Saturday, October 30, 2010

The Victors
Penn State 41-31 Michigan
5-3, Big Ten 1-3

To answer mine own question from earlier, Jeremy Gallon is still fielding kicks because of the rather impressive return that saw us start from the forty-seven yard-line. Gallon provides traumatic flashbacks to the baleful days of '08, when the most perilous play of any game for Michigan was receiving a punt, but when he's not screwing up the kid has some talent. When not hamstrung by penalties, the offense showed flashes of brilliance; alas, all too often our offense was indeed hamstrung by penalties & sundry miscues. On a more positive note, it was grand to see Shoelace gain almost two hundred yards rushing, after futile rushing performances against the dastardly Spartans & tenacious Hawkeyes. Our defense was hapless against the offense of the ferocious Nittany Lions, but the importance of the loss of Mike Martin can hardly be overstated; we are a different, worse team without our starting nose guard. There's much more to say, but in the words of Scott Pilgrim, "It's a long story full of sighs." I don't have the strength to face all those sighs, not after three consecutive defeats.

Bowl eligibility is yet feasible; not merely mathematically possible, but genuinely feasible. Fully one-third of a season remains, & contests with it against the craven Fighting Illini, ill-starred Boilermakers, pesky Badgers, & hated Buckeyes. Today saw a much closer, much more competent performance than in the preceding pair of losses. There is yet hope as long as we keep fighting, & today saw us fight—even if fruitlessly—to the bitter end. hang on to that never-say-die optimism, fellow fans of the Maize & Blue, or if that fails, hang on to that never-say-die spite. Either way, never say die!

Go Blue! Go Blue! A thousand times, GO BLUE!

Coming Attractions
{a} "Master Debating" - a fortnight overdue, "The Horror of Hart House"
{b} "Project MERCATOR" - a lost weekend
{c} My months-late review of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
{d} "Project PANDORA"
{d1} the hateful truth about Love/Hate
{d2} the too-long delayed secret origin of Comrade Coquettish
{e} The fourth anniversary of "The Explorers Club"

2 comments:

Dr. Hee Haw said...

We face the Fighting Illini next week, as we have already vanquished the Fighting Irish. Thus concludes my nitpicky note of the day.

Mike Wilson said...

Good catch, Doc! My apologies for the typographical error, my nimble fingers got out ahead of my not terribly agile mind & my lazy eyes never bothered to check their work.