WoJo takes a jab at UM - calling Pasadena travel logs "dusty"
I felt the need to post this quote from WoJo as it was really eating at me:
Now, the Irish and Spartans get to decide whose season is ruined Saturday, while the Wolverines are digging out their dusty Pasadena travel logs. All of a sudden, Michigan State and Notre Dame are teetering and Michigan is tittering and everyone except me is twittering, and I have no idea what to think.http://www.detnews.com/article/20090917/OPINION03/909170367 Dusty? Sitting on a shelf since 1988 will make something dusty, not 2007.
September 18th, 2009 at 3:24 PM ^
It seems like more of a compliment to me. Wojo is pretty fair, he was just trying to be humorous.
September 18th, 2009 at 3:27 PM ^
He's implying that UM has Rose Bowl hopes... so? Dude's a UM fan, and whether or not 2.5 years is a long time... wouldn't you agree it sure as shit FEELS like a long time (App State, Oregon, coaching changes, 3-9, Toledo, OSU beat down, etc.)
September 18th, 2009 at 3:31 PM ^
... Wojo is an '83 UM grad, but balanced in his assessments.
September 18th, 2009 at 10:19 PM ^
Considering public enemies 1, 2 and 3 at the Freep are also UM alums, I'm not sure I'd say being an alum is worth more than being a fan.
September 18th, 2009 at 3:27 PM ^
Yeah especially with all of the "special coverage" the program has recieved this year....this is like a light tap.
September 18th, 2009 at 3:39 PM ^
Like an uppercut from Mouton?
September 18th, 2009 at 3:30 PM ^
Journalists are supposed to unbiased, that is not in the job description of a columnist. That being said, how is it that out of all the Detroit columnists (many of whom went to Michigan), Wojo seems to be the only one with affection for the school?
Dusty = No Rose Bowl since Jan. 1 1988, most of the current little brothers weren't even born then.
September 18th, 2009 at 4:50 PM ^
if you let minor stuff like this get to you, you'll never enjoy the best life has to offer.
2-0 man, with Eastern coming to the Big House this Saturday. MSU and Saprty can't both win this weekend, and (some) people are questioning OSU's ability to handle Toledo. Sit back, relax, put your feet up and get acquainted with some of the players further down the depth chart.
September 18th, 2009 at 3:39 PM ^
Let something sit on the shelf for three years? It will be dusty.
September 18th, 2009 at 3:41 PM ^
is writing headlines for the Freep? You are way too sensitive.
September 18th, 2009 at 3:48 PM ^
Wojo makes jokes. Sometimes they are not incredibly accurate. That is not the point of jokes.
September 18th, 2009 at 3:57 PM ^
"We do know Weis got full of himself (not easy to do)..."
Fat jokes FTW
I'm thinking the DetNews is privy to UM fan idioms (perhaps by reading this very blog?!) and is making a bid to snatch market share from the Freep. And I like it! Let me dump some shampoo on my head: "It's working! Oh yeah it's working!"
September 18th, 2009 at 5:09 PM ^
That's a jab at Michigan? If anything it read like multiple jabs at Michigan State and Notre Dame. Hell, I'm not even ready to suggest Michigan is Rose Bowl bound just yet.
The Detroit News generally has a more favorable attitude towards Michigan than some other papers and Bob Wojnowski and Angelique Chengelis are fair. Plus, Wojo is pretty funny sometimes.
September 18th, 2009 at 5:33 PM ^
The entire article was praising us and mocking other teams. We are getting too fragile.
Someone on Scout the other day claimed that Ron English had provided us "bulletin board material" by saying we were talented last year despite going 3-9. That's right, he denigrated our players by saying they were good.
Now a writer says we can start considering the Rose Bowl and we feel slighted? Wow.
September 18th, 2009 at 5:47 PM ^
And uh, this one is accurate. Seriously, if something like this is "eating" at you, you need counseling.
I know the radar is extra sensitive these days, but (and this is why Irony is dead in America and to be a rich comedian all you need to do is get up on stage and say "Dick! Fart! FUCK!") this is a cmpliment. He is saying UM is ready to make a run for the roses.
September 18th, 2009 at 5:47 PM ^
FTR, Wojo has written that same humorous Thursday prediction column for as long as I've been reading the News and old enough to understand, which is something going on twenty years. In it he jabs both Michigan and Michigan State every single week and often has barbs for Notre Dame and OSU too. Being surprised about this means you missed out on his schtick completely.
September 18th, 2009 at 10:02 PM ^
Wojo takes jabs at everyone in his predictions, often in mock-heroic satire, which he does as well as any sportswriter in the game. I would be a lot more concerned if he didn't bother to even take a jab at UM.
September 18th, 2009 at 10:22 PM ^
I had no idea Wojo's sense of humor could ever be misinterpreted. Satirical genius he ain't.
September 18th, 2009 at 10:26 PM ^
Referring to M not going to the Rose Bowl for 3 years as dusty shows his high expectations of Michigan. Everyone on this board would like to see a Rose Bowl every year. I was at the last one and thinking about it is still painful