Men's gymnastics

So, I got to the Gymnastics meet a little bit late. Overtime on senior night can do that to you. Walking in, I was expecting to have to tell someone the final score, and I was not disappointed.

So, it appears that men have more events than women in gymnastics: vault, rings, high bar, parallel bars, floor exercises, and Pommel horse. I will never think of the Pommel horse the same way after that The Blanks concert, something about a grown man trying to eat a toupee. You had to be there.

Anyway Michigan had two men who were chosen to compete for the national team. It was pretty obvious who they were. Actually, the whole event was pretty well striated. For some reason the teams were Michigan, Ohio State, and SUNY Brockport. Talk about being a third wheel. No really, stop reading this, go and find someone, and discuss being the odd man out in awkward situations. Come back when you are done. OK, welcome back. Anyway, it was easy to tell that the men of Brockport were not going to win any championships. Their routines were pretty rudimentary. That being said, just being able to to that much is more than I would venture. Ohio state woudl follow them and put together a pretty impressive performance. I think the OSU guy was reading my mind on the parallel bars because he did whatever I was thinking. Maybe I was reading his mind, and I just heard what he was planning. That doesn't make sense. It was too calm in my head. It must have been the coach's mind. After OSU was done. The Michigan guys would come and give some performances that were roughly better than the OSU performances, and some that took it to the next level. It was a fun event, but I don't have the greatest desire to watch dudes in spandex swinging around. that being said, they are very good at it.

My next event is tomorrow night. Field Hockey at the Oosterbaan field house at 7.  After that there are the CCHA playoff games on Friday and Saturday. These are special because they will be the last CCHA games to be hosted by Michigan. Next year the Big Ten forms its own hockey conference.