Michigan vs. OSU kickoff: 4:30am

3:45am: Alarm goes off.

4:15am: Catch a cab outside of our apartment complex by tapping on the window and waking up the driver.

4:30am: Arrive at the Goose & Duck bar.

4:45am: Professional poker is still being shown on the televisions, Michigan fans getting testy.

4:47am: Derek is getting testy. He makes it clear that he did not call ahead to the bar to make sure they were going to show the game in order to get up at 3:45 in the morning to watch professional poker. Stacey busy chatting with some Michigan fans.

4:50am: John, the manager of the Goose & Duck, assures us that the game will be on soon. He is just waiting for the correct satellite signal. We don't believe John because he said the same thing to us about the Vikes game in Week 3 of the season at 2am (that signal was never found).

4:51am: We catch a cab and head to Frank's Bar with about 25 other testy Big 10 football fans (the scene outside of the Goose & Duck was much like an episode of the Amazing Race--everyone was frantically trying to wave down a taxi).



5:05am: Arrive at Frank's. The game is on the big screen and we've missed the first two scores: Michigan 7 - OSU 7.



5:15am: Derek, with Newcastle in hand, is a happy man. Also in the photo is Conor, one of Gavin's classmates from his summer program.



5:20am: Run into a couple of Edinians. Although they graduated from Breck in 2004 (which is the year I graduated from law school--I feel old), we chat about people we know in common and about the Tremendous Twelve from the Perkins at 50th and Vernon we all crave. Michigan fans celebrate a touchdown.



8:30am: We satisfy our Tremendous Twelve craving by ordering Beijing's version from Steak and Eggs. American breakfast sure does beat Chinese congee (porridge).

9:50am: We arrive home. Life as a sports fan with a half-day time difference isn't for the feint of heart.