11/26/13: the day that MGOEMO cratered.
I've been here over five years, which includes the depths of Michigan Football in '08, and as an alum, for the Horror and other sad occurences, but I'm thinking today may be the day that is the most Emo of all on this blog. Brian's post(s), the Peppers visits, the Hoke/Borges comments, the anticipated defeat/humiliation Saturday, have combined to put the emosity meter at somewhere between the Goth kids on South Park, Meat is Murder era Smiths, Debbie Downer from SNL, and that teenage girl who screams "I hate you," after Mom washes her jeans.
"Oh no," you might say, "after Saturday it will be even worse", and I will disagree. Saturday we expect to happen, and really there is no deflating scenario possible that we have not already imagined to ourselves. But today? Today we hate everything, love nothing, and fear all things. We make plans for future Saturdays without Michigan Football, we debate the meaning of "fair weather fan" (J'accuse!), and we cast our envious eyes toward our rivals future this season.
But boys, I'm calling the stock market bottom today. I'm making the decision that it's up from here, if too slowly for our pleasure, and with many false starts. I'm not falling for the "it will always be like this" mentality by God, sure times are tough, and sure, many of us are pussies, but Goddamn it, we can imagine being men right? Imagining is the first step to believing, which is the next step to accomplishing, which is the next step to... something, something tough and manly. So let's stop sniffling in the corner, hold our heads up, and march out the auditorium, because, as we know, it wasn't over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor, and we're a good OC away from rising up. We can do it, who is with me?
Crickets.
Ok, I'll see you at the bowling alley Saturday.
November 26th, 2013 at 4:24 PM ^
"the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor"???
Are you sure you're a Michigan alum?
November 26th, 2013 at 4:26 PM ^
You must not be into motion pictures
November 26th, 2013 at 4:27 PM ^
Are you?
November 26th, 2013 at 4:29 PM ^
Never saw this movie... Is this famous or something?
November 26th, 2013 at 4:30 PM ^
Nah, just some indie art film a few buddies and I saw at the local ciniplex last week. Decent watch, but riddled with historical inaccuracies.
November 26th, 2013 at 4:32 PM ^
Ok cool. Because I'm normally all about pop culture being a hip and happening lawyer and all...
November 26th, 2013 at 4:40 PM ^
Fooled us.
November 26th, 2013 at 4:54 PM ^
EDIT:Wrong reply. /Stupid
November 26th, 2013 at 5:08 PM ^
if i were king for a day mgoblog memebership could be obtained only by passing a test. and on that test would be animal house, fergodsakes. you're the 400th person who wrote "ah, duh, the germans didn't bomb pearl harbor."
November 26th, 2013 at 5:19 PM ^
What a bunch of morans!
November 27th, 2013 at 5:06 AM ^
This guy's a lawyer. Just wanted to make sure you caught that.
November 26th, 2013 at 4:35 PM ^
I remember when I was young(er), the old people would make popular culture references and I'd be like huh? And back then, well at least for part of it, there was no interent to look up said references. Reading this exchange I realize I am now part of the old people.
Off to go watch Porky's Revenge and Police Academy 2....
November 26th, 2013 at 6:34 PM ^
you've never seen animal house?
November 26th, 2013 at 7:20 PM ^
Nope, never saw animal house. I'll have to check it out... I don't get how it's that funny though.
November 27th, 2013 at 9:11 AM ^
It is in the context of the movie. It's worth a watch, check it out.
November 26th, 2013 at 5:44 PM ^
Michigan - Arizona (yeah, that long ago), walked around, Thano's Lamplighter pizza, then Animal House. We were married 8 months later. Go Blue!
November 26th, 2013 at 5:23 PM ^
You know, I was in general agreement with the OP.
Until this.
THIS, dear reader, this is the low point of MGoBlog. First all this emo BS on the front page, and THEN, THEN I find that one of our esteemed readership does not know one of the finest lines in the American comedy film canon.
Luckily, unlike the mental breakdown happening amongst the MGBlogosphere, I am assured that this particularly failing can be corrected. Easily and dare I say pleasurably. All you have to do is watch the movie. You might wish to have it on hand for watching right after the game; the laughs might be needed.
November 26th, 2013 at 5:47 PM ^
Bluto's speech in Animal House is the reference.
November 27th, 2013 at 1:15 AM ^
...you are not a golfer.
November 26th, 2013 at 4:26 PM ^
I am all in using margin. You better be right because I'm putting my kid's college education fund into this Blue market.
November 26th, 2013 at 5:21 PM ^
November 26th, 2013 at 6:10 PM ^
We didn't read like seven diaries on the subject over the past few weeks .... ;-) /s
November 26th, 2013 at 8:48 PM ^
November 26th, 2013 at 4:27 PM ^
to another mgoblogger, to not be surprised that we win on Saturday. And we're going to look like chumps because of it. . . .
November 26th, 2013 at 6:11 PM ^
sounds like a good place to be!
November 26th, 2013 at 4:27 PM ^
I agree. A historically awful day for the blog today.
November 26th, 2013 at 4:34 PM ^
But only because some clean up hasn't been done, IMO. There are maybe a dozen posters here who are driving everything down to a level where it doesn't need to go. And most are posters I rarely or never saw until we seemed to be in a tailspin. My two cents.
November 26th, 2013 at 4:42 PM ^
Alot of *swirling* trash has enter thru the MGoBlog's gate of recent,but moreso since early Oct,of this year. I'd wish more trash dumps could be arrange...
November 27th, 2013 at 8:21 AM ^
A trash tornado of MGoVirgins.
November 26th, 2013 at 4:27 PM ^
the level of self flagellation around here is off the scale today.
November 26th, 2013 at 5:43 PM ^
I am going to say this with my mod cap on and a degree of general snark - every other thread this week has made me see the monks from The Holy Grail basically. Quite a few people beating themselves over the head and chanting laments walking about lately. It is rather depressing.
November 26th, 2013 at 6:37 PM ^
Bring out your dead......
November 26th, 2013 at 4:28 PM ^
I could be down with the idea that it's all up from here.
November 26th, 2013 at 4:29 PM ^
So thisis S&P 666 in March 2009? Now we just need Obama to say I am bullish UM football as he said he was bullish on stocks at the exact bottom ;)
November 27th, 2013 at 9:34 AM ^
No politics! ;)
November 26th, 2013 at 4:29 PM ^
November 26th, 2013 at 4:34 PM ^
Yeah that was a real gem, especially since RR isn't 3-6 against top 25 teams since 2012 and Hoke isn't 1-5 since 2012.
November 26th, 2013 at 4:40 PM ^
November 26th, 2013 at 4:43 PM ^
November 26th, 2013 at 4:51 PM ^
They don't have the same record over the last 3 years. They have the same record over the last 2 years.
15-9
Over the last 3 years Hoke is 26-11 and RR is 15-9. Your original statement is wrong.
November 26th, 2013 at 4:51 PM ^
And I didnt know you were incapable of reading the original post.
November 26th, 2013 at 4:41 PM ^
That actually is their records vs the top 25 since the start of 2012. Not sure what you are looking at.
November 26th, 2013 at 4:56 PM ^
I'm looking at where teams actually finished the year. You don't get credit for beating #10 USC when they finished the year unranked. Does OSU get credit for beating #16 Northwestern? How about Miami for beating #10 Florida?
November 26th, 2013 at 5:36 PM ^
While I agree with your sentiment, you at least have to add the caveat that Florida has been wrecked by injuries, though were closer to full health at the time of the Miami game. Could say something similar about NW (Colter/Mark injuries).
November 26th, 2013 at 7:33 PM ^
November 27th, 2013 at 9:41 AM ^
but the way it works is how the team was ranked when they played, not where they were ranked at the begining of the season or the end of the season. If a team was in the top 25 when you beat them you get credit for beating a top 25 team, regardless where they ended up at the end of the year.
November 27th, 2013 at 9:49 AM ^
According to you? That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. You would honestly give Miami credit for beating a top ten team in Florida?
November 27th, 2013 at 9:56 AM ^
For years one of the stats routinely trotted out during Michigan games was Carr's amazing record against highly-ranked teams.
It was pointed out here many times that that stat had been padded by early-season wins against teams, mostly Notre Dame, that didn't live up to their early hype. We even had a front page post--I'm pretty sure it was Brian's--arguing that the right way to look at it was to use end-of-season rankings. And doing so.
Now somebody suggests the same and is told that's just "not the way it works." Because...well, it's pretty obvious isn't it?
November 26th, 2013 at 4:39 PM ^
I think you mean the last 2 years. RR didnt coach 3 years ago.