It’s great to be a Michigan Wolverine

Submitted by Wolverine Devotee on

Winning the right way and still being at the top of the list throughout the history of the sport. 

Integrity in the athletic department and the university as well.

mgokev

August 22nd, 2018 at 9:45 PM ^

META: I got a 502 error during the height of the Meyer announcement and the site reverted to a cached version. 

Is this hamster wheel related? Are we in for some hard times during the season?

gustave ferbert

August 22nd, 2018 at 10:32 PM ^

it would seem all the leaks I read about online were correct.  "I trust in the President's decision."  Tone deaf response to the Courtney Smith question.  Urban's pissed that he has to take a suspension at all.  And I bet he did threaten to sue Gene Smith.  

what a megalomaniac.

the Michigan sucks chant as Urban was leaving by the fan base was classy as well.  Should validate on a national level the quality of lowlifes that exist in that God forsaken state. 

 

Hoping ESPN publishes a national poll showing state-by-state whether or not Urban should be fired. 

SkyPanther

August 22nd, 2018 at 9:50 PM ^

Are they now the Ohio St Blackeyes?

They will not be able to shake this image from not firing him.

dipshit moron

August 22nd, 2018 at 10:50 PM ^

yes!!!!!! i care and so should you. really how old are you? i ask because whenever i hear comments like that, i always wonder how you can disregard history so easily. i have lived through many ups and downs, and none of them last.

     5 years , 10 years, 20 years. hell i don't know how long this will last. but i can tell you it will turn around. i get it, if you are only 20 years old this is all you know. for instance. from 1950-1969 michigan only won 4 games against msu. but in the 40 years before diantonio won his first michigan game msu only won 8 games in the series. perspective is just as important as recent results.

Northfielder

August 22nd, 2018 at 11:17 PM ^

What insight dude! Congrats on making the case that you should flip allegiance and root for THE Ohio State Blackeyes. 

The point is we do win. Google Harbaugh's speech in "Jim Harbaugh Loves Michigan, maybe then you will understand what winning is.  

Maybe I'm just an old fart, but it isn't about only wins on Saturday. That's EXACTLY why we bash those assholes in Colombus. Michigan has had it's own "scandals", but we own them, try to fix the issue and move forward with class.

Don't get me wrong, I'm a homer too. I love when  Michigan wins on the field, but I'm much prouder of the UNIVERSITY than just the football team.

 

markusr2007

August 22nd, 2018 at 9:53 PM ^

Exactly.

What price do you put on your personal integrity?

Jim Tressel has to be thinking to himself "WTF?!"

 

Twitter is lit up right now with negative responses.  It's probably not going to stop for a while.

njvictor

August 22nd, 2018 at 10:01 PM ^

I'm just gonna say that I like to think our university and athletic department are squeeky clean, playsby the rules and uphold the Michigan Man mantra, but there is just no way of knowing for sure. We as fans need to realize that and know that situations like these can happen anywhere. So lets not be too cocky

GoWings2008

August 22nd, 2018 at 10:05 PM ^

Michigan has had its share of controversy and scandal, but I'm supremely confident that this sort of thing doesn't happen at UM. Not just because of the school, but also because of the difference between the states of Michigan and Ohio, the cities of Ann Arbor and Columbus... 

They poop in coolers, for God's sake...

Wolverine Devotee

August 22nd, 2018 at 10:12 PM ^

We have had NCAA violations but what sets us apart from everyone else is how we police the situations. 

Fired Bud Middaugh who was putting Michigan Baseball in the World Series and winning the B1G yearly. 

Fired Steve Fisher and replaced him with someone who had no connection to what went on with basketball. Taking down banners, self imposing postseason bans. 

HenneGivenSunday

August 22nd, 2018 at 10:02 PM ^

I’m finally in favor of leaving the B1G.  Enough of this crap with the schools in this conference choosing wins over what’s right.  

Also, it IS great to be a Michigan Wolverine!

YoOoBoMoLloRoHo

August 22nd, 2018 at 10:02 PM ^

Thank goodness for Pres Schlissel and the leadership at UM. There is a basic reason why UM is an elite institution. 

Today, OSU just placed itself into the horde of schools that have no identity bigger than their teams. Pathetic choice by their admin and truly shameful in light of the DV circumstances & repeated ethical failings by Meyer.

LSAClassOf2000

August 22nd, 2018 at 10:15 PM ^

Michigan hasn't been a perfect little angel through the years, but our program has certainly never done THIS, whatever the hell that was that Ohio State put on throughout the day and then ended with a surreal, often disgusting presser.