When gathering with friends, family, and/or colleagues, there are certain subjects we tend to avoid...you know, the usual: religion, politics, and...SPORTS allegiances. Some folks are down-right passionate about certain athletes, teams, and events. Today is Friday, September 12th, the day before the noteworthy Fresno State Bulldogs and Madison Wisconsin Badgers game.

Many will possibly be fixated on the Ohio/USC game, but hey, a #10 ranked playing a #21 does deserve alot of attention! A BCS powerhouse playing a non-BCS program....this is actually a risky trip for Wisconsin. A win could be impressive (barring Buckeyes over the Trojans). A loss however...at least coach Bielema is respectful of this game tomorrow, he's quoted as saying: "Fresno moved up to 21 in the country. They're a lot higher on my poll than that".

Fresno State's victory against Rutgers last week was the 13th in a BCS-conference show-down...a great start and an opportunity for a victory tomorrow. The game is sold-out (I'm a season ticket holder-yippie!) and we "faithfuls" believe something special is going to happen for tomorrow, and for the season.

There are actually quite a few Badger Fans that live in Fresno! And are stirring it up today at work! What a controversy!...all in good fun of course.

A topic like a good football match-up is one thing and certainly has strong sentiment,  but usually results in light-hearted bantering. Sometimes in the workplace though, there are serious differences, opinions, discussions, and occassionally (well, I hope, rarely, actually), some severe disagreements and arguments. Let's aspire to respect one another, appreciate different points of view and collegial debates and when deliberating about the best decisions, keep lofty goals in mind: doing the right thing for quality, service, and outcomes.

"Who let the Dogs out! ooh, ooh, ooh ooh, ooh!" :)