The Victors

It is an abomination that Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey is a member of the Big Ten conference. (Ah, yes, those great Midwestern states of Maryland & New Jersey!) It is even more abominable that the valiant Wolverines of the University of Michigan have a losing record against the antediluvian Scarlet Knights of Rutgers in conference play—thank you very much, Brady Hoke. Slowly but surely, Harbaugh, the magical unicorn of our dreams, is setting the world aright. Last week, the valiant Wolverines reclaimed the Little Brown Jug, the oldest & grandest rivalry trophy in college football; today, they can balance accounts against Rutgers. (I'm basically spitting every time I type the name.) Let there be a reckoning!



Go Blue!

Bonus! Song of the Day
"Weird Al" Yankovic, "Sports Song" from Mandatory Fun (Mrs. Brother Nacho)

Commentary: Mrs. Brother Nacho didn't nominate "Sports Song," but she did post the following video, titled "Every Press Conference Ever" & starring Mr. Yankovic, to my FaceSpace wall: Sports-link. "Sports Song" follows pretty logically from there.

"Oh, and if somehow we are still failing
To effectively articulate the points at hand,
Allow us now to summarize them in a manner
That you feeble brains can understand:

"We're great (We're great!) and you suck (You suck!),
We're great (We're great!) and you suck (You suck!),
We're great (We're great!) and you suck (You suck!),
You see, there's us (We're great!) and then there's you (You suck!).

"We're really, really great (Really great!),
In contract, you really suck (Really suck!).
O.K., full disclose: We're not that great,
But nevertheless, you suck…"