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Because narratives of the media, who many of them would struggle to diagram a simple dive play, the Michigan fanbase expects to lose a game like PSU, I know I did. 

But this team is rising above and starting to drag the fanbase kicking and screaming away from BPONE.  The team can’t rescue everyone.  Some will be left behind and they will be loud.

But when PSU’s strip sack happened, myself and everyone in the zoom chat sunk down back into thinking “same old team, finding a way to lose a very weird but winnable game.”

I count myself in the group after the strip sack and just assumed well here’s the TD on a slant to Dotson coming.                                                                                                                                                            3 and out Stop

We have the ball at the 25 going into the wind.  Tough FG.. Never get in range.                                                        3 runs to Midfield

Erick All breaks free. Midplay-  “Great FG range, but now the Red zone issues”                                                        He scores

Great.. way too much time left for PSU with the dangerous 4-point lead                                                                      4 and Out-  Game Over

If you had told me 9-3 at the beginning of the season. I would have been thrilled.  But looking at the schedule, I would have assumed losses to Wisconsin, PSU and OSU so a win over MSU. The “Rivals” narrative will be alive and well.   Get a win over Maryland and looking at 10-2 and a Rose Bowl, that would simultaneously drive the MSU fanbase into a frothing rage.  Incredible season.

I said this team has pulled me out of malaise of fandom..   . 

The Black Eyed Susan

The unofficial drink of Maryland is the official drink of the Preakness.  I’m not a track guy and don’t really understand horse racing.  However, every year the Kentucky Derby and the Juleps draw me in.  It’s the thought of millions of dollars of breeder’s fees being decided in three minutes that proves impossible to ignore.  Most coaches salaries are determined by a few key plays in a game where a bad bounce can mean millions of dollars.  Just ask James Franklin or Mel Tucker.

Like the Mint Julep, during the Preakness, bars need to make these fast and furiously.  Unlike the Julep the recipe has changed throughout the years.

Vodka, Rye, Rum, grapefruit juice, peach schnapps, orange and pineapple have all been included in different recipes of the drink.  The consistent ingredients have been the rum and orange juice so we will start there.

We will include rye has a hat tip to the Old Line State’s rye production and of course the Kentucky Derby and its Julep.  Thanks David Solmonson and his book, The 12 Bottle Bar.  Although my lawyer, Lionel Hutz, has told me you can’t copyright a drink going back to the Frank Wallbanger case of '78.

• 2 oz pineapple juice
• 1 oz rye whiskey
• 1 oz white rum
• 1 oz orange juice
• .5 oz lemon juice
• .5 oz simple syrup
• 1 tsp orange liqueur
• .5 oz black rum to float

Take all ingredients except the black rum to a mixing glass and stir.  Fill a Collins glass with crushed ice (back to the Julep connection!)  and add the mixed drink to the ice.  Float the black rum on top. Garnish with an orange, pineapple, or whatever and with the straw.

MGoSalut!