Yay Team!!

I haven't watched any good movies (my Fantastic Four cartoon doesn't really count) I've read some great books (more on that in a different post) but none of that matters right now. Why? Because my alma mater of MSU finally beat the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor for the first time since 1990. I was at that game in 1990-I'd just been diagnosed with lupus, it was my birthday and my Dad and I went to the game. It was a beautiful fall day, we had crappy seats in the end zone and we sat all the other MSU fans-and we won the game. It's one of my fondest memories from Michigan, because when it was over and people were running on to the field, my Dad (62 at the time) looked at me and said "Let's go on the field". We went down to the edge of the field-there was a lowish brick wall separating the seats from the field, but you had to hop over it to get onto the field-and the police were there watching to make sure we didn't, but they were about 20 feet away. My Dad hopped over with great aplomb but I was a little more worried-until he said "just wait until they look away and hop over". And so I did. We high-fived the marching band, we laughed and cried will the other MSU fans-it was great. And when we drove into East Lansing, there crowds on the street and people honking their horns all in good fun-this was a few years before MSU developed it's reputation as a party school.
And now they won today. Yes, it was too long. Yes, UM has an awful team this year and MSU has a good one-although that hasn't mattered in the past, MSU usually found a way to lose. But this season is different. Games that they would have lost in the past have been won this year. And the attitude is different-they know what to do, they do and they don't get disheartened if it doesn't work-they keep trying and don't lose confidence. This rivalry has always been special, mainly because UM has always been arrogant and condescending and the Spartans have always struggled for recognition, fighting to show everyone they are better than you think. But not this year-this year they proved it.