Matt and Seth - Being a Basketball School has Cured Some Sads - Episode 4
MGoFriends: I am recovering from a pretty late night of holiday merriment but wanted to share this. A little longer than previous episodes but we took a month off to grieve.
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- Matt
December 22nd, 2018 at 10:21 AM ^
Topics Discussed
Your #4 Ranked Michigan Basketball Team
Ohio State (because our therapists said to talk about feelings)
Rah Crooting
Early NFL Departures
A Meaningless Bowl Game
December 22nd, 2018 at 10:34 AM ^
If our NY6 bowl game is meaningless, then I guess nobody here will care if we’re down 2 TDs at halftime.
December 22nd, 2018 at 10:43 AM ^
I’m already tired of the “we’re a basketball school” thing.
December 22nd, 2018 at 10:51 AM ^
You'll be happy about it in March.
December 22nd, 2018 at 11:43 AM ^
I’m glad we are good at basketball. But stop with the “we are a basketball school” stuff. Basketball schools are Duke, Arizona, Kentucky, Kansas, Indiana. Schools that have never and will never be good at football. We are not that.
December 22nd, 2018 at 12:01 PM ^
I'm with you there. It was funny for a second. That second is over.
December 22nd, 2018 at 12:07 PM ^
Dilly dilly
rutger
cool, hook em
we’re a basketball school
December 22nd, 2018 at 1:59 PM ^
Yeah, we talked about basketball for 3 minutes and then football for 25. Obviously we are and always will be a football school. Go Blue!
December 22nd, 2018 at 2:50 PM ^
What you really meant is, this a football blog and always will be a football blog.
December 22nd, 2018 at 11:32 AM ^
If Michigan is a football school then join the MAC.
December 22nd, 2018 at 11:38 AM ^
I guess everyone is fine with the football team ending the season with two shitty losses, nice our NY6 bowl doesn’t matter.
So stupid.
December 22nd, 2018 at 11:42 AM ^
Well, the bowl may be worth watching to see some new guys, sure.
But when a team captain shits on a non CFP bowl while opting to play in a Senior Bowl, then why should the fans be euphoric?
December 22nd, 2018 at 11:47 AM ^
Higdon is butt hurt about something. That’s his problem and I couldn’t give a fuck less.
10-3 with a loss to Florida is very different than 11-2 with a statement win in a ny6 to end the season.
But a couple “influential” people have decided the bowl doesn’t matter and now nobody will shut up about it.
December 22nd, 2018 at 12:34 PM ^
I agree. I think there is a vast difference between 11-2 with a NY6 win and another 10-3 record with a late season collapse.
December 22nd, 2018 at 2:26 PM ^
Yes, especially when key players sit out and cause a loss.There is no asterisk over the loss showing who did not play. Harbz will again get blamed for not winning the big one.
December 22nd, 2018 at 11:46 AM ^
WE CAN HAS MOAR BASKETBALL SCHOOL!!
Am I doing it right to be sufficient annoying?
December 22nd, 2018 at 12:21 PM ^
Has not cured a damn thing for me. It’s nice to see b-ball doing well but all I really care about is football
December 22nd, 2018 at 12:41 PM ^
Thanks for these Bigdemo and Seth, love the Future Blue peeking at daddy’s screen. Matt —-a big thank you and happy holidays for all the free beers and B-ball tickets I received from you. Stop by Sec 104 at a game and I’ll give you a proper in person thanks (say “Hey Carl” at row 20).
December 22nd, 2018 at 12:42 PM ^
Your football team is currently ranked in the top 10 and we call ourselves a basketball school... Are we trying to be the new MSU now?
December 22nd, 2018 at 12:47 PM ^
I'm glad we're both a football and basketball school. It is annoying when people start talking like we're not both... unless it's to remind us that up until a few years ago, it had been a while since we were consistently competitive in men's b-ball... can't we all just get along - it's Christmas after all!
December 22nd, 2018 at 1:00 PM ^
Stop trying to tell me which sport to care about more. I'm likely missing today's Air Force game to help my fiancee with wedding stuff. However, I refuse to have our wedding in the fall because football. Basketball is a way to pass the time until it's warm enough to golf on the weekends. Fight me.
December 22nd, 2018 at 1:09 PM ^
Why all the damn whining after a 10-2 season? This whole thing is stupid.
December 22nd, 2018 at 1:16 PM ^
Football team goes 10-2, ranked seventh, plays a tenth ranked SEC team in a NY6 bowl.
"We're a basketball school!"
December 22nd, 2018 at 2:23 PM ^
I have yet to see a BB player sit out what he thinks is a worthless game to not get injured before the pros
December 22nd, 2018 at 2:28 PM ^
The grief this title has brought my mentions outweighs the joke.
December 22nd, 2018 at 3:00 PM ^
Next time I see any Michigan football player turn to the fans and start waving their arms encouraging me to stand up and yell harder, I will say “No thanks, I might get injured or lose my voice and I have some important things that I still want to do in my life.”
December 22nd, 2018 at 4:32 PM ^
Players sitting out does rankle a bit, doesn't it? However understandable from the point of view of their future prospects, it goes against Bo's emphasis on The Team, which we as fans, alums, and supporters have bought into. Mind you, our careers are not at risk from an injury, so we can afford to be self-righteous.
Those players struggling to recover from injuries, like Gary, deserve our unreserved gratitude, and there may be more of them than we realize since the coach does not give out much information on that subject, understandably enough. But lacking that explanation, it is difficult not to feel a little disappointed.
Doubtless we'll get over it, especially if their replacements impress.
And we win the bowl game, of course.
Go Blue!
December 22nd, 2018 at 6:48 PM ^
Also, Shea and especially Chase should be made captains for the bowl game. They both deserve it.