How often are you watching UM "football porn" ?
I have an addiction, and I'm coming clean. I can't stop watching UM football videos, commentary and recaps from the past 3 years. Every evening I spend at least 30 minutes rewatching old games and recapturing and reliving the glory of what UM football accomplished. After the prior past 20 years of straight pain or "almost" heartbreaks, I'm in the "can die happy now" camp, but I indeed have an addiction and the first step is to acknowledge it - so they say.
Some games I can't stop watching...
OSU @ UM 2021 - Cathartic, magical scene
UM B1G Championship 2021- Smashing Iowa for our first Trophy in a long time
UM @ OSU 2022 - Owned OSU in the toilet bowl after all their chirping, Day is soft confirmed
OSU @ UM 2023 - No more excuses OSU, Temp coach, no Stalions, keep crying
UM @ PSU 2023 - Sherrone runs it down their throat, Temp coach on short notice smashes frames
The Rose Bowl 2023 - Obvious one. Played poorly and made many mistakes and still slayed the SEC - Bama giant. The scenery was epic and finish was glorious.
2023 National Championship Game - A bit anti-climactic after beating Bama, but was the clincher and put a cherry on top of the Harbaugh era. Perfection, 15-0, National champs! All the glory.
Anyone else obsessively watching games and highlights? Shall I seek help?
February 6th, 2024 at 2:43 PM ^
NTTAWWT.
February 6th, 2024 at 3:04 PM ^
You jerk off to UM porn?
Do I jerk off to UM porn? Yeah, yeah, I jerk off to UM porn, yeah.
How many times a week?
Like three...four? Three or four times maybe.
You gotta pump those numbers up, those are rookie numbers in this racket.
February 6th, 2024 at 2:47 PM ^
Thanks- you just reminded me I haven't since Sunday and I'm overdue.
My personal faves:
"We did it" video compilation for 2021 OSU (set to Mr. Brightside)
2022 OSU with Gus and Klatt, "got a WIDE OPEN RECEIVER"
2023 OSU, Rod Moore INT set to "My Heart Will Go On"
2023 NCG, Mike's INT, from each different broadcast and camera angle
February 6th, 2024 at 4:38 PM ^
My moment of climax when watching (over, and over, and over) the video of Mikey's int in the NCG, is after Fowler says "a convoy". There's a pause, and then he says "MICHIGAN" with a tone that lets you know, that it has been decided.
February 6th, 2024 at 4:49 PM ^
I can hear it in my head.
He was expecting Sainristil to score there, I think and was going to say something like "Michigan just put a dagger in this game" or "Michigan has done it" or "Michigan now has an insurmountable lead"...but it ended up being:
"MICHIGAN! .....inside the 10" lol
February 6th, 2024 at 9:23 PM ^
If only McGregor had the sense to block 37, who ran right past him and ultimately made the tackle on Sainristil.
February 7th, 2024 at 10:42 AM ^
To be fair he absolutely de-cleated a guy on the return. He did miss the eventual tackler though
February 6th, 2024 at 5:13 PM ^
Love rewatching 2022 OSU game where we beat them in the their house and hearing Gus go, "The Donnnnn".
February 6th, 2024 at 2:50 PM ^
I am probably in the minority here, but I tend to watch the game live (or a replay if I cannot) and then I don't tend to rewatch it again. I have never revisited those magical 1997 nor those dramatic letdown 2006, 2016 seasons. I do like to waste all my time on this blog, walking on pins and needles all fall and into winter, and then I let it all go and look for the next season.
I enjoy the change of seasons and I don't look as much into the past. Sorry, Seth...
February 6th, 2024 at 4:51 PM ^
What are all the pins and needles for though if you can't enjoy the highs?
February 7th, 2024 at 2:54 AM ^
I'm always living in fear of that first loss. I enjoy the highs. This was an amazing season, obviously. I was born watching some great teams and believed we were the best team of all time, so I expect to be able to win every year. Those expectations make watching Michigan football different than say, Indiana (no offense to Hoosier fans, who live the same fandom in Basketball).
February 6th, 2024 at 2:51 PM ^
Maybe 3-4 times a month; generally when I've cough had a few cough. Usually the highlights from a particular game, but sometimes the full game.
Not just the last three years, either. The 2019 Notre Dame game is a favorite of mine in recent years, but others as well.
February 6th, 2024 at 3:50 PM ^
I hope you can get some syrup for that cough. Or then again, that may make things worse.
February 6th, 2024 at 2:51 PM ^
I suggest not making anything of this world an idol. I love Michigan football, but you’re doing this wrong.
February 6th, 2024 at 2:53 PM ^
alright debbie downer
February 6th, 2024 at 2:56 PM ^
Just being real man. Truth is all that matters. Aint easy.
February 6th, 2024 at 3:11 PM ^
ok i dig your vibe
but i still think it's ok to watch some of the most dramatic sporting moments in memory a few extra times, without going to 'idol' stage
February 6th, 2024 at 2:58 PM ^
that includes golf right
February 6th, 2024 at 3:32 PM ^
You are an annoying person posting unwanted garbage. Preach elsewhere.
February 6th, 2024 at 4:26 PM ^
I dunno. I think I have watched Polar Express and It's a wonderful life 19 years straight at least once a year.
If I see Rocky or My Cousin Vinny I am watching it.
Same with UM Football.
Everyone is different I guess.
February 6th, 2024 at 2:52 PM ^
OSU games (all three), a lot. Also, relisten to mgopodcasts. A few times. All glorious.
Bama game, a bunch. I even walked my sister through the last drive and OT, play by play, explaining what is going to happen on each play in gory detail, which was easy, because I've watched it many times.
It's like Dave (I think) said on one of the podcasts: with previous years, when we lost to OSU, it stole some memories from us. You couldn't really go back and watch those seasons, and esp. those games, because of the end result. We now have so much we can look back on, watch again, and smile.
February 6th, 2024 at 2:52 PM ^
I love the ones where people watch and react to the highlights, especially when they hoped or expected Michigan would lose. There're some for the Rose Bowl, but the most for the OSU games
February 6th, 2024 at 2:54 PM ^
yeah for this reason I really enjoyed watching the many different ESPN commentators. Like Pat McAfee and crew. That said, while they seemed to lean anti-UM, there was some real appreciation for Corum and others when they pulled through.
Seriously, has there ever been as clutch of a U of M team as this last one?
February 6th, 2024 at 3:03 PM ^
I really enjoyed the McAfee broadcast because they all seemed to be rooting against Michigan. I don't follow the show, so I don't know if they were losing bets or just hate Michigan in general, but it's extra satisfying when you can squeeze a little schadenfreude out of the joys of victory.
February 6th, 2024 at 3:09 PM ^
McAfee and AJ Hawk (of OSU) have been very complimentary of UM post championship.
Hawk going so far as to acknowledge what UM is doing right in culture and development.
Also, their on field announcing of the playoff games was pretty solid.
After Blake's OT TD against Bama, Mcafee....
"Blake Corum is pheeeenomenallll"
February 6th, 2024 at 2:54 PM ^
I used to not be able to get enough. My sort of crazy-fandom years stretched from about the Desmond times through the RichRod years so I'd get up to watch Michigan Replay and tape it and rewatch games, then couldn't get enough of the Denard or Tate highlights. I could listen to Frank Beckman's call of Woodson returning his punt against Ohio State on a loop and get goosebumps every time.
But, at some point I just got away from rewatching things I already knew the end to, it just didn't do it for me anymore. I think it's why I also prefer competitive games to body-bag opponents. I need that uncertainty to get that thrill now.
February 6th, 2024 at 2:56 PM ^
I engage in post victory schadenfreude farming for a couple days after any given win and then I've either seen all the good stuff or it's just repetitive. It's tainted by all the conspiracy theories lately though, like it's impossible to get any enjoyment out of MSU because it's just 'the tunnel did it' or 'cheaters' repeated ad nauseum. It's harder to find good schadenfreude these days.
February 6th, 2024 at 3:03 PM ^
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtg3PAJKTvo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hubtj6ODxE
these 2 are my favorites
February 6th, 2024 at 3:03 PM ^
Totally, but I gotta be in the mood. I can only watch so many left tackle stuck in the dryer videos until it starts to lose its believability.
February 6th, 2024 at 3:10 PM ^
Everyday. Right before I take a shower.
February 6th, 2024 at 3:11 PM ^
Porn's nice but I prefer the real thing.
February 6th, 2024 at 4:37 PM ^
Por que los dos?
February 6th, 2024 at 3:16 PM ^
basically every free time i get. Watching it or talking about it.
What's funny about the Natty is it didn't feel anti-climactic until the last 1/8th of the game - until the Blake TD. Watching the game I was on pins and needles thinking we may be complaining about the offensive play calling afterwards. And then we put it away. And then in the misty eyed aftermath, the debate in my circle shifted from "what was bigger, the Rose or the 'Ship?" to "the Rose or The Game?"
Seth convinced me in his UFR The Rose is our biggest win ever. I think this edition of The Game is the biggest ever - a top-5 edition with two undefeateds where the winner won the 'Ship? Never happened in the game's long history. As far as M's wins, Seth convinced me about the '21, '69 Games, '48 Rose and the '98 Chicago game. But The Rose and the '23 Game both belong there too.
Crazy to think '97, '02, '06, and '16 editions don't measure up. And '22 is probably a step ahead of those, but in our hearts behind the other 2 most recent games - despite probably having the most iconic play calls and plays. "WIDE OPEN!" or post game quote, "which one?"
February 6th, 2024 at 3:52 PM ^
All off this. And yes I agree, the Rose was a lot more fun. I may be thinking that because I was able to attend, but it was indisputably the more carthatic of the two CFP wins.
February 6th, 2024 at 3:23 PM ^
I actually watch alot of the Nebraska game this year. McCarthy looked so crisp.
February 6th, 2024 at 3:29 PM ^
I rewatched that 2021 Ohio game probably a dozen times in December 2021. I try to limit myself on rewatches in the offseason as part of an overall cleanse. That is more difficult this year as the season went late and there was a coaching change. It is hard not to feel nostalgic that this era is over. Nostalgia is a big part of being a Michigan football fan.
February 6th, 2024 at 3:30 PM ^
I’m watching 2023 Penn State right now…
February 6th, 2024 at 3:30 PM ^
I put on the highlights of the Rose bowl and NC game every time my wife wants to go at it. It's better than viagra, i tell ya!
I do get a kick when she yells "GO BLUE!" every time she orgasms.February 7th, 2024 at 1:21 AM ^
User name….ah, nevermind!
February 6th, 2024 at 3:35 PM ^
I have been watching my fair share but am sure to clear my browser's history after viewing. Don't need any more questions from the Mrs about what I'm doing. Sheesh.
Related, since the biggest moments in the regular season (and B1G championship games) have largely been on Fox, it strikes me odd when I hear someone other than Gus Johnson calling a huge play for Michigan. I wasn't too fond of Fowler and Herbstreit in the CoFoPoff games this season and REALLY missed Gus and Joel Klatt!
February 6th, 2024 at 3:39 PM ^
A lot from this year mostly as the level of play was just damn near NFL level good. Well coached and player lead, disciplined execution.
Each broadcast it seemed noted how few penalties. The Mike Hart level dependability of Blake was to marvel at and he cemented his legendary Wolverine status goal and the coming back to finish business goal and how many can say that at his age?
The games bring me joy and goosebumps and in some still a nervousness for the clutch situations delivered on.
February 6th, 2024 at 3:39 PM ^
When I listening to the 4 hour podcast of top moments, I got thinking of the most important game of the Harbaugh era. Your list is exactly what I came up with with only one more addition: Penn State 2021.
Penn State 2021 - Set to be another Michigan collapse on the road against a quality opponent with major stakes on the line. McNamara to All saves the day. Do any of the great moments listed happen without it?
February 6th, 2024 at 3:41 PM ^
More frequently than real porn (but barely).
February 6th, 2024 at 4:23 PM ^
What do you do with your hour of free time?
February 6th, 2024 at 4:35 PM ^
"Real porn" = watching folks getting thrown out of windows.
February 6th, 2024 at 3:41 PM ^
I actually very rarely watch more than clips on occasion. I don't have the time to do more than that, and I always have this feeling like excessive viewing of such videos is me trying to recapture a feeling that cannot be replicated when you're not in the moment, and ultimately, that seems futile to me.
I almost never rewatch games. Maybe if I am trying to look for one specific play or moment to review a thought I had, but that's about it.
February 6th, 2024 at 3:50 PM ^
I have watched all of these games so many times and it’s not getting old yet. I love it and it makes me happy. Go Blue!
February 6th, 2024 at 3:51 PM ^
Same.
Go Blue!
February 6th, 2024 at 3:54 PM ^
I stopped doing that when I felt like the admin/regents ineptly bungled or purposefully sabotaged Michigan becoming a dynasty program.