Good News!

The Buckeyes lost. To Northwestern. Ha ha ha! The announcer said last night the Buckeyes "clearly were not the number six team in the country" and "were ranked way too high." This is before they lost to a bad Northwestern team (who entered 1-3). What happens when NW plays a good team- they get blown out, like by Minnesota last week (43-17). You have to understand, being a Columbus transplant as I am, OSU is absolutely everywhere. It is literally all you hear about. You have to choose what side you're on- no "undecideds" on this subject. Every game is played on TV, replayed (twice!) and then wrapped up today. Spring scrimmages were televised. I saw Colin Powell pre-empted one morning on Face the Nation as our country prepared for war in Iraq for a replay of the game. A replay!

Did you know Jim Tressel is "the best coach in the history of college football"? Actually, I did not, until someone told me- well Tressel does have 35 all-time Division 1-A wins. And one national title. My coach, Bobby Bowden only leads Tressel by 310 wins. And a national title. And once he had a losing season at Florida State...his first season...in 1976 he went 6-5. Good luck Jim, win 10 games a year for the next 31 years and we'll talk, okay.

Okay, so I hate the Buckeyes. But if you lived here, you probably would to.