Lede that perfectly sums up Saturday

Submitted by PeteM on December 1st, 2021 at 6:30 PM

I was listening to a national sports podcast from Slate -- "Hang Up and Listen" -- which doesn't primarily focus on college football (but included for this episode Ben Mathis-Lilley who sometimes posts here). The first 20 minutes were about the Game, and the hosts cited this lede as the best summary of the feelings Saturday evoked.

"For 3,653 days — long, arduous, hollow days — the Michigan football program lived in the shadows of its unremitting failures against Ohio State. 

There won’t be a 3,654th day."

I agree. I grew up in the '70s/80s, and in that era the rivalry was roughly even. Then in the 1990s we seemed to take command followed by the last 20 years of futility. I have no idea what the future will hold, but those sentences summed the relief and joy I felt in the stands Saturday after so much disapointment/Bpone..  

Anyway, the entire article is worth a read and podcast a listen -- here are the links:

https://www.michigandaily.com/sports/football/michigan-shocks-ohio-state-ends-eight-game-losing-streak-in-the-game/

https://slate.com/podcasts/hang-up-and-listen/2021/11/michigan-ohio-state-lincoln-riley-and-the-struggling-lakers-on-hang-up-and-listen

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