Michigan's Back!

I usually do not get excited when the Tigers win because I dislike baseball, but when pretty much every major team in Michigan makes our state look better than what we are, then I get excited. It is not really just the Tigers that I do not like watching but sometimes it is every other Michigan team. We tend to lose when it counts and we usually lose bad, so I try not to get my hopes up. But this weekend was different, this weekend we all won!

            First game that made this weekend for Michigan sports pretty good was Michigan University’s football team winning. I’m not a Michigan fan when I want MSU to succeed but I was rooting for Michigan this week. They straight up manhandled the Minnesota Golden Gophers, as they should because that is one of the most unintimidating mascots I’ve ever heard of. Lead by their quarterback Denard Robinson, they defeated the Gophers by the score of fifty eight to zero. I am not going to say that Michigan is legit because I feel that they have not faced anyone that challenging and have done good against some weak competition. With that said though they really came through this weekend.

            The second game was definitely Michigan State defeated the highly hated Ohio State Buckeyes (why would you have a buckeye as a mascot?). Though it was not a pretty win, it was a win and against a pretty solid team. The Spartans did something that not a lot of teams can do and that is win on the road at Columbus. In Ohio State’s defense, this is not the team that we are used to seeing but still Michigan State has a victory over them.

            The third win of the weekend came from the Lions’ thrilling comeback victory that I’m sure everyone heard about. They were down but twenty-one points at one point and came all the way back to beat “America’s Team” the Dallas Cowboys. It was won in the final minutes with a touchdown catch from Calvin Johnson and a nasty sack by the Lions’ defense. What hit me hard about this game were two snubs after it. One snub was everyone was celebrating Matt Stafford, but no one was congratulating Jason Hanson! If this guy misses all of his extra points and field goals you lose and you’re not even congratulating him? The second snub was Tony Romo ignoring Jerry Jones who was trying to talk to him. Not a big fan of either of those two, so it was entertaining to see.

            The fourth and most important win (just cause they are in the playoffs) was the Tigers’ game two victory against the Yankees. I watched bits and pieces of this game and it was nice seeing that Miguel Cabrera can hit a fly ball all the way into the stands at Yankee Stadium, even if it would be out anywhere else. The funniest part of the game was Valverde almost single handedly giving every single Michigander a heart attack in the ninth by almost blowing the game. I hope his prediction of us winning two straight in Detroit does not ruin this series.

            It is hard to beat a weekend like this in Michigan, but with the way all the teams are playing it could happen again next weekend. I hope it does and am fully expecting it to except for Michigan State because of a bye week. Soon the Red Wings are going to be playing and they will make our state’s sports teams look even better with their amazing play.