A little of this, a little of that

I'm just sitting here watching the Kings/Blawkhawks game on NHL Network and felt like writing. All in all it was a great New Year. Fun night with a couple of different stops without any hitches. The day after went smooth too. A lot of Bowl games today and none of them disappointed...well, almost none. Hawaii, the perrenial WAC Conference underdog, met most peoples expectations and completely fell flat on their faces. Colt Brennan didn't have any time to unload the football, causing turnover after turnover, and the defense could not stop the Bulldogs offense to save their lives. I am disappointed that the Rainbow Warriors could not pull out a victory, but I believe that they accomplished what they needed to this season to show that the WAC Conference is for real.

The other big bowl game of my day was the Outback Bowl which pitted Michigan against an overpowering Florida team. Tim Tebow, 2007's recipient of the Heisman Trophy, was on his game all day. Luckily for me, a huge Wolverines fan, the Michigan offense led by Chad Henne and Mike Hart was even better. Henne passed for nearly 400 yards and Hart ran for over 100 as Michigan prevailed 41-35. That game was Lloyd Carr's last game as coach of the Michigan Wolverines, and he will be missed. Carr finished his tenure at Michigan with a record of 122-40, damn good for a guy who inherited a team with a wicked history that he needed to continue. Now Rich Rodriguez, who led West Virginia to a BCS Bowl berth in 2005 and 2007, will take over the reins for the Maize and Blue. I'm sure he will do just fine coaching the team. I don't believe that his record will be the problem, the only thing the coach of Michigan really needs to do is beat Ohio State, and I believe that with Rodriguez, Michigan will bring in the right recruits to do that.

That's all for now, I just wanted to write for the sake of writing. We'll see how the Wild rebound after that crazy loss to the Sharks just last night. Skoula better be a scratch tomorrow, if he's not...I guess he's not. But we all know he deserves to be. The Blackhawks look like crap without the tandem of Kane and Toews. They are still a talented team, but drastically different without the two young studs together.