900 wins - congrats on being the first to achieve an awesome CFB record

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October 22nd, 2012 at 7:56 PM
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900 wins - congrats on being the first to achieve an awesome CFB record

As a rival fan my hat's off to Michigan for an incredible accomplishment---wow, that's a lot of Hail Victors!

With all the changes in CFB, programs rise and fall: the Florida St's, Boise St's, and Oregons come and go. Winning NINE HUNDRED says: we've been really good in the past and  present, and will always be really good. An occasional dip here and there, but over the long haul, excellence endures. That's what separates the men from the boys.

The most impressive thing about this milestone besides the wins is that Michigan runs a clean big time program. No Oklahoma or Alabama here.

Been a few posts here and around the web about "900",  thought you guys would whoop it up more on this board, maybe the celebration on the field sufficed (whatever you were celebrating)--after all it's your victory and record so enjoy as you see fit.

This week's game against Nebraska will likely decide the Legends and maybe the B1G title. Cool fact, the  game will also be the first conference game in college football history where both teams have won at least 850 games all-time.

As extra juice for the home crowd, Nebraska will also be commemorating 50 years of sellout crowds at Memorial Stadium,while playing all-timer leader Michigan in your first game ever at Memorial Stadium.

Preseason I figured this game for the divisional showdown, looking forward to a fantastic game. Your team and fans will be treated with respect, win or lose. We'll appreciate your team's history and accomplishments as much as any fan base you'll ever meet.

Picture shows Antelope Field, where Michigan played last time you visited Lincoln in..........1911. This will be your first visit to Memorial Stadium

“We have no rival. We are Nebraska.”

--Bob Devaney

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October 22nd, 2012 at 8:03 PM | Thx (Score:4 Normal)
brendandavis22
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Antelope Stadium... awesome. 

"I'm the baddest man on the planet" - Joe Warren

October 22nd, 2012 at 8:03 PM | Charles Woodson says, we're (Score:5 Normal)
Wolverine Devotee
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Charles Woodson says, we're coming for another trophy. One that was mistakenly sent to Lincoln, NE instead of Ann Arbor, MI, oh about 15 years ago.

 

When the ADept sells special jerseys and gear, you'll see my picture next to the targeted customer crowd. A sheep.....but a Blue one.....

October 23rd, 2012 at 2:19 PM | I WANT THAT TROPHY (Score:1)
True_Blue
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Thats our trophy, and you know it!

Hail! to the Victors Valiant Hail!

October 22nd, 2012 at 8:07 PM | 900 (Score:5 Normal)
토린
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October 22nd, 2012 at 8:26 PM | I didn't notice the John (Score:2)
Wendyk5
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I didn't notice the John Williams/Spielberg-esque track when I saw it at the stadium. 

October 22nd, 2012 at 8:33 PM | Beautiful. (Score:3 Normal)
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Beautiful.

Go Blue!  Always!

http://www.youtube.com/user/WolverineHistorian

October 23rd, 2012 at 11:50 AM | OT (Score:2)
Mich Mash
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Sorry for Off-Topic,

Do you have video of Michigan vs Syracuse in 1998?

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

October 23rd, 2012 at 2:20 PM | Get out a here (Score:1)
True_Blue
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Get out a here man.

Hail! to the Victors Valiant Hail!

October 23rd, 2012 at 3:18 PM | Hopefully... (Score:1)
Mich Mash
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...will be worth it.  Working on a project for this site.  Ideally I would have the play-by-play boxscore but I'm having trouble finding it.  Definitely not a Syracuse guy here...Michigan born, raised, educated, etc.

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

October 22nd, 2012 at 10:13 PM | Brought a tear (Score:1)
Arrogant MichMan
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to my good eye.  Willie Heston on the program cover for 300th win.  Willie was the man.  Loved him.  Im surprised wwe did not get any milestones against ohio.

October 23rd, 2012 at 12:17 AM | Great (Score:0 Overrated)
October 22nd, 2012 at 8:07 PM | Thank you, and I hope we get (Score:1)
coldnjl
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Thank you, and I hope we get a great game next week...hopefully one in which we win in close fashion

October 22nd, 2012 at 8:10 PM | Good post. I didn't know (Score:5 Normal)
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Good post. I didn't know about the game being the first amongst two 850+ win squads.



Good luck the rest of your season, including your non-Rose Bowl bowl game.



"the Spirit of Michigan...is based on a deathless loyalty to Michigan and all her ways....and a conviction that nowhere is there a better university, in any way, than this Michigan of ours" - Fielding Yost
October 22nd, 2012 at 8:14 PM | - (Score:5 Normal)
maizenblue92
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901 coming on Saturday ChicagoBIGRed!

"I tried to but a pencil in the light socket but it was too wide and didn't fit so I used a paperclip."-Terrelle Pryor, Future Rhodes Scholar

October 22nd, 2012 at 10:14 PM | Good call. (Score:-1 Normal)
October 22nd, 2012 at 8:14 PM | I say, we make this a trophy (Score:5 Normal)
Wolverine Devotee
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I say, we make this a trophy game for real.

Make half of a crystal football Blue with a half of the white stripe of a football Maize. Half red with the white stripe white. Put it on a base so it's detachable like that 1997 crystal football trophy is (that belongs here) and call it the "Undisputed Championship".

 

When the ADept sells special jerseys and gear, you'll see my picture next to the targeted customer crowd. A sheep.....but a Blue one.....

October 22nd, 2012 at 8:19 PM | This (Score:5 Normal)
Inertia Policeman
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is an awesome idea. Especially with the loss of the Notre Dame rivalry for the forseeable future.

Big gulps huh? Alright! Well, see ya later.

October 22nd, 2012 at 8:24 PM | It would definitely be pretty (Score:3 Normal)
willywill9
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It would definitely be pretty awesome... but there's something weird about starting up something now, although I still fully support the idea.

Touchdown Michigan!

October 22nd, 2012 at 8:23 PM | Genius. (Score:5 Normal)
AmaizeingBlue
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Genius.

October 26th, 2012 at 12:05 PM | It should be a blogosphere (Score:2)
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It should be a blogosphere level trophy - instead of the programs themselves handing it back & forth, it should reside in Brian Cook's office (office?  bedroom?  dungeon-esque underground lair?) and the headquarters of an esteemed Nebraska blog.

October 26th, 2012 at 12:16 PM | (No subject) (Score:3 Normal)
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"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

October 22nd, 2012 at 8:17 PM | A nice fan from a rival (Score:5 Normal)
Hurricane
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A nice fan from a rival fanbase congratulating us profusely... RDT is that you?

And when we play as a team, when the old season is over, you and I know, it's gonna be Michigan again, Michigan

October 22nd, 2012 at 8:43 PM | I'd hardly consider Alabama a (Score:1 Normal)
russale2012
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I'd hardly consider Alabama a rival of Michigan.

It's been a lot. Its been a roller coaster that for some reason seemed like it would never get good. But you know what? We kept fighting. It's like that old saying goes, "Those Who Stay Will Be Champions." -David Molk

October 22nd, 2012 at 9:08 PM | You seem confused as to who (Score:3 Normal)
Abomb4480
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You seem confused as to who RDT is.

October 23rd, 2012 at 11:00 AM | Derpty Derp (Score:2)
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Ignore me, I'm an idiot who can't read properly

If you're doing nothing, how do you know when you're finished?

StraightDave owes me a steak dinner

October 22nd, 2012 at 11:40 PM | I'd like to say that I am one (Score:4 Normal)
1484
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I'd like to say that I am one of the bigger sniffer-outers of bullshit on this board.  I think this guy is legit, and will not affix the RDT moniker.  Nebraska fans are notoriously awesome, I for one am not skeptical at this point.

Hail.

October 23rd, 2012 at 1:25 PM | (No subject) (Score:2)
MGoCombs
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"And when we play as a team, when the old season is over, you and I know, it's gonna be Michigan again, Michigan."

October 22nd, 2012 at 8:20 PM | I'd like to make it to Lincoln one day (Score:5 Normal)
bluetell
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I only hear good things about Nebraska fans

Rudy watches inspirational movies about Shawn Hunwick

 

October 22nd, 2012 at 8:21 PM | We must fight the urge to (Score:5 Normal)
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We must fight the urge to like Nebraska fans.  They are sweet-talking savages who will eat your heart given the chance.

October 22nd, 2012 at 10:18 PM | Well I have to tell (Score:3 Normal)
Arrogant MichMan
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everyone that last year I tailgated with some Red fans.  They were the best.  I actually like them.  I feel the same way about NWU too; but NEB fans are just too damned nice.  I cant hate them.

October 26th, 2012 at 10:38 AM | wait a minute, I thought they (Score:2)
Baldbill
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wait a minute, I thought they only ate Bugs?

 

 

Semper Fidelis

October 22nd, 2012 at 8:24 PM | Saw this post on the sidebar (Score:5 Normal)
MichiganExile
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Saw this post on the sidebar and knew immediately it had to be from a Nebraska fan or maybe Northwestern but I'm not sure they actually have fans. 

October 22nd, 2012 at 8:35 PM | Go Blue mother fucker, (Score:-1 Flamebait)
October 22nd, 2012 at 8:45 PM | I'm in the process of (Score:5 Normal)
FrankMurphy
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I'm in the process of arranging a last-minute trip from the Bay Area to Lincoln with a buddy of mine. I've heard Nebraska has the best gameday atmosphere in the country. I went to last year's game in Ann Arbor and there were tons of Nebraska fans who made the trip. They were also some of the classiest visiting fans I've seen in Ann Arbor. Hope we represent Michigan in kind.

October 22nd, 2012 at 9:04 PM | Nice hearing from (Score:4 Normal)
weasel3216
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another tradition rich and successful program.  

"Those who stay will be champions" -Bo

October 22nd, 2012 at 9:50 PM | I know, Sparty was getting (Score:5 Normal)
2Blue4You
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I know, Sparty was getting tiresome

October 22nd, 2012 at 10:03 PM | Ha (Score:1)
UMAFA08
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I see what you did there

October 22nd, 2012 at 9:25 PM | BigRed, I'm sure you know this, but it bears mentioning anyhow (Score:5 Normal)
Don
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that Nebraska and Michigan have something in common besides a large number of victories:

Fielding Yost.

He coached Nebraska to an 8-3 record in 1898.


October 22nd, 2012 at 9:27 PM | Yost liked us better. (Score:5 Normal)
Wolverine Devotee
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Yost liked us better.

When the ADept sells special jerseys and gear, you'll see my picture next to the targeted customer crowd. A sheep.....but a Blue one.....

October 22nd, 2012 at 10:21 PM | Touche (Score:1)
Arrogant MichMan
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thank God he did.

October 22nd, 2012 at 10:55 PM | 2nd year at Antelope Field (Score:5 Normal)
ChicagoB1GRed
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“We have no rival. We are Nebraska.”

--Bob Devaney

October 22nd, 2012 at 9:53 PM | 4 Shutouts (Score:3 Normal)
Wolverine Convert
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Just noticed that 4 of the 9 even 100 victories were shutouts...Pretty awesome!

MGoBlog....kinda like crack, but more addicting...

Wolverine Convert

October 26th, 2012 at 11:24 AM | In the early 1900s (Score:2)
whitedawg
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Not that surprising.  In the early 1900s, probably half of all games were shutouts.

October 22nd, 2012 at 10:23 PM | Thansk ChicagoB1GRed (Score:3 Normal)
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I was happy to see NEB come into the B1G.  But it is so damned far to see a ball game.  Good luck to your team this year (other than us).  I look forward to years and years of good comppetition.

October 23rd, 2012 at 12:01 AM | There's a Cornhusker Bar (Score:1)
Bad MotherHoker
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There's a Cornhusker Bar right down the street from my apartment in Vegas.  I'm tempted to walk into it next Saturday with my Michigan hoodie on.  Wonder how that will go over?

 

"The goal, the expectation of this program is the Big Ten Championship"

October 23rd, 2012 at 1:00 AM | Thank you. The game Saturday (Score:1)
aiglick
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Thank you.

The game Saturday night should be epic. I'm very nervous but excited for a clean game.

Here's hoping for a bright future. This team does try hard and I will continue to support them.

October 23rd, 2012 at 9:29 AM | We're looking forward to (Score:3 Normal)
saveferris
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We're looking forward to picking up win #1000 oh, sometime in late 2021 or early 2022.

 

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"Fix the cigarette lighter."

October 26th, 2012 at 11:32 AM | Calculating it out (Score:2)
whitedawg
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Let's say we make the B1G championship game an average of every other year under Hoke.  Seems reasonable.  That would mean we play an average of 13.5 games per season.

Michigan's all-time winning percentage is .735.  That means we should pick up an average of 9.92 wins per season.  Therefore, exactly 10 years from last week's Sparty game we should have 99 more wins... meaning that Saturday, October 29, 2022 should be our 1000th win.

Book it.

October 23rd, 2012 at 10:05 AM | Thanks for the note, (Score:1 Overrated)
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Thanks for the note, ChicagoB1GRed.  I'm hoping to make it to Lincoln for a game one day, I've heard you have a great gameday atmosphere.

As an aside, wasn't sure what you are referring to with "No Oklahoma...here".  I know they have had a checkered past, I thought they were pretty much on the up and up these days. 

Third generation Michigan alum

October 23rd, 2012 at 10:30 AM | "No Oklahoma...here" (Score:5 Normal)
ChicagoB1GRed
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yes, lately those schools have stayed out of trouble, but as my post was praising Michigan's accomplishment over the long haul, my point was to contrast your program vs their many past cheating transgressions. Programs winning 800+ games is a short list, those winning them the right way, the list is even shorter.

“We have no rival. We are Nebraska.”

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