NEVER TRUST A SPARTY

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Don't know about the rest of you... but I had a hard time feeling good on Saturday night, even after a strong win that spoke very well about the program.  First, watching Notre Dame "un-lose" their game in triple overtime was just plain disturbing.  But even worse was the whole experience of 'rooting' for Michigan State to win, and ultimately being let down by their shortcomings and occasional ineptitude.

And, of course, it cost us dearly.

So even after the compelling performance by Devin Gardner against a pesky Minnesota team fueled by overconfidence and a sidelined Shoelace... going to bed after the Bama-LSU game still felt like... a loss. And I wanted to address it in this week's strip, even if it meant digging up emotions I've since moved on from.  Apologies if it's done the same to you.

On Thursday Tom... wakes up.

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CAPTION CHALLENGE RESULTS

Congratulations go out to the winner of the first ever Blockhams Caption Challenge!  Our first ever winner is a young, talented and sarcasm-free writer named Brian Cook, who took home over 20% of the 400 reader votes.

For the victory Brian will win an all expense-paid trip to this weekend's Northwestern game, complete with excellent tickets, a tailgate party, media accessibility, and even a meet and greet with media personalities Heiko Yang and Ace Anbender.  Thanks to the proprietor of MGoBlog.com for donating this excellent prize package to the winner.

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