Game face

Rarer than blue moons is a reference to traditional sports here, but an exception is made today. Beloved spouse's home team of Ohio State played a lovely game against the U. of Michigan, and I even watched most of it. Bizarre and moronic, the weight laid on former U of M coach Bo Schembechler's death; it was used as a motivator before the game, and as an excuse afterwards. That's where superstition will take you. It's bad enough in the form of religion, although the argument could be made that football coaches actually accomplish something concrete and even worthwhile, as compared to popes and mullahs.