All Saints here.
Good morning. Time to make the donuts.
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Today is All Saints Day. It’s also my grandma’s 85th birthday today. Love you, Nana, and can’t wait to have some delicious Yarusso Bros. with you tonight.
But still, in honor of the weekend: for each game today, I shall assign you a patron saint.
Penn State Nittany Lions @ (1) Ohio State Buckeyes
11AM | FOX | Ohio State -20.5 | O/U 43.5
Your saint: St. Jude — the patron saint of lost causes. Have fun, Nittany Lions.
Rutgers Scarlet Knights @ Illinois Fighting Illini
11AM | NBC | Illinois -12.5 | O/U 63.5
Your saint: St. Simeon the Holy Fool. From Wikipedia:
It is claimed that he simulated madness in order not to be venerated for his social deeds, dragging a dead dog around, throwing nuts at women, and generally acting like an imbecile.
A blessed ILLINUTGERS X to you all.
(2) Indiana Hoosiers @ Maryland Terrapins
2:30PM | CBS | Indiana -21.5 | O/U 51.5
Your saint: Joseph of Arimathea, the patron saint of undertakers and funeral directors
Michigan State Spartans @ Minnesota Golden Gophers
2:30PM | BTN | Minnesota -3.5 | O/U 44.5
Your saint: St. Medard, patron saint of weather and against toothaches
Purdue Boilermakers @ (21) Michigan Wolverines
6PM | BTN | Michigan -20.5 | O/U 50.5
Your saint: St. Stephen, patron saint of casket makers
(23) Southern Cal Trojans @ Nebraska Cornhuskers
6:30PM | NBC | USC -6.5 | O/U 59.5
Your saint: St. Helena, Mother of Constantine, patron saint of divorced people, converts, and difficult marriages
Usual rules apply. Don’t get me in trouble.
Landscape with the Fall of Icarus
According to Brueghel
when Icarus fell
it was spring
a farmer was ploughing
his field
the whole pageantry
of the year was
awake tingling
near
the edge of the sea
concerned
with itself
sweating in the sun
that melted
the wings’ wax
unsignificantly
off the coast
there was
a splash quite unnoticed
this was
Icarus drowning
