Once again, We control our own destiny

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March 6th, 2013 at 12:07 AM
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Hokemaniac24
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Once again, We control our own destiny

Let's not screw it up this time. Ohio came through for us at a really key time tonight. Beating IU won't be a cake walk on Sunday as Ohio pretty much outplayed them on the glass and in the paint and also played some very impressive defense.  We definitely need to show strength and aggression on the interior early against them Sunday and also need to establish ourselves early defensively.  Let's not forget Purdue, though, tomorrow... I think we all remember the last time we overlooked a Big Ten opponent. Either way, March is a new month... Let's keep it rolling. WE ON and GO BLUE!!!

2013 will be the year.

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March 6th, 2013 at 12:08 AM | Let's hope for a (Score:3 Normal)
Soulfire21
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Better result this time around.

HAIL.

March 6th, 2013 at 12:09 AM | Purdue first. (Score:5 Normal)
M-Dog
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Purdue first.

M'Dog

March 6th, 2013 at 12:27 AM | $6 tickets (Score:3 Normal)
rob f
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available right now on StubHub for Michigan @ Purdue tomorrow night at 7pm.  Tempting idea, driving those 130 miles from SW Michigan to W. Lafayette when I get out of work tomorrow....

March 6th, 2013 at 9:05 AM | Purdue? (Score:1)
Tater
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Another reason to have no respect for Purdue: $6 tickets on stub hub against a top ten team, and one that Purdue always plays like a "rivalry game."  If their own fans don't care, why should anyone else?

 

 

 

March 6th, 2013 at 9:14 AM | I'll bet there were plenty of (Score:4 Normal)
Needs
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I'll bet there were plenty of $6 tix in Crisler at the end of Beilein's first year.

March 6th, 2013 at 10:01 AM | That year students had it (Score:2)
GOLBOGM
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That year students had it made for tickets at Michigan- there were lots of incentives for games- so counting free crap you got games were basically free.

The sad part for me is that Purdue this year is much better than that Michigan team.  They are 7-9 with two home games left- granted home games against Michigan and Minnesota are tough- they could get to .500- fans should come out and cheer for that.  They made the Sweet 16 in '09 and '10, and the tournament the last two years.  They have been a solid program, and have decent tradition- it is sad tickets are apparently so easy to come by for this game...

March 6th, 2013 at 10:47 AM | I can understand it. Mid-week (Score:3 Normal)
Needs
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I can understand it.

Mid-week game. Not Senior Night. Rough start to what was always going to be a rebuilding year (6-6 non-conference schedule with a loss to EMU). Got blown out at home in historic fasion in rivalry game (a game in which no one left until the game ended). "Are we bubble in for the NIT?" is not a big casual fan draw.

Now, I'm not saying they don't deserve fan support. They've, in many ways, overachieved after  the core players that had defined Purdue for half a decade graduated (E'tuan Moore, Jujuan Johnson, the long saga of Robbie Hummel). Going into Wisconsin and winning by 13 is tough and they're going to be competitive in the conference next year as Hammonds looks like the real deal. And everytime I've seen a Purdue home game, they've played hard and had loud and large student support. It will be a tough setting for Michigan regardless of the $6 tix.

But I am saying that I can understand non-student fans choosing not to make at least a 3 hour commitment on a Wednesday night. People are kidding themselves if they think Crisler wouldn't be the same in a similar situation.

 

March 6th, 2013 at 12:10 AM | You wrote that up before the (Score:5 Normal)
reshp1
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You wrote that up before the game was in hand didn't you? SHAME ON YOU

/s

but seriously

March 6th, 2013 at 12:11 AM | Wrote it (Score:5 Normal)
Hokemaniac24
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when Ohio was up 10 with 1:15 left... Can't blame me for getting a head start... And didn't post it until there were all zeroes on the clock. I'm pretty sure there's no shame here.

2013 will be the year.

March 6th, 2013 at 7:23 AM | No shame at all.  Well (Score:3 Normal)
APBlue
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No shame at all.  Well played, Hokemaniac.

March 6th, 2013 at 8:37 AM | You wrote that up before the (Score:5 Normal)
MGoBender
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You wrote that up before the game was in hand didn't you? SHAME ON YOU

/s

but seriously

Starting threads on MGoBlog: serious business.

CoE Class of 2007

March 6th, 2013 at 12:09 AM | It's time to put up or shut (Score:2 Normal)
The Truth Hurts
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It's time to put up or shut up.  We can get another title. 

 Michigan Football-  


 What you gonna do when hokemania RUNS wild over you?

 

March 6th, 2013 at 12:09 AM | Fucking Penn State. Fucking (Score:5 Normal)
NFG
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Fucking Penn State. Fucking half-court shots.

March 6th, 2013 at 12:11 AM | I hear you, in my head I'm (Score:5 Normal)
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I hear you, in my head I'm like:  3 pt loss @ OSU, Wisconsin miracle shot, Penn State shitshow.  God we should've had the title 3 times over.

HAIL.

March 6th, 2013 at 12:20 AM | Eh (Score:5 Normal)
Kilgore Trout
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We could have lost the home games to OSU and MSU just as easily. We're probably close to where we belong.

March 6th, 2013 at 9:08 AM | You and your (Score:5 Normal)
Craze for Maize
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You and your rationality.

March 6th, 2013 at 4:00 PM | OK (Score:2)
M-Wolverine
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Wisconsin & OSU = OSU and MSU.

Nothing really equals PSU.

"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk

March 6th, 2013 at 11:52 PM | Yeah, but the other four (Score:2)
FrankMurphy
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Yeah, but the other four contenders are probably thinking the same thing about their own heartbreaking or boneheaded losses (example: IU's meltdown in the last two minutes of their game at Illinois). B1G is a bitch this year.

March 6th, 2013 at 12:10 AM | Thank you Ohio for giving (Score:1)
Lordfoul
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Thank you Ohio for giving both yourselves and TSUN a chance at a title.  Now suck it up and root for your enemy.

March 6th, 2013 at 12:33 AM | still don't know (Score:2)
mgobleu
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why they didn't foul that dude.

March 6th, 2013 at 12:11 AM | Let's Effing do it (Score:5 Normal)
YoungGeezy
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Destiny awaits....

I LOVE MICHIGAN

March 6th, 2013 at 12:18 AM | Kelly.... Yes, please (Score:1)
ThisGuyGisCrazy
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Kelly.... Yes, please

March 6th, 2013 at 12:25 AM | And.........that other girl. (Score:2)
turtleboy
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And.........that other girl. What was her name?

How many times have you been on the freeway and had someone fly by you at 100 mph then end up 2 cars ahead of you at the off ramp? What's the point? -Mark Harmon

March 6th, 2013 at 1:08 AM | The other two are (Score:5 Normal)
ShruteBeetFarms
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Left Eye and T-Boz.

/s

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March 6th, 2013 at 10:29 AM | Something, Montgomery... I (Score:3 Normal)
TIMMMAAY
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Something, Montgomery... I think.

not just "douchey" MGoBlog user, but now TRUSTED MGoBlog user

March 6th, 2013 at 12:12 AM | Two major concerns:1.  When (Score:5 Normal)
WolverineHistorian
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Two major concerns:

1.  When we control our destiny, we crap the bed.

2.  No matter how crappy Purdue is, they always shoot lights out against us. 

Fuck Penn State and Wisconsin. 

Go Blue!  Always!

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March 6th, 2013 at 12:13 AM | Purdue (Score:2 Normal)
Felix.M.Blue
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It will be interesting to see how Purdue plays. They just played their game of the year @ Wisc.

Doubt they play like that 2 games in a row. I'm pretty sure Michigan will hit a 3 this game as well.

"I wouldn't want to belong to any club that would have me as a member" - Groucho Marx

March 6th, 2013 at 12:35 AM | I can't generate any hatred (Score:5 Normal)
BraveWolverine730
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I can't generate any hatred towards Penn State for that game. We had a lead and pissed it away, but they won the game fair and square (officiating was just typical away B1G officiating). Wisconsin on the other hand? They can go screw themselves. 

" I want to win Big 10 titles. Multiply. Consecutively. I just made that word up (multiply). I'm like that. I'm good at Scrabble."

March 6th, 2013 at 12:51 AM | maybe the serendipity (Score:1)
gustave ferbert
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of the stauskas injury and playing levert might improve our defense a little bit.  It could also be a minor epiphany that stauskas could be better off the bench to get the crucial three pointer when necessary. . .

March 6th, 2013 at 2:07 AM | You know Byrd is going to go (Score:1)
DKohn81
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You know Byrd is going to go off tommorow.

March 6th, 2013 at 9:10 AM | Well, for a half anyway. It (Score:1)
death by wolverine
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Well, for a half anyway. It was the first half last time we played. It was the second half against their win at Wisconsin. Hope he doesn't put a whole game together.

"im saying to myself should i do it should i not. I crossed the goaline and hey...fuck it" Desmond Howard on his Heisman pose

March 6th, 2013 at 12:11 AM | Seed (Score:1)
Felix.M.Blue
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If Michigan wins out, what seed will they get in the B10 Tourn.?

"I wouldn't want to belong to any club that would have me as a member" - Groucho Marx

March 6th, 2013 at 12:14 AM | Depends on Wisco (Score:2)
YoungGeezy
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unfortunatley

I LOVE MICHIGAN

March 6th, 2013 at 12:21 AM | 3 or 4 (Score:1 Flamebait)
Kilgore Trout
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3 if MSU beats Wisconsin, 4 if it goes the other way.

March 6th, 2013 at 1:34 AM | But 2 if Wisconsin beats MSU (Score:5 Normal)
goblueram
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But 2 if Wisconsin beats MSU then goes on to lose to Penn State

March 6th, 2013 at 2:43 AM | ha ha.... (Score:5 Normal)
goblueattorney
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How could anyone possibly lose to Penn Sta......wait, what?????

March 6th, 2013 at 12:13 AM | Somehow I still hate Ohio (Score:5 Normal)
YoungGeezy
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I guess I can't help myself.

I LOVE MICHIGAN

March 6th, 2013 at 12:32 AM | We (Score:5 Normal)
MGoBrewMom
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Understand

Mom, MGrad and life long fan living in So Cal

March 6th, 2013 at 12:13 AM | Please let Ohio lose to (Score:2 Normal)
UMxWolverines
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Please let Ohio lose to Illinois, Wisconsin beat msu, and Michigan win out!!!!

"Ohio is like a giant turd that Michigan just can't pinch off"

March 6th, 2013 at 12:23 AM | Wouldn't Wisconsin then win (Score:0 Overrated)
March 6th, 2013 at 12:31 AM | They'd tie for it with us and (Score:5 Normal)
UMxWolverines
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They'd tie for it with us and IU because they'd have the same record. I'd rather tie with IU and Wisconsin than msu or ohio.

"Ohio is like a giant turd that Michigan just can't pinch off"

March 6th, 2013 at 10:02 AM | For regular season title (Score:2)
Soulfire21
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For regular season title there are no tiebreakers, the team(s) with the best record win the title  If we beat Purdue and Indiana, then it's highly likely we have a 4-way tie:  Indiana, Michigan, winner of Wisconsin/MSU, and Ohio State as Big Ten champs.

For seeding purposes, Wisconsin would get a better seed, in this scenario I think we end up the 4-seed in the tournament. 

HAIL.

March 6th, 2013 at 12:35 AM | You are bad at MGoBlog. (Score:2)
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Edit: this was previously reply to some mouthbreather who left an idiotic comment. Disregard.

"Nowhere is there a better university, in any way, than this Michigan of ours."

March 6th, 2013 at 12:19 AM | Oh crap, here we go (Score:0 Normal)
March 6th, 2013 at 12:48 AM | Calling them "Purdon't" seems (Score:4 Normal)
snarling wolverine
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Calling them "Purdon't" seems like something that I would have found funny when I was like eight years old.  

 

March 6th, 2013 at 12:19 AM | got to win a very hard B10 road game (Score:1)
SF Wolverine
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To earn the right to play for the title. Need to give it 40 minutes and really step on their necks. Get up early and pour it on.

De Oppresso Liber
March 6th, 2013 at 12:20 AM | Two seconds thinking about (Score:4 Normal)
WalMartWolverine
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Two seconds thinking about anything other than Purdue is three seconds too many.

March 6th, 2013 at 12:25 AM | If we didn't speculate about (Score:3 Normal)
Soulfire21
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If we didn't speculate about the future, 75% of this blog content would be gone.  We're fans, not the team.

HAIL.

March 6th, 2013 at 12:39 AM | For sure. I guess I mean this (Score:2)
WalMartWolverine
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For sure. I guess I mean this young team...

Though getting ahead of things hasn't worked out so hot for us fans either this season.

Anyway, IU's loss doesn't mean a whole lot to us until after we beat Purdue.

March 6th, 2013 at 12:46 AM | But it's worth focusing on (Score:3 Normal)
snarling wolverine
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But it's worth focusing on Purdue, because it could be a good game.  They're not a pushover.  They're 7-9 in league play, and road trips in this conference are seldom easy.

 

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