The Futon Report
We’re Gonna Take This Sitting Down
And just in time, too! So far, one game and no disappointments. Let’s just call it a week, shall we?
FRIDAY
Ball State 35, Navy 23
In their defense, our naval victories have been few and far between in the entire state of Indiana.
SATURDAY
12 noon — Miami at Michigan ◼ ESPN2
By this game Rich Rodriguez should be able to spell all his quarterback’s names.
12 noon — Ohio at #2 Ohio State ◼ ESPN
Just another game for another OSU running back to get injured in. Just kick field goals every down.
12 noon — Connecticut at Temple ◼ ESPNU
It’s not a basketball matchup, so you’re not interested.
3:30 p.m. — Eastern Michigan at Michigan State ◼ Big Ten Network
Winner gets to say this shirt is about them:
3:30 p.m. — Central Michigan at #1 Georgia ◼ FSN South
Wait’ll the SEC gets a load of a white quarterback who runs and throws for a lot of touchdowns!
3:30 p.m. — Akron at Syracuse ◼ FSN Ohio
Orange Zip sounds like a fake soda from the ’80s. Which it is. It’s fake. Because I made it up.
6 p.m. — Buffalo at Pittsburgh ◼ ESPN+
The Pittsburgh Panthers do NOT want to get in an 0-2 hole in the MAC East. ◼
7 p.m. — Northern Illinois at Western Michigan ◼ Any camcorders the players’ parents bring
Whoa whoa whoa, why the rush for conference games so early?
7 p.m. — Kent State at Iowa State ◼ Iowa actually doesn’t have TV
The Golden Cyclone was a conceptual amusement park ride back in the ’90s that was to replace the old Orange Zip Slushee stand that nobody frequented.
7:30 p.m. — Minnesota at Bowling Green ◼ ESPNU
In no way will I get my hopes up for this KICK THE GOPHER AZZ 2-0 BCS CRASH PARTY!!!!1!1@1
10 p.m. — Toledo at Arizona ◼ Tucson Public Access Regional Southeast, weather permitting
They had a bye last week, and this one’s their first. I’m not going to make the “it must takes two weeks to transport Tom Amstutz across the continent” joke, for I am above it.
Tags: college football, MACSploitation, mid-american conference
You might be over making that joke, but I’m not.
I wrote a column criticizing the McCain campaign for what I saw as a cynical attempt to gather in unhappy women voters by naming Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin his vice presidential candidate and for exploiting the poignant story of her youngest child to appease the Republican Party’s pro-life base… And then the storm began.
HA! The football program that wastes resources at my university defeated the football program that wastes resources at your university.
Dude-
As a Kent Reader I appreciate you MAC Coverage.
Who are the 2 best Kent Linebackers to play for the Steelers?
Jack Lambert, James Harrison (I’ve known James since his Frosh HS year- and he’s exactly the same size)
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