We ARE Michigan
The winningest program ever. Most winning seasons. Most undefeated seasons. The ones who taught Notre Dame how to play football. Holders of the all-time single game attendance mark.
We play in the Big House. We wear the winged helmet. The Victors is the greatest fight song ever. Eleven national titles, and we've turned down five. Forty two freaking Big Ten titles.
Yost. Crisler. Elliot. Schembechler. Oosterbaan. Kramer. Ford. Harmon. Woodson. Howard.
Fergodsake, I'm proud to be a Michigan Man. And oh, yes, our rivals are Ohio and little brother. Did anyone stop calling us scUM or tsun when things were lean for them? Hell no.
When times are tough, you embrace all of this. You don't toss it away.
We're not the Michigan of old? Always have been, and always will be.
September 10th, 2014 at 8:11 PM ^
Ummmm...ok?
September 10th, 2014 at 9:56 PM ^
Michigan Man. There I feel better now.
September 10th, 2014 at 10:08 PM ^
But can you coach?
September 10th, 2014 at 10:16 PM ^
I don't think the two are mutually exclusive.
September 10th, 2014 at 11:06 PM ^
phork. Too soon.
September 10th, 2014 at 11:28 PM ^
since the series is over you are simply OT. You have no reason to be here, NONE. When your team is not on the schedule you should not be this board. Yes bantering is fine when we were opponents, but that's gone. And you should be too.
It is also noted that you joined MGoBlog in 2009 ... congrats nd went 2 - 4 against Michigan since 2009. You were smart to miss the 38 - 0 games in 2003 & 2007.
September 11th, 2014 at 1:04 PM ^
Why you gotta be so rude?
Listen I come here for the smart football analysis and the smart asses that populate this board. Some of the reads are pure comedy gold. Some of you guys are wound up tighter than a drum, for no reason. If you don't like me, don't read me. If I break the rules then I expect the mods to do their jobs and ship me to Bolovian.
September 11th, 2014 at 1:55 PM ^
I'm with phork on this one. If you can't handle some well-timed and relevant humor on a message board, then I don't know, man.
Some people need to grow some thick skin and stop acting like pus...nancies.
September 11th, 2014 at 3:57 PM ^
But can you coach?
is purely a dick being a dick. That's insightful ? Maybe on the irish boards, but not here.
September 11th, 2014 at 6:52 PM ^
It was mildly amusing, I think we can let him stay.
September 11th, 2014 at 7:15 PM ^
Don't make jokes around people who have no sense of humor.
September 11th, 2014 at 2:00 PM ^
Well then WTF does that make you, don't get me started on how you ended the series, bush league crap, that was.
Don't get too excited about winning the way you did last weekend, M is a program with some serious questions right now, we will figure it out, go worry about your own program.
BTW, if we ever face you in the final four, a letter ain't gonna not make that game happen.
September 11th, 2014 at 3:48 PM ^
Smart asses was a compliment, as in regards to the comedy I spoke about earlier. Despite the aformentioned tight as drum people, I still get large enjoyment from here. Smile a little bit. Sometimes it helps to cope with whatever issues are happening in your life.
September 11th, 2014 at 12:02 PM ^
but he probably knows the words to The Victors, which was what Dave Brandon was looking for when he hired a coach. So he's on the short list.
September 10th, 2014 at 8:12 PM ^
I'm with you.
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September 10th, 2014 at 8:12 PM ^
So much history it overflows. It consumes you.
September 10th, 2014 at 8:27 PM ^
History make you.
September 10th, 2014 at 8:48 PM ^
Nothing is over until we say it's over!
September 10th, 2014 at 11:14 PM ^
When the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
September 10th, 2014 at 11:21 PM ^
Yes :(
September 10th, 2014 at 11:27 PM ^
You got my vote. That was funny, even if true.
September 10th, 2014 at 8:45 PM ^
But are you devoted?
September 10th, 2014 at 8:51 PM ^
I wish I had those binders for bathroom reading material. The bear story the other day was sweet.
September 10th, 2014 at 9:02 PM ^
Mitt Romney kept different kinds of binders...
September 10th, 2014 at 11:16 PM ^
You two ought to trade. He gives you the binders off that bed and he gets that woman from your picture on that bed.
Lord knows this young man needs and deserves it.
September 11th, 2014 at 1:37 AM ^
If WD has a hot sister/cousin and I get to bang her on his Michigan bed,then I will trade him my girlfriend for a night lol. Oh I want the binders too.
September 10th, 2014 at 10:47 PM ^
1. Never has a picture shown a man's two obsessions of Michigan athletics and organization to be so equally crazy, and that's not meant as an insult.
2. The M Quilt reminds me of the quilt my mom made me that's blue and yellow with The Victors stitched around the outer edge. Unfortunately, my quilt is starting to show it's age, which oddly relates to the football program's recent feel.
September 10th, 2014 at 8:12 PM ^
Absolutely right. All of the above.
We're just tired of mediocrity. My 13 and 12 year old sons have only seen Michigan beat Ohio State once.
September 10th, 2014 at 9:08 PM ^
In person?
I know math is hard, but 2013 minus 12 doesn't appear to equal what you think it equals. Because the answer doesn't give one win...it gives two.
September 10th, 2014 at 9:50 PM ^
Well a kid can't really get into football until they're at least 6 or 7. You can't expect a two year old to be watching a football game
September 10th, 2014 at 11:03 PM ^
games for 3 years. You would be wise not to tell her she can't be into football or go to a game.
September 10th, 2014 at 11:52 PM ^
before hokes first year Michigan last won in 2003. that would make one son 2 and the other one. 6 and 2 are completely different.
September 11th, 2014 at 12:27 AM ^
3 and 2 are also different.
September 10th, 2014 at 9:54 PM ^
the rules of inference would lead to conclude that his kids did not witness the victory in person or on TV when they were 3 years old or younger.
September 10th, 2014 at 8:13 PM ^
I guess we had a different college experience.
September 10th, 2014 at 10:18 PM ^
If you were as jolly back then as you are in your recent post history, I guessing that's probably true. :)
September 10th, 2014 at 8:16 PM ^
Hail!
September 10th, 2014 at 8:19 PM ^
I needed that man!
September 10th, 2014 at 8:19 PM ^
YOU FORGOT TO MENTION GUSTAVE FERBERT.
Coach of Michigan's first-ever conference championship in 1898--the first champions of the West.
He later resigned after 1899 to go prospecting for gold in Alaska.
September 10th, 2014 at 9:59 PM ^
"amaize." We need to arrange a session for you and John Bacon to compete in a trivia contest over UM history.
September 11th, 2014 at 12:58 AM ^
Well? Did he get rich gold mining or not?
September 10th, 2014 at 8:19 PM ^
True FAN here & not blowing them off for one stinking game! Watch all of the 'fans' come out of the woodwork when we turn this around!
September 10th, 2014 at 8:30 PM ^
Of course they will. That's exactly what they did with Basketball.
All I ever saw Michigan Basketball win in my lifetime up until 2011-12 was an NIT in 2004. But I always believed that someday Michigan would go back to being what they once were in Basketball because that's how things work.
All programs that have had greatness will experience a down period. There's no avoiding it. Look at Michigan Hockey the last two years. Up until 2012-13, they made the NCAA Tournament every single year of my life.
September 10th, 2014 at 10:54 PM ^
I'm right there with you. Tractor Traylor was with the program when I was pretty young, and he was one of my favorites. There was never much success until recently, but I was always a big Michigan Basketball fan. I was waiting most of my life for the program to turn around, and I was rewarded handsomely.
September 11th, 2014 at 9:52 AM ^
This just brought up a great memory. Thinking of the basketball program, I can't help but smile. It was such an awesome feeling sitting in the Georgia Dome after beating Syracuse and thinking how far the program had come. I was with a good friend who had followed the team so closely with me growing up, and of course we hadn't witnessed success outside the NIT. All I could say was "we're in the national championship..." over and over, but could hardly believe it.
Well, cool story bro to me :)
September 10th, 2014 at 9:57 PM ^
I love the University of Michigan--the university foremost, but the athletic teams as well. That said, I am not a member of a cult. I don't have to wear blinders when things are bad or wrong. You certainly don't get to set the criteria for a "True FAN". There are very few coming to this niche sports site who are not Michigan fans.
September 10th, 2014 at 8:23 PM ^
Damn right we are.
September 10th, 2014 at 8:23 PM ^
its all historical right now...
we haven't won the conference in ten years, our last two hires have been horrendous failures... and right now it don't feel that great to be...
thank god for basketball but I was raised on something else and my four years at school96-00 were some of the best we've ever had...
right now we are the phoenix burned to ashes. We need to begin growing again and I have a hard time believing we have the right coaches to take us there.
I find my self worrying about us slipping into mediocrity unless we get an amazing coach. For fuck sake 7 years ago I thought anyone could coach us to 8-4... now I'm afraid it is the bes we can do.
When is the last time we won a game that made you feel good? Nebraska three years ago? UTL? that was the height for right now.
I'm tired of this team saying it is ok when things aren't.
I want someone on this team to get pissed up and step up.
I want emotion, not acceptance.