Well, I signed up for the league. Not really sure how it works, since fantasy sports always seemed kind of silly to me...but I'll give it a shot.

Oh, and for the record: the Bluejackets jersey is the worst thing in the world, as far as I can tell. It's just atrocious.

...but then again, I'm a student at U-M, so my opinions of anything Ohio are bound to be biased.

But seriously, why are Ohians so into themselves? You can't drive 20 minutes in that place without seeing at least THREE Ohio flags...now I can't even watch a hockey game without seeing one.

I'll agree that the Blue Jackets new jersey blows. I'm thinking that it could've been really nice if they had incorporated, oh I don't know, a Blue Jacket or something. Just a thought. And having lived in Ohio for five years, you're right: they're very into their state and I seem to get the opinion (based on complete speculation) that most people who grew up in Ohio absolutely love it, never want to leave, or if they leave can't wait to get back. Meanwhile, those folks I knew who weren't from Ohio but moved there from elsewhere couldn't wait to get the hell out. Maybe the rest of us are missing something. I don't know. To me, Ohio's flat. That's about it.

However, I would be remiss not to point out that as a native North Carolinian I think I can speak for the entire state in saying thank you to the U of M for inviting Appalachian State to pay you guys a visit last week. How'd that work out by the way? ; )

Fantasy hockey's a blast. I basically forced my wife into a league last year and she immediately became hooked. It's a great way to learn a little more about every team in the NHL. The playoff beard league was a lot of fun last year.

Hey, man...all if you want to know how I feel about that, look up MgoBlog and read the article titled "Unconditional Surrender."

I take comfort in that fact THIS girl does not attend U-M. She does, however, attend ASU. But wait a minute, I thought college was for SMART people?

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7620686268212703476&q=miss+south+carolina&total=1001&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0

Apparently I was wrong.

Oh, and, lest we forget, that while southeast Michigan is home to the White Stripes, Kid Rock, Bob Segar, and Eminem...North Carolina is responsible for this:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7620686268212703476&q=miss+south+carolina&total=1001&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0

Rebuttal?

Sorry about the double post--the first time it said there was an error on the page.

Agree:Blue Jackets new jersey is pretty heinous.

Agree: Jeff you will love Fantasy Hockey, the trash talking alone makes it worth the while.

Agree: Miss North Carolina is dumber than a bag of rocks.... and probably can't find the Earth on a Globe... but she is attractive, and I'll be damned if I'll be asking her essay style questions about anything but her favorite beer if I ever find myself hot tubbing with her.

Why didn't the Sharks try and land Turgeon....he'd be an improvement over Roenick?

Okay, hold on to your horses here. For starters, that's Miss Teen SOUTH Carolina. To the uninformed, there is a key difference between NORTH and South Carolina. NORTH Carolina has a recent Stanley Cup winning hockey team. SOUTH Carolina just likes to pretend they're part of the celebration since the team is called the CAROLINA Hurricanes, even though we all know which state the team resides in and which state it doesn't. Therefore, understand that the Miss Teen in that video clip was educated in SOUTH Carolina; she's coming to college in NORTH Carolina in order to be PROPERLY educated. Big difference. It's like growing up in Ohio and coming to Michigan for college. Make sense now? Very similar situations also exist between Virginia and West Virginia, North Dakota and South Dakota, and New Mexico and Mexico.

As for the second jab at N.C., I think maybe you meant to link to another clip?? Something music related?? Maybe 80's hair band Firehouse, from Charlotte? Or wait...I bet it was Clay Aiken wasn't it? Probably. Or Chris Daughtry. Ehh, NC's not much for music unless it's bluegrass. You can keep Kid Rock though.

Turgeon's done. He could do just as well as Roenick, but he probably realizes that sitting at home and playing Xbox would be less humiliating. Now the question is what's Neidermayer going to do? We'll find out today supposedly.

Yeah, 'Stache. She's FROM S. carolina, but will attend a "university" in N. Carolina.

The second link was to the "hot hot hot" ASU promo video. It's amazing, check it out.