Sunday, November 20, 2005

What A Weekend For Michigan Sports

Sitting at the office all week; there was one thing that I was looking forward to this weekend, and that one thing was Michigan sports. On Saturday I woke up, sat on the couch with some food, and settled in for a good old classic Michigan vs. Ohio State football matchup. The maize and blue set out on a mission to pull the upset giving them the possibility of sharing a piece of their third straight big ten championship. However, as a result of bad clock management in the fourth quarter, they fell defeated by five points. Though I am dissapointed with the outcome of my wolverines this year, I am looking forward to next year. This Michigan team will be returning their starting quarterback, halfback, and many of their best wide receivers. I look for michigan to go undefeated next year, and to take the big ten title. After my wolverines fell Michigan State fell to Penn State, the Pistons lost their first game of the season, the Red Wings lost, and the Lions lost. Here are my predictions regarding these teams. Michigan State is going to fire John L Smith for producing yet another losing bowless year of Michigan State football. With Smith out there will be an open head coach position at MSU, thus bringing the Lions into the picture. This has been Steve Mariucci's third and worst year as the Detroit Lions head coach. With little production from what should be a potent offense, it is time to say goodbye to Mariucci. Now, we all know that Steve Mariucci and Tom Izzo are just the best of friends, and with this soon to be open head coach job at MSU...well I hate to speculate but I think we may be seeing childhood friends Izzo, and Mariucci ruling the spotlight of Michigan State sports. As for the Pistons and the Red Wings; I am somewhat happy the Pistons finally lost a game because now they don't have to keep the pressure of staying perfect on their shoulders, and they can finally concentrate on getting back to the finals for a third year straight. And the Red Wings, they will be fine and will have a good year as usual, and I will watch maybe five games out of the season. What a weekend this was, and oh how Michigan sports will look different one year from today.

posted by Eric @ 5:36 PM 2 comments

Wednesday, November 16, 2005

The Arrival Of Winter's First Snow

The snow has arrived! With the changing of the seasons in full swing, I figured it was a good time to start posting again. It seems like I have been out of the writing process for a while now, but with school quickly approaching, I better start getting some practice in. It seems like my life has become much too boring these past few months, hence the lack of interesting posts in a while. I have been continuing with my internship at Pratt & Whitney, and I have learned a lot. I am all set to begin my time back at Liberty in January. I am definitely ready to get back into the grind of school. Being away from school, and at a job for the past few months, I have come to the conclusion that I enjoy having a set 8-5 Monday through Friday schedule better than a school schedule, but to get to that point I need to finish! I left work this evening to a nice blanket of snow covering the ground. I love this time of year; when the ugly dead trees and leaves get covered with a fluffy white layer of snow. It seems so insane that anyone can watch the changing of the seasons, and not be able to appreciate the work that God does on the earth. How anyone can look at this as a chance happening that evolved over millions of years is beyond me. Well I will just have to wait to write more on those topics in the future. For now I leave with the hope that this finds you doing well, and that you have a lot to be thankfull for in this thanksgiving season.

posted by Eric @ 9:30 PM 2 comments