We’ve seen more talented runners. Thomas, Perry, Morris, Biakabatuka, etc. But man, seriously, is there anymore who does more with less than Leon Michael Hart?
It seems this most recent win against Penn State brought because the unofficial love-in weekend for him. Facing a real team, and doing it without Chad Henne for the first time, Mike took the team on his back and did everything he needed to do. Especially to protect a very green freshman quarterback. He also served up the two most “Mike Hart” plays in his career.
The one yard touchdown run in which he seemed to get hit by every Penn State defender was a thing of beauty. He had to be down, there was no way anyone could still be reaching for the goal line that late after getting hit. Nope. He did it. It wasn’t even that he managed to reach it. It was that there simply seemed to be no stopping him, despite everyone in the stadium, including Penn State, knowing who was getting the ball.
The other thing that truly stood out was Mike Hart simply popping a 6′3″, 240lb Dan Connor on a pass play in which the whole stadium and the announcing booth did a double-take. Who else lays themselves out for their team the way this guy does?
Lee Corso put him as his early favorite to win the Heisman… but seriously, I don’t think it’s meant for him. Actually, I don’t think it’s worthy of him.
So for a guy who basically only watches 4 shows a week that arent sporting events, I sure do find myself overly wrapped up in the Office’s upcoming season as well as the whole Pam and Jim saga. First off, and here’s where the spoilers come in, if you’ve seen the hilarious preview of Season 4, you know that Jim dumps Karen (which was pretty much implied in the season finale of Season 3).
Am I the only one who wanted him to stay with Karen? I assume I am in the minority in this, but couldn’t they atleast stretched out the Karen thing a little longer? I just liked that as the A stroyline as opposed to just Michael being stupid as the focus of the show. Like I said, I’ve got no clue how I got this emotionally involved.
Not much going on this week. Michigan FINALLY won and crushed Notre Dame. So hooray for that. Although the way ND is playing, it’s not a real gauge of how well they’ll do next week against Penn State.
Missed the Girl Talk show this weekend which kinda sucked, especially since the whole reason I was going to miss it was to go to the ND game, which I ended up missing as well. Oh well.
Spent part of the weekend at Barcade for birthdays and going away parties and made it out to Union Pool with the team where we got pix in the photo booth (see above).
So the Go! Team just released their second album “Proof of Youth” here in the states and man is it awesome. If you enjoyed their 2005 debut “Thunder, Lightning, Strike“, which was full of mashup beats combined with cheerleading chants and 70’s action film scores, then you should like the new live sound they’re sporting. This should be another contender for album of the year, unless you’re Pitchfork of course.
Check out tracks “Universal Speech” and “The Wrath of Marcie“. Also, don’t miss out on the Hood Internet’s mashup of the Go! Team’s “Grip like a Vice” along with the Game.
ABX - the Go! Team w/ the Game “Wouldn’t Grip Far”
I don’t want to focus on the negative this week, which was obvious. Rather, I’d like to look forward to the future.
The good news, the Call of Duty 4 [beta] has finally loosened its tight grip on my life. However, it’s just in time for BioShock to take over with the occassional break for Brain Age 2.
I was able to slow down just enough to make a (most likely) final trip to Water Taxi before the good weather is through. Good times were had by all.
Not much content this week since I am somewhat inundated. I just hope Mike is right.
I think it’s pretty obvious what this edition of The Weekly was going to be about. But rather than go livid about the game itself or how pathetic the embarassment is, I’m going to rant about the fallout.
Now that we’ve had a couple days to digest what happened, it’s safe to say that this game was not blown out of proportion when it was called the greatest upset in college football history. Despite the fact that there is still a consensus around the nation that Michigan is a great team that was simply woefully unprepared, the reputation of the University as a whole has been underminded. The team could run the table, go 11-1, win the Big Ten, and have Mike Hart rush for 2,500 yards, yet there will still be the Appalachian Chants at every game. There will still be highlights of that game shown on every top plays show for years to come (a ‘la Kordell Stewart in 1994).
The tide has turned, Lloyd’s invincibility has disappeared along with Bo. The demand for the new head coach will no longer be whether they can maintain the integrity of the program, but rather, can they win with the incredible talent we always have. Can they stop the underacheiving? Can we return to being the Leaders and the Best?
I don’t know. I honestly am still reeling. I feel like when I talk about my alma mater, I am speaking of a passed relative and recounting the good times while slowly coming to grips with it’s passing into the night. I know there’s 11 games still to play in this season, but this loss will live on well past this season.
