meta: How did you find out about/become addicted to mgoblog

Submitted by Mr. Elbel on

We're officially in OT season and there's not much going on 'round these parts if you don't pay that close attention to SB or BB. So, as we all anxiously await the next region in the GIF tournament, let's remiss about how we all got hooked on mgoblog to the point that we end up clicking on/creating threads just to have something to talk about.

 

I started using mgoblog regularly in 2014 while I was studying abroad in India for a semester. We didn't have strong enough of an Internet connection for me to actually watch games or anything. In fact we only had electricity for 4 or 5 hours a day, so streaming video or even getting a gif to load was a hassle. At that time it was basketball season and mgoblog was really my only connection to what was going on back home. The newspaper there had some type of sports section but they didn't even include the Superbowl score the Monday after, much less report on B1G play. So I kept up with it religiously, especially when I got homesick for American culture and needed an outlet for that. Once I came back I was hooked and don't think I've missed a post or a thread since.

Edit: as I read some of these, I think it'd be really interesting to hear from some of the users who are fans of other teams, especially the ones who have been around for a while. Gotta be a cool story behind it, right?

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uniqenam

April 25th, 2016 at 12:00 PM ^

Began working in a Kinesiology lab in 2008 as a freshman, walked by a dude who was "analyzing data" but was really looking at a Michigan football blog I hadn't heard of. Read it once, hated it, twice, tolerable, by the third time: addicted.



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superstringer

April 25th, 2016 at 12:03 PM ^

It was the week of The Game, the Tuesday before it.  I don't know how long I'd known about the Blog, could have been a while, but I wasn't hooked on it, and it was like just some other blog out there.

Then, on that Tuesday, OFL (Our Fearless Leader) posted something about Carr.  He said, he'd heard from inside the program, that Carr was going to retire the Monday after the game, win or lose.  OFL conditioned it and all that, wasn't bragging, just passing it on as he normally does with the usual caveats.

And that is exactly what happened.

And at that point, I knew OFL was The Man, and I became a convert and have F5's this site hundreds of times a day ever since.

Oh, and the fact he dropped Battlestar Galactica references now and then didn't hurt either.

Joined: 02/04/2009

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ijohnb

April 25th, 2016 at 12:05 PM ^

told me to read Eleven Swans the day before The Game in 06.  I was astonished at how well written it was and it effectively shamed any other "preview" of the game I had seen or heard.  I didn't really know there was an entire community that waxed poetically about Michigan sports the way that I did and I was hooked after that.

Joined: 09/21/2009

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chronic

April 25th, 2016 at 12:05 PM ^

When they were hiring the new mens basketball coach that turned out to be John Beilein, I did a google search on "new michigan mens basketball coach" or something like that, and up popped mgoblog. 

Joined: 08/20/2010

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The Mad Hatter

April 25th, 2016 at 12:06 PM ^

to do about 4 hours of actual work per day, so I needed a good way to waste some hours.  It was either create an account on this site or have an affair with a coworker.

I'm not sure if I chose correctly.

Joined: 02/17/2015

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Cookie Monster

April 25th, 2016 at 12:13 PM ^

I found MGoBlog in August 2004 during my freshman year of college while searching for a good Michigan blog.  Ive been daily since.  Site had a lot less traffic back then.  Guessing not many people have been here longer.

Joined: 07/10/2014

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MaizeAndBlueWahoo

April 25th, 2016 at 12:21 PM ^

Sort of a weird, backwards route.  Back when Bo passed away, I had this curiosity about what reaction our rivals had to that, particularly OSU since it was the week of that game.  I'd never heard of MGoBlog.  Buckeye Planet and the RCMB made for some interesting reading that week.  But it was while perusing Buckeye Planet that I found the links to MGoBlog.

The answer to my question, by the way, was that OSU fans almost exclusively paid their respects while MSU fans were split down the middle between "that sucks, I guess" and "hope that fucker is rotting in hell."  RCMB gonna RCMB.

Joined: 07/02/2008

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quigley.blue

April 25th, 2016 at 12:22 PM ^

I dont remember when exactly it was, but my roomates discovered it early on, and I never really read it, but got a lot of information from them.   I think i finally joined in after the Alamo Bowl in 05

Joined: 03/01/2010

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BlueinOK

April 25th, 2016 at 12:22 PM ^

I discovered it during the Rich Rod coaching search. I've been so hooked. I can't think of many days where I didn't at least look at the home page. 

Joined: 12/06/2009

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Gr1mlock

April 25th, 2016 at 12:27 PM ^

I started lurking in late 2012.  I discovered a guy who had just joined the firm I worked at was also a big Michigan fan and turned me onto the site, and it's been downhill ever since.  First post was in December 2013, on the holiday gift of mgoblog thanks threat.  

Joined: 12/24/2013

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Milty

April 25th, 2016 at 12:30 PM ^

Don't remember the exact year (between 03 and 05), I was stationed in Germany, and missing information about Michigan football.  Searched for sites, and found The M Zone, which I really liked.  Clicked on links from there, eventually found my way here (and to many other sites).  This site had the highest consistent quality and depth of analysis, and is the only one I've consistently (obsessivley?) read (once M Zone went on hiatus).

Joined: 12/14/2010

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FrankMurphy

April 25th, 2016 at 12:29 PM ^

I started reading mgoblog casually during the 2006 season, but it became a dailly destination/addiction during the memorable 2007 coaching search (it's peanut butter jelly time). 

Joined: 08/19/2008

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Naked Bootlegger

April 25th, 2016 at 12:31 PM ^

I had a vivid dream about a bearded, long-haired dude who wore a flowing M hockey sweater and spoke the truth.   I googled "beardred long-hairded dude Michigan hockey sweater" the next day and have followed since.  

Joined: 01/28/2011

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Candor for Sale

April 25th, 2016 at 12:32 PM ^

Started following in undergrad (2004ish). A friend knew a crap ton about recruiting and mentioned this dude named Chad Henne that we had just gotten for that year. I wanted to be in the know too...so now I am.

Lurked for years, didn't create a profile until I came back to get my PhD at Michigan in 2010.

Joined: 01/13/2010

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LSAClassOf2000

April 25th, 2016 at 12:33 PM ^

In the haze of the 2008 coaching transition, I found MGoBlog in searches as I looked for information and articles on Rodriguez as I had not been in the know on who / what we were getting save for the handful of West Virginia football games I had watched on television over the previous few years.

I lurked for about two and a half years before I decided to start contributing in earnest (i.e., with this account, not the one I used sporadically back then), which was right around the time of the Rodriguez to Hoke transition. I hid in the background for some of the more interesting moments around here, I will say that, because that 2008-2010 timeframe here was....unique.

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