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9 weeks 6 days ago Remember 10-22

When Zack and Stu were committing to Michigan, we were in the woes or a 10-22 season.

The future is brighter than tonight, but I'd rather have lost to Lehigh than Ohio!
9 weeks 6 days ago Opponent Shooting % >50

The home loss to Purdon't was ugly. Beilein teams have been somewhat ugly on offense but at least DECENT on defense. Starting with that home finale loss, we really struggled holding teams on D. The OT win vs. Minny was a bad omen.

Plain old sucks tonight - but with a self-medicated combination of Guinness and Merlot (I'm drinking whatever is in our cupboard, so sorry for the weird mix of beverages!) and a YouTube replay of that 40-34 win over the REAL Ohio, I'll be happy when I finally run out of alcohol that's not part of NyQuil and crash for the evening.
9 weeks 6 days ago Felt much worse in '86

My senior year at UM. We barely beat Akron State (coached by Bob Huggins) and then got beat by Johnny Orr (former UM coach) and Iowa State.

The '86 team was far more talented than our current co-champs.

The Bobcats had their one day in the sun and won't be going any further.

I'm self-medicating with Guinness this evening but still proud that the team broke a 25+ year string of no B1G titles.
11 weeks 4 days ago MSU Derrick Nix: "little nephews"

Said Derrick "The Dick" Nix: "We had to share it with our little nephews, and that sucks. So now they're happy because we lost. We got to just try to win this Big Ten tournament."

Is there a more self-defeating, low-self-esteem, jealous-of-the-better-and-bigger-brother bunch in America than Spartan fans?

Soudns like Sparty REALLY hates it when they lose and Michigan somehow wins. This is like the B1G FB championship weekend all over again. 

I can't ever remember UM fans pissed TWICE about a loss - losing a game and seeing another team (MSU or OSU) benefit. It's one big fat loss, and the pictures in Least Lansing with 1 second left WERE AWESOME!
11 weeks 4 days ago Based on talent...HOOPS

I think we all agree that BOTH teams were GREAT and, as Bob Ufer would have said, bless their Cottin'-Pickin' Maize-and-Blue hearts.

When I look at HOOPS, I see a pretty big talent gap between OSU and MSU and the rest of the B1G pack. Don't get me wrong, we're pretty darn good but OSU and MSU have the 4 and 5 star guys right now. We have scant inside game and still won our 1st B1G title since I was a senior. Beilien did wonders at WVU and has me feel giddy about hoops for the 1st time since '92-'93.

Our FB talent was already pretty good, if not very good. We had abominable coaching on special teams and defense. Only OSU really had more overall talent than Michigan last year. Luckily, tattoogate and a true FROSH QB opened the door for Hoke and his staff to have an outstanding season. Hoke will turn very good talent in to excellent talent soon enough.

It's a damn great time to be a MICHIGAN WOLVERINE!!!!!!!!

 

 
11 weeks 4 days ago Since 1st MSU game last year - 33-13 record

I was on a business trip to Toronto last season when we were in a tailspin and placed in Least Lansing. My hotel had a lot of stations but nothing covering this game. Had to follow on my computer, drinking room-service-priced beer. I was freaking out during the game and passed out when we won.

That started a run to the NCAA tourneys for us. We've lost just TWO home games since then - Wisky last year on a guy's miracle 3-pt at the buzzer and Purdue this year.

Brandon has been all GOLD STARS with just about everything he's done (minus the prohibition in bringing in bottled water to FB games).

AND...it's only going to get better!
11 weeks 6 days ago Late Michigan score

I was at that Michigan game vs. Minnesota. We scored in the final few minutes to make it 17-16 and Bo chose to kick the XP (no OT in those days). We were #2. Bo thought we could hold them and get the ball back for a winning FG.

Even in those days, we couldn't slow down a mobile QB. Foggie was no Denard but his best play was a QB scramble. Our D lost containment and let him (predicably) run for a huge gain. Was in Section 12 with my sister watching Chip Lohmiller kick the FG right at us.

Had to self-medicate with many beers after the game at the now-defunct Thano's Pizza.

ps. Harbaugh made his famous prediction over OSU the next week and we beat the Bucks in the Horseshoe Cesspool so it wasn't all bad.
11 weeks 6 days ago Mothers Against Scott Skiles (MASS) game

I was at the UM-MSU game late in the season in '86 at Crysler. Skiles had smoked us in Least Lansing earlier in the season. Went with some friends who were MSU students. I remember the intensity BEFORE and during the game.

Some women had brought in a "Mothers Against Scott Skiles" banner and tons of taunting between fans and players. Man what an atmosphere!

It seemed like MSU had just enough fans to piss us off.

The game was close until Skiles took over in the 2nd half and we got beat by about 15.

I used to taunt my Sparty friends, including making them wait and NOT BE ALLOWED TO LEAVE until the FINAL seconds had ticked off at the UM-MSU 42-0 route in E.L. This time is was my time to eat crow. Had to stay till the end, even after Skiles got fouled late and made free throws with juts a few seconds left.

At least we won the Big 10 in the famous Bobby Knight game at the end of the yaer (see: John Feinstein Season on the Brink)

ps: yes, this was the famous "C'mon fat boy, let's see what you got" game where Skiles taunted a chunky Antoine Joubert.
1 year 20 weeks ago I thought it was Ark-KANSAS?

Les Miles famous statement before losing the home game in '07 to Ark-KANSAS.
1 year 20 weeks ago One can only wonder if...

Brandon pressed Jimmy about the NFL dreams and wanted him to stay at Michigan forever.

Harbaugh is a proud and strong-willed guy. If he was feeling pushed around about being all-in-for-Michigan till he dies, maybe he decided that he could stay put and sift through NFL offers. Honestly, the Stanford AD has given Harbaugh more freedom and support than the LSU AD did for Miles, when he gave him a sign-an-extension-or-else offer.

Harbaugh has worked his way up from QB coach to USD to Stanford (which had been destroyed by one-time hot shot Walt Harris) and deserves to go wherever he wants.

I'm just hoping I don't (c)Hoke on my dinner tonight when I hear the bad news. Looks like I'll be addicted to Pepto for the rest of the year.

disclaimer: I was in the "keep Richrod for one more year" camp until the bowl game. But bringing him back will not work. Try and sell out home games vs. EMU, WMU, and Hoke's SDSU next year with the acid rain cloud hanging over the program right now.  
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