Things I've Seen

Powder puff

Meagan after Northview's Senior-Junior powder puff football game. The back reads, "...Play in ours.  Juniors 07"

I totally forgot the camera so she posed after the game. She sat the bench 'cause her knees are bothering her.  I'm impressed she went to the practices and put in the effort, since with her fibromyalgia, strenuous activity is usually out of the question.

Of course, the seniors won, 24-14. She did get some photos from the sidelines for the yearbook. Oh, and she got the T-shirt.

Yes, again

For the fourth year in a row Michigan stuck it to the Spartans in the big game. For the second year running, the win came during overtime. Thankfully we didn't have to sit through three OTs like we did last year. 

Final Score : 34-31. Nobody called it.

Gamm Sez ...

A coworker runs a Big Ten sports website called The Final Score. Andy Gamm's also an MSU grad and wrote for the student-run State News while on campus. (The guy's a marketer now, but you can tell as you read where his real love lies!)

All his predictions for the week's games are here. From his writeup on the upcoming MSU/UOM matchup:

As if this rivalry tilt didn't have enough hype surrounding it year by year, consider the following: this is the first time since Vegas has been issuing lines that State is the favorite. Nope, that isn't a misprint. Neither is the fact that this is the first time since 1968 that MSU is ranked and Michigan is not heading into this game.The Spartans were higher ranked than Michigan back in 2003 when the teams met, but the Wolverines were a two point favorite and won the game by a touchdown. Back to the anomalies... Michigan is out of the Top 25 for the first time since 1998, a span of 114 straight weeks. The Wolverines are coming off their first Big Ten opener loss since 1981 - before every single player on the Michigan roster was born! Michigan State comes in having scored its most points since putting up 76 on Northwestern back in 1989. Hold on tight, this is an odd week but an exciting one around the state of Michigan.

His take on the score? MSU 38. Michigan 24. And like I said, in the "big game" anything's possible. But I 'll put my money on State.

Update: Gamm himself sez: "I didn't write for the State News, but rather after college I got my start writing about MSU and with the web as a stringer for Green and White (Lansing State Journal) and wrote for four years for BitterRivals." Sorry about that, Andy. I usually do a better job researching!  :-)

What a great time to be a Spartan fan. They're 4-0 and ranked #11 in the AP poll going into the annual shebang with Michigan. And oops I heard that the mighty UOM is out of the polls for the first time since 1998 ...

And that's all the gloating I'm going to do. Because as every diehard Spartan fan knows, MSU's good fortune could turn at any moment. And Michigan can come back in the third overtime and somehow beat you after all.

So I'm totally not assuming anything as U Mich comes to Spartan Stadium this weekend. Anything can happen. And I've sat through enough MSU football to know that it will. Go Green.

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BTW, my sister's husband is a huge Michigan fan with perennial season football tickets that he often shares with my husband.  Thanks for that, Matt.  And even though I think your heart's in the wrong place, this logo's for you.                                                                                 

People at the park

At Old Kent Fifth Third Park last Sunday.

A button on the back of his chair read "Veterans for Kerry"

Lansing Lugnuts fans. Clue: red hair

More lake

Sun-day at the beach

Wind shapes

This is just an excuse to post a couple of more photos from last Sunday. They aren't good photos, but they do remind me of how gorgeous was the day.

Another sunny warm weekend is supposed to be on tap. Maybe -- if I can get the floor mopped and some laundry done and the bathroom cleaned -- I'll sneak away to the beach again. With a chair and a book -- sans dog.