The First Weekend of Pigskin!

What a grrrreeat weekend, sports fans! College football is in full swing and I was loving it. Gotta get to some things, so without further ado:

Wisconsin v. Bowling Green - I went to my first college game involving a Big Ten team (I go to my second in a few weeks with Grant.) My uncle had an extra ticket for the game, so I rode down with him and my cousins Dillon and Duncan. I was a Wisconsin fan for the day, but I've got a feeling that my more beloved Wolverines of Michigan will destroy Bucky this year. The defense for Wisky played very poorly in my humble opinion, but they did win the shootout 56-42 in a game that saw over 1000 total yards. Grant's boy, Brian Calhoun rushed for over 250 yards and 5 touchdowns. Grant once used Calhoun (who at that time played for Colorado) to win multiple Heisman's on the 2004 version of the NCAA video game. He transferred to UW last year and the nostalgia almost brought a tear to my eye.

Camp Randall Stadium was an average stadium that has horribly designed concourses. At halftime, I went to get a meal (my first of the day) at the concessions. By the time I needed to visit the restroom and get back to my seat, the area around the concessions had turned into an unpenetrable mob that took me until a few minutes into the third quarter to traverse.

After the game we walked up and down historic State Street in Madison. We stopped at B Dubs to have a drink and then got some chips and salsa (with a couple of cerveza's) at a Mexican restaurant. I voted that we should make the two mile walk back to the the van. About half way there, I stepped on the edge of the sidewalk and rolled my ankle, dropping me face first on the concrete. It's one of those stories that nobody will believe happened sober. "Sure, you were walking back from a Badger game, you rolled your ankle, and you weren't sauced? Riiiiight."

Michigan v Northern Illinois - I saw about five minutes of this game at the bar after the UW game. I did see a guy from a MAC school break off a 76 yard TD run on the Michigan defense. That's a little unnerving. They need to get good for the usual letdown game coming up against Notre Dame.

Florida St. v. Miami - So you're Miami, you're driving late in the game, you throw a pass for a 3 yard loss, a player from Florida St takes his helmet off and starts jawwin' with one of your guys, refs throw flags, and then they pick them up... how are you not furious? How did Miami coach Larry Coker not go out and beat the ref with the first down stick? It's clear from the replay that the Florida St player gets up and rips his helmet off. It was a penalty. Of course, Miami did blow the game on the next play when they fumbled the field goal snap, but they should've had first and goal at the four yard line.

Northern Michigan v. Mercyhurst - Northern got it's first win. They had the GLIAC conference player of the week on offense and defense. Linebacker Chad Kurian was named D2Football.com Defensive Player of the Week. Wait, is this the same Northern Michigan University that I went to?

The CFF10 Fantasy Draft- Let's put it this way, my cousin, who is the commissioner of the league was phoning in his picks from the bar so that the other commissioner could enter them. Yeah, it was that kind of draft.

I'm finished,
Nate