Tribal Division
It's great news that the Indians won the AL Central after a hiatus of 6 years. If only the Red Sox could hang on and the Tigers make up ground to exclude the Yankees, then it would be a Field of Dreams.
In other sporting news I see that the other school in Michigan, which was on the receiving end of some snide comments on this blog, is now 4-0 and just think they didn't even riot after beating hapless ND? O yeah, did I forget to mention that the Radar Magazine flunkies who wrote that MSU was the "Worst of the Big 10", because it's a "football school", has high crime and low SATs, evidently didn't see this artcle, eh? As for MSU's poor SAT scores, I suspect it is a moot point since most Michiganders and Midwesterners take the ACT rather than the SAT, but at any rate MSU is the nation's model Land Grant College (at one time known as Michigan Agricultural College or Moo U) and along with that mission there has been more open enrollment by design. Finally, everyone knows that MSU's criminal record looks so bad on paper because of one event every Fall -- the annual Cedar Fest -- to which all the students from Ann Arbor go and create mayhem after getting let outside of the library for one night to have their first beer.
posted by Paul @ 3:52 AM
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I was a Tribe skeptic early in the year, but they have a real shot of winning the whole thing this year. Two strong starters, great offense.
The Tigers, well, there's always next year.
MSU looked impressive in that game, but I think that playing Notre Dame is essentially a "homecoming" game this year, if you get my drift. Lots of sports talkers are suggesting that 0-8 is a possibility. Egad.
Excuses, excuses. I think you'd be proud. After all, how many schools can finish above Liberty U. in a "Worst" poll? That's something to write home about. Although, apparently, you're one of the few from MSU who can.
Seriously, though, did you read the story? Pretty funny. Especially the response letter from the angry undergrad.
TMcD,
If I remember the article correctly, there was no "poll" (don't you actually have to take a poll to call something a poll?) and it was split up by conference or type of school, so the list was in no particular order and MSU wasn't competing head to head with Liberty, only the other Big Ten schools. And MSU is certainly as good or better than half of the Big Ten schools in academics or otherwise, which means it beats the hell out of most schools in the South. Oops, did I just say that?
My bad. I assumed that being placed first on the list made them the worst (I'd also seen that in the initial link to the story). So. Only worst in the Big 10. Isn't that the same thing?
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