Sports

The boys and I arrived at the end of halftime for todays game between the Timberwolves and Warriors. It was pretty much perfect timing because we didn't have to pay to get in and got there in time for the boys to be the last two kickers in the kids halftime field goal kicking activity. We watched most of the the third quarter before leaving to go to Elliot's last soccer game. Here are some pictures:

Week 7 has been another pitiful showing for me. I would have been competitive with a decent quarterback and defense...but with Leftwich and the Steelers defense, I couldn't compete with the great Peyton Manning. I would have been much better off if I had kept Kitna instead of cutting him. My other quarterback (Leinart) was even worse than Leftwich. I picked up Roethlisberger and will consider going with him assuming he wasn't knocked completely silly by the Falcons today. I'm also wishing I had kept the Denver defense instead of cutting them to open up another roster spot at the beginning of the season.

While I was in the barber shop this afternoon, I listened to the greatest comeback in NCAA history. From an AP article titled "Spartans Complete Greatest Comeback Ever" by Rick Gano on abcnews.com:

Trailing 38-3 in the third quarter, Michigan State rallied Saturday for a 41-38 victory over Northwestern as the Spartans ended a four-game losing streak in dramatic fashion and momentarily took the heat off coach John L. Smith... Michigan State (4-4, 1-3) got back in game when Ashton Henderson returned a blocked punt for a TD early in the fourth, and the Spartans won it when Brett Swenson kicked a 28-yard field goal with 13 seconds left following a key interception by Travis Key. Smith, who's been under heavy criticism, took no questions in a postgame news conference. He pointed to his staff and especially his players. "The ones who really deserve the credit are those guys," Smith said. "They played the game, they believed in each other. They continued to fight, they pulled together and deserved everything they got today." Until this riveting game, the biggest comeback in Division I-A was 31 points when Maryland beat Miami 42-40 on Nov. 10, 1984, and when Ohio State defeated Minnesota 41-37 on Oct. 28, 1989.

We watched Tennessee make a much smaller comeback to beat Alabama ("Trailing for 56-plus minutes, Vols upend Bama on late Foster TD") and let the boys stay up a little late to watch some of the Tigers game.

I don't really pay attention to baseball, but who could ignore the Tiger's end-of-the-season collapse or their superb performance in the playoffs. Grampa B's interest sparked the same in Elliot, so we watched the games Friday and Saturday. I actually thought about trying to get World Series tickets. It would be fun but cold.

Tralfaz finally got back on track this week and evened our record at 3-3. Shockey, Steve Smith, and others came through big time and helped me upset the fantasy sports juggernaut that is GKB despite LT's amazing fantasy performance (GKB could have defeated me had he foreseen his optimum line-up...I had my optimum line-up by default because all of my bench players were either inactive, on a bye week, or facing the Chicago Bears defense on Monday night). Thankfully, I've already got my whipping by Woo Pig! (the elite of the Blogger Bowl league), but next week I get H-Town Hawgmollies who may be 5 and 1 by then. Elliot enjoys keeping track of the the fantasy results (yes, I paid for StatTracker). Today he said he wants a team of his own next year. And, of course, we thoroughly enjoyed the change in fortune for the Steelers this week, especially when viewed in HD at Grampa B's house!