I will now cry myself to sleep.....

Persons of Planet Earth:

Excellent point Meridith! I certainly don't want to limit my readership to a strictly male audience. In my dreams, this is a blog that is equally enjoyable to both men and women alike. However, in those same dreams, the women have names like Sunshine, Jade, and Crystal. But that's another story.

Onto the game. I don't know what to say. I really don't. This was it. This was the season. Do I need to lower my expectations and pray that we beat Michigan before I die? Really? What's realistic for us at this point? 2010? 2050? Just give me a number to work with. I feel like a pre-2004 Red Sox fan. I just feel that there are certain things that I might not see this program do before I check out.

I would try and add my expert technical football analysis, but I think that we've covered most of it already. But here are a couple of points that I want to emphasize just because I can.

First, I remember the day that Henne picked PSU over Michigan. He was a highly ranked high school quarterback who wanted a chance to go pro. Well, can't really say that I question his thought process. Like somebody else pointed out, we haven't sent a quarterback to the pros since Kerry Collins in the 1995 draft. Thats 11 seasons. We don't even have a 3rd string quarterback on an NFL roster. I did a bit of research and since Paterno took over we have had 8 QBs who played at least 1 season in the NFL. And thats a list that includes names like Wally Richardson and Kevin Thompson. That covers 41 seasons. Michigan, on the other hand, has had its last 5 (Todd Collins, Griese, Brady, Henson, and John Navarre) all make it to an NFL roster. Henne will make it 6. If I had a son with those types of skills I would REALLY have to think about sending him to State College. God, its like JayPa forgot what its like to be in the trenches and start as a D-1 quarterback. I am not saying I wish him harm, but I hope they put him on the cover of Madden 2008.

Next, DWB was talking about how he would like the coaches to look if there was to be a shake-up at the end of the year. I think we are missing something here. We need to get LJ, Sr to retire. Here's my plan. We say that he's retiring so that he can spend more time with LJ, Jr., making sure he's not out pistol-whipping beyotches in KC. Then, we dip into the Johnson family playbook and recruit the best high school coach in America with at least 2 D-1 level prospects as sons.

Also, we couldn't stop a slant. When you're giving the receiver a 6 yard cushion, its not hard to throw a slant for a completion. I think that they completed 3 of them on 3rd down on a single drive.

Ok, I am going to go use my FoodSaver to vacuum-pack my F@!# Michigan T-shirt for next year.

I know that everyone caught the video of the Miami / Florida International brawl on TV. Listen, I know that it was a horrible event. That's been established. What I want to comment on was the one knucklehead who was swinging his helmet in the fight. Now, I am by no means a rocket scientist, but doesn't it seem logical that if your in a fight and you have easy access to head protection.....YOU MIGHT WANT TO WEAR IT! And the funniest thing was that he was using it to swing and try and hit another player who was wearing his helmet! He should be thrown out of school. Not because of the brawl, but because he is clearly not smart enough to be enrolled in a university.

Also, I caught this video on YouTube. Its funny that someone spent this much time to create a high-quality video on the subject.

Till next week.

~Kevin