And Yea, Moses Came Down Bearing Tablets
Everyone said stuff about the Fab Five next, and a few people bugged me for muppets. I'm not going to celebrate sportswriters voting on something, but…
Ace and I were doing a podcast and it came up that the Illinois game came on the anniversary of the Aneurysm of Leadership from which a line straight up to this point can be drawn. Ace suggested this should be memorialized.
It shall be so.
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January 28th, 2013 at 3:41 PM ^
I clicked on the "Aneurysm of Leadership" article and read this line:
Michigan's not likely to get even an NIT bid because of the [MSU] win.
Brian was correct about that, actually. We did not end up in the NIT in 2011. We moved on to bigger things.
Since that date (Jan. 28, 2011), we are 53-16 (.769).
January 28th, 2013 at 5:39 PM ^
but this is my favorite from that link.
"Beilein's already earned next year, and when they take the inevitable step forward in '11-'12 he'll get year six, and that's got at least a decent chance of working out."
I think Brian was right.
January 28th, 2013 at 3:40 PM ^
...but it is glorious. I think the awesomeness of it all was best expressed by Eamonn Brennan in an ESPN.com article:
"Beilein said after Michigan's win at Illinois Sunday night, for fans, a No. 1 ranking would be a sign of how far the Wolverines have come. How all the nonsense they had to endure for more than a decade is finally, mercifully behind them."
January 28th, 2013 at 3:50 PM ^
I would love to see Novak come back to Michigan at some point as a coach. He exudes passion and leadership (and gritty grit).
January 28th, 2013 at 3:53 PM ^
it'd be really great if novak and stu could come back for a game this year. they'd get a standing O.
January 28th, 2013 at 4:27 PM ^
Novak is one of few Michigan players I like but I love this kid when he was playing and watching the passion he was playing with. Good find with the youtube video, I'll have to add this to my favorties. Any updates on him? Last I heard he was playing basketball across seas and worked something out with a professor to get his masters if I'm not mistaken.
January 28th, 2013 at 4:24 PM ^
has anyone managed to figure out what novak is yelling? we should get that fangraphs guy who did the lipreading of the umpire/manager arguments on this.
January 28th, 2013 at 4:30 PM ^
That clip appears ready for a bad lip-reading meme
January 28th, 2013 at 4:21 PM ^
He's done some interviews with UMHoops.com that are a worthwhile read.
January 28th, 2013 at 4:28 PM ^
January 28th, 2013 at 4:57 PM ^
I am just praying the Hating Number 1 Gods don't rain down on the Maize with rage like they have on all the other Number 1s this year!!! Go Blue!
January 28th, 2013 at 5:18 PM ^
Honestly, I can't help but almost tear up seeing this. After all we've been through as a program, having been either in Crisler or parked in front of my TV as a kid, student, and now alum for the entirety of the run, who can remember where I was when Chris Webber called the timeout, who saw the skid mark from Maurice Taylor's Explorer on the freeway median in '96, who sat through the worst of the Ellerbe years wearing a Josh Moore jersey, who bought the Amaker hype only to stand around in an empty student section when the bottom fell out and nothing worked...
This is perhaps the most satisfied I have ever been with anything related to Michigan athletics. I know, it's an AP vote in January, but this means something more than your avarage poll. We've been through the dark ages. The demons are exorcised. We've made it back to the top. And we're doing it the right way.
January 28th, 2013 at 6:55 PM ^
Well put. It's been a long, hard slog for Michigan basketball. I don't know how long we'll hang on to this but I'm cherishing it right now.
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