Superstition, Rituals and Magical Thinking

Maintaining a delicate balance of 51% optimism, 49% pessimism.

Everytime we have won im drinking beer..so, I'm going to drink beer.

Blue pants!

#4 Michigan jersey and university of michigan helmet signed by Bo schembechler and nothing else.

GO BLUE

2018 It’s great to be a Michigan Wolverine season T.   It wasnt visible but under a couple of layers against OSU and I wore watching against Iowa at home.   I put it on an hour ago!

 I have a Michigan Engineering T I wore watching MSU and when I went to Chapel Hill for the basketball game.    It’s been retired.

GO BLUE!!!

It is proven fact that if I watch the game -- or even check the score -- Michigan plays badly.  Therefore, I will abstain from the game in all forms.  It's not rational, it's not even reasonable.  But there it is.

Wearing the maize and blue tie I wore to this wedding during the osu game’s first half, which I then wore under my sweatshirt during the B1G title game. In Santa Teresa, Costa Rica for NYE and will be wearing the same tie, likely shirtless, watching from either a White Lotus-esque hotel bar or an iPad Pro. 

Go Blue.

Excelsior.

Pretty much the same.  Shorts, hat, t-shirt, & hoodie that I’ve worn through the entirety of every win this season.  Regrettably I got too warm during the MSU game and took off the hoodie and hat during the 4th quarter.  I apologize and won’t let it happen again.

I will be wearing my Maize Block M t-shirt. I bought it the summer I was admitted and wore it to all the home games I attended while there. I generally wear it for all the big games I watch on the teevee now.

I have numerous M hats, but have worn the same one since the Western game.  Why chance it?

If we take the L and I later find out any of you bastards changed up your routine or what you wore for OSU and Iowa, there's gonna be trouble. Big trouble.

For you.

After the MSU game I decided to stop shaving for the first time in my adult life (i'm mid 30's). The beard is a bit stringy on the cheeks, but the team has won every game since. 

 

Sitting around in my skivvies with an M law shirt on and rye whiskey in hand.  It's been working for years, win or lose.

Going to go rub the frames of the two diplomas, father and son, awarded from M. Of course, the kid's GPA was higher than mine, which is the way it's supposed to be. Wife will sit on our couch and wear her M sweatpants for the game. This should be good for at least 28 good guy points, the rest is up to the coaches and players to figure out; we can't do it all. 

I watched the OSU game at my sister’s with TVs on in two different rooms. One was delayed so I got to race back and forth to see replays and skip the waiting between plays. Rearranged the living room in my house so I will recreate the experience here.

And I’ve got my father-in-law’s urn set up with a prime viewing spot for extra good luck.

I've been listening to Pump It Up nonstop and I don't even think it's a superstition; it's our secret weapon. After five or six reps, I'm ready to block some fool into the turf.

Thinking positive.

GB! BG!

Go, Blue! Beat Georgia!

I’m sorry to report that I forgot that I can’t wear my Michigan hat on game day. However, I still have the lucky Halloween skeletons on the house wearing their Michigan ball caps. 

So far Michigan has not lost a game if I watch it naked. So... here we go

I will be wearing my #1 Jordan jersey. It's the only thing I have worn this season, outside of the MSU game. For that one I was at work in my scrubs. 

The #98 Adidas jersey and my fav M sweatshirt have bad juju. 

My personal mantra this season has been enter each game with 0 expectations. I intend to do the same. 
 

Side note: has anyone noticed the amount of downvotes anyone receives that isn’t 100% confident, or offers a differing opinion? I love the optimism, but I hope we don’t turn into the echo chambers or deniers of intelligence.

M Shirt, M hoodie, M socks, blue underwear. 

Michigan shirt on, light up Michigan wall clock lit up, Michigan 97 championship wristwatch on wrist, Michigan floating helmet rotating, Michigan inflatable helmet on front lawn. Go Blue!

I'm trying not to breathe until the game starts

Same maize shirt I wore for OSU and Iowa. Will have same food; pizza, hot boneless wings, jalapeno potato chips and plenty of Vodka.

I’m wearing the sweatshirt I bought (and wore) the day of the Braylonfest game.  Hope it works.

Michigan Socks, lucky Michigan hat, lucky Michigan number one jersey. I’ve done a shot of Woodsons whiskey before ever game….Go Blue

I went to a friends house for the Washington game.  Didn't have a drop of alcohol.  Tonight I will be at a friend of the girlfriend's place.  Since it is technically not my friend, I will be drinking as every single game that I have drank (namely OSU, Northwestern, and Iowa) we have won handily.  I will NOT be wearing anything Michigan as the only times I have worn Michigan stuff is when I'm at a public place watching the game.  Even at home I have not worn one single piece of UM clothing during any games; didn't wear anything at my friend's place either.  I will NOT get excited at any point at all no matter what is happening as the only game I really got hyped for we lost (I even watched my Braves in game six sitting back, arms folded, not muttering a word or cracking a smile).  Yes, I am pulling out all the stops to send any good vibes to our dudes in Miami.

Nvm party cancelled, woohoo!

Michigan is 12-0 if I eat at Jersey Mike's on a game day.  We are 0-1 when I don't. 

I think superstitions are dumb and I am tired, but I am likely to go eat a sub and get a Mountain Dew around halftime of the Bama Cincinnati game.

 I don't wear M gear unless I'm going to the game.

Drank Jack Daniel's during the B1G championship and that worked.