GO STATE! BEAT MICHIGAN!

I wanna respond to Susie's comment on my last post to start this one...

Most of the past 3 years, I've been one to defend MSU football coach John L. Smith, but for some reason I just lost all sanity this weekend when it comes to the subject. The football program has come a long way from the 4-8 season of 2002, and with the addition of an exciting spread offense and some quality recruits, this team really seems to be on the verge of a breakout season. If anything, I should place the blame on the offensive coordinator Dave Baldwin, but then again it's ultimately up to the players to perform. Susie found this quote...

"I don't think everybody gets a full sense of what he's done since he's been here, and really taken an in-depth look at what's been going on in the program and the overhaul that's taken place" --MSU quarterback Drew Stanton said of Smith (10/6/06)

In a society that's hell bent on immediate results, nobody wants to be patient with a coach and it seems nowadays that it's a 3 year rule - if a coach doesn't post great results in 3 years, then they all want to give him the axe. The problem is, you can't keep doing that every 3 years and expect to build a quality program. The next two games match us against Michigan and Ohio State, and there's no doubt in my mind that if we lose both games then a lot more people are going to jump on the "Fire John L. Smith bandwagon".

Enough about that...tomorrow's the next great installment of the intrastate rivalry and I sure hope it's a good one! I'm not expecting much, but with a somewhat injured QB, our starting running back out for the season, and a still-trying-to-gel offensive line, I just really want MSU to make it a respectable game, win or lose.

And how about those Tigers?!?!? Heck yea man! It's funny because usually at this time of year the Tigers have been declared long dead and the Lions are nothing special, so I always look forward to the Red Wings starting their season. Problem was...I didn't realize their season opener was last night until they were actually playing it!

And I do realize this is a RUNNING blog...sometimes I get on a tangent, haha. Tuesday I ran 4 miles and my leg felt fine. Thursday I went 4 and a half and tried a little fartlek workout where I jog for 1 minute, run fast for 1 minute, jog for 2 minutes, run fast for 2 minutes, and then repeat the cycle as needed, but about halfway through I felt a little tenderness on my upper thigh where it had been hurting, so I jogged the rest of the way home. Tonight I went 4 miles on the elliptical so I could get some more low impact miles in. We'll see how I feel on Sunday, but I'm gonna be doing my last very long run before Detroit. It's gonna be somewhere between 15-20 miles, hopefully closer to 20, but again it all depends on me listening to my body and seeing how it responds.

In conclusion, I love sports, I love running, and I enjoy long walks on the beach. All interested good-looking girls apply within....haha.