Douple-dipping college sports is how we roll. On the heels of October's two-Big11Ten-football-games-in-one-day feature, today we tried one-Big11Ten-football-game-and-one-CCHA-hockey-game for a change of pace. First up: football. Michigan (narrowly) escaped lowly Ball State to mark a sweep of its home schedule. There was an F-14 flyover, a great TV-themes halftime show with Patrick Stewart leading the band in the Star Trek theme, and the Big House marked its 200th consecutive game with over 100,000 in attendance. Next: hockey. Three hours after an interception sealed the deal for Michigan, the varsity ice hockey team took the ice at Yost against Michigan State. TJ Hensick scored 17 seconds into the game and the rout was on for Michigan - the first time since I was an MEng and Robin was in town that UM has beaten MSU in hockey.
There was also a start to the weekend; Friday was a whirlwind of interviews and HFH stuff. Thursday night was a great dinner with Cummins at The Earle... really good food and wine and a chance to learn about the company and feel good about the prospects both of going there and being there.
Saturday, November 04, 2006