There are... (The End)

List didn't attach so here is the link for it below. Thanks for participating in my 5th year of "There are..."!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ue0AjSwMM31SJfGxKRSWimVZVbT_3WOGdqnvJfDCVwM/edit?usp=sharing

We close 2022's video selection with this beautiful fan-made documentary about last year's magic...

And, let's watch Mello's hype video for today one more time...

Thanks to all the creators behind the video content all 100 days!

Thanks to the recent introduction of #0 to college football, we've got one more NIL Spotlight to do! Here's senior defensive back/wide receiver Mike Sainristil and freshman wide receiver Darrius Clemons.

SAINRISTIL: Twitter/Instagram CLEMONS: Twitter/Instagram

BUY HIS JERSEY: https://www.mden.com/customized-jerseys.html#1

Sainristil Fanarch Collection: https://fanarch.com/collections/mike-sainristil

Darrius Clemons Shirtsey: https://www.mden.com/product/Valiant_University_of_Michigan_Football_Darrius_Clemons_Navy_Player_Jersey_Tee?VA2222+SEARCH

For his and his teammates' NIL offerings: https://valiantuofm.com

For business inquiries: https://dash.inflcr.com/exchange/university-of-michigan

SUPPORT THE TEAM DIRECTLY: https://www.annarbornilclub.com

Lastly, the Michigan Football uniform timeline moves to the present day:

https://mvictors.com/uniform-timeline/

For one last time, thanks SO much to Greg Dooley for all of the incredible historic content on MVictors! Made the finale of this year's countdown quite awesome.

I'll also mention this real quick — I received this comment on yesterday's "There IS..." post from user Imjesayin:

…too many of these posts. 

It’s not really interesting to anyone but the 9 people who comment on these for the last 99 days. 

It’s like the uncle who gives you noogies every Christmas for decades even when you’re 40.

Retire it already. Like Draftageddon. 

Just sayin’…

Here is my response. Since it was later in the day I doubt many people saw it, so I wanted to bump it to this thread, hopefully to open the door for some honest feedback and conversations about the future of this wonderful tradition.

Appreciate the feedback!

While the surface-level of the posts (namely, the title) inevitably remains the same and repetitive, I do my best to keep things as interesting and fresh as possible. This is done not only by rotating the player featured in the OP (and maximizing the possibility of favorites still being featured by including month and weeks into the countdown) — for more dedicated readers, this allows for some incredible finds on these players’ wikipedia pages, especially surrounding what they did before and after their time in Ann Arbor — but by posting different videos (this day is one of the rare exceptions) and features that highlight relevant topics every offseason.

This year was mainly a celebration of the glorious 2021 season (about as new as it gets), and in light of the continued prominence of the NIL market, a renewal of the spotlight on current players of every corresponding number in regards to their brand/products/charities/social media/stories! We also revisited the ongoing activism by players of certain numbers surrounding the Anderson scandal, celebrated the coaching tenure of the recently-passed Gary Moeller with about a week+ of featuring some of his players, and gave a look at MVictors’ Football Uniform timeline to see how the program has evolved fashion-wise up to this past year’s new experimentation in regards to helmet stickers and jersey combos. We even elevated some of the Wolverines’ historic highlights against USC and UCLA in light of the impending new realities of conference expansion.

In the past, we’ve explored many other facets of what makes Michigan Football what it is, such as the season t-shirts, the evolution of MGoBlog’s “The Story”, last year’s in-depth celebration of the art of the physical ticket stub, and even the sights and sounds of the Michigan Marching Band! I’m sure I’m still forgetting some stuff — you’ll get a more complete look when I post a document listing the full history and scope of “There are…” since I first took it over full-time in 2018 in tomorrow’s finale.

With all that considered, I am still ALWAYS open to any suggestions on how to make the countdown interesting to as many readers as possible. Please let me know below if you have any requests or cool ideas anyone! I am always looking to expand.

Lastly, of course, if this annual ritual is no longer of interest to a substantial enough group of people, I would have NO problems bringing it to an end and getting the time and sleep that is sacrificed for it to myself and other things (for those unaware, I AM a current student who is very involved academically and extracurricularly). It IS my understanding currently, however, that “There are…” is still beloved (for some more than ever) around these parts, so I am fully prepared to keep it going (and keep it as varied and exciting as possible) as for as long as it makes sense. 
 

I hope this comment (and tomorrow’s final post for 2022) can open up a honest discussion on what the future of the countdown holds, if there is a future at all!

And, as legendary THE_KNOWLEDGE has been known to say, comments...commence.