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Baby Steps

@ Michigan State L 31-34
Illinois L 29-35
@ Indiana W 34-31
Northwestern W 37-3

Not too impressive.  Losses to Illinios and Michigan State (although I guess we can relate), too close against Indiana, certainly not a four game stretch that any self-respecting Big Ten team would be too psyched about.

@ Penn State W 34-31

Ladies and gentleman I give you the beginning of the improbable career of Tom Brady.  

I guess the silver lining of my Senior Day in 1999 was that I was among the first, but certainly not the last, person to walk out of a stadium mumbling "f*#king Tom Brady" underneath my breath.

But I guess the moral of the story is three-fold;

[1] When it comes to recruiting, or even the NFL draft, nobody knows anything for sure.  The most decorated player on that field that day with respect to recruiting and the draft was LaVar Arrington. Unfortunately, he was nowhere to be found as Penn State's defense figured out a way to both suck and blow (a two touchdown lead) in the fourth quarter of the game.

[2] Somehow, someway, every football game has a Penn State tie in that's worth discussing; and

[3] I sure hope the Giants win on Sunday.

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