Better the Ducks than Alabama

And here's the fallout from the Texas A & M game: Alabama drops to 4th in the AP rankings. The Oregon Ducks are on top now.

And thanks to Michigan's win, the Wolverines are back in the top 25! (okay okay at 23rd but it's something).

So, uh I guess the tide didn't roll

Of all the teams to play the invisible Crimson Tide, Texas A & M  —Texas A & M!— was the one to beat them. Final score 29-24.

I was too busy watching another amazing comeback Michigan, this time beating Northwestern in overtime. Shoelace is still hurt but it's starting to not matter. Devin Gardner isn't bad at QB.

Michigan should NOT have lost to Nebraska

There's really not much to be said about Michigan vs. Nebraska. Michigan could've beaten Nebraska at full strength but then Denard hurt his hand and on came freshman Russell Bellomy who, as far as I could tell, had never played football before. What a joke.

Michigan lost to Nebraska 23-9. It was painful.

Brightside is it looks like Denard will be able to play next weekend against Minnesota.

Michigan gets its 900th win off of MSU

 Here's what was awesome about Michigan's 900th win:

• It broke MSU's five-game winning streak versus Michigan. 
• It was Michigan's 900th win. Michigan is the winningest program in NCAA history.
• It was off of a field goal in the last five seconds of the game.

 I was sure Brendan Gibbons would miss his 38-yard field goal and lose the game but I was wrong. Good. 

Saturday was a good night if you're the Tigers

If your team is named the Tigers, Saturday night had a happy ending. LSU beat South Carolina by turning the game around with about 5 minutes left on the clock, ending the game 23 -21.

And then the Tigers almost lost game 1 of the ALCS to the Yankees but came back in extra innings, 6-4. I'm rooting for any team against the Tigers right now so these days baseball is a source of endless frustration for me. And Jeter is out for three months with a fractured ankle!

At least Michigan totally destroyed Illinois, 45-0.

That's more like it

The Big 10 is so strange this year. Yeah I'm happy that Michigan comfortably beat Purdue 44-13 but I'd also have liked for Indiana to beat Michigan State which would have been embarrassing as hell (final score 31-27 MSU) and for Nebraska to beat Ohio State (final score 63-38). Weren't the Buckeyes supposed to be bad?

Anyway, Arkansas beat Auburn yesterday which should be obvious but since Arkansas is inexplicably terrible this year, it's actually kind of surprising. Deadspin's headline had it best: "Auburn Wrests Title Of “Team Everyone Wants To Play” From Arkansas." So now Arkansas (2-4, 1-2 in the SEC) isn't quite as sad a team as it was...but still pretty damn sad.

The Fighting Irish have had enough

Notre Dame cashes out on the rivalry after beating Michigan 13-6:

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan Athletic Department announced today (Tuesday, Sept. 25) that the football series with Notre Dame has been cancelled for the 2015, 2016 and 2017 seasons. The Irish informed Michigan director of athletics Dave Brandon prior to kickoff of the match-up Saturday (Sept. 22) in South Bend, Ind.

"The decision to cancel games in 2015-17 was Notre Dame's and not ours," said Brandon, the Donald R. Shepherd Director of Athletics. "We value our annual rivalry with Notre Dame but will have to see what the future holds for any continuation of the series. This cancellation presents new scheduling opportunities for our program and provides a chance to create some new rivalries."

The Wolverines and Irish have met on the gridiron 40 times, the most for Michigan against any non-conference opponent. Michigan holds a 23-16-1 all-time record against Notre Dame, one of the U-M's three main rivals along with Michigan State and Ohio State.

The final two games in the rivalry will take place on Sept. 7, 2013, at Michigan Stadium, and the following year on Sept. 6, 2014, at Notre Dame Stadium. Both schools agreed to a break in the series during the 2018 and 2019 seasons. The future of games scheduled to be played in 2020 and beyond has yet to be determined.

About last night

Yesterday was pretty miserable. I didn't watch the White Sox lose to the Angels for the second night in a row (this time 2-4 instead of 2-6 the night before...progress!...) but I did watch Michigan lose to Notre Dame in what can best be described as the most painfully slow loss by the Wolverines in recent memory.

It wasn't that Notre Dame was good, —actually I was pretty underwhelmed by them. This was the team that broke Michigan State's defense? The problem was that Michigan was just worse. Michigan lost 13-6 and had six (six!) turnovers. Pathetic.

So now the White Sox lead the division by half a game and the Wolverines' record is 2-2.