The State Of Our Open Threads (Game Six, Year One, Era Of Harbaugh): After Northwestern

Yet again, this week's edition of this is shockingly easy to write because I really don't have to delve too much into things which are gnawing at myself or the fanbases. That is because nothing seemed to be doing that yesterday, of course. Indeed, as you will see in a moment, the volume of a word doesn't mean people were furious at all. If you were furious at anything yesterday, you may in fact be already beyond help. 

Anyway, here's the summary to date:

"Fuck" and "Habraugh" still reign on this summary, with a healthy smattering of "shit" and "Peppers" in the fourth and third positions respectively in terms of frequency of usage. Some people asked about a positive / negative breakdown - the preliminary results of context analysis here lean heavily towards positive expressions, as you might expect.

Here's the breakdown of the Original Six:

I'll put it this way - 177 "fucks" were given yesterday, but they were given because people were having rather a lot of fun. There were 10-15 which were thrown out sarcastically about the failure of the defense to contain Northwestern to 100 yards for the entire game, but beyond that "fuck, this is fun" or "fuck, is this exciting?" were reasonably common. 

Those 20 people who said "fire"? You guessed, like me, that they would rather see the back of Matt Millen. As a lifelong Lions fan, I would rather see him find a job he is actually good at. Yesterday, he was not doing something he was good at. I know some people don't get the Millen hate, but yeah....he kind of earned it in Detroit.

The 22 folks who thought "suck" was present? It was....in the officiating. Not a single one was said in the direction of the bench, except one which - again, tongue-in-cheek - referenced the defense's yardage allowed. 

The same can be said for the rest of the words - the volume might give some pause, but believe me, people were having fun.

Here's efficiency and precentage of total:

This week was our most "efficient" game at an overall score of 2.55, but adjusted for the original words, it was 5.94. That latter number would indicate more activity than normal for a win, particularly an assbeating, but then again, it was fun to watch and it was doubly fun to watch Harbaugh's staff and the Wolverines lay it down.

The Mood Chart:

Not much to say about this. We're in a place we've not been in some time.