Big10 receives Bad News and then some Worse News

The doctor walks into the examination room where his patient sits, waiting for a consultation.

“I’m afraid I have bad news and worse news,” he says. “I’m going to be blunt: Your tests just came back and you only have six months to live.”

“That’s terrible!” gasps the patient. “But, doc, didn’t I take those tests 5 months ago?!”

“Well, I did say I had worse news.”

*****

I suppose things could be even worse. You could be Lloyd Carr, for instance. Or Lloyd Carr’s dog. But, all in all, you’d have to dig pretty deep through the record books (something I sure as hell will not be doing) to find a worse volleyball weekend for the Big10 Conference.

Here’s the list:

Colorado State over Ohio State, 3-0 (22, 25, 21)
LSU over Illinois, 3-2 (27, [26], 28, [22], 11)
Ohio over Minnesota, 3-2 ([24], 29, [18], 27, 13)
Loyola Marymount over Northwestern, 3-0 (26, 22, 25)
UNLV over Northwestern, 3-1 (28, 24, [25], 27)
Nebraska over Penn State, 3-0 (20, 21, 27)
Dayton over Purdue, 3-0 (27, 24, 33)
Utah over Purdue, 3-2 ([26], 27, 29, [18], 13)
BYU over Wisconsin, 3-2 ([26], 25, 15, [26], 13)

This does not include the scares provided in these 5-game wins: Penn State/Cal Poly, Purdue/North Carolina, Michigan State/Kansas, and Indiana/Jacksonville.

To be fair, MSU had three good wins, Minnesota beat San Diego, PSU squeaked by Cal Poly, and Wisconsin defeated UNI. If you’re looking for a ray or two of sunshine poking through the dark clouds, there they are. Enjoy!