End of game check-in
Even though I'm just one person and can't do much, I was shouting as loud as possible when Utah had the ball. I'm not happy with the results so far this year, but I'll be damned if I'm ever going to stop supporting them like they are a NC contender.
September 20th, 2014 at 11:47 PM ^
For a minute there when Michigan was moving the ball, I was like..........can you imagine if somehow, some way they pull it out in front of an empty stadium?
September 20th, 2014 at 11:51 PM ^
An empty stadium, not on TV, and after everyone had given up. Would've been poetic really. I would've enjoyed poetic.
September 20th, 2014 at 11:56 PM ^
September 20th, 2014 at 11:49 PM ^
I'd run if you see Dave Brandon coming your way.
I bet he tries to dry hump you.
It would be legal to punch him in the face if he does that.
September 21st, 2014 at 10:02 AM ^
September 20th, 2014 at 11:49 PM ^
September 20th, 2014 at 11:51 PM ^
Admit it, at least 50% of the reason you went back was to be able to start this thread to rub it in on people you don't think are real fans.
September 20th, 2014 at 11:59 PM ^
September 21st, 2014 at 9:01 AM ^
What type of real [person] name themself after a BAG?
September 21st, 2014 at 9:26 AM ^
that is weird, Kanye.
September 21st, 2014 at 12:14 AM ^
My self-righteousness is so much more pure and unimpeachable than your self-righteousness.
September 20th, 2014 at 11:51 PM ^
I went back, too. I hung around Crisler afterwards. I told Matt Wile good game. I talked to Coach Nuss. I gave two players a ride to Schembechler Hall. They thanked me and I told them my family will always support the Team, and I'd see them next Saturday.
Go Blue.
September 20th, 2014 at 11:52 PM ^
...and likely committed an NCAA violation by driving those players to Schembechler Hall.
But we won't tell.
September 20th, 2014 at 11:55 PM ^
Oh no, are you serious??? I had no idea! Why is that against the rules?
September 20th, 2014 at 11:58 PM ^
http://www.mgoblue.com/genrel/092408aad.html
Q: What are considered types of inducements that are prohibited by the NCAA
A: ...providing transportation to or from a summer job or to any site;
By buying a ticket and attending a game, you're a booster. Ergo, no rides.
September 21st, 2014 at 12:01 AM ^
Thanks for the heads-up. I feel awful. I had no idea, and I'm guessing they didn't either, or they would have turned it down. I was just trying to get them away from the scene more quickly.
September 21st, 2014 at 12:10 AM ^
Well at least you didn't let them borrow a garden hose.
September 21st, 2014 at 12:30 AM ^
is just a word with them. Anyways, if for some inane reason they try and talk to you, play dead. It works with my dog and when I'm in class.
September 21st, 2014 at 9:20 AM ^
September 21st, 2014 at 9:29 AM ^
"get them away from the scene more quickly"?
September 21st, 2014 at 12:10 AM ^
Read the link - "promise of employment after completion of college education"
So they can't get job offers until after they graduate?!
September 21st, 2014 at 9:01 AM ^
They can get job offers before they graduate, just not from "boosters."
September 21st, 2014 at 12:26 AM ^
September 21st, 2014 at 1:03 AM ^
It's awkwardly worded, but this stuff applies to all student athletes, recruits and enrolled students. Hence, why Ed Martin was a thing.
September 21st, 2014 at 1:36 AM ^
September 21st, 2014 at 8:43 AM ^
What's the worst that could happen? Vacate the season?
We might even consider self-imposing that penalty.
September 21st, 2014 at 9:31 AM ^
We beat App State. We're not vacating that win! (Also, old man Brandon might re schedule them then)
September 21st, 2014 at 11:08 AM ^
Great, we're happy to vacate the loss
September 21st, 2014 at 12:01 AM ^
In extenuating circumstances I think it's ok. That is, according to Indiana State....
http://www.indstate.edu/humres/docs/NCAA_Rules_4_Student_Athletes.pdf
September 21st, 2014 at 9:27 AM ^
September 20th, 2014 at 11:56 PM ^
September 20th, 2014 at 11:51 PM ^
it was an interesting scene.
When Utah hit the post (loud btw) for a brief moment you believed. I was really impressed with how hard both teams played after the long delay. Utah got after it on defense, as did Michigan. For Utah it was about draining the clock which they did admirably.
Offensively Michigan took their shots but couldn't protect Morris to let him set his long throws. All were forced, hurried, desperate heaves. We have no deep threats or even medium threats not named Funchess if we're honest.
Neat moment for Utah fans. I applaud the less than 2000 Michigan fans who stuck around for if we're honest no god damn reason whatsoever.
September 21st, 2014 at 9:42 AM ^
and had 4 kids with me, my Mom, and my whackadoodle Aunt from NYC in the car. I couldn't stay.
September 20th, 2014 at 11:52 PM ^
So you're still going to go to the games? Why would you do that? Knowingly buying a poor product doesn't provide much incentive for the producer to improve the quality.
September 20th, 2014 at 11:58 PM ^
I can understand people who themselves choose to stop spending money. It's a lot of cash, and it's not always pleasant to watch.
But this response here is lousy. Choose what you want to do with your cash, no problem. But don't bash the fandom or reason of people who choose to keep buying tickets. That's disgusting. Its lowest-common-denominator inflammatory talk radio stuff.
This is not an easy time to be a fan. Fans of all stripes should allow those who respond differently the leeway to respond how they want. The problem is not a fan who buys a ticket or doesn't buy a ticket.
September 21st, 2014 at 12:45 AM ^
Fine. Continue to fill the stadium. Just don't bitch when Hoke is retained for another season.
September 21st, 2014 at 9:34 AM ^
Can't complain if you don't vote. So technically, we can bitch more if we have season tickets, right??
September 21st, 2014 at 10:32 AM ^
LordGrantham has turned into whatever d-bag he was that got him banned like 10 times before.
September 21st, 2014 at 6:46 AM ^
September 21st, 2014 at 9:14 AM ^
Regardless of David Brandon's efforts or your attitude, I'm unable to reduce Michigan football to a "product."
September 20th, 2014 at 11:54 PM ^
But in a game against an unranked team that will finish in the bottom half of their conference, the big takeaway from a rump half-quarter shouldn't be "the defense gave a good fight" in a game Michigan is losing by 16.
I will continue to cheer for the team. And so will most people here. It's crushing to think that a team with the talent to go (minimum) 9-3 could wind up near .500.
I can't speak for everybody, but when I perceive a lack of development, I feel bad for the players. I like DG a lot; he has great natural skills and has produced a couple of the best performances in the history of our once-great program. To see him drained of spark like this is a shame, and I hold the coaches responsible.
So do most people.
September 21st, 2014 at 8:47 AM ^
I look forward to rooting for our team to earn upset victories against all of our remaining competition.
If we can't win it all then let's be spoilers.
September 20th, 2014 at 11:54 PM ^
I left the sports bar, scene of a steady dwindling crew of alumni, when the game was halted. I came home and followed the radio for the next two hours, all the while making mixed-result attempts to check out the general mood of the blog. I then listened to the remainder of the game online. I couldn't bear to watch.
I still have a pulse, last I checked that.
September 20th, 2014 at 11:55 PM ^
I HEART you for doing that.
Wish our group had been equal to your effort. We were in 2 different sections today and always stay until the end. Today, we couldn't. Once finally at home after a rain soaked walk and into dry clothes, I felt guilty thinking about the team going back onto the field in the rain.
September 20th, 2014 at 11:57 PM ^
Funny thing... there really wasn't any rain afterwards. The field drained impressively, and you could hardly tell it had rained if it weren't for all the discarded ponchos and wet seats.
September 20th, 2014 at 11:55 PM ^
I was there. The guy next to me commented that it was the loudest he'd heard the fans get all day.
The players looked half sullen, half trying really hard to get amped up. More or less the same as most of the fans who were left, I think.
Norfleet went down with a disconcerting-looking injury... hopefully a stinger, but he was holding it like it might be a collarbone.
It felt like we were on the visitors' side of a high school football game, and it was really weird. Lots of people that I ran into after the game were former marching band people. I was also apparently standing right in front of Jack Kennedy at one point (per Twitter).
During the rain delay, I'm pretty sure I saw Roy Roundtree hanging with the marching band in Crisler, trying to learn how to twirl a baton with the MMB twirlers.
September 21st, 2014 at 12:05 AM ^
September 20th, 2014 at 11:59 PM ^
I was there as well...waited out the rain on the concourse and had some pretty interesting conversations with the ushers/event staff who all stayed. Props to them for their hard work, they did the best they could with limited information, nobody really knew if it would continue. Both sidelines were flooded for a good while, but they managed to drain most of the water prior to the restart.
Two things of note when the the stadium reopened.
1)Definitely more Utah fans at that point.
2)Agree with OP on wanting to continue supporting the team, the players anyways. Everyone who did come back was certainly being loud as possible. I was kind of disappointed at the very end when the players just walked off without going to the area where Michigan fans remained...I get it we lost, but still kind of disappointing.
September 21st, 2014 at 12:08 AM ^