OUCH. Last evening, I was all ready to go with a cheerful post about the Northern Illinois Huskies qualifying for some Monday Night Football after recovering from some early setbacks and taking a 14 point lead over Akron into the fourth quarter. Alas, Akron managed 21 points to Northern's six in that quarter. With under two minutes to go, Northern had the ball, Akron was out of times out, one more first down would have enabled the Huskies to run out the clock, that first down was not to be had, an Akron delay-of-game penalty gave the team time to call a few plays, and with 10 seconds to go the final seven points went on the board.

The bad news is, that's a tough loss for some gritty kids. The good news is, the life of the university goes on. Exams are about to begin. Posts might be spotty the next few days; interpret those as evidence of procrastination.