The Futon Report

Why did I turn that off? Because it was freaking 30-6, that’s why. Central Michigan had a comfy 24-point lead on the road against a substandard NIU team, so I guess I’ll just see what else is on the … zzzz

[Sussman falls asleep on couch, dreams of riding in a spaceship made of pancakes]

… mmmf …. mmwwa? Let’s see how bad that game turned out [takes sip of morning Pepsi, checks score]

It went to overtime!? Oh, NIU still lost 33-30. But still.

Apparently NIU had to recover two onside kicks to make the comeback happen, and your Special Teams Player of the Week might as well be Mike Sobol, because he recovered both of them.

So CMU stays perfect in the conference, setting up a rather bucknutty showdown at Pleasant Mountain next Wednesday when Ball State shows up.

(Photo Credit: Beck Diefenbach, DeKalb Daily Chronicle. Not the spit-take one. Nickelodeon seems to have filmed that.)

First, the unimportant news: NIU’s basketball game against WMU on Sunday has been canceled. Okay, let’s move on.

I’ve never been to Northern Illinois University. Or the city of DeKalb. But NIU athletics have been a solid foundation of Mid-American Conference sports for the last 45 years, rejoining the MAC back in ‘97. And I can’t really explain why I feel compelled to write some sort of post or article or smatterings of paragraphs dedicated to the lives lost and innocences shattered by the gunman who entered Cole Hall last night. But while in the past the unknown has caused some fun around here, for once this will be serious, and have a message … maybe, when I close the laptop. (warning: this is really long) Read more