Can we finally say the "Long Dark Night of the Soul" is finally over?

Submitted by BubbaT33 on October 9th, 2016 at 9:08 AM

All I can say is this: "It feels so GOOD to have a Michigan Defense again!

October 9th, 2016 at 10:35 AM ^

Having a defense that we can be really proud to call "OURS"! And they play like some of the defenses from our not too distant past ('97 and '06). That is my point! This defense may be that quality! It was embarassing for too many years that we just did not seem to be able to stop anyone . . .

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M-Dog

October 9th, 2016 at 10:41 AM ^

And unlike '06, we have a defense that is prepared for the kind of offense Ohio State runs.

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rice4114

October 9th, 2016 at 11:33 AM ^

Do we?

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bigmc6000

October 9th, 2016 at 11:34 AM ^

We do? The Colorado game didn't give me any faith in that. Also, we aren't going to get any practice against another spread team until then. Suffice it to say I'm expecting to give up at least 28 points in that game - hopefully the offense can keep up.

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ghostofhoke

October 9th, 2016 at 10:39 AM ^

Yup, but beat state, beat the buckeyes. Then it's complete

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UMAmaizinBlue

October 9th, 2016 at 10:47 AM ^

Cackled with glee listening to the second half on the radio. So much so, in fact, that my wife asked if I was practicing my evil villain laugh.

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Bleedmaizeblue

October 9th, 2016 at 11:09 AM ^

I think you were just craving the "not until we beat MSU/OSU" response. I mean honestly that's the only response I expected in this post

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Rodriguesqe

October 9th, 2016 at 11:14 AM ^

I was thinking about this yesterday. 7 years in the wilderness.

Ohio State is insanely lucky given that the Tressell situation was sort of a worst case scenario.

2009 was Pete Carroll's last year at USC. Their lows weren't as bad as ours but they're about to start over again.

Texas is about to start over after 3 years of Strong.

Notre Dame has been mostly in the wilderness for 2+ decades .

7 years seems like a long time. But if it werent for Harbaugh theres no reason to think it would have ended anytime soon. There arent many coaches that can come in and make a program a power.

Obviously, we need to start holding our own against OSU to be "back", but we are clearly atleast back to Michigan during the Carr / Tressell era, which is relative paradise to the last 7 years.

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Crootin

October 9th, 2016 at 11:18 AM ^

***We need to BEAT Ohio State to be "back". Brady Hoke "held his own" vs OSU.

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Amaizin' Blue

October 9th, 2016 at 11:37 AM ^

We need to own Staee again too

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UM Fan from Sydney

October 9th, 2016 at 12:01 PM ^

Fear not because that starts this year. We got a glimpse of it from last year's game until the luckiest thing ever happened. It's funny because I still see MSU fans online and Twitter saying they still like their chances against UM, which, to me, is laughable at this point. If we don't beat MSU by two or more scores, I will be somewhat disappointed. I know Dantonio will get those losers ready for the game and it just might be close in the first half or even in the third, but I fully expect a win.

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