Keeping my priorities straight

Yeah, I know there's an election coming up and all that. But did you catch that UM/MSU game yesterday? It was one of the most exciting I've ever seen.

For the first 50 minutes, the Wolverines played like zombies. They were getting walloped by the Spartans. Then, somehow, they turned it on and scored 17 points to tie it up. Three overtimes later, somehow, they won 45-37.

When games are like this, it makes you think college football is the best sport around. Especially if you're a Wolverine fan.

Chicago Guy adds: I missed the Michigan-MSU tilt but did catch the end of North Carolina's upset of Miami--last second field goal, fans rush the field, etc. Great stuff. LAGuy is right that college football, even featuring teams you don't particularly care about, can be the most exciting sport there is. But they've got to do something about the length of the games. Between the clock stoppages on every first down and every out-of-bounds, and the glacially-paced halftimes, minimum time is three and a half hours (I'll wager that Michigan game was far longer). If they could just (it pains me to say this) borrow one thing from the NFL, it would be to somehow limit the first down and out-of-bounds clock stoppages, maybe to the last few minutes of each half.