Biggest day in Michigan football since...
December 30th, 2014 at 7:51 AM ^
than a "great team"
December 30th, 2014 at 7:50 AM ^
It's Harbaughing everywhere. CNBC discussing the story in a minute.
December 30th, 2014 at 7:52 AM ^
we need all the exposure we can get
Let's get the party started!!
December 30th, 2014 at 7:51 AM ^
because of the perspective we all had at that time, that it would be something to wonderfully echo for years to come. by that i mean you can sit here today, like you could lo those many years ago, and not only enjoy the moment, but also think 'man, it's gonna be good, it's gonna be real good, for quite a while'. i think this JH hire has the true and objective potential to rocket michigan right back up to the top, tons of fun, great games and grit. we might go 7 or 8 wins next year, so be it, but does anyone really think we'll be less than double digit wins by the 2016 season? the cupboard is not bare, and JH can coach like a madman. go blue!
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December 30th, 2014 at 8:22 AM ^
...in Michigan football since the day Bo died.
On another related note, the New York Times did a good article on Michigan's hire of Harbaugh. The article is worth reading. It is mostly balanced and puts the hire in a larger context for those who don't follow Michigan closely. It is a decent review, especially for reporters who are far removed from the situation.
Here is the link:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/30/sports/football/jim-harbaugh-said-to-…
The comments section for the article is also worth a look. There are the usual comments about how the high salaries of coaches are 'costing the students and taxpayers' etc., etc., blah, blah, blah.
A big shout out to R.Will (an MGoBlog reader?) and his excellent work rebutting the uniformed commenters by pointing out in great detail and with a suerb command of the facts how these predictable criticisms are ignorant and make no sense.
R.Will's rebuttals alone make reading he commnents section worthwhile.
If R.Will is not already workng in the University's PR department, they should hire him.
December 30th, 2014 at 8:27 AM ^
good read
December 30th, 2014 at 8:42 AM ^
great comments by that guy. R. Will, if you are here, please raise your mgoblog hand and be honored.
December 30th, 2014 at 8:59 AM ^
off the field: Since DB was fired... that was a turning point in a dark period.
on the field: agree, 2006 in columbus
December 30th, 2014 at 8:31 AM ^
Didn't want to start a new thread, so, here's the Fox 2 Detroit interview with Coach's parents after they landed...
edit: can't embed, here's the link
http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/clip/10987919/jim-harbaugh39s-parents-arrive-by-plane
December 30th, 2014 at 8:33 AM ^
Feels like the biggest day for UM football since my grandpa died 10 years ago (tomorrow). He introduced me to Michigan football. If he was my age he would definitely have been one of us... he never shut up about Michigan football :D.
December 30th, 2014 at 8:38 AM ^
I've long felt the day Drew Henson decided to head for the ball diamond was the day The Long, Slow Slide began. I know, I know, there were still a few fun seasons after that, but that's why it's The Long, Slow Slide and not The Drop Off a Cliff. And I know it seems crazy to point to the loss of one player, but to me, something happened during that 2001 offseason that changed things. Maybe Lloyd just suddenly got old, I don't know. All I know is prior to that offseason he was 5-1 against Ohio State and 4-2 in bowl games, and after he was 1-6 against OSU and 2-5 in bowls. The Tressel hire certainly looms but that doesn't explain the bowl losses. If Henson had stayed on, Michigan would have been in the Top 5 and the MNC discussion going into the 2001 season, I seem to remember the announcers at the end of the bowl win over Auburn that January saying words to that effect. Instead it was gone and it seemed like it took a few seasons to recover, during which time Michigan's national stock seemed to dip quite a bit.
But, I guess this is about a particular date and not a sequence of events, so I too will have to look to the weekend before Thanksgiving, 2006.
I know one thing: whenever I have to sit and wait to meet a client, I always have my Kindle with me, and I read a chapter from a book I've already read (that way it's easier to put down, as opposed to one I haven't read). Since September that book has always been Three and Out. Even though I could already practically recite the thing, I keep rereading it out of this strange urge to repeatedly analyze, "Just how the hell did we get here? Why has all this happened?" Yesterday I pulled it out and started to read again, and after about a paragraph, I thought, "Um...I don't feel the need to do this anymore." For the first time in years, I'm more excited about the future of Michigan football than I am saddened by its past. DAMN that feels great!
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December 30th, 2014 at 8:56 AM ^
Biggest day since -- can't remember the year - Bo turned down a large pile of money from Texas A&M to stay at Michigan
also, if Mo had listened to Bo and waited till he got back in town, he would have remained as the coach & I believe he would have stayed in the job for a long time. Believe he is 73 now & who knows who would be coach now.
December 30th, 2014 at 9:15 AM ^
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I hope we can return to the days of my childhood when the week before the UofM and OSU game was filled with anticipation!
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December 30th, 2014 at 9:13 AM ^
Gotta think it's the most important day since January 1st, 1998. The only other day that I can remember that comes close to the excitement of today would be the Ohio State game in 2006 when we were #2 vs. #1
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December 30th, 2014 at 9:55 AM ^
this is the biggest since the day Bo was hired. Because none of the stuff that happened since would have been on the scale of what came to pass.
Bo. Moeller. Carr. All the great things that happened under those coaches started with the hiring of Bo.
December 30th, 2014 at 9:55 AM ^
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December 30th, 2014 at 10:02 AM ^
When Bo was hired. Though Canham probably did not know how great of a hire he had made. I'm sure there were quite a few Michigan Men upset that day!