New Computer

We got a new computer yesterday and I spent the afternoon trying to get stuff in order. Of course there were plug-ins to load, software to set up, and of course I forgot to refresh my modem when I attached it to the new machine.

And, for a while, this browser wouldn’t connect to photobucket; it turns out that I had to restart the computer. It was something about the browser using a bad IP number to access photobucket on the first try.

A few minutes later this morning, I am going to go out to help with the Illinois Valley Striders Half Marathon and perhaps get a few photos and then a few miles on my own.

Football I saw much of the Notre Dame-Penn State game. Notre Dame’s defense and special teams kept them in it for 3 quarters, but then the defense wore down as the offense did absolutely nothing. Ah, the growing pains of a young quarterback against a good defense, right? Yes, that was most of it, but the running game should have been better. Penn State won 31-10, and was clearly the much better team.

I did see the end of the Wake Forrest-Nebraska shoot-out. Here is what I liked: when Nebraska was protecting their 20-17 lead in the last couple of minutes, they didn’t go into that stupid prevent defense; instead they kept heavy pressure on the quarterback and even blitzed.

Other notes: Ty Willingham’s Washington Huskie team stated 2-0 with a big win over Syracuse last weekend and a strong win against Boise State this weekend. I’ll bet that he feels good about that! Texas rallied from a 10-0 third quarter deficit to beat TCU 34-10.

As far as Michigan: they got blown out at home 39-7. But they play Notre Dame next weekend; SOMEONE will have to win that game! Who would have thought that a Michigan-Notre Dame match up would feature not only two 0-2 teams, but teams which have been outscored 73-39 and 64-13?

But it happens. Hey, it isn’t as if I’ve been excelling at sports this year!