Tuesday Happy Hour Reminds You that SPEED Kills

Maize n Brew gives you your daily (or semi-daily) rundown of all the Michigan Football, Michigan Basketball, College Football, and College Basketball news you need to get through the tedium of your boring desk job. For good measure we'll throw in a little irreverent information, comedy and commentary to help you salt away the time until the clock strikes 5pm. If you want Maize n Brew in 140 characters or less, follow us on Twitter! Or you can become a fan of Maize n Brew on Facebook for more links. Here's what's ON TAP:

Stuff You Must Read Right Now

MGoVideo State Week Hype - Caution, has sound.  Also, contains disturbing images of Spartans in their natural habitat.  Final caution - viewing this will reduce your productivity to zero today.  You have been warned.  via MgoVideo and mgoblog dot com.

SUPERBREAKING News -  Lynn Henning discovers winning better than losing, and that Rich Rodriguez does not eat babies, contrary to popular belief.  Does get points for use of "fraught".

Did we dodge a bullet, or what?  Remember when everyone was clamoring for Les Miles to coach Michigan?  Yeah, here's the thing.  HE CRAZY!  Time has no meaning to him.  Read Spencer Hall's Alphabetical (which is must read material every Monday) to experience the crazy.  I like our guy better.

Michigan Football

Defense - Not really our thing. - Angelique Chengelis from the Detroit News talks about U-M's "issues" on defense.  Your humble editor submits that the defense looks worse than it is because of a variety of factors.  Do these factors include lack of talent, and football acumen?  Yes, they do. Thankfully, we have Denard Robinson.

Caveat Emptor - If you don't have tickets in hand for the big game on Saturday, be careful where you get them.  There are fakes going around, and it would suck hard to spend the money, and then not be able to get in.

TRAVISHAMOCKERY - Yeah, the world's largest walking turd is announcing the Michigan-Michigan State game.  I mean, really?  Hasn't this state suffered enough? 

It goes WAY past 11 - Continuing a theme, the guys from the M Zone consider the intersection of depraved gambling, and string theory.  Stephen Hawking always takes the over.

Big Ten Football

Good news, no matter who you support - Glad to see Coach Dantonio out of the hospital. The toll this job takes on these guys' health really is amazing.

Penn State is not happy - A call from the fine folks at BSD to support the team, and for patience with a young QB (Robert Bolden) and a not-so-young coach.  The Nittany Lion has a sad day.

Smarter is better - Even though it goes against everything in my Maize and Blue soul, I have to give credit to the guys at Along the Olentangy.  They do a nice job dissecting Tresselball, and the current OSU offense under Terrelle Pryor.  /grudingly tips hat, returns to haterationing/

College Football

Pants on fire? Coaches on the hot seat.  Includes the Big Ten's Very own Try! Fight! Win!, Tim Brewster at Minnesota. Although, Zooker?  Probably real estate is not something in which you should invest.  Rent, don't buy.

Bama on top. They are methodical, mean, and efficient.  Saturday was an impersonal demolition of Florida.

It's not like you had other plans on Thursday - Nebraska v. Kansas State Thursday night.  See whether the Huskers are for real.  (Next year, this entry goes in the Big Ten!)

An educated consumer is a smart consumer - Don't call us when you want to return that Big East to the store.

I'd like to thank MnBDave for turning the reins over to me today- this has been fun!  - [Glad to have you! - MnB Dave]

And remember, GO BLUE!