the last post), so I watched some of the Iowa/Iowa State game. Iowa proved to be equally disappointing, managing to only put up three points against an underrated Iowa State team. I've always liked Iowa since I used to live there, so it was difficult for me to see the Hawkeyes go down. Again, they lost Drew Tate, and were subsequently done.
Finally, I watched some of the OSU/Texas game (actually, about a quarter and a half of it.) I would have liked to see OSU win, and they made the classic mistake of letting the road team hang around too long, only upping their lead by field goals. There was a lot of blame placed on Tressel for not letting Troy Smith (the 'playmaker') play at the end of the game. I think this is probably crap, but whatever. The stations around here are really insane about the Buckeyes. It's possible that they might punish a Buckeye on air if he commits a sufficient number of mistakes. Demetrius Stanley (a former wideout) is one of the commentators, and he is omniscient, infallible, and outspoken. It's very nice. It sort of reminds one of Sean Salisbury's NFL analysis. If you could put them together you might really have something. Really.
On a side note, Beasley Reece has apparently upgraded to doing sports for a Philly TV station. Way to go. (For those who don't know, Reece is arguably the worst color commentator of all time, and was relegated to doing Patriots and Bengals games when you didn't want to be doing Pats and Bengals games.)
By the way, I really don't want to watch any college football next weekend, though if there's an OSU ticket available... well, we can always hope.
Yesterday I started watching part of the Notre Dame/Michigan game, the game that found Michigan to be quite overrated. For those who were unaware, Michigan was supposed to be this bruising team that would pound you with toughness (and was capable of explosiveness). However, after Mike Hart went down with an injury, Michigan was done, and their title hopes likely vanished with their loss.
The reason I stopped watching was because a) I don't care for Michigan and b) I don't care for Notre Dame. Plus, I couldn't decide whether to cheer for resurgency or the home team on the ropes, both scenarios equally plausible in my mind.
I then turned to the SEC game between Georgia and South Carolina, but I figured I would have at least six more times each to see these teams (see the last post), so I watched some of the Iowa/Iowa State game. Iowa proved to be equally disappointing, managing to only put up three points against an underrated Iowa State team. I've always liked Iowa since I used to live there, so it was difficult for me to see the Hawkeyes go down. Again, they lost Drew Tate, and were subsequently done.
Finally, I watched some of the OSU/Texas game (actually, about a quarter and a half of it.) I would have liked to see OSU win, and they made the classic mistake of letting the road team hang around too long, only upping their lead by field goals. There was a lot of blame placed on Tressel for not letting Troy Smith (the 'playmaker') play at the end of the game. I think this is probably crap, but whatever. The stations around here are really insane about the Buckeyes. It's possible that they might punish a Buckeye on air if he commits a sufficient number of mistakes. Demetrius Stanley (a former wideout) is one of the commentators, and he is omniscient, infallible, and outspoken. It's very nice. It sort of reminds one of Sean Salisbury's NFL analysis. If you could put them together you might really have something. Really.
On a side note, Beasley Reece has apparently upgraded to doing sports for a Philly TV station. Way to go. (For those who don't know, Reece is arguably the worst color commentator of all time, and was relegated to doing Patriots and Bengals games when you didn't want to be doing Pats and Bengals games.)
By the way, I really don't want to watch any college football next weekend, though if there's an OSU ticket available... well, we can always hope.
posted by mike at 2:20 PM
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