Entries from September 2007

September 11, 2007

Emo Week Continues

It has been a few days since another Michigan humiliation — this time at the hands of Oregon. While Appalachian State beat Michigan in a contest that ended up being somewhat close, the Ducks were all over the Wolverines in the Big House, sending Michigan’s once-valiant football heroes to an 0-2 record. Porous [...]

September 7, 2007

This Week’s Sign of the Apocalypse: $9 Wings Tickets

The Red Wings certainly have had trouble with fan relations since the lockout, something blatently obvious in this year’s playoffs, when the team failed to sell out Joe Louis Arena for any playoff game.  Now someone in the high-ups must have had a revelation – going on sale September 13th are tickets to a regular season Red [...]

September 5, 2007

USA Takes FIBA Gold

Just figured it was worth mentioning that Team USA beat Argentina 118-81 on Sunday to win the FIBA Americas Championship.  The game really did not have much meaning, as both teams had already qualified for the Olympic Games in Beijing, but it was time to take home some basketball gold.  LeBron James scored 31 points [...]

September 4, 2007

Michigan: Unranked Since 2007

Appalachian State. Never before would I have expected to hear the name of a smaller school, like this one from Boone, North Carolina, followed by laughter or insult. Still, so is the case following Michigan’s 34-32 loss to the Division I-AA school — Michigan became the first Division I-A team to lose to [...]

September 3, 2007

Labor Day

It has certainly been a difficult weekend between Michigan and the Tigers — both very frustrating topics I will touch on hopefully in the near future.  I had planned to do some blogging today but ended up getting called into work, so I will be taking my own Labor Day off for the remainder of [...]