Toward the end of ABC’s broadcast of the Michigan State Spartans’ impressive 38-17 road win over the then No. 24-ranked Miami (FL) Hurricanes, the cameras focused on a thunderstorm close to Hard Rock Stadium. It appeared as a roughly rectangular block of solid rain, surrounded by blue skies. Apparently, this is normal in southern Florida, but to this Michigander, it was rather surprising.
Strange things are certainly afoot in 2021. Winds of change are blowing. Based on the sheer oddness of the 2020 college football season, 2021 was bound to be unique.