An advice column for people who live with people who live for sports
What happened on Tuesday, December 30, 2014?
The luck of the Irish strikes again: Notre Dame narrowly beat LSU in the Music City Bowl (college football). The score was 31-28 but that doesn’t take into account the few unlikely or controversial things that happened to take points off the board for LSU. Notre Dame blocked a field goal (not lucky but unlikely) and what looked like an LSU touchdown on fourth down with time expiring in the first half was ruled not a touchdown. Line: The luck of the Irish! Of course, LSU has the “luck of the cajun” so either way we’d be saying someone was lucky.
Double overtime: The college basketball game between Maryland and Michigan State went into double overtime before a winner could be decided. Maryland won 68-66, cementing their place in the top 15 teams in the country. Michigan State coach Tom Izzo was not happy with the way the game was played and officiated and went off in a somewhat good natured way in the post-game press conference. Line: Double overtime is exciting but in terms of conclusions you can make about the teams, it usually should be considered a tie. They’re both very good.
Nets beat Bulls: The Brooklyn Nets have been a disappointing yet not completely surprising team all year. They’re playing a little better lately and creeping closer to having won half their games. Last night they beat the Bulls impressively, 96-82. Their often injured, usually slightly bumbling center, Brook Lopez, had his best game of the season and scored 29 points! Line: It’s a good thing the Nets are playing better this year because they basically mortgaged their next five or six years for the last three.
