R.I.P. Big Ten

With State being trounced 92-74 tonight, that completed the "sweep" of the Big Ten teams in the NCAA tourney this year. Two made it to the Sweet Sixteen, none made it past that. Quite uncommon.

State scored 54 points in the second half, and did pretty well in all aspects of the game for that 20 minutes. That should tell you how the first half went. :-)

In other sporting news...

The Sabres did manage to salvage a point, but gave up another lead to lose in overtime. They basically threw away a much-needed point. That pretty much sums up the Sabres' 2007-2008 season. Work really hard, get some great goals... then have the other team tie it with 14 seconds to go, only to lose in OT. (I believe it's our 12th OT loss.) Surprisingly they are still in the hunt for the final playoff spot, but at this point, every game is a win or your out kind of game. Fun stuff.

So, it looks like my teams are either out, or soon to be out of my two favorite annual sporting events. Not a good sports day here!

March Madness

I may have mentioned this in years past, but I must say... 18 March Madnesses ago, my friend Adam invited me to his house, and he invited Jen Walker. And that night, a friendship began that is still going strong, and only getting better. I sure love my Jen, and in a strange way, March Madness reminds me of that. :-)

The tourney is also fun when my team (Michigan State) advances. They did that today with a pretty easy win over #12 Temple. #4 Pittsburgh is next. Bring 'em on! :-)

My Teams

As many of you know, I am a sports fan. Many sports, but not all sports. (You won't find any baseball, golf, auto-racing, or gymnastics being discussed here...) Well, there's a good deal going on with all of my favorite teams, so I thought I'd give a brief update to those who might be interested (or wonder what sorts of things I and the Campbell fam are doing these days...)

Buffalo Bills
Obviously I am following this team the closest, as I still have the number one Buffalo Bills show on the internet! :-) The Bills are also making it fun! Two weeks ago they benched last year's starter - for good - and brought in the first year guy Trent Edwards, who after a 4-touchdown game last week is now 5-1 as a starter! That's fairly amazing for a rookie, but when you factor in the unprecedented amount of injuries this team has suffered, and the already "green" talent that he has to work with anyway... that's almost impossible!

Believe it or not, the talk around Bills country is that this team of injury replacements actually has a very good shot at making the playoffs! If they win their last three games, they will finish 10-6, and the best the other two teams they are contending with can do is 10-6. Now, if they all finish with that record it's bad - crazy tie-breaking procedures - but, if just one other team is tied with them... the Bills will go to the playoffs. (I know... ridiculously hard to understand, but I do think I finally get it.) Basically, if we win all our games, and Tennessee loses just one... we'll go to the playoffs for the FIRST TIME since 1999! Wow!

So, we're pretty excited here, and had one of our most fun shows last night. If you've never checked out our Buffalo Bills show, click the link and check it out. You might like it even if you're not a Bills fan. :-)

Buffalo Sabres
I got to see a Sabres game last night - which is rare these days, since we're not paying the outrageous price for cable just to get the channel that carries their games! - and it was ... not so good. Strange, really. The Sabres (if you'll recall) were the President Trophy winners last season. That means they finished the season with the most points and the best record. Of all the teams... they were the best.

BUT, this year has been very different. They are near the bottom. Were AT the bottom at one point. Bad bounces, players lost in the off-season, injuries, strange bad luck. I saw more of it last night. They outshot the other team more than 2-1, but only scored one goal! Goal posts, great saves, missing the net, more great saves... it was crazy. And so, they are 13-14-1. I don't think they had 14 losses till March last year! :-)

Michigan State Football
Yes, my Spartans are in a Bowl Game! December 28th at 5:00pm you can catch the Spartans and the Boston College Eagles on some channel somewhere. :-) They have a pretty good team this year. Some stars on both sides of the ball... lost a lot of close games in a very tough conference. They hung with the #2 team in the country, Ohio State. (Or are they #1? I forget...) They are all a bunch of young guys, too... so expect to see them near the top of the Big Ten next season!

That's a pretty good update for now. There might be more, but I need to get back to working on websites :-)

Go Bills, Sabres and Spartans!

Wolverines

"Local legend says that the Wolverine is a cross between a bear and a wolf. But in reality, it's a
HUGE WEASEL."

(We heard that on the Animal Planet's "Planet Earth" tonight. Thought it was pretty accurate...) ;-)