Pretty cool – Magic Message Mirror -Themeaddicts Inc. – for halloween purposes I’d like a slightly ghastlier visage. But nice work.

Life is good. I never expected this many points. Seems like you have to give the offensive lines on both teams a lot of credit as they allowed QBs time to get things done.

Prices on stubhub and ebay for the national championship game are stratospheric – $1500 a seat.

Good ref on the MUMPS process – PolyMUMPs.DR.v11.pdf (application/pdf Object)

* Literary themes in Saturday’s game – “Where Ohio State heaves, Michigan hos; where the Wolverines yin, the Buckeyes yang. Where Troy Smith, um, Marcos, LaMarr Woodley Polos.” * How Ohio State Wins – “If - you know, if - OSU can get out into its familiar advantage, perhaps aided by a giveaway, Michigan’s odds of avoiding falling into a one-dimensional game are not significantly better than those of Texas or Iowa.” * Theories and Axioms – “Michigan is not going to run on 80% of its first downs, nor is it going to close up shop with a two-touchdown lead. I’ve tried to note the divergent philosophies Michigan employs against teams they respect and teams they think they can roll over.”

In case you need help getting in the mood, ESPNtv.com - ESPN Classic is showing past games daily, as well as one hour summaries of key games. I saw parts of the ‘69 loss again, damn we should have won that. And parts of the 74 12-10 OSU win.

Per KOMO-TV - Seattle, Washington - Program Schedule, The Game is not in HD in Seattle. Even tho the Cal/USC game later in the day is. ?? Is this a Seattle problem only, is The Game on in HD anywhere?

UPDATE: got an email response from KOMO, it will be on in HD, their website just isn’t correct. Whew.

* Classic jokes at Michigan Sucks and at rivalfanatics – Q: An OSU fan and a Michigan fan are in the third grade. Who’s bigger? A: The Michigan fan… he’s 18 years old. * T-shirts at MichiganSux, cafepress, MuckFichigan * Cafepress bumper sticker

Awesome – YouTube - Heisman Chase - Desert and New York – best rendering of a Buckeye ever.

Men of the Scarlet and Gray ? Blog Archive ? Data on common opponents – heartwarming for buckeye fans. Tho our turnover trend is a little disturbing.

(BTW if you are looking for non-Game posts this week, well don’t hold your breath).

Emulating various internet posts about Chuck Norris, the legend of Troy Smith. My favorite: “Troy Smith’s handshake grip is so strong he once inadvertantly turned a man into a diamond.”

I don’t think there is any Wolverine I hate more than Tim Biakabutuka – he made OSU look silly in ‘95. A classic game of the Cooper years, OSU came in undefeated and threw up. I still feel the pain.

Ohio is #1 in pumpkin production! Michigan is #2 in hitting deers with cars

Less than 6 days to the game of the millenium. I kind of prefer the Sporstline countdown timer over the The Columbus Dispatch countdown timer. And they differ by an hour?

As far as I can tell, neither of the Detroit papers have a countdown timer, they just aren’t serious about the game, which is a strike against them.

I’ve totally set aside my fiction and general nonfiction reading for a while. I’m totally focused on texts to support my materials science education.

* “Fundamentals of Microfabrication”:amazon by Madou. Great comprehensive overview of the MEMS field, tons of info, tho pretty scattered. A good reference but hard to read. * “Micromachined Transducers Sourcebook”:amazon by Kovacs. Much more readable, but not as current. But a nice job of walking you through the basics. * “Microsystems Design”:amazon by Senturia. So far I find this to be a little less essential than the Kovacs text tho there is some unique content in here. * “Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction”:amazon by Callister. Used in undergrad materials science courses, I am reading this just to refresh myself on the basics. Very readable, I am breezing through it, tho it probably helps that I have seen all the material at least once before.