The Victors: Halftime
Indiana 23-21 Michigan

I freely admit that I am teetering on the verge of panic. Not because we are trailing, but because our pathetic effort on the field is giving me traumatic flashbacks to the nightmare that was last season. Shades of 2008, our offense is doing everything it can to kneecap our defense and bolster the opposing offense: turning over the ball left and right, giving the opposition a string of short fields to work with (resulting in field goals, not touchdowns, due only to the extraordinary efforts of the valiant Wolverine defense; by rights, we should be down 38-21). Shades of the devil Sheridan and the hapless Threet, Forcier is panicking each and every time he hears hoofbeats and reacting in a blind panic; unless Forcier develops a modicum of composure, Robinson will have to be relied upon as our principal quarterback. I knew we didn't deserve to vault into the Top 25, not on the strength of a win over Notre Dame, but neither did I imagine we were as fundamentally unsound a team as we've appeared in the first half.

The only silver lining is that in the preceding three games the valiant Wolverines proved themselves to be a strong second half team. Let us hope this too does not get chucked directly into the hands of a passing Hoosier by a panic-stricken Tate Forcer.

Go Blue!

This Week in Motorsport
Early rain and a wet track have given Audi the advantage over Peugeot at the Petit Le Mans, but if the track dries out, will Peugeot's straight-line speed advantage allow them to overtake the more wet weather-friendly Audi? Ten hours or one thousand miles, whichever comes first. Endurance racing!