Worst sports day in a long time
Saturday was one of the worst sports days that I have experienced in a long time.
Warning: if you don't understand why my emotional happiness is strongly influenced by the performance of my teams, then just skip this post. You won't understand it.
Anyway, it started out ok, as Michigan lost to Ohio State. I does my heart good whenever Michigan loses, so at least things were ok. In addition, the loss finished Michigan's chances for a Big 10 title, which meant that even if Michigan State beat Penn State, Michigan would not have a sniff of a BCS bowl.
Everything went steadily downhill from there. Michigan State - Penn State was a disaster in every sense of the word. It wasn't just that they lost. In many ways, I expected that. They've been in a death spiral for the last two months, and Penn St. is one of the nation's top teams. No, it was the gut-wrenching kind of loss, where every time you have hope that your team is about to come back, they throw away their chance, leaving you in pain.
This game had it all: muffed punts, back-breaking interceptions, missed field goals, bobbled field-goal snaps, and stupid penalties. It was just sickening to see the season end with yet another stupid loss. This could have been so much better, but mistakes at key times have killed us all year.
So I was not feeling good about that. Meanwhile, in Hawaii, the MSU men's basketball team was kicking off their season against Hawaii. It should have been an easy tune-up for the fourth-ranked Spartans as they prepare for the LOADED Maui Invitational field. Instead, four of the starting five players suffered from severe cramps (one was carried off on a stretcher and another missed the last 13 minutes of the second half), and State was blown out by 20-odd points.
At this point, I figured that the only way the day could get worse would be if the previously-unbeaten Pistons lost in Dallas to the Mavs. Uh, yeah. Check.
They lost by 40.
I'm telling you, it just wasn't a good day.
I could use some good sports news, starting about.....NOW!
Warning: if you don't understand why my emotional happiness is strongly influenced by the performance of my teams, then just skip this post. You won't understand it.
Anyway, it started out ok, as Michigan lost to Ohio State. I does my heart good whenever Michigan loses, so at least things were ok. In addition, the loss finished Michigan's chances for a Big 10 title, which meant that even if Michigan State beat Penn State, Michigan would not have a sniff of a BCS bowl.
Everything went steadily downhill from there. Michigan State - Penn State was a disaster in every sense of the word. It wasn't just that they lost. In many ways, I expected that. They've been in a death spiral for the last two months, and Penn St. is one of the nation's top teams. No, it was the gut-wrenching kind of loss, where every time you have hope that your team is about to come back, they throw away their chance, leaving you in pain.
This game had it all: muffed punts, back-breaking interceptions, missed field goals, bobbled field-goal snaps, and stupid penalties. It was just sickening to see the season end with yet another stupid loss. This could have been so much better, but mistakes at key times have killed us all year.
So I was not feeling good about that. Meanwhile, in Hawaii, the MSU men's basketball team was kicking off their season against Hawaii. It should have been an easy tune-up for the fourth-ranked Spartans as they prepare for the LOADED Maui Invitational field. Instead, four of the starting five players suffered from severe cramps (one was carried off on a stretcher and another missed the last 13 minutes of the second half), and State was blown out by 20-odd points.
At this point, I figured that the only way the day could get worse would be if the previously-unbeaten Pistons lost in Dallas to the Mavs. Uh, yeah. Check.
They lost by 40.
I'm telling you, it just wasn't a good day.
I could use some good sports news, starting about.....NOW!
posted by N at 1:11 AM
1 Comments:
good sports news? how 'bout them clippers? best in the west, y'know, with the 8-2 record. tied for second in the entire league...
oh, how i love 'em. =)
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