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Preview 2012: Wrap
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Eric assembles his OSU photos into a mosaic.
Hey! I'm tired. You may have missed some stuff in the annual "oh God it's the week before the season and I promised myself I wouldn't do this again" content blitz, so here it is again with extremely brief summaries attached:
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THE STORY
Brady Hoke is the Real William Carlos Williams.
OFFENSE
Quarterback: weeeeeeeee STOP THROWING INTERCEPTIONS
Running back: like a slavering pack of robot velociraptors, but fast!
Wide receiver: see "Quarterback"
Offensive line: bubble wrap these mofos
Questions and answers: SHOTGUN, fusion, Gardnecieving, short yardage
DEFENSE
Defensive line: just take it easy, man
Linebackers: calmer than you are
Safety: calmer than you are
Question and answers: fumbles, short yardage, fire zones, and yes the DL.
MISC
Podcast: can someone tell me if the new "generic podcast feed" is working for them?
Special teams: meh? I love meh!
Heuristics and the official prediction: 9-3, man, 9-3.
ALABAMA
Ace draws the official game preview: predicts 31-20. Official MGoBrian prediction: Alabama, 22-15.
Ace FFFFs those bastards.
THINGS THAT LIVE ELSEWHERE
Brabbs on the ten year anniversary of Washington 2002.
The Daily has a great three-parter on the 2000 Orange Bowl. The feature is an oral history:
David Terrell, sophomore receiver: “It was the scariest night of my life.”
“Y2K, man. You had everyone go out and get canned goods, bottled water. I didn’t even know the world was going to be here in the morning when I got up.”
Also they dig up their game column and talk Henson-Brady.
Matt Hinton has an Xs-and-Os post on Alabama versus running quarterbacks and Denard versus OSU that's worth your time.
Orson Swindle season kickoff post go.
Orson Swindle season kickoff post go.
Orson Swindle season kickoff post go.
Also:
Dallas? A Michigan Man's curiosity is like the noble albatross: ever soaring and observant, encompassing all without soiling its feet with the filthy soil of strange atolls--GADZOOKS I have stepped in expectorated tobacco remnants. LET US END THIS TOUR WITH HASTE AND RETURN TO OUR PULLMAN CARS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
Hype video:
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Michigan will be Michigan again when Brady Hoke's recruiting comes home to roost, and that will be excellent since this version of Michigan seems like it wants to take advantage of the opportunities presented it. It's still not quite there. The lines are thin and the future NFL stars are hard to find. The shotgun rules and the quarterback can make you laugh just because he moves like so.
In the lull here we can pause and savor things. We have a moment to not have those crushing expectations, to look down and think Michigan can't do it but hope they can, hope they can write themselves into lore as champions.
Here between the trough and the peak there will be a moment in which "can't" becomes "did." Maybe tomorrow.
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Upchurch
Go Blue.
August 31st, 2012 at 4:36 PM | 
Well said.
Well said.
August 31st, 2012 at 4:37 PM |
Here between the trough and
Here between the trough and
"Here between the trough and the peak there will be a moment in which "can't" becomes "did." Maybe tomorrow."
GOOOO BLUEEEEEEEE
I miss King of Belch.
August 31st, 2012 at 5:11 PM |
After reading that
After reading that
After reading that I am now pumped enough to run through a brick wall.
August 31st, 2012 at 4:40 PM |
Go Blue! Shock the world!
Go Blue! Shock the world!
Go Blue! Shock the world!
If you're doing nothing, how do you know when you're finished?
August 31st, 2012 at 4:46 PM |
Remember Last Year?
Remember Last Year?
I agree! I think it's important to remember that what Hoke was able to do last season based solely on him being able to properly establish a real relationship with this football team. I feel like another year at the helm will only increase the production from this team as players and as men. I can't wait for tomorrow... Win or lose I just want to see our kids out there hitting people, being physical and playing with heart!
GO BLUE!!!
"I run like Hayes and I hit like... Shazor"
August 31st, 2012 at 4:53 PM |
The last few paragraphs of
The last few paragraphs of
The last few paragraphs of this post just blew my mind and simultaneously brought a tear to my eye.
Go Blue!
Those Who Stay...
August 31st, 2012 at 5:50 PM |
That last line... it totally
That last line... it totally
That last line... it totally just got dusty in this room.
August 31st, 2012 at 5:00 PM |
Cool mosaic, Upchurch!
Cool mosaic, Upchurch!
Cool mosaic, Upchurch!
"It would be a travesty, it would be ridiculous to all of a sudden come back and get the feeling back, get the health back, feel good again and then all of a sudden go throw some other colors on my shirt and go coach."
August 31st, 2012 at 7:22 PM |
Thanks a lot. I appreciate
Thanks a lot. I appreciate
Thanks a lot. I appreciate it.
"It's great to be a Michigan Wolverine!!"
August 31st, 2012 at 5:03 PM |
the upper half of this entry makes a great crib sheet
the upper half of this entry makes a great crib sheet
for the game. I'm gonna print out two copies on my old Leading Edge Model D, one in banner version shaped like a big Brady Hoke and a small one to wrap around my wrist. I'm going to glance at both before every down, anticipating each play, and swing my arms like a crazed Wii-master to make all of ours successful. We'll win that way for sure.
Is that how Wii works?
August 31st, 2012 at 5:10 PM |
Okay, that's a great hype video.
Okay, that's a great hype video.
Good music selection, effects, and substantial chills moments.
"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk
August 31st, 2012 at 5:12 PM |
Go Blue.
Go Blue.
So refreshing to watch a team with a tough defense. We may not win them all, but should keep them all close.
Proud member of the 6/30/2008 circle of trust.
August 31st, 2012 at 5:16 PM |
I think Michigan is Michigan
I think Michigan is Michigan
I think Michigan is Michigan now, fergodsakes, and Brady Hoke is driving home the point that this is the year of team 133. He's playing for a win every game, and he's gonna do everything he can so these kids win the Big 10 Championship this year. I remember interviews where he said he didn't do enough after 1997 as a coach and takes personal responsibility for losses to ND and Syracuse early on because we had a veteran, Champion Dline returning and he claims he took excellence for granted, and its a lesson he said he'd never forget. Players on that team disagree, but Hoke isn't taking anything for granted in 2012. Not Alabama, not State, not Nebraska, not Ohio, not attrition, not inexperience, nothing. These kids are already held to the Michigan standard, some of them for 2 years now, and Hoke's not gonna let up one bit. We may not have the strengths that can be quantified, but we're gonna out hustle, out tough, out compete, out heart, and flat out out-play every opponent team 133 lines up against. Every day our team gets better. Maybe other teams are slightly more talented, or more disciplined than us, but if we do lose a game or two, it sure as hell won't be for a lack of trying. Not worried one bit. This year is gonna be special. Go Blue
How many times have you been on the freeway and had someone fly by you at 100 mph then end up 2 cars ahead of you at the off ramp? What's the point? -Mark Harmon
August 31st, 2012 at 5:46 PM |
Brian
Brian
Your season preview is a thing of wonder.
You should publish this as a book too, I'm sure many would buy it.
Keep up the great work, as always.
I am not really Coach Schiano. -Coach Schiano on Mgoblog
August 31st, 2012 at 6:11 PM |
Agreed, Coach....
Agreed, Coach....
EPIC week of work. Brian, Ace, Seth, but mostly Brian - have a beer tonight because you've earned it. I challenge ANYONE to find another team/blog that gets this kind of preview treatement. What's a better word for EPIC? Grand? Mythological? I know.
The writing was GRITTY.
August 31st, 2012 at 5:52 PM |
Go Blue. Beat 'Bama.
Go Blue. Beat 'Bama.
Go Blue. Beat 'Bama.
Photography Facebook Page. Lots of Michigan sports photos. And planes, lots of planes:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Barron-Photography/13379
September 29th, 2012 at 1:38 AM |
Beat Beat Beat!!!Go blue
Beat Beat Beat!!!Go blue
August 31st, 2012 at 5:55 PM |
Outstanding Brian
Outstanding Brian
All of it, first rate. Thanks for the work you put in.
Consider: You may want to leave off the Draft of Snark 18 episode anthology next year, or at least prioritize the preview material well ahead of that. You probably have all the info. you need after the spring games to snark, so it may well fill the empty space from May to early July.
Can't wait to see this team in 2012. Go Blue.
August 31st, 2012 at 5:57 PM |
1969 v.s. Ohio
1969 v.s. Ohio
We were not supposed to win that game, and we shcoked the world.
The late, great Ufer said it best, "...men from Michigan can do anything."
I never liked you, and I always will.
August 31st, 2012 at 6:11 PM |
Now THAT'S a HYPE VIDEO!!
Now THAT'S a HYPE VIDEO!!
LET'S GO BLUE!!!
“True loyalty is that quality of service that grows under adversity and expands in defeat. Any street urchin can shout applause in victory, but it takes character to stand fast in defeat. One is noise — the other, loyalty.”
August 31st, 2012 at 6:13 PM |
Awesome
Awesome
great hype video, great writing.....it is time.
Go Blue!
August 31st, 2012 at 6:16 PM |
I'm ready
I'm ready
I'm ready for another Jim Mandich moment
GBU-43
August 31st, 2012 at 6:29 PM |
I said it last
I said it last
year the night before Western, so I'll say it again this year. Hell, I'll probably say this again next year. This is the most covered team on the entire Internet and I defy you to name a team who gets more coverage than Michigan, fergodsakes.
Follow me on Twitter @gfraley05
August 31st, 2012 at 6:42 PM |
OH MY GOD
OH MY GOD
MICHIGAN FOOTBAW
August 31st, 2012 at 6:58 PM |
Hype Video
Hype Video
Simply... the best one I've ever seen. Well done!
August 31st, 2012 at 7:09 PM |
There are eleven trees in Dallas
There are eleven trees in Dallas
All are accounted for in this photograph.
Funny.
August 31st, 2012 at 7:12 PM |
That's interesting man, that's interesting....
That's interesting man, that's interesting....
I just wish Michigan were wearing the home blues for this game.
Oh well.
August 31st, 2012 at 7:19 PM |
peak/trough
peak/trough
Great writing. Exhibit A of why "bloggers" can and should be treated as journalists or professional writers or whatever.
Overall, fantastic.
August 31st, 2012 at 9:13 PM |
He's much better
He's much better
Calling a blogger as good as Brian a journalist would be an insult to Brian.
August 31st, 2012 at 7:37 PM |
I'm tired of missed
I'm tired of missed
I'm tired of missed opportunities. Let's beat Bama tomorrow!!!!
Hail to the Victors!
August 31st, 2012 at 9:15 PM |
ALL CAPS.
ALL CAPS.
OPTIMISM, ENCOURAGEMENT, AND ENTHUSIASM!
"Children need encouragement. If a kid gets an answer right, tell him it was a lucky guess. That way he develops a good, lucky feeling." -Jack Handy
August 31st, 2012 at 11:01 PM |
Similar to bball
Similar to bball
Reminds me of the feelings about the bball team last year in which we expected not a lot until this years class came in and they only won the B1G for the first time since '85. Lets have that kind of success again.
The team is jacked for this game and I can't wait to see them tomorrow night!
September 1st, 2012 at 7:12 AM |
Tremendous work this week
Tremendous work this week
Tremendous work this week Brian and staff. I had more mgoblog than I could read.
And when we play as a team, when the old season is over, you and I know it’s going to be Michigan again. Michigan!
Go Blue.
"The Artes, The Scientia, The Veritas."