I think I can confidently state that ennui has set in. I posted my last blog on 26 November; to date, not one response. I sent the same text in an email to 35 people ( former drummers and trumpets); not one response. I also posted the text on the NDToday.com Sports message board; not one response.
Go Irish, Beat (extremely low) Expectations. Sorry, couldn't generate the excitement for an exclamation point.
Where do we go from here? (Name that group? Perhaps trivia questions will generate responses).
Are we now a team that aspires to "bowl eligibility"? This week's SI implied that if there's not major improvement in '08, that Charlie might be on the hot seat. I don't think that's true, but we'll see.
Random thought (conjured to generate discussion): how often do you think about what life would be like in the Big 10? That would make it the Big 12, so they might have to change the name a bit (Midwestern Conference? THE Conference? Better ideas?)
Back when we were considereing joining the Big 10 a decade ago, my brother Randy (the Penn State grad) and I conjured up what two divisions of 6 teams might look like. We debated over a North/South vs East/West split. I think at the time, we thought East/West worked best. But now, I think North/South does, to wit:
North Division: Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Wisconsin
South Division: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue
We would play our five North rivals, 3 south teams, Southern Cal and 3 others, including Navy, every year (we need to play Navy until at least 2052 to break our recently ended streak).
I might be ready--how 'bout you?
The Colonel
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