Patiently Awaiting an Update on a National Championship Recap Magazine/Periodical/Book
Alright maybe not patiently, I might check Kickstarter at least daily. Hope it’s still a thing, as I’ve enjoyed the articles written by writers of yesteryear.
In the meantime here’s a cool thing that Coca-Cola did:
https://www.coca-colastore.com/university-of-michigan-national-champions-2023
February 23rd, 2024 at 12:05 PM ^
Just so I understand... is this a post asking Seth to hurry up and write a book within 1.5 months of winning the national championship?
February 23rd, 2024 at 12:12 PM ^
Does that feel unreasonable? I kid. I’m just a content junkie living in the age of need it now. Since the former contributors articles have been a slow drop, I didn’t know if they were compiling them all for said recap magazine or if they were on a slow release schedule.
just enjoying the moment while I can before we are flooded with spring ball content and focus shifts almost entirely to next year.
February 23rd, 2024 at 2:16 PM ^
We could win 10 national championships in a row and there would still be space left for attention to this one.
February 23rd, 2024 at 12:30 PM ^
Yes. What's he been doing aside from being an internet sensation?
February 23rd, 2024 at 12:32 PM ^
Asking what a planned timeline would be, is very different than complaining it's not done.
I personally assumed Seth would take a well deserved month off post NC, but if anything, the man's working harder than ever in the past month.
He's the James Brown of the blogging game
February 23rd, 2024 at 1:04 PM ^
Asking what a planned timeline would be, is very different than complaining it's not done.
I agree, OP would have seemed less impudent if they had done so lol
February 23rd, 2024 at 2:13 PM ^
Oh you’re serious…apologies for peeing in your cornflakes I guess. No where did I demand an update and in fact even stated I hope it’s still a thing in the initial post. Seems like it is based on comments. In later posts I can even be seen saying things similar to take as long as needed just take my money.
February 23rd, 2024 at 2:56 PM ^
I don't know what peeing in my cornflakes means, I was just teasing that it's a little baby-ish to say "Just so you know I'm waiting patiently for my treat because I've been a good boy." I do agree that a lot of folks are giving you the benefit of the doubt, but to be clear I'm just giving you a little bit of a hard time for fun. Nothing serious happening here, just a little joke.
February 23rd, 2024 at 4:09 PM ^
Kentucky-ism maybe a southernism. The post in general was supposed to be light hearted, minus the part where I do routinely check Kickstarter.
February 24th, 2024 at 3:50 PM ^
Don’t worry. Happens to me a lot. I type some words then peeps respond critically to things I never typed. Gremlins I tell ya.
February 24th, 2024 at 1:36 AM ^
Yes with the word “patiently” at the outset for irony’s sake.
February 23rd, 2024 at 12:07 PM ^
Not sure if there’s been any kind of timeline estimate.
February 23rd, 2024 at 12:23 PM ^
I don’t think there has been other than “It’s coming.”
Which is completely fine. I just want them to take my money.
February 23rd, 2024 at 12:45 PM ^
Been stocking up on memorabilia from this year. We'll likely never see another like it.
That's okay. I honestly think college football is a bubble that's going to burst back into a string of amateur teams + pseudo-pro shops.
February 23rd, 2024 at 12:07 PM ^
Do we get game tickets with those bottles of coke?
Too soon?
February 23rd, 2024 at 12:12 PM ^
I don't get the joke ?
February 23rd, 2024 at 12:15 PM ^
It was an incredibly awful marketing campaign.
How it started: https://www.sbnation.com/2014/9/22/6831037/michigan-will-give-you-2-free-tickets-for-2-cokes
The next day: https://www.mlive.com/wolverines/2014/09/promotion_selling_two_michigan.html
February 23rd, 2024 at 12:22 PM ^
WOWSERS!!! that would have been an awesome deal if it had panned out. I would've bought cases of it lol...
February 23rd, 2024 at 12:37 PM ^
Shouldn't downvote the poor guy if he was lucky (or young) enough to be unaware of the dark, dreary, Dave Brandon days.
I wish I could forget them....
February 23rd, 2024 at 1:12 PM ^
I've been a fan since '91... I just don't live local to Ann Arbor and wasn't aware of the promo.
February 23rd, 2024 at 12:51 PM ^
I envy you that you don't remember that.
Those were some dark, dark times for this program.
February 23rd, 2024 at 1:07 PM ^
Silver lining, we had WD then and his legacy of helping oust Dave Brandon.
February 23rd, 2024 at 1:28 PM ^
quit drinking and go to bed.
February 23rd, 2024 at 2:42 PM ^
Yes. It’s too soon. It will always be too soon!
If I’m being fair, I laughed at your post. But damn! That whole was era was just painful.
February 23rd, 2024 at 4:34 PM ^
I hear you, but we're the champions now!!!
February 23rd, 2024 at 12:10 PM ^
I ordered those Coke bottles right after the parade... they were giving out flyers with a qr code during the parade to go order them. I also got The Don #7 to sign my flyer
February 23rd, 2024 at 12:33 PM ^
I would have gone but it wasn't cold enough. Heck, Keegan was even shirtless! So I headed Upnorth instead and found solace..
February 23rd, 2024 at 1:16 PM ^
Keegan and Giovanni El-Hadi were both shirtless... I got them to sign my flyer too :)
February 23rd, 2024 at 12:13 PM ^
If this makes you feel better, I'm still waiting on this from the Alumni Association:
"Members of the Alumni Association will receive a copy of the commemorative issue with their Winter 2023-24 edition of the Michigan Alum, but can purchase additional copies as a keepsake or gift for family or friends."
And I think the MgoBlog product will be much more elaborate than this. Stuff takes time, man!
February 23rd, 2024 at 12:19 PM ^
Don’t you come at me with your logics and your sense. No, I know. Brian, Seth, et al have lives and I guess they need time there too.
February 23rd, 2024 at 12:29 PM ^
We got this in the mail yesterday.
February 23rd, 2024 at 12:37 PM ^
Mine came on Monday. You must not be on the really super neato secret Cool list.
February 23rd, 2024 at 1:02 PM ^
The Alumni and The Wolverine commemorative issues are both pretty cool.
February 23rd, 2024 at 1:41 PM ^
I just received my Alumni Association Commemorative Edition a few days ago. I thought it was OK but not great.
February 24th, 2024 at 4:58 AM ^
UMAA Commemorative issue arrived in Texas Thursday! Nicely done.
February 23rd, 2024 at 12:28 PM ^
Recap:
Michigan beat fucking BAMA in the ROSE BOWL in a fucking PLAYOFF GAME
Michigan then beat down the most prolific offense in CFB to win the NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Yes, our Michigan that was a dumpster fire for 20 years before Harbaugh, and then couldn't get over the hump in Jim's first 6 years.
FUCKING MICHIGAN is ELITE, and we've beat down OSU 3 years in a row.
Savor it. Every day is glorious.
Our victory and the lamentations of the vanquished Buckeyes is perfection - the cherry on top - Lil bro Sparty tears are fun to chuckle at, as well as their rightful return to complete irrelevance.
February 23rd, 2024 at 12:34 PM ^
Sir this is a Wendy’s.
February 23rd, 2024 at 12:35 PM ^
Nah screw that, you get to bring that energy all the way to August at least.
February 23rd, 2024 at 12:47 PM ^
Speaking of lamentations of Buckeyes, with all their guys (except Marvin) coming back, their recruiting, and their portal transfers, they are going to expect nothing less than a NC this year, and will melt down if they don’t get it. But if they lose to Michigan a fourth straight year, in Columbus, with all those advantages, then watching the explosion will make Krakatoa look like fireworks.
February 23rd, 2024 at 12:53 PM ^
Spoiler alert!!!
February 23rd, 2024 at 1:57 PM ^
People aren't talking about this enough. It bears repeating: Michigan is 15-0 National Champions after beating Alabama in the Rose Bowl and Washington in the title game.
Don't overlook that we beat OSU, for a third year in a row, and shut out MSU 49-0.
I'll be honest: I like when those things happen.
February 23rd, 2024 at 2:11 PM ^
Yes, our Michigan that was a dumpster fire for 20 years before Harbaugh
Sorry, going to call this out. If you had said 10 years I would have looked the other way even though that would also be an exaggeration.
February 23rd, 2024 at 7:17 PM ^
That's fair.
Let's just say we were good, not great in Lloyd's latter years. We went 17 years between B1G Championships - 2004 was our last before 2021. That's pretty shitty by UM standards.
Fair to say a decade of dumpster fire between some bad Lloyd years and RR and Hoke (outside 1 year), and another 5 years of mid level performance.
2006 was a legit great UM team that unfortunately played @ OSU in the #1 vs. #2 Game.
February 24th, 2024 at 8:42 AM ^
Yes, our Michigan that was a dumpster fire for 20 years before Harbaugh…
UM hired Harbaugh in 2015. UM won the National Championship in 1997. Math is hard.
February 24th, 2024 at 12:51 PM ^
Yes, our Michigan that was a dumpster fire for 20 years before Harbaugh
Eight years. We were not a dumpster fire in 1997, to say the least.
February 23rd, 2024 at 12:32 PM ^
It takes 7-8 months to put together a preview for one season. I imagine this write-up is going to take quite a bit longer than that, although I'd love to be wrong.
If they want to go all Rockstar / GTA style on this, that's okay with me. The wait stinks, but when you get the product, you know right then and there that the wait was worth it.
February 23rd, 2024 at 12:36 PM ^
Honestly the quality of writing these guys put out they can take as long as they want. I just want to make sure I don’t miss it.
February 23rd, 2024 at 12:37 PM ^
An incredible amount of work goes into just the yearly HTTV magazine preview, so I imagine this is well beyond the scope of that. It doesn't matter to me honestly - I will buy it when it is available, but if it takes most of this year, then whatever. I watched my alma mater win a National Championship (well, I was there for the 1997 season too as a student), so I am fine.
February 23rd, 2024 at 12:44 PM ^
They didn’t tell you?
February 23rd, 2024 at 12:51 PM ^
I'll say this. This is a product that I am personally VERY looking forward to. But as excited as I am, I would not like to see this rushed. MGoBlog to me has always been about quality over quantity and immediacy of coverage.