Mailing It In
Hey guys. I did not do the UFR this week, because I really did not want to do it. So I didn't. This is what I mean by mailing it in. I'm sorry, but not sorry enough to actually go do it. Obviously.
I will try to muster the courage to do so at some point in the future, because it is nice to have completeness. Right now you could hold a gun to my cat's head and threaten me and I would look on blankly until you cracked and started weeping and I told you It's Not Your Fault™. You're not actually going to kill a kitten about this, are you? Okay, okay, it's a cat, not a kitten. Put the gun down! It's Not Your Fault™! Unless you do something you're going to regr—
Hmm. Well, if you had to go at least it was before Saturday. We will put your MGoPoint total on your tombstone.
What's going on. I am going to go home and have a normal Thanksgiving like a normal person like I used to do before they moved the Ohio State game back a week for dubious reasons. I am not going to put up a UFR on the day itself, because I didn't do it. There will be a preview on Friday, though if I had to bet I'm assuming it will be light on useful analysis and heavy on gallows humor shirt-rending about how Ohio State has a good football team and Michigan does not have a good football team.
Then we are going to grit our teeth and get through Saturday, whereupon we will feel much better at the prospect of a weekend with nothing more horrifying in it than the prospect of Michigan State and Ohio State playing for the Big Ten Championship… godddammit. At least you don't have to watch that if you don't want.
You're free! FREEEEEEE. After Saturday. I'll see you Friday.
In conclusion. Butt.
November 28th, 2013 at 2:37 AM ^
I hope the OSU game proves more inspiring than we should reasonably expect.
November 28th, 2013 at 7:57 AM ^
I'm feeling exactly like I did before attending the 1969 game.
November 28th, 2013 at 1:44 PM ^
You are old!
November 28th, 2013 at 10:53 AM ^
November 28th, 2013 at 11:32 AM ^
...in 1984? I don't remember if there were any mitigating factors behind the worst season in Bo's career at UofM or what the press and fans were saying/doing, if anything other than it was an anomal because he'd already had 15 years of success. In the following year, I believe they finished ranked #2 with a 10-1-1 record.
November 28th, 2013 at 11:58 AM ^
The only change he needed to make after 1984 was to wait for Jim Harbaugh's broken arm to heal.
In 1984, Michigan was 3-1 when Jim Harbaugh broke his arm trying to recover a fumble against Michigan State. Chris Zurbrugg and Russ Rein shared the quarterback duties for the remainder of the season, with less success than Harbaugh would have had, going 3-5 the rest of the season.
In 1985 and 1986, with Harbaugh completely recovered, Michigan went 21-3-1, giving Harbaugh a career record of 24-4-1. My recollection is people were unhappy in 1984, but nobody serious was demanding a change in the coaching staff. Because of the injury to Harbaugh and the fact that the starting tailback (Jamie Morris) was a true freshman, people were still optomistic moving forward.
November 28th, 2013 at 11:38 AM ^
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