What's Up This Weekend? Groundhog Day Edition

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Tonight:

  • Michigan Hockey (8-16-2 overall) vs. Michigan State (7-16-3):  When Michigan and Michigan State meet up, you can throw out the records...and both of these teams wish they could.  This is a battle for last place in the CCHA, and there's a rematch tomorrow at the JLA.  I'm guessing they're giving tickets away on all accounts.  Puck drops at 6:35pm at Yost, and this shitfest will be televised.  TV: BTN  |   Internet Radio: Here.  Head to Yost Built for some solid Michigan Hockey coverage
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Groundhog Day:

  • Michigan Hockey vs. Michigan State (see above).  Puck drops at 4:05pm.  TV: FSD  |  Internet Radio: Here
  • Michigan Basketball (20-1) at Indiana (19-2).  IT'S THE BIGGEST MICHIGAN BASKETBALL GAME OF ALL TIME until you check the schedule and see that we play both Ohio State, at Wisconsin, and at MSU in the next 11 days.  Regardless, the ESPN hype machine is running with this one, so it will be a good test on a very national stage.  #1 vs. #3 nationally, tied at the top of the conference standings, gameday is there, etc, etc.  Tipoff at 9:00pm.  TV: ESPN  |  Internet Radio: Here.  UMHoops will make you smarter in the interim.

Super Bowl Sunday:

  • San Francisco vs. Baltimore:  Good number of former friends of the (Michigan) program will be on or near the field.  Touch the Banner has a nice concise roundup.  Moeller alert!  ESPN's Big Ten Blog covers all the Big Ten ties.  It's on TV, coverage starts at like 8am, game is supposed to start at 6:30pm, but I've set the over-under at 7pm.  The official Super Bowl blog is here.

What's Up This Weekend? Cripple Fights!

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What a great week for a bye week!  Because I really want to sit and marinate on that loss from last week.  ​It deserves a proper breakdown.  5 passes, 5 interceptions....and we're done.  

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Well, the rest of the Big Ten is in action this weekend, and 10 have in-conference games...so after getting beat up by the MAC for three weeks, they've reached the easy part of their season:

  • Minnesota at Iowa (noon, ESPN...the ocho?)  The Gophers are looking to make it 3 straight against the Hawkeyes and remain undefeated.  The Hawkeyes are coming off of loss to Central.  Ferentz is on the hot seat.  Must see TV.
  • Indiana at Northwestern​ (noon, ESPN)  Indiana looks to take on that bend-don't-break Northwestern defense.  Northwestern tries to keep pace with Minnesota as the toast of the conference.
  • Penn State at Illinois (noon, ESPN)  All of these games are on ESPN?  How will the nation watch them all?  Penn State is looking better.  Illinois is looking like they hired the wrong coach.  This is a home-at-home for Illinois, who travelled to Penn State just a couple of months ago....not to play, but to poach their players.  Fun.​
  • An elusive 3:15PM kickoff for Marshall at Purdue on the BTN.  Just in case you wanted to miss the 4th quarter of all the noon games, you can switch over to this one.  Once Marshall sees the abomination that is Ross-Ade Stadium, they'll wish McConaughey wouldn't have convinced them to continue the program.​
  • Ohio at Michigan Agricultural College (3:30PM, ABC)  Gather the family in the living room to watch what is sure to be a classic Big Ten matchup between a team that shouldn't be ranked...and a team that is banned from being ranked in one of the polls.​
  • Wisconsin at Nebraska (8PM, ABC)  You won't even have to change the channel to enjoy more Big Ten conference action.  Unconfirmed rumor is that since Tom Osbourne is retiring from his athletic director position, Nebraska is in line for a National Championship!​

Okay, what you really should watch...​

  • Noon, FX - #25 Baylor at #9 West Virginia: Channel your inner RichRod
  • 3:30PM, CBS - Tennessee at #5 Georgia​: This used to be big, and you miss Vern Lundquist
  • 6PM, ESPN - #4 Florida State at South Florida​: Because FSU might actually be back
  • 8PM, FOX - ​#12 Texas at Oklahoma State: Because "I'm a man" and Texas has scored 148 points in its three games.

Enjoy your week off.​  Refocus.  #wintherest  #roadtoindy

What's Up This Weekend? 3/9-3/11/12

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Friday:

Saturday

Sunday

What's Up This Weekend 3/2-3/4/2012

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Friday:

  • Women's Hoops plays Ohio State in Indy.  Women's Big Ten tournament fever....catch it.  11:30AM BTN.
  • Women's Gymnastics is warming up the gym for us in Sandusky-ville where they will take on Penn State and North Carolina.  7PM

Saturday:

  • The Big Ten Wrestling Championships commence on Purdue's campus.  10AM.
  • Women's Basketball Big Ten Tournament Semifinals.  5PM BTN.

Sunday, Sunday!, SUNDAY!

  • Men's basketball regular season finale at Penn State.  1PM ESPN.
  • Ohio State at Michigan State.  4PM CBS.