Of all the night games played in Michigan Stadium, that was definitely one of them. I hope you are all feeling fresh and well rested after the delayed night game experience.

Because I am not.

Night game atmospheres are fun until you hear Carl Grapentine say "good morning" and realize you mis-interpreted the phrase "Jim Harbaugh's players play on Sundays." I got to Detroit metro at 2 a.m. this morning to catch my 8 a.m. flight. It delayed four hours because our original plane that was supposed to arrive had fumes in the fuselage that sent the crew to the hospital. At some point I dozed off on the floor and woke up with my arm completely numb because Detroit Metro is among the least user-friendly airports to urban camp in. This is the only sleep I got. I finished editing photos. Eventually several hours later Watson the Key Deer flew me home safely despite bouncing on landing. Thanks, Watson. Did you know if you go long enough without sleep you start to hallucinate? It's like free drugs (day job HR if you are reading this that is "A Joke", I am not doing drugs). Care to join me in a belt of scotch?

To get through it I drank copious amounts of coffee out of a coconut because "we're playing Hawaii" and no amount of caffeine would truly get me through yesterday and today. Yes, it was just coffee.

And then they delayed the game because of weather.

ANYWAYS. Yay! Night games! Weather delayed night games! (Disclaimer, I mostly joke, I did have fun and will do it again. I am just... tired, man). 

The next night game will likely be against either Penn State or Michigan State and I have no doubt the atmosphere will be truly electric, but in the meantime we celebrated a night game against the worst team in D-I FBS. Surely there would be no drama...

...

BUT BOY OH BOY WAS THERE DRAMA.

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Over 200 photos this week! Most of which were edited in Detroit Metro! 

2022 Michigan vs Hawaii (Patrick Barron)

[More photos of JJ SZN after THE JUMP]

Fulfilling a Promise

Last week I apologized for not having a photo of Brad Robbins' Mustache. I'm here to make amends. Please accept this apology. I'll try to get him curling it in the future (cannot guarantee a monocle being worn as well). Behold:
 

I heard you guys wanted photos of JJ's first start. Well JJ started, and JJ cooked.

Ok, let's talk about it.

Cade has had a rough couple of weeks. It is clear that JJ is the starter moving forward. Still, I cannot help but just feel terrible for Cade. He's done nothing but give his all for Michigan football and as always wanted to be The Guy. He helped lead Michigan to a win over Ohio State, a Big Ten Championship, and the College Football Playoff. We should celebrate all of these things. I have nothing but the utmost respect for this lad and hope that he will continue to help play a key role in this team. We can acknowledge all of this and also deduce that JJ looks like the starter from here on out.

I guess what I'm also saying is... BE NICE.

(Side note, there are some, ermm, obscene gestures in the student section above but I think they're being directed at the officials. Still. BE NICE.)

There was some mild booing and "We Want JJ" chants, which, I do not think help the team effort as much as you'd like to think it does. 

The copious amounts of "We Want Orji" chants, well, I understand.

Speaking of nice:

Day job HR see quote before The Jump.