Perspective

A lot of people are upset at a variety of game-determinants today, incuding the offense, the refs, individual players, the head coach, and the other team. Did I mention the refs? I did. I'm not too happy either, but...to a point. I'll just offer how my Ohio State week played out, if it will help offer any perspective. My 83-year-old father was operated on this past Monday. During the course of a 10 hour operation, out went the bladder, prostate, lymph nodes, and a stone. Today we watched the game on a 19" pull-down TV in his hospital room, without volume - probably a good thing. Overtime played out while my dad received discharge instructions and advice on how to get on with his life. My point is that there is life other than that which is this game and this team. This is difficult to write, because I'm as Wolverine-obsessive as most of you MGoBloggers. One more thing. My dad's chief surgeon? An Army Major who is a Michigan grad. The team nurse? A fan whose husband is a grad. During-operation updates from the surgical suite always ended with "Go Blue!" So, at least one Michigan team won this week. Have faith. It is all going to be OK.