swn

December 2nd, 2021 at 7:56 PM ^

Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus. - Alexander Graham Bell

I'm a big believer in that if you focus on good skin care, you really won't need a lot of makeup. - Demi Moore

Joined: 08/29/2017

MGoPoints: 8105

BleedThatBlue

December 2nd, 2021 at 8:00 PM ^

In my 32 years of life, I have not been so excited in my life. I have been living on this blog the last week, and telling all my customers to suck it that are Ohio state fans. My nerves are kicking up for the game this Saturday. LFGGGGGGG

Joined: 03/17/2015

MGoPoints: 7946

stephenrjking

December 2nd, 2021 at 8:49 PM ^

Public pronouncements by players. What else would they say? Just looking for feelingsball reasons to be confident this weekend and I...

Uh...

Oh whatever. It's got me anyway.

Job's not finished. Let's go. Win the Game. 

Joined: 03/15/2012

MGoPoints: 20143928

Wolverine10007

December 2nd, 2021 at 10:37 PM ^

Job is not finished...

 

...and if the team wants to add any more emotional meaning to this game and beyond, then play and win for the students who were murdered by that school shooter. 

Joined: 09/16/2019

MGoPoints: 459

bronxblue

December 2nd, 2021 at 11:24 PM ^

Yeah, I know there's this sense amongst fans that UM is inevitably going to take Iowa lightly but I've not remotely gotten that vibe from the players I've seen speak about it.  They always knew there would be a B1GCG to play after beating OSU and seem very much poised for a big effort there.

Joined: 11/22/2008

MGoPoints: 171779

FlexUM

December 3rd, 2021 at 7:57 AM ^

I'm definitely one that finds the psychological aspect of this game quite interesting and honestly this team, with these leaders, I think they show up big. I do think Iowa punches them in the mouth and it's a little tight but I really think these team leaders are going to have this team ready to kick ass and they make it a "business trip" per-say. 

In fact, I'd wager this team comes out looking sharper than we expect after the osu game. They are peaking at the right time and this is a championship game!

That is also one key component...this isn't a random night game at kinnick...this is a championship game in front of what will be (hopefully) 65%+ UM fans. 

Joined: 11/05/2011

MGoPoints: 13573

MGoBlue96

December 3rd, 2021 at 9:08 AM ^

I really don't understand people thinking the players will have a letdown. The goal all year was to win the Big Ten, the players know the job was not completed just by beating OSU. And now that it looks like they might even have a punchers shot at an NC you better believe the players are thinking that too. I don't understand people's concern that a team with a shot at a NC is just going to stop being highly motivated. 

Joined: 12/26/2010

MGoPoints: 26099