5 Reasons Not to Worry

Submitted by RedSox04 on

So im in the middle of a Family reunion (all die hard Michigan fans), and on my way up to Clare, I notice something. I have seen just as many OSU reps, as I have Michigan. This usually doesnt bother me until I realize...IM IN MICHIGAN. I know were falling on downtime but come on people. Show your true colors! I will not settle being out repped by OSU in MICHIGAN, I will not!



We may have had some bad past couple seasons but we will very soon return to the old Michigan. Book it. Let every OSU fan hear what I am saying! Michigan will defeat them in the next 2 years. Below is my reasoning.





#1. The Two Headed Beast



We have "QB controversy! OH NOO!"

FAIL. We have two legit QBs that are from what I have seen equally good. Both can run, both can pass, and both can do one while doing the other, and one (Denard) is improving rapidly. Ummmm, why not have a QB controversy? One will just make the other one better. Is that not what we want? Two QBs pushing each other to get better? Constantly? Thats exactly what we want.





#2. Roundtree and Crew



Our WRs, while not yet very experienced, will end up being the most consistent in the country. We have four legit targets, at all times. Some are better than others but none are good enough to shut us down if they get double teamed. If they double team the good ones and every one is covered? Denard runs 46 yards for a TD. No matter what play we run, no matter who is open and who is covered, we always have one good receiver to throw to.





#3 Brick Wall



Our defensive line, even though we lost Graham will be in the top 3 in Big12Ten. We have the most power, agility, and speed in that area out of everyone in the Big12Ten.





#4 Defensive Backs



We suck. There is no way around it. All we can do is improve. If we can win 5 games with virtually no secondary then we can win 10 with a halfway decent one!





#5 Were Freaking Michigan!



Were one of the top football schools in the nation! Always! Even when were doing horrible we get the best recruits! They just keep on coming. With Rich Rods recruiting we will, in very few years be a powerhouse again. He is getting us good players, great players. So stop giving him a hard time. They WILL perform on the field, give him another year, this will be a full class that is 100% on him. We will be back on top. Just wait.



So for all you Michigan fans freaking out, chill. We will get back on top, everything will be fine, we will soon beat the Buckeyes.



And for the OSU fans I saw in and around Clare, Michigan...

GO BLUE!

 

Thorin

July 20th, 2010 at 5:37 AM ^

I've convinced myself that Michigan is going to win a national championship every August since I was 5 but...

#1 Denard hasn't shown it in a game yet.

#2 Roundtree had exactly 2 catches in the first 8 games. Are we 100% sure that he won't be deployed as the cold-weather Odoms again in 2010?

#3 Losing Brandon Graham does not a brick wall make.

#4 The fourth reason not to worry is our secondary sucks?

#5 The fifth reason is "Our helmets got wings?"

MGoShoe

July 20th, 2010 at 7:01 AM ^

...may be a tad unrealistic, but it's a ton better than our legions of nervous nellies and naysayers (dare I say our nattering nabobs of negativity).

Go Blue to you, sir! Also, if Buckeyes want to spend their money in our pleasant peninsula of a state, that's a good thing. Let them rep and let them drop their stashes (dollar bills, not buckstaches).

Blazefire

July 20th, 2010 at 8:30 AM ^

You deserve chastising?! I KNOW I didn't just hear you say that, worm. You deserve NOTHING, neither pleasure nor pain, and should you receive either, it is only because I, in my grace, have swallowed my pride and forced myself to look upon your weak, quivering flesh and grant you a gift. You will thank me!

 Now, you will kneel, wretch, and lick the dust from my boot. If I find it perfectly clean, afterwards, perhaps I will feel more gracious still, and crush you where I know you like it.

Or perhaps not. You disgust me, coward.

Blazefire

July 20th, 2010 at 9:01 AM ^

What's the matter? Do I know you better than you know yourself? Black leather? Whips and Chains? Lordy, is it getting hot in here?

Come with me, sweetheart, to my toy chest. If you're good, I'll let you pick out which flog I use for you.

MGoShoe

July 20th, 2010 at 10:16 AM ^

...it smacks of fandom.  Unreasonable fandom.  As we approach the end of the offseason and the start of actual football, it's time to move beyond colorectal examinations of the team's makeup and start to enjoy Michigan football in its own right. 

There's been enough plausible, rational analysis to show that we have reason to be optimistic, so I'm throwing off the shackles of the past two years and embracing the team.  Now.  I'm not waiting until they prove themselves in the opener or against ND or Sparty. 

The bandwagon is gassed up and ready to go.  Feel free to jump on or not.

blueblueblue

July 20th, 2010 at 11:15 AM ^

I am embracing the team as much as you are, but my optimism is more measured. Nonetheless, you make a good case, and I'm coming around to unbridling any restrained enthusiasm. I can learn to unleash the enthusiasm for the '2 headed beast', for Roundtree, and for our 'brick wall'.

I can't, however, muster any enthusiasm for the self-righteous argument that "we're Michigan and therefore we not only deserve to win but will get the best recruits in the country'. That just moves from unbridling extant enthusiasm to generating functionally sterile enthusiasm. I can't get on that un-piloted, wayward bandwagon.  

I fully embrace this team in all its potential for success; I don't, however, embrace some other team we create in our fantasies. 

dennisblundon

July 20th, 2010 at 7:33 AM ^

I am with you on this OP. It's the off season damn it so I say fuck reality for now. As for the Ohio State fans in Michigan, wouldn't you leave Ohio if you lived there?

UMMAN83

July 20th, 2010 at 7:39 AM ^

and our opponents will ony bring the team together and make us better, faster.  I'm tired of so-called UM fans joining the frey ... this just makes everything worse.

We need more UM fans to bring a postive attitude and refute all the negatives out there.  I expect a breakout year that starts making our opponents squirm with concern about the talent we are bringing in and future of the program.  Go Blue !!! 

Beavis

July 20th, 2010 at 9:05 AM ^

I gave you the plus one because you showed a lot of enthusiasm and you used pictures.

I could go for more posts on this site with pictures.

BleedingBlue

July 20th, 2010 at 9:46 AM ^

Love the optimism!

The apostrophe is good.  You should get acquainted.

Also, you're username is RedSox, and you are presumably from Michigan, but you are complaining about people in one state rooting for teams in another state?