You know, they do have "blue" cheese to use with this cheese plate.
Sometimes, it's hard for my Northeastern Liberal Intellectual Elite friends how huge college football is here out in the Midwest. Here's an illustrative story:
I left the house at 10:30. Michigan took on Wisconsin at 11. At the bus stop, a dozen Michiganders were engaged in lively conversation. The beer breath was in full effect ten feet away. Next stop, an ATM. The line was four people long - a longer line than I can recall for any ATM outside a concert venue or sports stadium. Cash in hand, I went to a coffee shop. There, another long line of folks dressed in maize and blue waited for what could perhaps be the only non-alcoholic beverage they will have all day. Don't non-fans go to coffee shops midmorning on Saturday? Driving down Broadway was a nighmare, with cabs stopping traffic every few hundred feet to disgorge Badger and Wolverine fans to the bars for some early morning pigskin and pigging out.
And yes, I've got into it a bit myself. My team? The Kansas Jayhawks (and to a lesser extent, Penn State). They're undefeated, yet every commentator on TV attaches a raft of caveats to their amazing success. If they beat Missouri, they deserve a spot in the BCS Championship, period. Take that, Northeastern Liberal Intellectual Elites!
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