The Day After the Big College Football Upset

Just when you're about to give up on spectator sports, you get seduced again.

That happened to me this past weekend when I went to my computer and read that Division I-AA Appalachian State College had beaten the great University of Michigan in a stadium full of more than 100,000 Michigan fans in Ann Arbor.

Wasn't this supposed to be one of those evil revenue games that small schools schedule with larger ones ? You know, those games where the little school gets clobbered badly but goes home with some money in the bank for another day?

Well it didn't work out that way - at last one early September Saturday in the Midwest.

But according to today's New York Times, Appalachian State’s stunning upset of Michigan was not as great a shock to those who have followed the I-AA team.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/03/sports/ncaafootball/03appalachian.html?hp

Meanwhile in Michigan, questions are being asked.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/03/sports/ncaafootball/03michigan.html?ref=ncaafootball