The State Of Our Open Threads: After Indiana

Well, as you might guess, whereas our collective response to games which do not go well is rather rpredictable, so is our response to games where things seem to go relatively smoothly overall for Michigan. Indeed, we only gave 36 fucks in this game, as well as 21 shits and 24 damns - and when scanned for context, some of them even positive - across a mere 1,095 posts. By far, the smallest thread in a while and the second smallest overall (Appalachian State's thread was only 831 posts large). 

At three-quarters of the way through the season, it might be a good time to show the actual year-to-date totals and averages actually:

All in all, 4,036 instances of tracked words with our old friend "fuck" being the clear leader, but due to events beyond our control of course, a decent mix of shits and and wanting to fire someone. Indeed, yesterday, someone even wanted to fire Kevin Wilson for some reason, possibly in jest. I counted it anyway because what the hell, right?

What is notable, and again it is largely the outcome and flow of the game here, is that this was our least efficient game when it came to using the tracked language. Here is that metric for the season so far:

After a season where we've been high strung, to say the least, this was a relaxing, civil affair in comparison. It was a pleasure to mod it actually - I have missed such times. The normalized values for major contributors shows you how Appalachian State we managed to be really:

Yeah, things could flare up at any moment in the next three games, but between a needed change in the AD and a relatively east trouncing of Indiana, we basically gave ourselves a needed break this weekend. You can see below how happy we were indeed:

So, if nothing else goes our way this year, we'll have Appalachian State AND Indiana...possibly Miami (OH) and Penn St. if there is another shift or two in the averages which comprise this chart.