Am I Really Better Than an Alabama Fan?
On Saturday, Michigan's football season will start the Saturday after the next one. I think it will be hard for me to get through Thursday and Friday of that first week. It's also hard to get through the days leading up to Thursday and Friday.
The other day in response to the film "Nick Saban: Gamechanger," someone on this site wondered whether Alabama fans really have anything better to do in their lives but watch Alabama football. "True enough," I thought. "They have no pro teams down there. Poor Alabamians."
But then I paused a little, because I sort of obsess about Michigan football every day, and worry that if we have a bad season my quality of life will be diminished significantly. I think if we have a great season, I'll want to beatify Rich Rod, much like Alabama fans reverence Nick Saban. I also look forward to Michigan games just about as much as I look forward to anything (at least on tv). So in a way, I don't have anything in my life MORE exciting than Michigan football either. I like MGOBLOG, but I think that's also Michigan football.
Wait -- I have a large tomato gard. . nah.
So how am I better than an Alabama fan?
August 19th, 2010 at 5:39 PM ^
You are better than an Alabama fan.
August 19th, 2010 at 5:41 PM ^
So how am I better than an Alabama fan?
Duh. You're a Michigan fan.
August 19th, 2010 at 5:42 PM ^
Rich Rodriguez doesn't oversign the way Saban does, which - through a chain of circumstances - makes us all better people at heart.
August 19th, 2010 at 5:44 PM ^
"They have no pro teams down there. Poor Alabamians."
Poor us. We have the Lions.
August 20th, 2010 at 3:22 PM ^
not the Lions.
August 19th, 2010 at 5:45 PM ^
Yes you are.
August 19th, 2010 at 5:48 PM ^
Have you ever been to Alabama? Ann Arbor is about Eleventy Billion times better.
August 19th, 2010 at 5:49 PM ^
Are you married to your sister? Yes? Still doesn't matter. You are a leader and the best.
August 19th, 2010 at 5:54 PM ^
Let me put it to you this way....you have never gone into Michigan Stadium with a toilet plunger with a roll of toilet paper and a box of detergent attached to it. (Roll Tide, get it?) I have observed this in Bryant Denny Stadium.
God, I miss Ann Arbor.
August 19th, 2010 at 5:56 PM ^
The "us" and "them" debate is pretty absurd. You're probably "better" than some Alabama fans and "worse" than others. I'm not sure of the definitions of either "better" or "worse," but that's probably part of this whole excercise, no?
August 19th, 2010 at 6:25 PM ^
wet blanket
August 19th, 2010 at 6:47 PM ^
Hah! I like this. My Mgopersona hasn't been exceptionally cheery as of late.
August 20th, 2010 at 8:47 AM ^
Understandable, it's been a rough week offseason few years
August 19th, 2010 at 6:04 PM ^
I don't know about you, but I'm better than an Alabama fan.
August 19th, 2010 at 6:09 PM ^
Gay Talese went to Alabama. You aren't better than Gay Talese.
August 19th, 2010 at 6:26 PM ^
but is he a fan?
August 19th, 2010 at 6:24 PM ^
Yes.
August 19th, 2010 at 6:27 PM ^
michigan fan > alabama fan
August 19th, 2010 at 6:29 PM ^
1. you can use a computer
2. you can read
August 20th, 2010 at 10:01 AM ^
Tell me if this is a correct spelling for a state:
Mississipi
Depending on your answer to this question, you are not just better than Alabama fans, you are better than the entire athletic department.