We start The Week with a look back to a column written by the Plain Dealer’s Bill Livingston, who, in the aftermath of the Minnesota game, did something most of us had been hesitant to do in the last few weeks — look ahead to Michigan. Livy’s column, found here on the PD’s web archives,… Read More the volcano’s lip.

Exhale. We can stop tiptoeing around it. Inhale. The preliminaries are out of the way. Exhale. It’s always big. Inhale. This year, it’s even bigger. Exhale. I’m not sure how I’m going to get through the week. Inhale. I’m ready to drive to Columbus right now. Exhale. Looking for stuff about something other than Ohio… Read More ready?

It’s coming. The most important task at hand as we flip the calendar over to November is to make sure we’re playing our best football this month. You do a lot of work prior to November, but the month of November really is the legacy that you leave. There have been a lot of good… Read More feelin’ it.

Did anybody else watch Michigan dismantle Notre Dame and start thinking about how much fun Nov. 18 is going to be?

This is especially for Carolina Boy, one time only, and only for this weekend: Go Blue. We now return you to your regularly scheduled program.

I’m just now getting to the point where I feel like I’ve recovered from the game. We spent all day eating, drinking, watching, drinking, eating, watching … and then the jumping, yelling, hugging, drinking, eating… To be more specific: Fred brought over about 37 pounds of homemade sausage to keep us going all day. Everyone… Read More a different drive.