Yes, we ALSO play basketball
I know the young lady means well, but does the sign in the stands "Yes, we're a basketball school now" bother anyone else?
It implies to me that we stopped being a football school, which I know she doesn't mean. FFS, we're 10-2 and ranked 8th in the country in football.
So, we're ALSO pretty damn good at basketball.
Thoughts?
December 1st, 2018 at 4:56 PM ^
Calm down
December 1st, 2018 at 4:57 PM ^
ImcalmImperfectlycalmwhatmakesyouthinkimnotcalm
December 1st, 2018 at 8:30 PM ^
It's only been a week. Let her indulge in the pain a bit. It's part of the football fan experience.
December 1st, 2018 at 4:56 PM ^
First of all, we are 7th in the country in football (and b-ball).
It is tongue in cheek, and anybody with half a brain knows that finishing in the top 10 three out of four years is a good thing. It just brings more attention to the school, it does not bother me at all.
December 1st, 2018 at 5:16 PM ^
Not gonna be 7th for long - this team is on fire!
December 1st, 2018 at 8:39 PM ^
We finished in the top 10 once (2016). We finished outside the top 10 in 2015.
December 1st, 2018 at 4:57 PM ^
Do you have no friends to text this to?
December 1st, 2018 at 5:00 PM ^
This is why I MGoBlog.
December 1st, 2018 at 5:25 PM ^
As God intended.
December 1st, 2018 at 4:57 PM ^
The whole idea of "football school" v "Basketball school" is imaginary anyways. Don't let it bother you too much
December 1st, 2018 at 5:50 PM ^
We are a softball school, a gymnastics school, a swimming school, etc.
December 1st, 2018 at 6:16 PM ^
Aren't we among the top four or five schools for overall wins year in, year out? I think we could slip off the inferiority complex like an old dead skin and move on to better things if we cared to.
December 1st, 2018 at 6:55 PM ^
A school school.
December 1st, 2018 at 4:57 PM ^
Best post in days. More RCMB type posts please.
December 1st, 2018 at 4:58 PM ^
Don't let signs make you so mad.
December 1st, 2018 at 4:59 PM ^
So, it sounds like it doesn't bother anyone else... Ok, I'll show myself out. Sorry. Truly.
December 1st, 2018 at 5:22 PM ^
It's okay man.
Take a knee, take a knee
December 1st, 2018 at 4:59 PM ^
Somebody call security?
December 1st, 2018 at 5:00 PM ^
Maybe don't get so hung up by a sign in the Maize Rage?
December 1st, 2018 at 5:01 PM ^
Yes I was thinking the exact same thing. It's amazing to think that a school whose football team is in the top 10 is just a basketball school.
December 1st, 2018 at 5:18 PM ^
Beilein and the basketball program are everything the football program isn't.
December 1st, 2018 at 5:28 PM ^
That's the stupidest thing I've ever read.
December 1st, 2018 at 5:35 PM ^
Really, you have been here a while???
December 1st, 2018 at 6:10 PM ^
Please explain?
December 1st, 2018 at 5:59 PM ^
How does this get upvotes?
December 1st, 2018 at 5:18 PM ^
That's not what the sign said though. It just said we are a basketball school.
December 1st, 2018 at 5:29 PM ^
In my experience with fans outside of mgoblog, many of them literally think that our football program is complete shit. I think it's implicit in the wording of the sign that we are just a basketball school, but perhaps I'm reading too much into it.
December 1st, 2018 at 5:33 PM ^
Because to the casual fan, there is only one game that counts and we lost that one.
December 1st, 2018 at 5:36 PM ^
It was also my fear I was reading too much into it, but it was just a concept I've heard elsewhere and in sensitive to it. A moment of weakness...
December 1st, 2018 at 5:02 PM ^
Hmm, I saw this sign. And it opened up my eyes.
December 1st, 2018 at 5:52 PM ^
We need to get back into the light where we belong
December 1st, 2018 at 5:05 PM ^
Simply the finest university in America. Okay, the world.
December 1st, 2018 at 5:07 PM ^
No doesn’t bother me. I like basketball
December 1st, 2018 at 5:10 PM ^
People like winning championships. Ranking doesn't mean anything to the average fan.
I dont know what the season rankings were of any of Beileins Big Ten winning teams were.
December 1st, 2018 at 5:20 PM ^
It’s just a sign, but yes, it is annoying that people can’t enjoy basketball’s success without taking (subtle) shots at football.
December 1st, 2018 at 5:20 PM ^
Bama getting handled....
December 1st, 2018 at 5:45 PM ^
Not so fast my friend. Although they are not playing up to their usual standards they are still in it. Would hate to be in that locker room at halftime. Some gluteus maximus will bet lit up! UCF has a battle on their hands also.
December 1st, 2018 at 5:21 PM ^
You want to stop these signs?!. Beat OSU. Until then, we are going to have to deal with these damn signs.
December 1st, 2018 at 5:24 PM ^
YOU beat OSU!
Not so easy is it?
December 1st, 2018 at 6:01 PM ^
Duke isn’t in B1G basketball either
December 1st, 2018 at 5:22 PM ^
Our basketball program is better than our football program. There's no shame in admitting it.
December 1st, 2018 at 5:22 PM ^
Also a damn good wrestling school.
December 1st, 2018 at 5:24 PM ^
I'm just thankful for what we have in both teams and programs.
December 1st, 2018 at 5:25 PM ^
Just a reflection of the high expectations we have for the football program.
December 1st, 2018 at 5:28 PM ^
I'm definitely ok with this statement
December 1st, 2018 at 5:28 PM ^
Football prayers
December 1st, 2018 at 5:29 PM ^
Basketball is better than football at the moment.
Let her have her fun. Hope she and the students pack the Crisler Center all season long.