900...Soon!

Submitted by thereverend on

Aside from the gloomy tone to kick off the season, This is Still Michigan!

UM is 5 wins away from becoming the first team to ever reach the 900 mark. It will be years (at least 3-5) before another team reaches that milestone! This coupled with the highest winning percentage (aside from a football program that has only been in existence for 3 seasons...) is a tremendous feat.

"Leaders and Best" is quite appropriate; Best Win Record, Best Win Percentage, Best Stadium, Best NFL Quarterback & Defensive Back... And the List Goes on far enough to embarass infinity...

It's Still Great to Be a Michigan Wolverine!

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Purkinje

September 5th, 2012 at 11:10 AM ^

It would be fantastic to see win 900 come at home against Illinois. But the only upside of (finally) losing to Notre Dame would be using Sparty as a springboard to get to 900. The media would talk about it to no end, and East Lansing would probably burn itself to the ground.

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yzerman19

September 5th, 2012 at 11:34 AM ^

i am a risk averse lawyer type and do not want sparty to have the opportunity to keep it from us.  they will use it against us in trash talk and to the extent it creates the risk of greater humiliation i do not want the risk i am fine with illinois being the victim.

I am not proud of this.

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Darth Wolverine

September 5th, 2012 at 1:57 PM ^

While it will suck if M loses to ND, it would be bittersweet to get 900 against Sparty. I would, however, take a loss to ND if it meant we beat Sparty. I'm sure most people can handle losing to ND once in four years if it means a victory over Sparty. We can afford a loss to ND, but we can't afford a fifth loss in a row to Sparty, especially with the division title (and obviously the conference title) on the line. I'm sure there are some M fans who would rather beat ND, but I'm sorry, that is stupid. Sparty is much more important.

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inthebluelot

September 5th, 2012 at 12:24 PM ^

play off the Sparty 300 nonsense and turn it around on them on the scoreboards after that win (as I'm gripping for an ND loss). I liked the "resetting of the clock" after we beat OSU, but I envision a rabid wolverine tearing the head off of Sparty with a huge "900" being created on the ground out of Sparty's blood. MGoGraphicArtists... Make it happen!

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WolverineHistorian

September 5th, 2012 at 4:35 PM ^

I remember very little hoopla from the media when we got win #800 over Wisconsin in 2000.  And that game was an ABC matchup between 2 ranked teams that came down to an exciting 4th quarter game winning TD (Henson to Terrell.) 

Musberger and Danielson pointed out the milestone in the final seconds...


but I don't ever remember hearing anything else about it.  The only people who seemed to care were stat gurus like me. 

I suspect the media will be the same with whoever we beat for win #900. 

But win #1,000 will get some pub, I'm sure.

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inthebluelot

September 5th, 2012 at 5:23 PM ^

Always remember that you have marketing genius, DB at the helm. I'm sure you'll see and hear plenty about it. Expect a hash tag on the field... #900 wins, similar to the spring game and the special lettering on the field for the 500th game at the Big House when we played Sconny in 2008.

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inthebluelot

September 5th, 2012 at 7:07 PM ^

Here are the official win totals through the last game of 2011. ND is almost out of the top 5 with Nebraska nipping at their heels. Yale... 865 Texas... 859 Notre Dame... 853 Nebraska... 846

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