Michigan Week!!! Enough Said. Time to start the jokes rolling around the internet, the Richland County Alumni Party, The Earle Bruce Tailgate, the traveling alumni band, Scarlet and Gray Friday, and all that goes with this week, the greatest rivalry in all of college football. Time to go for 5 in a row and 7 of the last 8. It doesn't get any better than this.

Better enjoy this one though. It's the end of an era. Thanks to BCS mania, next time this rolls around to Ohio Stadium, the game will be held the Saturday after Thanksgiving. This time the students will be on campus all week. This time we will be around to decorate our grade schools and offices on Friday before game day. This time families will be concentrating on their tailgate parties instead of how they are going to get to grandma's on Thursday and then back for the game. This time the Buckeye players and the band will not have to worry about giving up a Thanksgiving with their families. This time the alumni band will not have to worry about driving all over town to play to empty office buildings on Hyperactive Friday. This time it will be what it's been for as long as I can remember. Take it in and savor it.

The ESPN documentary starts out with something like "It's forever been the third Saturday in November..." Well no more. Certainly, the University and Big Ten will have a different opinion. Obviously, things change. One of the joys of getting to my age though, is that you are perfectly free not to like it when they do!