Perspective
November 26th, 2016 at 9:06 PM ^
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November 26th, 2016 at 10:12 PM ^
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These times really put it all in perspective and what matters and what real tragedy actually looks like. We should be smiling that a loss of a game that we can't control is the "pain" in our lives this week. Life is pretty good compared to some.
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November 26th, 2016 at 9:14 PM ^
Sorry for your loss, man.
My grandmother was not in the holocaust, but her village was occupied by Nazis and some of her neighbors and friends were executed.
As you said, if our greatest pain this week is a football game, then we have damn good lives.
Fuck Nazis.
November 26th, 2016 at 11:05 PM ^
mabrsu. So great your grandmother escaped the Nazi's, but sorry for your loss.
November 26th, 2016 at 9:10 PM ^
My fiance has been out of country for a week tending to her grandfather who fell and had some brain trauma a week ago.
I was texting her updates and telling her how anxious I had been all day.
She texted back saying that, in the middle of standing for 6 hours straight because the hospital is too poor to put chairs for visitors in rooms, her grandpa's roommate in the hospital died after a last ditch effort to save her life.
Put me in perspective real quick. We live in a great country with a lot of fortunes and Harbaugh is remaking this program into a power. This is hard to swallow today, but things will get better - very soon.
November 26th, 2016 at 9:11 PM ^
My Dad died at the age of 78. He was a lifelong Notre Dame fan who hated the Wolverines,
I loved my Dad and hated Notre Dame.
Football.
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for much of the first half of the game, then she napped for the 2nd half. I got her from her crib as the first overtime started, gave her a bottle, and watched the rest of the game. When it ended, my wife said "Go give dada a hug, his team lost." Kid comes over, grabs my face, says "Sorry dada" and gives me a big kiss.
November 26th, 2016 at 9:23 PM ^
In this holiday season I am thankful for the perspective I have gained as a fan over the years. The dark ages were very humbling and a big test for real fans. These are not those same types of days or losses. I'm also thankful for the health of myself, my parents & especially my children. I'm even thankful for the few dozen people that took the time out of their day to send me birthday wishes via text message or social media. It's always unexpected and appreciated. I no longer feel anger, disappointment or despair for myself personally as a fan during days like this. We still get to pull for and watch one of the greatest and most prestigious programs in college football compete week in week out and I've learned to relish each game, because these seasons seem to fly by faster and faster with each passing year. However, I do feel quite a bit of disappointment for these kids we pull for. Most, if not all are great human beings, mature beyond their years playing under a ton of pressure and expectations. Today, last year vs MSU and a handful of other times during these draughts and tough losses, they've deserved so much better. Still VERY proud of this team and what they've accomplished. Easily one of the best handful of teams in the country, and I have a good feeling that they'll still play in a NY6 bowl and make another pretty good team miserable all day long.
P.S. I'm sorry for your guy's losses and family crisis' you are experiencing... No matter what has happened or what day it is. I'm not a religious person, but I hope you find comfort in your family and friends, and maybe even a little on this here blog. Go Blue! & HAIL!
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November 26th, 2016 at 10:49 PM ^
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I am convinced by what we saw today that Michigan is actually better than OSU this year. But the best team does not always win, especially with three turnovers and some bad officiating.
So you are correct. Amazing how the gap has been eliminated in less than 23 months since Harbaugh arrived.
Terrible to lose the way we lost today.
But whatever the polls say on Tuesday, Harbaugh built Michigan into a top 4 team just 25 months after Michigan lost to Rutgers.
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I still miss her.
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Wishing you both peace and best.
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I just diagnosed my wife with anorexia. I have made the call to get her some help and she has her first appointment on Monday. I am really ignorant in this area, because she looks beautiful but lately too much weight has been coming off and her dieting measures are no longer normal and there are all other sorts of symptoms that I have been reading about that she definetly has. I am praying that she gets this turned around so that she can be the wife and mother my kids know.
November 26th, 2016 at 11:25 PM ^
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Ive lived thru the 10-2-1 years and now the 1-12 or whatever it is years...The Buckeyes better enjoy this while they can..Harbaugh has this program back in the National Conversation and was perhaps a MISTAKEN 2 inches from a Final 4....Its Coming....what hes done in 2 short years is Miraculous and we still have a Eluite Bowl game coming up...Probably Orange Bowl...We are NOT back yet but we are just about there...Beat Florida next year to start the year and OSU in AA to finish the year. .2017 is OURS!
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Sports is the most important of the unimportant things.
November 26th, 2016 at 10:47 PM ^
Thank you for the words of wisdom, and best of luck to your father.
November 26th, 2016 at 10:49 PM ^
thanks for the perspective.
to add...
The Spot & the TD... I threw my M cap at the screen, tossed my phone over my shoulder, and dismissed myself from the house. Dropped the F bomb a hundred thousand times while splitting white oak logs for an hour... then put a fresh cut on a Frazier Fir and brought it inside, put it in a stand, and lit/decorated the tree with my daughter. Lots of Bing & Nat & Brenda Lee and a 7 year-old hanging 100 ornaments in the same 3-foot square area in the front of the tree.
After I tucked her in & gave her a kiss on the forehead, I said goodnight.
I went to the living room, hit Play on the DVR and watched USC deep-dick the Irish.
I'll never be OK but it gets better. Incrementally it does get better.
November 26th, 2016 at 10:52 PM ^
... the BEST to all of you struggling with REAL challenges out there, whatever they might be.
November 26th, 2016 at 11:16 PM ^
From a football standpoint: this team is still ahead of schedule. We are competing head to head with out archrival and are winning a bunch of games without Harbaugh's recruits. This is still the old guard that heavily struggled everywhere else. We are on the right track.
November 27th, 2016 at 12:01 AM ^
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November 26th, 2016 at 11:44 PM ^
Losing sucks. I didn't have any tragedies like many of those who posted above. Instead I had a wonderful time.
This weekend was the first time my son has come home since he moved out. I was glad he moved out because it was time. You cannot have two bulls under the same roof and we were butting heads more and more. It was time for him to go off and make a name for himself in the world.
He came home for Thanksgiving and stayed just to watch The Game with me today. Through good times and bad Michigan football has always been something we shared. Today as he sat at the other end of the couch I realized he's a man now and not my little boy. I love him and I hope that we will always share The Game together.
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Double Post
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and best wishes to you and your dad!
November 27th, 2016 at 12:14 AM ^
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November 27th, 2016 at 12:50 AM ^
I think this is a really good thread. I definitely let this loss down me a little longer than it should on a nice Saturday with family. It's crazy how lucky those of us are that a loss by a bunch of college kids we didn't even play in is our biggest heart ache for time being. I feel horrible for the seniors who put in so much time and just barely missed out on their chance to beat OSU, but they're off to bigger and better things now.
And remember, if some rival fan goes out of their way to rub it in that a bunch of college athletes they didn't participate in beat a bunch of college athletes we didn't participate in, there's probably a reason why that's the thing that brings joy to their life, and I feel bad for someone that miserable. Hope everyone has a great holiday season and New Year.