Well….that was a shocker…Michigan just beat Ohio State for the 4th year in a row and that was not supposed to happen with Ohio a 23 point favorite and ranked #2 in the country…it was a defensive game with neither offense doing much but Michigan scored the 13 points they needed to win against 10 points for Ohio…the game was scarred with scuffles between the teams at the end and it pisses me off that the new head coaches at Michigan and Ohio are not teaching their players the number one thing for me in college sports and that is respect for your opponent…and that will mar this win for me…it is a win but damn what an ugly way to end a good win…
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Go Red Devils!
Well…sitting here watching the League Cup final between Manchester United and Newcastle with Man U up 2-0 but Newcastle is outplaying them…or were until the second goal kind of deflated them….should be a great second half if I can find a channel that is stable to watch it on…using a New Zealand Sky Sports channel right now after trying a South African and English one and both of them jumping backwards….so I’ll stay on this one for a while….
That was some match…
Well…congrats to Argentina for winning the final match at the world cup…what a game! They were up 2-0 in the 80th minute and then France scored two in about 90 seconds and then it was a slug fest through overtime when Argentina scored first and then France scored in the last two minutes to tie it…and then Argentina won it in a shootout…I did want France to win but I’m happy for Messi and Argentina…probably one of the best matches I have ever seen…and a pretty good world cup…now we need to get to a final at some point or at least win our first knockout round in 4 years….
It’s a sports day…
Well…after a brutal second ride, I’m now settling in for a big sports day with a cup of coffee and the heating pad on my back…and it has started out good with Croatia and Morocco each scoring a goal in the first ten minutes of the match…and after that, I’ll go out and shovel the snow for the first time and I’m sure not the last time since we are supposed to get 4-8 inches out here today…and then lunch and football games start and run for the rest of the day…so, I think I’ll veg out and just watch sports all day…I may clean a bit but I may not…who knows? More later…
How about some sports?
Well…still feeling a little worn out today but I did want to talk about some sports…didn’t watch all of the Michigan game last night but I did see the important part…they are now 13-0 for the season and I do have to remind myself of their pattern that I’ve seen in all of their games this year…they allow the other team to stay close through the first half and then pull away in the second…so that win made them Big Ten champs and they will be in the college football playoffs along with Georgia but the other two spots are still to be determined this morning so I’ll update that after it happens….not sure how I feel about the matchups or if Michigan can win it all…they have looked good at times and iffy at times and with the loss of Corum, the other runners will have to stop up….hmmm…the World Cup…now that the US is out, I should lose interest but France is playing right now against Poland and then England plays this afternoon and I wonder what team will show up in that one? I mean they only drew with the US but beat another team 6-2 so I think they will win it as I think France will win this morning….but I really don’t have any other opinions right now…yeah, and that surprises me, too….more later…
That didn’t take long…
Well…that didn’t take long…the US is out of the world cup after losing the first knockout match to the Netherlands 3-1…our guys played well but defensive lapses did us in….they looked good most of the game but once Netherlands scored, we were chasing the game and that usually means you have to take risks and that opens you up to counterattacks that Netherlands put to good use…so we’re out but I’m still going to watch the rest of the tournament but I’ll shift my cheering over to England…or Australia who is playing Argentina right now…
Round of 16…
Well…I’m not sure if I’m more surprised that the US made the round of 16 in the world cup or that Belgium didn’t….and Belgium is ranked at #2 in the world….but that is how soccer works at times..and now we meet the Netherlands here in 28 minutes and I have mixed feelings of both excitement and dread since I know that we will have to play our best to move on to the next round but I’ll be happy no matter what…I know our guys are going to work their butts off and do their best and I am happy that Pulisic will be able to play after crashing into the goaltender scoring the winning goal against Iran…so, USA,USA, USA…go boys!
The US moves on…
Well…cripes, what a nail biter….the US scored one goal to move on into the round of 16 beating Iran 1-0…the goal was scored by Christian Pulisic who just crashed the goal to put in a headed cross by Dest but ran into the goaltender and had to go out of the match at the half due to an injury he got scoring…so now, we move on to the Netherlands at 10 Saturday morning and I’m not sure how I feel about that one…if we play like we played England, we have a good chance to do something…but if we play like we played Wales or Iran, it could get pretty ugly pretty early…but to get to the round of 16 is a pretty big deal and I will allow myself to be happy about that for a day or so…and then root for them again especially since we are such a young team…but I still think it’s weird that I know more of the players on the England team than I do on ours…might have to start watching MLS although at least 6 players on our team play in the Premier League….go USA!
Michigan wins!
Well…I was nervous at the start of the game with Ohio State as Michigan did the Michigan thing and started slow so I went over to watch the Argentina/Mexico match and when I came back Michigan was ahead so I stayed with it and Michigan just started gashing Ohio with long runs and passes and now the game is ending with Michigan winning 45-23…12-0 and now on to the Big Ten championship game next week and maybe even a trip to the National championship four…a guy can hope…Go Blue!
Not bad….
Well…that wasn’t too bad…the match ended up in a 0-0 draw when England was supposed to beat us 4-0…..so I’ll take it…and we are left with having to win against Iran on Tuesday afternoon and I am excited to see that one….and it was a good game with lots of chances on both sides….but I think we played better than them…at least we didn’t lose today and that is a massive plus with the third youngest team in the tournament….and now we have Michigan vs Ohio State tomorrow to worry about…it’s tough being a sports fan…