Midweek Mierda Is Highly Varied
December 11 2007 10:46 PM -- Filed in: Misc
I feel so behind and you probably feel slighted. My
apologies. Anyway...
Soccer in Final Four: Non-revenue making waves. The Men's Soccer team made the NCAA Final Four this past weekend by upending Bradley 4-0. The team, which is riding a 14 game win streak, moves on to face unranked and unseeded UMass Friday at 7pm, ESPNU. The Bucks are undefeated on neutral fields this year.
Extra Week Added: E. Gordon Gee and the other Big Ten presidents voted to move to a 13 week football schedule beginning in 2009. This moves paves the way for teams to insert a bye week allowing squads to rest weary bodies and shorten the layoff between bowl games. It will also push back the annual Ohio State-Michigan game beyond Thanksgiving stealing our delight in talking about yet another Buckeye victory while nodding off with Tryptophan coursing through their veins.
More Honors for JL: James Laurinaitis was recognized by the Associated Press on their First Team All-America team. No other Buckeyes made the list. However, other Buckeyes including Chris Wells, Kirk Barton, Malcolm Jenkins and Vernon Gholston were selected on various other teams:
Thad's Streak in Jeopardy: I'm afraid it's true. While Matta has won 20 games or more each year he's been a head coach, this year may break that streak. Last night's victory over Coppin State was quintessential ugly and made some eye's bleed. The team failed to reach 50 points during a night Matta tinkered with lineups (Mr. Diebler meet Mr. Pine) and substitution patterns. I firmly believe the team will make improvement but this glaring lack of consistency and periods of frighteningly awful shooting has got to stop...or we'll be NIT bound. This was Coppin State!
Michigan Coaching Search: Day 23. Miles is still somewhat in play though he says he's only helping Michigan with their search. (wink - wink). Because, you know, this is what coaches do at opposing schools in rival conferences. I quite like the drawn out process especially since it involves LSU who already has one lame duck coach in Bo Pellini. I'll take any smidgen of distraction I can get.
Soccer in Final Four: Non-revenue making waves. The Men's Soccer team made the NCAA Final Four this past weekend by upending Bradley 4-0. The team, which is riding a 14 game win streak, moves on to face unranked and unseeded UMass Friday at 7pm, ESPNU. The Bucks are undefeated on neutral fields this year.
Extra Week Added: E. Gordon Gee and the other Big Ten presidents voted to move to a 13 week football schedule beginning in 2009. This moves paves the way for teams to insert a bye week allowing squads to rest weary bodies and shorten the layoff between bowl games. It will also push back the annual Ohio State-Michigan game beyond Thanksgiving stealing our delight in talking about yet another Buckeye victory while nodding off with Tryptophan coursing through their veins.
More Honors for JL: James Laurinaitis was recognized by the Associated Press on their First Team All-America team. No other Buckeyes made the list. However, other Buckeyes including Chris Wells, Kirk Barton, Malcolm Jenkins and Vernon Gholston were selected on various other teams:
| AP | Laurinaitis |
| AFCA | Laurinaitis, Barton |
| Walter Camp | Laurinaitis |
| FWAA | Laurinaitis |
| Sporting News | Laurinaitis, Barton, Wells, Gholston, Jenkins, Heyward |
Thad's Streak in Jeopardy: I'm afraid it's true. While Matta has won 20 games or more each year he's been a head coach, this year may break that streak. Last night's victory over Coppin State was quintessential ugly and made some eye's bleed. The team failed to reach 50 points during a night Matta tinkered with lineups (Mr. Diebler meet Mr. Pine) and substitution patterns. I firmly believe the team will make improvement but this glaring lack of consistency and periods of frighteningly awful shooting has got to stop...or we'll be NIT bound. This was Coppin State!
Michigan Coaching Search: Day 23. Miles is still somewhat in play though he says he's only helping Michigan with their search. (wink - wink). Because, you know, this is what coaches do at opposing schools in rival conferences. I quite like the drawn out process especially since it involves LSU who already has one lame duck coach in Bo Pellini. I'll take any smidgen of distraction I can get.
