Could Bama 2012 eclipse ohio 2011
We all know that the most pandemonium inducing, all out nuts with awesomeness moment last year was the UTL victory, which was of course the greatest single Michigan moment any of us has ever witnessed. However, I don't think it was really the BEST moment from last season. After all, we've been kicking ND's tail pretty well recently, with several of the games featuring ND style Yakety Sax. Had we LOST to ND, it would've been very sad that we lost our first night game in Michigan stadium. It also would've been our first loss in four years, the first year of Brady Hoke's tenure, and not a lasting pain. It would'e been a very "can't win them all" loss.
Conversely, though The Game 2011 certianly had a dramatic ending, it's drama did not even sniff UTL's level. There were several palys that made everyone's heart skip, but there was no one single, "It's this or it's nothing" play. Despite that, The Game 2011 was undoubtedly the best moment of the 2011 season. No other game had me pacing holes in my floor for the last quarter. No other game had my father visibly bemused at my nerves and consternation. And when we won, well, King Kong ain't adust mite compared to the Mutant Space Monkey that climbed off every true fan's back at that moment. A loss there would've crossed the line from soul dong punching to soul eunuch making. I would've wilted and died right there in the middle of the living room, leaving only a baren, dust gray talk hinting that once there had been a beautiful fan in bloom there. I may have honestly convinced myself that we would never win The Game again.
But win we did.
So now I ask you,do you think Bama, or any other game of the 2012 season can possibly eclipse that moment? Beating the defending National Championship to open the season would be huge, huge, but again, I think it would fall into the category of "Can't win them all", should the good guys lose.
Or how about MSU? It's been a while now. But after last year's loss, I realized something. I just didn't care as much as I do about OSU, and maybe even the bowl game. Oh, it sucked to lose, but I didn't lose any sleep over it. It's Sparty! They will ALWAYS be little brother. Maybe OSU? Go 1-0 against the new regime?
So what game, if any this season, do you think can bring that same sense of jubilation?
August 14th, 2012 at 3:24 PM ^
It (mostly if not all) depends on perspective.
I live in Ohio... can you guess which game has the circle around it?
Last year was magical; for UTL I nearly had a heart attack. I remember the disbelief after the last touchdown & for some reason I chucked my son's box of ninja turtles across the room in celebration. However, there was a greater celebration for THE GAME. Do you remember that hit that Kovacs "Boomed" on Herron? How about the stolen touchdown? How about the final interception to seal the victory?
The jubilation began with the contents of a can of Mt. Dew flowing over my head. Of course my son followed suit and cracked open a cold one and did the same thing. It was unbelievable. And sticky. And amazing.
August 14th, 2012 at 3:30 PM ^
I already did that after THE GAME in the form of a tremendous carbonated beverage.
But the Sugar Bowl had an exciting & memorable impression. This was the end for those who stayed. Was it irony (considering the past struggles with kickers) that the game was saved by a field goal? And that press conference w/ the brunette comment... classic.
One note that I forgot to add in regard to THE GAME; this was the game that brought us one of the best .gifs known to man!
I can bet an embed is coming...
August 14th, 2012 at 6:35 PM ^
The question is, and I do not mean this in any way as trolling, but what if you get smoked by Bama in Arlington, say, by 30 or so. I am in no way predicting that, but if it did happen, how would the Mich faithful react?
August 14th, 2012 at 10:56 PM ^
Actually, we would be overjoyed. The prospect of having the privilege of being pummeled by the reigning champion would invoke such gratitude in our hearts that we would need plastic surgery to remove the smiles off of our faces. We might even declare that day as a new "Michigan Holiday." It would result in a new greeting card aisle in Hallmark.
August 15th, 2012 at 7:46 AM ^
is always the next one. BAMA! Living in the Florida penis-ula, I hear "S. E. C" ringing in my head. I'd sacrifice myself to football ballhalla for a dubya in that one.
August 15th, 2012 at 9:36 AM ^
I used to live in Jacksonville & the SEC fans are extremely arrogant. Once I had an argument with an uninformed young man who believed that the SEC was the historical powerhouse of college football--- he could not be persuaded otherwise. You can't really reason with rednecks too well...