It was not the best of weekends for me as far as the sports scene. The Green Bay Packers got whipped at home by New England and Brett Favre was knocked out of the game. And the previous day, Michigan's previously solid defense became sieve-like in Columbus as Ohio State ran up 42 points. Michigan's offense almost did as well, scoring 39, and at least covered the five point spread. Still, it is puzzling how a defense that looked so good all season could get schooled quite that badly.

Ohio State is definitely in the newly minted BCS National Championship game, while Michigan currently remains number 2 in the BCS poll. Which means that if the season ended now, we would have a rematch between Wolverines and Buckeyes in the BCS NC Game. But several games that could have an impact remain to be played, including Notre Dame at Southern California. Michigan will at least make another of the BCS Bowl games, most likely the Rose Bowl AKA the Granddaddy of 'Em All. And, we could have a scenario where Ohio State loses to some other team (USC, or Florida, perhaps) in the BCS championship game and Michigan wins the Rose Bowl. This could result in a split national championship between Michigan and Florida/USC/whoever might beat Ohio State.

Why they do not just have a 16 team playoff (as is the case at all other levels of college football) is a mystery to me. Instead, they keep tinkering with the traditional Bowl setup and nothing ever really gets fixed.

By far, though, the saddest sports news of the weekend occurred on Friday with the passing of Michigan coaching great Bo Schembechler. He really deserves a separate post, so I will end this one and post one that is Just About Bo.