When Men Were Men, Don Draper Was Pimp, And Michigan Was Terrible

BAD bad.

But what are we to do?

Nose, meet grindstone.

I'm not completely sure, but in the 1960's I thought you had to win your conference to go to the NCAA. Therefore even if the team was good, if it wasn't the best in conference, No NCAA for you.

Looking at the bracket, it seems it could be true, except that the Pac -10 at the time would get 3 schools in. Only one Big 10 team got in, Illinois, and I'm too lazy to look up what comprised the other conferences.

Wow, I felt pretty good when I got up this morning. Now, not so much.

1984 was pretty bad. Even without the Harbaugh injury, Michigan wasn't a very good team. Before Harbaugh got hurt, we got our asses kicked by Washington at home and IIRC MSU was leading us when he went down in that game.

this is a great post, but makes me so sad. it's going to be a long winter

So much for another dong punch....thanks, I needed that. Rolling in the fetal position is how I like to start every day.

Maybe we should talk about Michigan academics? Might bring back some painful memories for some of us, but that, at least, remains excellent.

I chose to display the Feb 2 contest at Michigan State where the Wolverines emerged victorious 72-71. Good times.

We've talked about what we want to call this year on the board before, but my vote is for:

The Year of Academic Compensation.

The explanation is simple. The only thing we can bring up in a discussion about which university is superior at this point is the fact that the academics at Michigan are top-notch. And women's volleyball, I suppose.

hopefully it will be deep enough to keep any sports related news from reaching me until 2012.
then, hopefully the Mayans are right and the world will explode

My dad played on that basketball team. Or, to be precise, he played sporadically while primarily heating a seat on the bench.

This was...depressing.

I know not everyone that is a Michigan fan cares about Detroit sports as much as I do, but for those that do, this is even worse because the Tigers just lost the Division after leading since May on the last game of the season (a record), the Lions continue to be the worst franchise in the NFL, the Red Wings are having their worst season in decades with no end to the injuries in sight, and the Pistons are struggling through their re-building phase with 3 of their top 5-6 players injured. This year makes considering '"When it rains, it pours" is a complete understatement' a complete understatement.

There is no escape anywhere.

wondering the same thing - when were all three sports so bad. Depressing.

I'm trying to figure out what's wrong with the hoops team. Talent has increased from last year with Morris and Vogrich, but they're young. Can losing Lee and Merritt really be the difference? I'm having a hard time wrapping my mind around that, but what else is different?

I still can't believe NW, Minn and msu are going bowl games getting national coverage and M is not. Can't watch ESPN, am sick of the bowl stories, Heisman race, BCS and now can't even enjoy UM bb.

Good post and nice history lesson.

Although the door is hardly closed on the hoops tourney chances. They have an entire league slate with at least one chance a week to get a resume win.

I know it looks bleak now, but there is still a lot of season left. Teams in UM's position right now end up making the field every year.....but, boy oh boy, JB needs to find a way to turn it around......right now, they dont seem capable of playing a full 40-minute game.

So, I am a little down on the team right now and down on their tourney chances just based on the way they're playing, but that does not mean a legit road map still does not exist to make the field.

I guess Bubble News aint going away after all.

The men's club lacrosse team should be excellent again this year. That's all I got.

On a more positive note, I just found a caramel in my pocket and only one side has the wrapper torn away! So I can just bite the other side. MMMMMmmmmmm that is one good half caramel.

its unreasonably cold right now.

that the basketball team can get things turned around. One has to believe that eventually at least a few of those missed shots (especially from the 3-point line) will start falling. I mean, that sub-30% 3-point FG percentage can't continue for the rest of the season, can it?

Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?

flood plain, when the river of losses finally swells and inundates our homes and living rooms?
Leaving only raw sewage to view on our HD-flats?

Hopefully this river of losses recedes and follows it's normal path in the Ohio valley area...

I'm ashamed that already this early in the season I don't bother watching the bball games for fear of us getting embarassed.

On a side note, any word on when the next AD will be named?

As I listened to David Merritt speak of a lack of back-court leadership I could not believe how much I missed him and CJ Lee...unexpected, profound - but true. Do we really have to wait for signing day for our next shot of hope?

At least we can look forward to watching the Tigers next spring.

Wait ... nevermind.

for another 50 years.

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CLIMATE
July 1 – A heavy smog develops over London.
• .July 28 – A locust swarm threatens New Delhi.
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• September 1 – Typhoon Wanda strikes Hong Kong, killing at least 130 and wounding more than 600.
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• December 22 – "Big Freeze" in Britain: There are no frost-free nights until March 5, 1963.
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• December 30 – An unexpected storm buries Maine under five feet of snow, forcing the Bangor Daily News to miss a publication date for the first and only time in history.
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• EVENTS
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• January 26 – Ranger 3 is launched to study the Moon; it later misses the Moon by 22,000 miles (three months later, Ranger 4 crashes into the moon).
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• January 30 – Two of the high-wire "Flying Wallendas" are killed, when their famous 7-person pyramid collapses during a performance in Detroit, Michigan.
• September 26 – Civil war erupts in Yemen.
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• September 30 – CBS broadcasts the final episodes of Suspense and Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, marking the end of the Golden Age of Radio.

• October 14 – Cuban Missile Crisis begins: A U-2 flight over Cuba takes photos of Soviet nuclear weapons being installed. A stand-off then ensues the next day between the United States and the Soviet Union, threatening the world with nuclear war.
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• December 11 – The last execution by hanging takes place in Canada.
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• PEOPLE
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• June 11 – Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin become the only apparently successful escapees from the Alcatraz Island prison. There is no conclusive evidence that they survived the attempt.
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• August 4 – Marilyn Monroe accidentally overdoses on a mix of sedatives and Champagne a few hours before midnight.
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• August 5 – The South African government arrests Nelson Mandela in Howick, and charges him with incitement to rebellion.
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• November 28 – Former queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands dies, aged 82.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1962

I'm going to watch "The Wire" again. Just to make myself feel better.

we haven't lost to a 4-4 WAC team it was a MWC...both are bad news though, but at least the MWC is stronger that WAC.

Can we get a liveblog of the tourney in Syracuse and the first round game against Rochester Institute of Technology? Oh GOD NO!

BTW-- At least we still have our favorite, world respected golfer Tiger Woods to cheer for. Man, if somebody had it all going for him with his sports skill, hot wife, children in good health..... WHHHHAAAAA????????

3 straight shutouts vs sparty, purdump, and minnesota? OUCH

is the winter of our discontent.

If this was 1984, it would be "nose, meet cocaine spoon."