It was quite a sports weekend!

On Friday night Jennifer and I attended the MSU game and watched them beat Toldeo. Even to my untrained eye, it seemed like MSU turned in a lackluster effort -- an opinion that was echoed very strongly by Izzo in his postgame radio show.

But, the MSU players must have really taken Izzo's criticisms to heart because they responded Sunday afternoon with a smashing 90-60 win over a decent Valparasio team (a team that had earlier given North Carolina a pretty good fight.) The speed and agility of the MSU players is really breathtaking to watch. I continue to be amazed by Lucas. Every once in a while he simply turns on the jets and makes the defenders (all of whom are running as fast as they can) look like they are simply standing still.

So, those are the sports wins for the weekend. On the debit side:

• The MSU hockey team got swept by Notre Dame.
• Holt's football team got crushed in the Division I semi-finals by Detroit Catholic Central.
• The MSU football team played one good half and then got smacked around in the second half by Penn State.

And finally, Brandon and I lost our tennis match Saturday night 2-6, 3-6. But, it was still great fun to have a chance to play tennis with my son. Thinking back to when we first start playing together when he was just a little mutt, I'm amazed at the improvement in his skill, strength and speed on the court. But as good as he is, he could not fully compensate for my all-too-frequent brain freezes and bone-headed plays.

Still, I'm slowly getting better, I think. Team Rogers has one win and two losses for the season and I'm hopeful that we can pick up another win or two in our final three matches.