Saturday night December 8th

I have been drinking. Drinking at a new bar called Sips at Orchard Lake and Grand River. Site of the former Midfield Grill. Cool place

BTW - Song playing during post - Naked Eye by The Who

I tried to do a google search on sips, not out there yet. A cool place, I would recommend. Great pizza, and the bartenders are hot. Smokin' My buddy Walter and I sat, had a number of drinks, and talked with WDFN's Sean Beligian. That made us feel cool. He was a heck of a guy with a sweet Canadians hat that he picked up at a game 20+ years ago. You have to love that kind of dedication. Plus, I picked up a few WDFN Thunderstix for mom, who seems to love them.

Now - Baby Don't you Do It - The Who - From the extended version of Who's Next

Hey, guess what, Troy Smith won the Heisman. Really big surprise. Actually, the biggest surprise to me is that Quinn finished 3rd. Mike Hart finished 5th. Watch for him next year, with about 40 carries a game, at 5 yards per. Especially if Jake Long is coming back.

As for the title game, I agree with the polls, Michigan had their chance, if they could have stopped the big runs, they would be there playing Florida. The key seems to be for Michigan to beat USC in the Rose Bowl. If they don't, the pollsters were right and the BCS works.

I realized over the last few weeks that the most troublesome thing for me about not having a playoff is that we place reliance on the bowl system (and the BCS) to tell us who is the best team of the year. The problem is that the bowls are played several weeks after the final games of the season (51 days in the case of Ohio State, 44 for Michigan). Are the teams really the same after that much time off? How much of the teams edge is lost in that time period, with finals and family obligations involved? If there is a former athelete out there who reads this, amongst the 3 (at max) readers, is the team the same after that long of a layoff? Were the Tigers hurt by a 7 day layoff in the World Series?

Music wise - I really need to buy The Who - Live at Leeds (1970) - this live stuff at the end of extended Who's Next is amazing. I think it was from recordings in Montreal around the same time. I no longer have the liner notes.

As a last note, I don't know who is on the Red Wings anymore. It is so bad that I referred to Daysuk as Kozlov when he scored tonight. I need to start watching Wings games more carefully.

Sean