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As a fatalist (and a soviet), you all are making me VERY uncomfortable with your 2014 bally hoo'ing. It is well established that whenever anything good is happening, we all need to be even more dilligently looking around for the other shoe to fall. It's the only civilized way to live.
So please, take your 2014 success like a soviet; ignore it and wait for the world to fall apart.
Thank you.
Well, with the stop heaping praise on '14 so soon part. I don't like to tempt fate,
I half agree. The start to 2013 wasn't bad. In fact, there were a lot of positives early in the year. The end, not so much. And I do think we're talking a little bit too much about how great 2014 is, when we're only 2 weeks in. This could possibly lead to a jinx scenario.That being said, I will remain optimistic unless fate deems otherwise, and refuse to live in a state of fear or paranoia.
Yes, let's just kill the "year" meme. This is Michigan (FGS) and we earn our success, it is not handed to us by some measly year.
Michigan fans by nature are pessimistic about our chances. 2014 sucks monkey balls!
It wasn't jinxed until you told us not to jinx it. Never mention a no-hitter until it's over, Dude.
As one who doesn't believe in magic, neither the year nor any potential jinxing thereof seems an interesting topic of conversation. But at least the collective fanbase has stopped cutting itself about Borges, which is nice.
Be humble before the Gods of arbitrary capricious sports luck . . . for they are vengeful.
Anything in life worth doing is worth overdoing. Moderation is for cowards. - Shane Patton
BTW, what a long strange trip it must have been to go from a Soviet to a hard core Michigan College Football fan.
Do tell.
we immigrated from USSR when I was young; moved shortly thereafter to ann arbor where I went K-12 and also to Michigan undergrad. Not too unusual nowadays where you can't swing a sickle without hitting a Russian immigrant.
my father is the infamous (on this blog) "Igor!". His story is probably more interesting since he never went to college in the US but transfered his crazy fandom from soccer to American football.
Off topic but on topic?
I watched Eastern Promises again the other day and it reminded me how terrifying Russians are. Did you wrestle bears as a child?
Edit: Does the video I embedded appear? For some reason they haven't been showing up ion my ipad. Not sure if I'm doing something wrong all sudden or just stupid apple problems.
I can see it
Ok. Thanks. It's strange because I always see embeds other people post but mine are invisible to me on my ipad.
Have to refresh. And that video is pretty awesome, looks fun.
how'd you get my home movies?
that was my best friend bear "Medved"; we had a great time wrestling and playing in the snow when we were young....
he was delicious.
Not too unusual nowadays where you can't swing a sickle without hitting a Russian immigrant.
/Tests theory
/Is jailed for attempted murder
about not changing what's working. We may anger the 2014 Gods.
Win it for Mother Rus....
I mean, Go Blue!
...you don't jinx the future with over zealous predictions, the future jinxes you
Only on mgoblog would we have an active discussion about the possibility of a 2014 jinx because too many people are claiming how great the year will be. Man, I love this place
Like it needs to be appeased. People started damning 2013 months before it ended and worse things kept happening to us. Maybe positivity breeds desirable results. We all know doing the other thing just makes us all miserable.
You know what? I like this way of thinking. You may have caused me to rethink my sports superstitions. Thank you for that.
Self-fulfilling prophecy. Except it's more like a year-willing prophecy. But same concept.
Great point. Now what can we do to get Brian to adopt this mantra so his minions on this site will follow and stop acting so manic and grabbing their torches and pitchforks when there is the slightest bit of adversity.
How could 2014 be better?
could induce a seizure.
Not sure why people didn't realize this in the first place, but it's all about how we distribute our good luck.
We obviously used up all our "good karma" early in 2013. For example, starting at the beginning of the year, we had an allotment of 100% and used probably 80% on basketball. Seriously, 25% of it was probably used on Trey's shot against Kansas alone.
We just need to better allocate this mojo more equally. Spread it out evenly.
They gave our normal allotment to MSU. We need to get our normal allotment back and we should get extra to make up for last year. Fuck MSU.
Props to the OP, this is a much needed dose of perspective coupled with humor. Thank you for that. As for me, I have no problem with being happy that the end of 2013 is over, but there's a long way to go and I recall all of us being similarly happy about Michigan sports at this point last year. Let us appreciate that the dickpunch of the football season is over and we have a chance to write a new story, but always with the knowledge that things may still, in fact, suck.
(That said, the fact that the football program actually acknowledged a clear problem and too defined steps to deal with it is an awfully nice change of perspectiove from thedoom and gloom of thinking that Hoke was comfortable enough with what happened last year to not make changes despite clear cracks in the foundation).
"If you believe you're playing well because you're getting laid, or because you're not getting laid, or because you wear women's underwear, then you *are*! And you should know that!"
- Crash Davis
Celebrate like its 1999! The world could end tomorrow. Every little victory counts.
/phork declares for NFL draft
I mean, 1999 was Bob Davie and 5-7.
What does being a soviet have to do with thinking that talking about it being a good year has anything to do with 2014 actually being a good year?
WOOOOO! 2014!!!!
is that because he's Soviet/Russian, he is prone to being more cynical than most others.
True?
So true it's false
How about we simply stop BEATING THE MEME TO DEATH IN EVERY FREAKING THREAD?
but you must be new here.
Not in the cards, my man. One thing this place knows how to do is to thoroughly beat deceased equines to a pulp.
This feels GOOD! GO BLUE!!!
To Hell with 2013! (and ND)
Old school
I didn't go anywhere, just prefer to lurk and quietly judge, than post. But sometimes a man has to speak out when he sees injustice (or jinxing)
I'm not worried, the other shoe already fell last year, we're overdue for some good karma. 2014!
Come on man!
(I wish there was a gif with someone yelling noooooo in slow motion to infer impending doom)
There is no such thing as a jinx and I must say I don't much hold with unwarranted optimism. Neither are reasonable or logical.
he has only one cow while his neighbor has two, has the incredibly good fortune to stumble upon a Genie Lamp. In spite of his pessimism, he figures--what-the-heck, I might as well rub it.
Well, lo and behold, a genie appears from the bottle, and tells the farmer that he will grant him any wish, but only one.
The farmer asks for one of his neighbor's cows to die.
Old Russian anecdote. Pretty much nails it
way to the stadium? Because it happened once and we won. Now I can't bring myself to take a different route.
Soviet Joke
A guard asked a political prisoner, "What is your term?"
"Ten years."
"What for?"
"For nothing."
"What a lie! For nothing they give only five years."
