Tequila and rum don't mix

Saturday was a most uneventful day in the realm of college football. Yes there were some upsets and some games between ranked teams, but everything turned out to be a little bland. \nIt all started when IU and Michigan were playing. On a Matt LoVecchio quarterback sneak from the one-yard line, LoVecchio originally scored on the play, but the officials decided to intervene. Instant replay was used, and then used again, until the officials finally found the wrong spot for the ball and the wrong amount of time for the clock. The review took well over 10 minutes, thanks in large part to the poor replay system and the bumbling idiot himself, Michigan coach Lloyd Carr. Luckily, the Hoosiers scored to make the game 14-7 at halftime. \nEverything went downhill for IU when the second half started. The Wolverines made the Hoosiers look like a high school football team en route to 21 second-half points and another victory.\nAfter walking home, I walked up the stairs to my porch only to find a friend of mine passed out on the couch with a bag of tortilla chips all over him. I then walked inside to find a house full of drunk people who failed to understand how I was still sober while the sun was still out.\nAfter anxiously awaiting the kickoff to the Auburn-Tennessee game, the college football gods again let me down. I had been ready to watch a true battle between two unbeaten and Top 10-ranked teams, only to see Auburn steamroll the Volunteers in Knoxville, Tenn.\nAt this point, a Styrofoam cooler has been crushed into a million pieces and my room a resting place for this mess. The remaining roommates and friends who hadn't yet passed out from the mixture of tequila and rum they had been consuming at the tailgate began finding places to pass out. I was determined to not let a Saturday be ruined by a Hoosier loss or passed out roommates. \nSure enough, there had to be some good football still on, or at least I thought. I then found the Ohio State and Northwestern game. I found this game unbearable to watch. The Wildcats absolutely shredded the Buckeye's defense, and to be honest, the game shouldn't even have gone to overtime. \nAt this point, I was just ready to turn the TV off but soon "SportsCenter" would be on so I had to watch. Upon watching "SportsCenter," I saw something that made my day a little better. They were showing highlights of the IU-Michigan game, and they showed John Pannozzo's hit on Michigan punt returner, Leon Hall. They then showed it again and again, but somehow they failed to show anything else the Hoosiers did right on Saturday. Maybe ESPN was a little limited on quality viewing material -- much like myself.\nI suppose there will be days like this; days when even college football doesn't feel entertaining. Saturday's game between IU and Michigan could've been worse -- the Wolverines could've brought their marching band with them.