UFC Fight Night review
I had decent expectations for Wednesday’s UFC Fight Night. From the first fight on, though, the bar was continually raised and the UFC ended up putting on a great free TV show.
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I had decent expectations for Wednesday’s UFC Fight Night. From the first fight on, though, the bar was continually raised and the UFC ended up putting on a great free TV show.
A weekend full of downpours couldn’t stop the Spartans’ season-long dominance.
The MSU women’s soccer team’s regularly scheduled 4 p.m. game today has been moved to Okemos High School.
With water streaming down from the sky and piling up on the sidelines and corners of DeMartin Stadium at Old College Field on Sunday afternoon during the MSU women’s soccer game, MSU sports turf manager Amy Fouty knew the effects from Hurricane Ike that blasted through campus wouldn’t be an every-weekend event.
Hurricane Ike wreaked havoc along the Gulf Coast last week, but the storm also can be blamed for a deluge of inconveniences that reached the Lansing area. The price of gas skyrocketed over the weekend amid rumors of price gouging, and rain caused many students not willing to brave the elements to miss the MSU football game. Local businesses also reported rained-out sales, and the level of the Red Cedar River climbed to flood potential.
The wind and rain that engulfed Spartan Stadium on Saturday during MSU’s 17-0 win over Florida Atlantic had many people ringing out their shirts and cursing the weather.
On many occasions, inclement weather levels the playing field and gives an underdog a better chance to win. That was hardly the case Saturday, as pass-happy Florida Atlantic had trouble moving the ball through heavy rain at Spartan Stadium.
A weekend full of downpours couldn’t stop the Spartans’ season-long dominance.
The men’s soccer team had its game against Illinois-Chicago canceled Sunday due to standing water at DeMartin Stadium at Old College Field.
Saturday was the kind of day when nature is trying to tell you to stay inside, take a nap and not play football. The kind of day when the only person smiling because of nonstop rain is an umbrella salesman. The kind of day when even Sparty, the most macho of mascots, had to don a poncho to stay dry.
Saturday’s MSU football game should have been a mud bowl, the kind you see in overdramatic movies or in your backyard park. With several inches of rain pelting East Lansing over the past few days, Spartan Stadium’s field should have taken more of a pounding than it did Saturday when the Spartans defeated Florida Atlantic. There were players diving for tackles that slid across the turf, but rarely did you see a chunk of grass impeding players.
While some braved the elements for Saturday’s football game against Florida Atlantic, I decided against going to the game even though I have season tickets. Instead, I sat in my dry apartment and watched the game on TV with my roommates and friends. Although it would have made for a fun story to tell, I couldn’t drag myself out of bed for an 8 a.m. tailgate in torrential rain.
Rain has forced students to stay indoors, dampening the sales of local businesses, owners said.
It doesn’t matter how it happens or how many highlight reel plays are made. As Oakland Raiders’ owner Al Davis says, “Just win, baby.”
MSU running back Javon Ringer did everything on a rainy Saturday afternoon against Florida Atlantic except change his soggy shoes.
It’s raining, it’s wet and no matter what the Spartan Stadium public address announcer said, it is not a beautiful day for football.
We’re just about 10 minutes away from the 12:02 p.m. kickoff between MSU and Florida Atlantic and I guess it’s safe to say that today is a “beautiful day for football.”
Cameron Cochran pulled his blue hoodie to his head, his cheeks wet with rain and his outfit soaked. But the James Madison College freshman wasn’t concerned.
Back on July 6, I watched every rain-soaked minute, delays and all, of Rafael Nadal’s victory over Roger Federer in the Wimbledon final. It was an epic span of almost seven hours of some of the most amazing tennis ever witnessed (4 hours and 48 minutes of actual tennis.) This is significant because it marked several things:
The Flying Aces, a professional Frisbee team, will be performing as part of The City of East Lansing’s Play in the Park children’s entertainment series, 7 p.m. Tuesday, at the Valley Court Park in downtown East Lansing. The “Famous Frisbees Fly with the Flying Aces,” a professional two-man performance, will be free of charge and enjoyable for families. The duo has performed more than 7,000 shows for audiences around the world.