The Victors
On the one hand, the valiant University of Michigan Wolverines lost the CCHA tournament to the vile University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish. On the other hand, my close personal friend Bill Martin fired Tommy Amaker as head coach of the men's basketball team. On the gripping hand, I flipped away from the UNC-MSU game (Thanks, Tar Heels!) just in time to see valiant University of Michigan Wolverine Josh Churella lose the 149-pound national championship at the NCAA Wrestling Championships at the Palace of Auburn Hills. Being the second-best 149-pound wrestler in the country is a highly laudable achievement, but to slightly misappropriate* General MacArthur's words, "there is no substitute for victory." Churella may be valiant, but today he was not the victor; he may be a hero, but today he did no conqu'ring.

So, 1-2, not a particularly good day for Michigan. Still, every day is a great day to be a Wolverine; tomorrow, we pick ourselves up and begin again. Go Blue!

*MacArthur actually said, "In war there is no substitute for victory." And despite furious flurries of hyperbole and bad sportsmanship, there is no mistaking the glory of sport for the horror of war.