Since it was Saturday, we just chilled the day away and in the afternoon we listened to U of M beat Colorado in football. It was an interesting game as Colorado came in with two blowout victories under their belt. They had a great quarterback and he was hot, hot, hot in the first quarter, scoring three touchdowns and just ripping our defense to shreds. Michigan had no offense and was able to score just one touchdown in the first quarter by blocking a punt and returning it into the end zone. It was a very ugly start to the game.

However, once that horrible quarter was behind us, Michigan took control of the game and won 45 to 28. Whew! I must admit, our saving grace was when Colorado’s great quarterback was injured and eventually had to leave the game. Without him, Colorado had no offense.

We then tried to stay up and listen to the Michigan State vs. Notre Dame football game but by halftime, it was late and we were just too tired to stay up and listen any more. Michigan State ended up winning the game 36 to 28 so we were happy with that outcome also. I grew up in East Lansing and my dad was a MSU professor for many years. I still have fond memories of going to the games with him and my older brother. We were there 50 years ago for the famous 10 – 10 tie between Notre Dame and MSU when both schools were ranked 1 and 2 respectively in the Country. Since that game, I have always disliked Norte Dame because their coach, Ara Parseghian, chickened out at the end of the game. His team had the ball on their own 30 yard line with over a minute to go in the game. Instead of trying to move the ball up field for a last second field goal attempt to win the game, he had his team fall on the ball for each of their last few plays to run out the clock and take the tie. He knew the pollsters favored his team over MSU and he would maintain his number 1 ranking, which he did. Notre Dame ended up winning the mythical national championship while MSU came in second. In my opinion, it was a gutless thing to do but it worked for him and his team.