Sippi Lovin'

Michelle wanted to discuss the Minnesota sports scene and who am I to disagree. We had lunch at Buffalo Wild Wings over the noon hour and took in the Vikings-Tampa Bay game. For those of you who missed the opener, they lost...no big surprise there. Let's begin by reviewing the upside:

Our defense no longer sucks! Darren Sharper was a tremendous pick-up in the off season, as well as the garrulous Fred Smoot.

Daunte Culpepper couldn't possibly repeat the preformance he had today...could he?

Our defense no longer sucks!

Now let's examine the downside:

Our offensive line is terrible. We understand that Michael Bennett and Moe Williams aren't exactly premier running backs in the NFL, but even LaDanian Tomlinson would average less than 3 yards per carry behind this line.

In conclusion we find that there is reason for optimism as our defense no longer sucks.

Moving on to that "other" Fall sport. The Macalester harriers competed this weekend at the Luther All-American Invite. The women placed 2nd (out of 8 teams) and the men placed 5th (out of 12 teams). The Mac women are a force, lets just hope they don't round into peak shape in week three. The Mac men, however, have left themselves room for improvement. Fortunately, recent history dictates that the work will get done and they should impress come early November. The silver lining this time appears to be our Junior Varsity squad...this is a squad, which is more varsity then junior. When you combine the JV and V preformances, we end up in 4th place...4 points ahead of Bethel. (Yes we understand its hard to believe that any silver lining could exist when you are besting Bethel College by a mere 4 points.) On another note, Mr. Dylan Keith might just be the next B-Lodge. We look forward to the races to come.