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No. They don’t deserve the…

No. They don’t deserve the pleasure. 

I’m 42 and I’ve already had…

I’m 42 and I’ve already had two. Not that bad at all honestly.

 

(Before you ask, I’ve had to have them for specific medical reasons; I don’t just do it for fun)

Well I have been reliably…

Well I have been reliably informed by Insiders that “things are moving in the right direction” on the NIL front, so…

We were sitting around the…

We were sitting around the fire on a cadet campout a couple years ago when a few guys started literally flipping out.

“GUYS GUYS- WE’RE BEING ATTACKED! IT’S NORTH KOREA! LOOK AT THE SKY!!!”

It was Starlink flying over. (If you’ve never seen it, it’s a series of satellites flying in a dead-straight line, and if you don’t know what it is, it can be a little unnerving)

They legit thought it was aliens or we were at war. Pretty funny. That’s about all I know about Starlink.

Our former lawyer died in…

Our former lawyer died in his office chair in his 90s and handled our business for decades, so his records were stored in every format from paper, to microfiche, to tape, floppy disk and then digital.

So after he died and we had to reassemble some incorporation documents, I spent about 30 minutes on the phone with his partner, who hashed and re-hashed the situation several times “just to be clear on what we’re looking for…” I thought, what is this guy dense? It’s not hard to figure out. 

He mailed me what I needed, along with a bill. Something like 3 hours for “filing”, paper copies and printing service, and oh- 30 minutes for a “telephone consult”. 

Cost me like 500 bucks for something his old partner wouldn’t have even thought to charge for. 

Looks like BPONE’s back on…

Looks like BPONE’s back on the menu boys

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If they could read it’d make…

If they could read it’d make them very upset

Do you mean the university…

Do you mean the university or the state? Because I’ve noticed the Lions happen to reside in Michigan as well

Soooo…

What if Harbaugh…

Soooo…

What if Harbaugh takes Sherrone too?

Hmmm… about 58. 

Haven’t…

Hmmm… about 58. 

Haven’t seen him in a while, come to think of it. Wonder what he’s up to…

I couldn’t believe he had…

I couldn’t believe he had gotten to 62. I don’t know if It makes any sense but he was one of those guys that in my mind was just always 40 years old. 

Miley Cyrus is 12, Tswift is 19, Morgan Freeman is 65… I don’t make the rules; that’s just how it works. 

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Herbert didn’t have to go to…

Herbert didn’t have to go to LA either. He chose to. 

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I think it’s a such a…

I think it’s a such a momentum based and highly situational thing, and I’m not talking about analytics; there’s just kind of a feel from the players and the previous few plays where you just know you’re gonna go and you’re gonna get it. 

This did not feel like one of those times. And I know like Olsen said, that’s the kind of decision making that’s got you into this game, but sometimes you just gotta be smart. Campbell is a blast, but he has a little work to do to balance his heart with his brain. 

And with that, the greatest…

And with that, the greatest season of football in the state of Michigan in any of our lifetimes comes to a close. 

Hilariously bad Spartans on and off the field, a crushing season for Ohio, a Lions franchise record and an undefeated national title. 

Yeah I went off the rails…

Yeah I went off the rails there too.

 

Welp- it was my honeymoon so…

Welp- it was my honeymoon so I didn’t require that much extra stimulation at the time 

I mean there are awards…

I mean there are awards…

Fun fact: my wife and I started our honeymoon in Vegas and were in town the same time as both the adult video awards and the CES electronics show.

We’ve never laughed so hard as we did just sitting in the lobby of the Bellagio and watching the two groups converge. Positively exquisite people watching conditions. 

Deion’s a TV show, Belichick…

Deion’s a TV show, Belichick has an abysmal record without one Thomas L Brady, Urban- GTFO, PJamas’s boat is a dingy.

Harbaugh thought pretty highly of Sherrone, now suddenly he sucks? Piss off.

If it’s not Sherrone, idkwtf…

If it’s not Sherrone, idkwtf a guy has to do. 

Unless he goes batshit bonkers and absolutely bombs an interview that should be all but a formality, he’s earned it. 

Don’t forget Cryin’ Day is…

Don’t forget Cryin’ Day is about as good a game manager as Frames Janklin, so there’s that

CJK5H allegedly

CJK5H allegedly

“While it's unclear how much…

“While it's unclear how much money the NIL collectives have spent to bring in this talent, it's been speculated that it's well into the millions.”

Well duh. If they spent under 7 figures to reel in that haul of players I’d be more concerned with how they were able to get them so cheap. 

NBC is still blacked out…

NBC is still blacked out here. This is pathetic.

Going on 10 minutes.

Crazy drunk drivers…

Crazy drunk drivers…

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I get it and I do try to…

I get it and I do try to savor it as best I can, but I guess I never wanted to reach the pinnacle just this once and watch it all fly away like dust after the Thanos snap. 

Players leave for the draft and graduate and good for all of them. But if Harbaugh and the staff go, I have no assurances that it’ll ever be like this again.

I don’t want it to be over. I want to win and then watch the new recruits line up to play for the best program in the country. I want to parlay a championship into the spring and reload the team, not rebuild it. I want Michigan to compete every year, not every 3 decades. 

I love that we won, no doubt. But if the cost is another 30 years in the wilderness, I ain’t got time for that. 

I can’t even imagine. Lol

I can’t even imagine. Lol

They’d either love each other or despise each other, no in between. 

This might break me for…

This might break me for college sports. Maybe there’s more that we don’t know, but if the NCAA can runnoft a Mt Rushmore coach from Michigan for some petty garbage while other schools don’t catch even a glance, then Harbaugh should quit. Go join your brother in the league and compete while you can, and leave all this chickenshit selective enforcement in your dust. 

Thanks for the memories Jim and F the NCAA and F the B1G. 

If I absolutely had to…

If I absolutely had to relocate and had my choice, I would be somewhere near the pinkie. 

It’s probably not going to hit your budget requirement but if we’re just talking places I’d love to live, I think the stretch from Charlevoix to Petoskey and harbor springs are fantastic. Bellaire and around torch lake, down to traverse and mission peninsula, Glen Arbor; it’s all gorgeous and not too terribly uncivilized. 

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So what then? They just sit…

So what then? They just sit and stare at each other until the NCAA does something or an NFL team hires him? 

Doesn’t seem like Jim feels the love, nor is Warde giving it. 

From Warde’s perspective, shit could drop and he’s stuck paying for a coach that’s of no use to him, and from Jim’s, he’s expecting a certain degree of trust that what’s out in the open is all there is, and it used to be that winning your school a title was some real ride or die shit that earned you that kind of respect. Guess not.

Bottom line, these are not two parties where one is acting like they have much faith in the other and after 3 straight conference titles and a national championship it’s frickin weird if you ask me. 

I think they could take…

I think they could take sesame seeds off the market and I wouldn’t even care. 

I have a lot of joint…

I have a lot of joint problems due to a genetic disorder and it’s fascinating how much changes in barometric pressure affect me. This morning I felt ok, by the afternoon I felt like Penix did on Monday night

Good thing I waited. The…

Good thing I waited. The kids left the 4 wheeler key on so I had to jump it. But you can’t just jump it and go, you have to let the battery charge long enough to run the winch without killing the engine, so it adds about 25 minutes of pita to the whole project. 

Now I really need a drink.

God bless Poncho’s for…

God bless Poncho’s for staying open for lengua tacos.

I wanna hit the Glenlivet but I should plow at some point and it’s probably best if I wait until after…

I honestly would do the…

I honestly would do the opposite and use a fake name to avoid that situation myself. 

My sons both have first names that sound like common last names, and having a Dutch last name that isn’t always well understood, I always pick one of theirs whenever I have to give a name in public. 

Amazing. That’s usually how…

Amazing. That’s usually how you SAVE money. 

What’s going to take more…

What’s going to take more years off my life, the last 30 minutes of the rose bowl or this year’s coaching circus monkey rodeo without a solid commitment from Harbaugh?

I was wondering this; does…

I was wondering this; does the title help or hurt a Michigan fan in Ohio? 

Does winning it all give you enough “f-you” cred to walk around proudly or does it stir up more hate? 

I think he’s got an…

I think he’s got an opportunity for some huge NIL money. Between Wendy’s and Dr Pepper, my TV was positively lousy with Caleb Williams on Saturdays this fall. JJ might not have a Heisman, but he’s pretty darn likable, and dare I say, “dreamy”. 

His family’s well off already; I don’t know him but I got a hunch money isn’t going to be much of a factor.

Looking at the other QBs in the class, and the teams that are in the market, if he declares he likely isn’t going to go and start somewhere. He’s probably going to be competing against an established NFL qb for a roster spot. 

So if competition on the field is what he really wants, I think he stays. That is of course if Harbaugh stays. And if they both stay, I think Donovan may too. 

I think a lot of the blame…

I think a lot of the blame for the offense sputtering in the rose bowl goes on JJ but the backs weren’t getting much either. Blake had clutch runs but just off the top of my head I can think of several key plays that JJ made that literally saved the season. 

Again, maybe it’s close but I think JJ over Blake in the rose was the right choice.

More-more interesting…

More-more interesting factoid:

Michigan’s running backs (with the help of James “Doink” Turner) scored 14 points each. 

Washington’s offense scored 13.

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I don’t want to be a parade…

I don’t want to be a parade pisser; this game wasn’t the celebration for me that I was expecting. I think that was really last week.

Washington showed a lot of heart but they ultimately did what I expected. I can’t show a post to prove it, but my score guess was Washington either 14 or 21, and Michigan somewhere in the 35-40 range.

In the end they are a downright likable team, and I am a legit Penix and DeBoer fan. I wish them all the success until they bump into my team again. 

And I don’t know if I expected some grand catharsis to exorcise all that bullshit; JT’s infinite shortness, The Horror, The loss to Toledo, Wisconsin running literally the same play, in our house what; 27 times? And not being able to stop it once. Vincent Smith’s beheading at the hands of Jadaveon Clowney, poor damn Fitz Toussaint and 23 for 23, Shane Morris muttering something about applesauce on the sidelines and then being handed his helmet to go back in…

All that still happened and curse the football gods for inflicting one program with all of that and more, but I guess sometimes, when you’re on, you’re really fucking on.

Hail to The Victors. 

Well done, Mgoblog.

Now we…

Well done, Mgoblog.

Now we commence the radio blackout while we await the Apollo re-entering the atmosphere.

Godspeed and may your next post be muppets. 

Haloscan told me to come…

Haloscan told me to come here. 

It was the mid aughts and the World Wide Web was blowing up; being a little Michigan football obsessed, I started looking around at whatever recruiting and “insider” info I could find. I don’t know exactly when I found the OG mgoblog but it must have been a wee babe at the time. I became a “member” about as soon as it was possible to do so.

It’s been a daily habit ever since. I’ve taken a few breaks here and there, but in something like 16 years I don’t think I’ve ever gone more than a month or two without at least checking in. 

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