Blog address updated

Procrastination finally got the best of me, and I sat down with my closest adviser, Alexander Keith, and between the two of us we managed to get the "Wagon Queen Family Truckster" blog moved over to the new address of blog.timwingfield.com - complete with snappy new name. (I was blessed with the name of Wingfield...the rest, as they say...) In addition to the move, I'll also start putting my tech related posts here and allow the Slight Weapons Malfunction blog to lapse...well, lapse more.

Turns out my blog-per-subject thought wasn't one of my better ones. I'm still maintaining the hockey blog separate because I can manage enough posts to make that work, and I've added a couple other contributors. But, the tech only blog suffered from lack of content, and the personal blog started to get better. Combining the two subjects just seems to make sense for less to manage. Plus, I can put a little something at that timwingfield.com address I acquired earlier this year.

So, if you're subscribed to family-truckster.blogspot.com, you'll want to update your subscription.

The Game goes to the Buckeyes

Off the top, I need to give some credit to Chad Henne. I have a new respect for Henne. The guy has a sack the size of the state of Michigan. He is beyond injured, has been for weeks, and guts out the game today. The performance wasn't that good, but upon returning from the locker room, Lloyd tried to keep him out of the game, but I think the coach would have needed two Clydesdales, a John Deere, and a Cat dozer to keep Henne off the field. Henne is a gamer, and for that I tip my (scarlet and gray) hat to him.

At the other end of the spectrum...what little respect I had for Mike Hart is now gone. The guy ran his mouth after losing last year, ran his mouth after the MSU game, ran it again before the game, and ran it during the game...the only thing he couldn't run was the goddamned football.

Hey, Mike, guess what: There was a football game today. Your QB who has had to sign his name left handed for the last 3 weeks managed to show up, where were you? Oh, that's right, flapping your gums. Sitting out the Wisconsin game to "get ready" to run for 44 yards. On top of that you have 0 wins vs. Ohio State. In one of your pre-game jaw workouts you said, "I'd rather lose to Appalachian State than to Ohio State." Guess what big boy, you managed to do both this season. Mike Hart's career tally vs. App St and Ohio St. - 0-fer how ever many games you played. (0-5 for those of you scoring at home.)

Even better out of Hart, when the game got tough and his ankle got a little sore, off to the sidelines. Took himself off the field. Henne, as mentioned previously, would have gone out on the field looking like the Black Knight in Monty Python's Holy Grail. But not Hart. His team can't do shit and he's got an ouchy boo-boo, so off to the bench he goes. Turns out you can talk the talk Mike, but it ends there. Greatest running back in Michigan history? 0 and four, pal.

Enough about that, how about the Big Ten Champion Ohio State Buckeyes? Turns out that defense can bounce back from Juice-fest a week ago. That the offense isn't flashy or exciting, but can win football games. Seems Beanie Wells knows how to run the football a little bit...or, maybe a lot. Michigan's tackles will be having nightmares about Vernon Gholston for a few weeks.

So, in OSU's win, they didn't have the flash and dash of Troy Smith in the backfield, but they didn't need that this time around. With a defense giving up under 100 yards and all of 3 points, giving the ball to Beanie over and over was sufficient. Sure, it got boring late in the second half, but taking chances wasn't needed.

So, today's running back match up yielded two important things: 1. Beanie Wells is a big game, big time running back. 2. Mike Hart(less) is no Beanie Wells.