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Is this a serious comment?…

Is this a serious comment? The team that just won a national championship?

You are over here willingly eating sour grapes as if this team would have won a national championship even if Harbaugh left?

How do you have an ounce of negativity left in your body after you watched these guys band together with the coach they love and bring it home while beating a murderer's row of teams on the way to (and I cannot emphasize this enough) A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.

I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.

Do we have good reason to…

Do we have good reason to think Will can't get a fat NIL check at Michigan? 

He has been projected to the…

He has been projected to the end of the first round. There is no way he doesn't go in the first two rounds. He has a very high ceiling and a ton of desirable traits for NFL scouts. He can be developed into a very good QB.

I think he could play his way into a top 5-10 pick with another year. I don't know if he will be able to truly show what he can do while under Harbaugh though.

If we get back Harbaugh, JJ, and either Moore or Minter, next year will be a very good team. That schedule will be brutal though. 

It takes a certain kind of…

It takes a certain kind of person to be here for more than just the analysis of the game. 

Willingly reading columns about mattress shopping or getting a Spotify playlist to start with Kylie Minogue and attempt to guide it to play Korn without expressly playing it is not for everyone.

I am glad to say I am a weirdo that it is definitely for. 

I kept wanting to make a…

I kept wanting to make a thread asking if anyone else was going crazy waiting for the game column while also making it clear that Brian can have all the time he needs to work this out.

I restrained myself because even that would seem incredibly selfish. 

More than happy to wait on all the rest.

Archive.Today is amazing. I…

Archive.Today is amazing. I have used it so many times over last few months to read pay walled athletic, ESPN, WSJ, etc. Michigan articles that I have made a shortcut on my phone home screen. 

I could make a torrent…

I could make a torrent tomorrow morning, but I would also have to be able to download the files first. 

Maybe someone else can do that more quickly.

I have refreshed the main…

I have refreshed the main page at least 100 times waiting on something, anything to consume. 

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Am I the only one that…

Am I the only one that thinks it is possible that someone connected to Michigan leaked it intentionally at the perfect time?

If it was going to come out at the end of this season, that would have destroyed the credibility of a national championship. 

Instead it came out just before playing any important games. 

Conner Stalions to be…

Conner Stalions to be announced as Alabama HC confirmed.

Balanced as all things…

Balanced as all things should be.

That is one stat that I hadn…

That is one stat that I hadn't thought to look for. 

Iowa's inept offense throws off the numbers. But between Washington and Bama they still only averaged 294.5.

I had commented on r/CFB about the lack of Wolverines on the All-American lists and someone responded it was because Michigan's stats were padded by a terrible schedule. This shows that their defense was somewhat opponent invariant. 

The time of possession stat…

The time of possession stat and first downs is a weird one against the Huskies.

The Michigan offense only needed 19 plays on their 4 touchdown possessions. 8 of those plays came on the the opening drive. The one touchdown came off the interception that only need two plays to get into the end zone.

It's interesting that this game was kind of the inverse of how Michigan usual plays. Michigan had more explosive plays that shortened their TOP.

Usually it's the slow methodical Michigan offense chewing away at the clock and wearing out the defense. Instead Michigan's defense forced the Huskies to take long drives for repeated short gains that usually fizzled out before getting into the red zone. 

I was amazed by how exhausted Washington looked on both side of the ball at the end of this one. Exhausted and battered.

I haven't heard that name in…

I haven't heard that name in years...

JFC. I love you all. GO BLUE.

JFC. I love you all. GO BLUE.

YEAHHHHHH…

YEAHHHHHH BIIIIIIIIIIITCHESSSSS. 

SUUUUUUCK IIIIIIIIIIIIIIT.

I think your sentiment about…

I think your sentiment about an indoor stadium is correct, but The Game in 2021 was played in pretty cold and somewhat snowy weather. It was one of the many things that the buckeyes tried to blame for the loss. 

But, you yadda yadda'ed the…

But, you yadda yadda'ed the best part.

This is my favorite one.

This is my favorite one.

DG's #98 Adidas Jersey is…

DG's #98 Adidas Jersey is never worn, ever. It will stay on that hanger in the closet forever.

[Apologies, this started as…

[Apologies, this started as a comment and turned into a diary.]

I am in a similar state of mind. I think it is also connected to what Raj and Bryan are trying to articulate. 

Being in this place as a fan seems otherworldly. I didn't start paying close attention to Michigan football until the early 00s after I moved to a new area and my new friends were obsessed with the local team. 

I wore my Block M hats throughout the 90s while moving to from one state to the next to keep a connection to the state that I called home until I was 12. But, I was only aware of Michigan Football through Championship run in 97 not obsessively watching it.

This is me using far too many words to say I started watching The Team at the worst possible time since the days before Bo arrived in Ann Arbor. The more they failed to turn it around the more I became enraptured with reading the tea leaves of the next season only for it to end in a way that T.S. Eliot described the end of the world:

Not with a bang, but a whimper.

Being a sports fan is an act of self-indulgence, much like this rambling comment, to hang our hopes and feelings on a bunch of young men playing a sport. 

But, here we are at the end of this long journey. We don't carry the weight. The Team is Frodo carrying The One Ring and we are just a bunch of Sam Gamgees who have helplessly trudged along. As we have approached this precipice, the journey is over one way or another. 

I believe in this team and them winning a National Championship will be a casting off of demons and shadows. Next year can be less important and we can all have to option of being less invested having finally seen them go the distance. 

I had thought after a third Big Ten championship that everything would be a bonus and I would just enjoy the ride. I have even said as much in different comments. But, those feelings changed after the Rose Bowl. 

I don't know how I feel and I don't know how I should feel. I just know this suddenly feels very important to me.

JFC.

IT IS CALLED CONTEXT. 

JFC.

IT IS CALLED CONTEXT. 

woo00oo0o00oooshhhh...

woo00oo0o00oooshhhh...

Voodoo Ranger Imperial IPA…

Voodoo Ranger Imperial IPA at home, going into a deep dive of Q-Tip, Tribe, De La Soul, and others on spotify while sitting on the couch with the wife and the dogs.

MGoFans are lucky to have…

MGoFans are lucky to have such incredible content. This site is second to none.

24 more hours and we will all be sitting helplessly white-knuckling our way through 60 minutes of the most important football this team has seen in 25 years.

More than once I have…

More than once I have wondered, "Could I just go back to school and take out student loans until the day I die?"14 doctorates and $25M in debt just to die in a boating accident in the Maldives. 

THEY RALLY 'ROUND THE FAMILY…

THEY RALLY 'ROUND THE FAMILY.

With a pocket full of confetti.

Disclaimer: I am not a…

Disclaimer: I am not a University of Michigan grad, I simply hold on to my home state and it's greatest university as a connection to where I grew up. 

US News rankings are flawed and somewhat divisive. They have come under the microscope over the last decade or two for its influence vs. it's factual accuracy. 

Michigan is widely known as one of the best universities in the country and I don't doubt that the other two of the four are excellent as well. 

I find the research here to be fairly compelling, but there are other sources that agree, along with multiple educational institutions who have decided to decline submitting their statistics over recent years.

TBH, posting this may be…

TBH, posting this may be more frowned upon now that players get compensated for NIL deals. I'm not judging, but it may draw a variety of responses. 

It's reading an article like…

It's reading an article like this that feeds my persistent questioning of every exclamation point I have ever used. Does it convey what I want it to? Does it come across as a sophomoric attempt at adding the emphasis that I don't have the vocabulary to convey?

I guess I will never know!

I may have missed it if…

I may have missed it if there already is, but I hope there is a picture with him looking like the Jumpman logo. One angle was pretty close, but just a bit further from the camera and not quite the right angle. 

You've been here long enough…

You've been here long enough to know that people like to use their vocabulary as much as they can.

I know that the Michigan D…

I know that the Michigan D-line is elite this year, but I have trouble believing they are better than to 2021 Georgia D-line. That line made the Joe Moore Wolverine O-line look like a JV squad.

They may be on par with that Georgia team. I will take an OSU fan thinking that though.

LET'S GOOOOOOO BITCHES!!!! 

LET'S GOOOOOOO BITCHES!!!! 

You care far too much about…

You care far too much about this.

BET.

BET.

A real gangsta-ass Wolvie…

A real gangsta-ass Wolvie plays his cards right.

Plot twist: They are…

Plot twist: They are defensive backs but they score more than the offense, so it counts.

He thinks about it every…

He thinks about it every night and day. He spreads his wings and he flies away...

I told my wife, "Look at him…

I told my wife, "Look at him! We need the sad Charlie Brown music set to this." I am glad someone came through on this.

Yeah, I agree that this…

Yeah, I agree that this catch isn't 100% clear. The issue being that people can argue whether he definitely had control or not. To my eyes there was the tiniest bit of ball movement that it could be argued either way. 

I really, REALLY hope that…

really, REALLY hope that Harbaugh has had too much time on his hands and has discovered random stupid internet strategy regarding Grant.

I want to imagine him rolling into a team meeting tomorrow morning and KG being his number one suggestion. 

"It's like The Train formation... BUT! It is 9 offensive linemen, Orji, and Kenneth Grant. I want a Hawkeye to literally take a football up the ass. I want those poor kids in the hospital to CRY when it happens live on television."

Jim gets a weird look in his eyes. "I think we could do that on every goddamn play for 4 quarters." 

First Ryan Day doing the sad…

First Ryan Day doing the sad Charlie Brown walk down the Michigan tunnel and now your cat getting punted?

It's a real rough week for pussies. 

I didn't wear my Devin…

I didn't wear my Devin Gardner 98 jersey. I still love DG, but that thing is cursed.

I can't wait to see M run…

I can't wait to see M run the football for every play through all 4 quarters. Iowa doesn't have an offense, they have an offensive offense and a defense. 

We would all be lucky to not see that team try to throw the football.

You can about the handjob…

You can tell about the handjob because of the dye on his palms. 

My favorite quote of all…

My favorite quote of all time. I am frequently reminded of it. 

If you haven't found a…

If you haven't found a serious answer yet, bet can mean a number of different things. JJ used it as a response to the suspension of JH. BET. Bring it. Do you think this will slow us down? Try me. Underestimate us.

In everyday conversation it can mean many things. Wanna meet at Ashley's at 9? Bet.

I don't think you are good at euchre. Bet!

The only reason your team is any good is because some dumbass did something every other team does but in a way that was really inefficient and that proves you need your head coach on the sidelines or you will lose.

MOTHERFUCKING BET.

Genuine question, what are…

Genuine question, what are the quantifiable benefits of having the largest base of legal alumni? I get that there is a higher chance of some of the best lawyers in the country having a Michigan connection. But, the university can't have thousands of lawyers in the courtroom. Would it just be the ability to crowdsource input from a larger pool?