TICKETS

My tickets arrived yesterday.

I'm pretty much putting all of them on the market. Price on the ticket for most. A little more if someone wants to buy both tickets for ND or OSU.

openers

If you look at it as where I would want to go see a game, I'd have to go for Hawaii or University of Thailand.

nadm

2010 opener

So the Angel of the Bighouse reported that the 2010 opener will not be a team from the 4 rumored and will likely be a team that will make changes to its current schedule.

http://apps.detnews.com/apps/blogs/bigtenblog/index.php?blogid=1549

So that opens it up to what 60 or so schools. Who would be a preference to you. Add in if you were guaranteed to go to the away game rematch in 2011.

What do we know - it is a BCS school (Does that include the Mountain West now?), it isn't Virginia, Pitt, Duke or Oregon St.

Going conference by conference:
ACC: Don't really think any teams are an intruiging match-up - so I would have to base my choice on going for the return game. Boston is a great city so BC wouldn't be bad. I've never been to the Carolinas so any of the Carolina (UNC, NCSt, Duke, Clemson) schools would be good too. I guess I'd go with 1. UNC, 2 Clemson, 3. BC then the rest...

Big East: Not really compelled by any of them. I guess WVU would be the most fun - but I would likely be afraid to go to the return game. So let's go with Rutgers original home of the All-Time College football cup.

Big 12: Texas, Oklahoma and Nebraska are the immediate interests. Any of those along with A&M would be the best return trips. I'd pick Oklahoma, M has the least recent history with them. Just that 1976 Orange Bowl comes to mind. Texas would be 2nd because of that crazy big hd screen they've got then A&M then Nebraska.

Big Ten: Minnesota and Northwestern are of the schedule - I'll take the trip to Minnesota's new stadium as the follow up.

Pac Ten: It would be fun to see USC outside of the Rose Bowl. Outside of that I would go with the Arizona schools. 1- USC, 2- Arizona, 3- Arizona St, 4-Stanford, 5-Cal

SEC: Seing any non-Vandebilt, non-Kentucky, non-Mississippi St team would be great. The Les Miles conection might give LSU an edge. The return trip to Tennessee or Ole Miss might be able to overcome that. 1- Ole Miss, 2- LSU, 3- Tenn, 4-Auburn, 5-any of the non 3.

I guess my main choices are based more on the return trip. If you take that out... I'd pick Tennessee. It is a big name - but not one I'd chalk up as a no chance to win..

tressel

While listening to some of Tressel's interview (waiting for the part he supposedly said something about Michigan), I could only think of one thing: If I didn't think he was a crook, I'd think he was great. He presents himself so well. He answers questions honestly. He seems like a good guy. I have no doubt he would be easy to get behind, even if he didn't win. Maybe he is just being slick, but then again RR has a bit of the slickness, too. It will be interesting to see how I feel about Rodrig once he starts winning.

big ten media day

I listened/read/watched a little bit about what various coaches said about things, and I realized they asked the same questions about things like:
-scheduling later in the year
-a playoff
-expansion of the league
-Zoltan Mesko (actually, they just asked Rodrig about this)
-the weak big ten

I wonder if the same reporters asked the same questions each time?

wtka

I can't argue with anything you say. From what I've seen, the consensus prediction for MSU is 4th place. The regional writers probably like Dantonio more than the national media, thus they are saying 3rd. How is that a crazy idea? You'd have to be a senseless homer to think that M could possibly beat MSU up there in East Lansing this year. er, um. I mean you'd have to have a lot of confidence.

WTKA Sparty obsession

Sam Webb and Andy Evans went MSU crazy again this morning. Apparently the Beg Ten Media released their top 3 conference teams - Penn St; OSU and MSU. Additionally, Spartan linebacker, Greg Jones, was the preseason defensive player of the year. According to the TKA duo, these things are impossible. Michigan's 3-9 season last year taught them nothing about the breadth of possibilities in college football. Now I haven't done a whole lot of homework on this yet - but I certainly wouldn't say there is "NO WAY" MSU could finish 3rd. That the "Free Press and the News have become Saprtan homers."
Might as well say they will never play in the Rose Bowl again...