How do you handle losing?

poorly

i break things

Normally I'm just depressed.  I got over my angry streak when I was younger.  Now it is sadness along with lots of drinking.

If Denard could pass, he'd have hit Treezy on the post route, he wouldn't have 3 balls deflected by linemen, and wouldn't just throw balls up for grabs (toward the end of the game).

I think he should be our QB, but he can't hit a man when he needs to.

Edit:  He also wouldn't invite defenses to stack the box because they know he can't throw

I badger the mods to hide my pain.

Get some agression out. Then I'll go to a friends, smoke hookah. Calming effects. Friend's throwing a party tonight. I'll probably go there. Met a girl who look like Emma Stone there last time. It should be legit. Oh and then I'll come back and cry about this game.

What? Lose? We didn't lose.

Too drunk to reply coherently. 

I do....

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combined with....

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seems to be a winning combo tbh

**edit** why my images no work??

I read MGoBlog. Misery loves company.

Kill hookers.

online

Then I play videogames where I can "avenge" the losses

Okay, not really

I pray for unbridled chaos in the BCS. I want every single game to be an upset. The rest of the world needs to feel my pain. 

And then I turn off all the halftime shows so I don't have to watch our low-lights.

Poorly.

I do better, however, with alcohol, but usually I just overeat.

I do even better if MSU, OSU, or ND lose.  

As a side note MSU struggled against Minnesota today.  WTF, did Coach Kill start putting funny stuff in his team's water?  They are competitive all of a sudden.

Illinois has two weeks to prep for Michigan.  I hope we can beat them or we're looking at another end of the year swoon.

I could go complain to Al Borges or to the Big Ten office. But you know what I'm gonna do instead? Nothing! Because if I take it to small claims court, it will just drain 8 hours out of my life and Delaney probably won't show up and even if I got the judgment he'd just stiff me anyway; so what I am going to do is piss and moan like an impotent jerk, and then bend over and take it up the tailpipe!

Just another blown opportunity. We gave this game away. Bad call at the end because that was a TD and the last one was PI... I'm still pissed!!! Season is over now I just hope we don't drop 8 in a row to TSIO

Depends on how they lose. Today, I am a little pissed.

P. I. on the pick. P.I. on the last play. All the drops. The insistence to call routes 30 plus yards when that type of play just isn't in the cards with Denard. The lack of guts to call a TD a TD.

I am pretty frustrated. They should have had that one.

Better than most people in the MGoblogosphere

I turn the TV off and do homework. Because there's more important shit to do than to feel depressed and angry.

However, I tend to F5 MGoBlog a lot when I do homework...

Ten years ago, it took me days to get over a loss.  Days.

Now, I basically spew a stream of nonsense potty words for about five minutes, as a sort of cleansing ritual.  That usually gets it all out.

On a side note the Big Ten Officials just called pass interference on Nebraska in their game.

Typically I find a nice dark corner and cry.  Today though, I will scream into a pillow and keep telling myself that we got screwed.  We got screwed.

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Varies time to time: previous entries have been anger, sadness, alcohol, working out (last few OSU games), my personal favorite was this year after the Central/Eastern we lost in the final minute I hooked up with a girl that goes to Eastern who was visiting her sister who I know, the way I handle that was good I thought

shotgunbeer beers. duh.

If robinson knew how to pass we would be posting in thread about "how we handle winning"

Can't even remember the last time robinson hit one of those deep routes in stride like he should be able to do with tree in the 4th quarter. Hes obviously our best qb but those last 4 plays were terrible, not one roll out? is nobody telling denard its ok for him to scramble and run?

But I am pretty pissed right now. And hungry. Very hungry.

Oh, and I have a fucking toothache that hurts something fierce whenever I consume liquids. YEA.

http://youtu.be/R1-zBIIvl5g

Tanner is my hero

Also after this week I think of Michgan basketball and how next year Blake Griffin is morphing into one Mitch McGary and he is playing for the Maize and Blue. Plus this year football and basketball both still have a lot to play for.

In the end this is only a game but yeah it sucks that we didn't execute as well as we could have nor did the refs.

I guess I cope with run on sentences.

I take my dog for a walk.

A loss is a loss is a loss. Nothing soothes the pain, except maybe a particularly good party.

On the bright side, basketball season's starting...

Usually when I start watching the next round of games, I get over it.

It ruins my weekend. And no lions tomorrow.

I will. E the pissed off one at the hockey game tonight.

Losing happens.  The game was fun to watch, though.

And the D.  Great improvement.

we put ourseleves in this horrible position, had a chance to bail ourselves out, and then really never had a chance thanks to a couple shakey at best calls.  Winning this one would have felt like grand theft.

nothing to do but drink and wait for Alabama/LSU

I'm 16, so i cracked my wall, then i went for a walk

Hemingway caught a clear touchdown pass that was called incomplete by the refs.  Last play was clearly pass interference that wasn't called by the refs.  I'm thinking score one for the refs.  They still show that they have the power to call games.

So, I'm taking it piss-poorly. 

I just want to see the team once again become a good to great team. It will probably take a while but at least our defense is taking some baby steps in the right direction.

Oh well, looks like 7-5 may be our final record (50 %)  8-4 (40 %) 9-3 (8 %) 10-2 (2%)

they're not around today for some reason..

I would have jumped off the golden gate by now. At least we are expected to lose 2-3 games

A week of depression.  And I just know the Lions aren't going to win tomorrow... /s

Well tonight I'm going to watch the 1 vs 2 matchup and listen to the debate that says the loser of the game should play in the national championship for a rematch. I will then reminisce about the last time a 1 vs. 2 matchup occured and think about how we used to be so good at football. Then i will realize we lost that damn game and I will start drinking.

I talk to my fiancee...seriously. She knows me like a book shes read a million times.

For example, today she immediately said "That should have been a catch and why didnt they call pass interference"?...so instead of me getting to use those excuses, I end up responding "Well, we put ourselves in that position in the first half and this team is still learning. They will get better. On to next game". She smiles, I'm consoled (and partially optimistic) and the day seems easier.

Philosophically. The older I get, the faster next season's possibilities come around. 

We can still win possibly a couple more this year. And that's not bad for a transitional year. 

You gotta look at the big picture. Otherwise you drive yourself crazy.

i scream at the tv a lot and wonder why i don't have better control over my emotions like some people do.

Borges is as much at fault for the result as is that clusterfuck of officiating.  I hope all the Rod haters are happy that we're back to prehistoric football with the one caveat being that our coach at least goes for it on 4th down.  What blows my mind is that the blueprint for success is there, but we get a crotchety coach who gets mad about facing bubble screens but has done nothing to improve what was a dynamic offense.  Neg me if you want, but I'm not saying Rod shouldn't have been fired, but Borges looks like the Gerg of the offense.

I just continue to read MGoBlog comments and stuggle through watching the first half of the 330 games until things get interesting in the 2nd half.

We are the dorks; simultaneously, we are the jocks. We are everything, and we are nothing that is not everything. This contradiction of being two things that are one thing is really not a contradiction; rather, it is just a thing. To say, however, that "it ain't no thang," would be patently false. Therefore, it is a thing; it is our identity. This is what our identity has become. 

Alcohol.

I flip my coffee table, pretend to throw away my football jerseys and then mope for the rest of the week. As much as I love Michigan football, I think I'd be a whole lot happier of a person during the fall if I wasn't so emotionally attached...

Tonight I root for LSU, because... fuck you Bill Martin!

Tonight I root for LSU, because... fuck you Bill Martin!

I hate losing more than I enjoy winning.

Not well.

Get really drunk and take it out on my significant others

I don't watch college football until Michigan plays again.  That includes Sportscenter highlights or College Football Live.  That part of the world is dead to me.

Today I read the Jerry Sandusky Grand Jury indictment and now I feel sick.

I learned how to handle defeat from my wife.  She's a Cubs fan.

My initial reaction is to drink some beer. Then, to calm myself down, I drink some more beer. After that process is complete, I like to console myself with more beer.

Shoot pumpkins after the game then have a red neck bon fire (tv's, tires, printers, ect.) in the evening.

It's as relieving as yoga.

I usually am depressed for a few minutes, and then I remember that it's just sports, and go on with my life.

Losing sucks. I drink some beer and my let 10 month old twin boys remind me there's a lot more important shit going on. Go Blue!!!

I tell my kids to stop swearing.

Every swear word in the book.  Over and over and over.  

on the internet.

step 1: drink
step 2: donkey punch my gf
step 3: repeat steps 1 & 2 until i pass out of either exhaustion or alcoholism.

Heavy Drinking.

I face the problem head on. Read message boards, tweets, listen to interviews, and watch highlights to rationalize the loss. The drinking comes later. 

I think of my friend, a big Michigan fan, who is in a very late stage of cancer and I'm glad to have seen UM play a tough opponent on the road, not give up, and fight to the end. And I know I have an excellent chance of seeing that UM team four more times this year; and a pretty goo chance of seeing next year's improving team. My friend doesn't have too many more chances.

My kids'soccer game...and remind myself what is most important...beating tsio.oh, and my kids..

I take a knife to a can of natural light, cut an egg sized whole, pop the tab, and let the cold beer slide down my throat. Repeat as necessary.

and raise your four more. We were out coached. This goes back to my MSU loss reply. We did not throw enough curl routes. We did not run enough ISO plays. They doubled out inside DL and our DEs got minimal pressure. Robbed on a few ref calls. PI, TD and some interior holding.

Is the elixir of the despondently outraged Wolverine fan.  The long term result is unfortunately alcoholism and general pissoffedness at the universe in general and then specifically at any asshole who went to OSU, MSU or ND.

But one wonders about Denard who just seems to not make good decisions.

that my seven year old was not around, because I went apeshit around the house when Vince Smith picked up the ball and ran downfield with it, and I'm sure she would have been terrified. Fortunately, I had nothing left in the tank for the last two minutes, except the conviction that even if they scored two points would be no gimme. 

They made the game interesting in the end, but between bad calls by the refs, uninspired play-calling, and lots of drops and goof-ups, the better team lost. 

bag of dog poop on Jim Delaney's front porch should do the trick.



Second...find out what it was that the Iowa DB said to the ref to make him pick up his flag and never throw another the rest of the game. If we can find out what that was, we should be golden in our last three games.

I went to get my oil changed, then played catch with my son for an hour.  I'm all better now.  And my girlfriend still isn't really talking to me because she knows I'm pissed.  Honestly though, we haven't won in Kinnick for a while and its always a tough game. I was fully expecting to lose this one so I avoided my usual beer a quarter consumption and I'm glad I did.

Alcohol.... plenty of it.

When we play flat (TODAY) I suck it up and act like a man and tell it like it is. They didn't play with passion and played down to the competittion. SUCKS BUT TRUE.

When we drop a game and deserve to win, well hell then its you SOB's you should've won and played with more passion.

Just watching the 3:30 slate of games and then the big one later tonight 

I can't talk myself out of it.  it just needs to wear off, like a bad tatoo.

So I watch all the highlights and read all the blogs so many times that it seems like old historical news by 6:30.  This blog and commiserating with you all helps a lot. 

Before the intenet and 24 hour CFB coverage it would take me all week to get over it.  Now, I'll be merely numb by tomorrow.

I usually win a bunch of games in NCAA '12. That usually helps a lot. Especially when you beat the team we lost to.

Copious quantities of beverage don't seem to work as I continue to punish myself by watching more college football on the tube.  Then I see Northwestern moving toward a huge upset of Nebraska and it's time for the Xanax.

Shit did we shoot ourselves in the dicks today.  The division may have been achievable had we won, but it sure is a long shot now.

When does the coaching staff teach receivers how to catch a fucking football?

Makers. Mark.

I'm soooooo drunk

I don't. I'm not going to check mgoblog, ESPN, or any other sports site until after our loss in the Little Caesar's Pizza Bowl. We've all seen how this ends before: why bother torturing ourselves? At this stage, I'm pretty much resigned to the fact that we might not beat Ohio State or Michigan State again in my lifetime, and definitely not in the next 3 years.

I treat the wife like shit...makes me feel better. just yell at her and stuff

Took a nap directly after the game today which helped.  I immediately go into the it's not what happens to you but how you handle what happens to you philosophy and look forward to how the team responds next week.  I definitely do not blame anyone....blame never helps me.

The nap helps revive me for a lot more bourbon and there will be a lot more commencing now.

Luckily at college I have so many things involving music to do during the week, I never have time to think about it. Next thing I know we will be playing Illinois.

I realize it's just a football game, remind myself that I am fortunate to have good health and a good job, and continue on with my life...

I can't handle it. I need professional help

Today I went to a pumpkin smashing event, and joined in the kids, utilizing as my weapons an earth turning trident, a baseball bat and my favorite, a heavy pick ax - all the time being told "geez, I'm keeping away from you! You look hella pissed off!"

I eat lots of donuts cry a lot and listen to the cure in the bathroom.

I turn off the game before the very end. My husband continues to watch in the other room. If we win, he yells in and lets me know, then I can watch it when they replay the last play. If we lose, I wasn't watching, so it's sort of like it never happened. I move on more quickly this way. 

i threw my fist in the air and screemed, MOM MAKE ME SOME MEATLOAF!!!!

I work nights, I stayed up today to watch that mess and I was too pissed off to go back asleep and I'm on 45min. rest.

I scan a few UM boards, hope like hell the hockey team calms me a bit and wish the next game was tomorrow.

I turned 40 this year so that means I'm a man now and I still feel like crap for a few days after a loss and I have little to no interest in football the rest of the week. I may or may not even look at my fantasy team will Wed or so.

If Michigan won today I would be on no sleep and not feel it one bit till the morning when I crash. I'd be happy all night.

The years have gone by and losses don't ruin the weekend like they did last year even...

I owe it to Coach Hoke...he seems to be a stand up guy!

I go to sleep, I just woke up... This was a bummer...

SAD PANDA!  I drunk myself numb tonight!  I guess I will shake out of it through the week. My wish of Hoke finishing his first season like Bo has been dashed and we will not win the B1G or go to a BCS game. We'll probably go to the Alamo Bowl and play Texas Tech!  Boo Hoo!

If Hoke can beat OSU, it will make my year and then we should have a parade in A^2 for Hoke!

crack,repeat......