AWESOME article. I love anything that will snipe the hell out of overblown Yankees hyperbole.
As for the season being boring, well...when your team is in a pennant "race" within your division that does not involve a battle of wins but is instead a race of "who will suck more?", you tend to become a bit disinterested yes.
Michigan against the SEC: 20-5-1 (7-3 in bowl games)
If Fossum's out, I'd go with Todd Jones, I guess, for lack of anyone better. Or maybe put Suppan in as a reliever. I don't like Merloni at all- I'd give Adrian Brown the nod over him.