While you may be thinking of Denard Robinson, and if you paid attention to the game this weekend, you know the name Fitzgerald Toussaint, but let us talk about some other outstanding Michigan athletes.
First, remember the name Emy Guttman. I forgot it, and I regret forgetting it, mainly because if I had remembered it, I would have gotten the trivia question right, and potentially won another prize pack. Emy is a freshman forward for our field hockey team, scoring five goals in the games I attended She is also a local girl who played in high school just a few feet down the road at Pioneer. This girl is going places. actually, the whole team is going places. They didn't even let Ball State get a shot on goal, and they crush teams that are supposedly equal to them. All I can say is that a Michigan field hockey game is great on its own, or as a pregame to football. Like I used it on Saturday.
Football, was... what do you expect from Michigan vs. Eastern Michigan? You can be proud of your defense any time you hold a team to a field goal, especially, when they execute good goal line stops. It was good practice. Although, our offense really needed to take the opportunity to improve its passing game. Did we need to run all over them just because we could? No, we should a have sacrificed a few more plays to work on our passes. Remember, an effective passing play does not have to be a long bomb. It just has to advance the football. Still, it was the one-sided performance I was expecting. Putting Devon Gardiner in for the last set of downs was a nice touch. The fans were certainly happy to see him get some playing time.
As for the fan experience. I was kind of expecting the stadium to look half empty, but honestly, by kickoff the maize and blue faithful had filled it out with almost no EMU green visible. It still had about 4000 people less than last week, and from what I can tell those were the 4000 people who were trying to cram into my seat last week. Our crowd was good, but I don't understand why they weren't more excited about our field-goal. We made it. We made everything we kicked. I guess they are just a little leery after the past couple of years. I can't really blame them. As for the rest of the game, I regret to say that my maize shirt was not showing as I was wearing my blue hoodie, not because I was cold but because I forgot to put on sunblock. Yes, I am kind of paranoid about my skin. That being said, my nose is a bit red.
I opted to hang with friends at Buffalo Wild Wings instead of attending the volleyball game. On a side note, the person in charge of changing the channels at BWW hates his job because, they do not have a remote. Instead he has to push the same button, possibly, several hundred times to switch stations, and if his finger slips he has to start all over again. Seriously, I think the manager could justify the expense of getting a remote, or something with a keypad on it.
Now it is time for me to mention someone else to you. Yugene Lee was the individual runner up for the Mary Fossum Invitational today. The Michigan Ladies golf team placed third, just three strokes behind Ohio State and 15 behind host, Michigan State. That's right. despite my protests earlier this week. I drove to Lansing this morning and attended the entire last round, sort of. I was there for the signal for the shotgun start and I was there for the awards ceremony.However, a little before noon, I skipped out to head to MSU's campus. My reason was simple, their dairy store. I do love ice cream. My antics on campus included, wandering around the engineering building, photographing student club projects, trying to coax a squirrel into said engineering building, and trying to sneak into Spartan Stadium. Having failed to cause the lease bit of trouble, I returned to the end of the match.
Now, you might be wandering why I returned to the match. I have several reasons. First, it was Sunday, so I had no real place to go. Second, there were other spectators there this time. They were all family members, but they gave me people to whom I could talk (usually about football), and they made me feel not nearly as awkward wandering around a golf course watching other people play. Another factor was that they had posted leader boards in different locations allowing me to get a feel for what was happening. Also, since they paired ladies from the top three schools, there was a feeling of competition when I watched a trio. Finally, I have to admit that I find female athletes a little more appealing than male athletes when it comes right down to it. I'm sorry, but can you really blame me for appreciating healthy young women applying themselves to something they enjoy?
While I am not sure if I will ever take up the sport, I appreciate some more of the nuances of the game, and the difficulties that the course can cause. This course had narrow fairways and some crazy hazards. the narrow fairways played into my day when a ball flew wide from the fairway behind me and landed right in front of me. To be honest, I am kind of disappointed that I have not gotten beaned at one of these things. I love having a good story to tell, and it woudl have been something to impress the ladies. Well, at least the ladies who are impressed by that kind of thing. I don't know if I know any of those kind of ladies. Can you introduce me to some?
So I stuck around until the awards ceremony where a few ladies from the team came over and personally thanked me for coming out. In the end, is that not why I am doing all of this, to support my teams? No, it is not. I am doing this because, A) being a sports spectator is emotionally addictive, and b) to try to give me an impressive story to tell. Still, Meagan and Lauren, you are quite welcome. I had a great time.
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