where do we go from here? How do we support this team?
Next week our team is going to come running out of that tunnel and we are going to need to be there to let them know that we are in their corner.
Yeah, the season is fucked right now, and our coach should be fired, but this is Michigan and one bad season, even at the end of six bad years, won't bury us just yet...
What can we do, to make a mark, to make a statement, that losing sucks but we are a family?
I am thinking a simple 'we are family' cheer.
It wouldn't be that hard to start and it could have a profound impact.
Anyone else think we could make this happen?
jdon
ps. like they say its darkest before dawn...
September 7th, 2014 at 2:18 AM ^
These kids are representing our team. That's enough.
September 7th, 2014 at 9:10 AM ^
If you're a fan of this team you will stand by it's side even in it's darkest hour. If you don't do that how do you consider yourself a fan? It's the very definition of badwagon fan and will not allow anyone to brand me with that label. I will wear my Michigan gear today and wear it proudly. If you can't find it in your heart to do the same today, or a week, or 2 weeks from now, then find a new team because you're not a fan of this one.
September 7th, 2014 at 9:17 AM ^
I feel like this belongs here more than ever before: http://www.theblockhams.com/2013/11/the-michigan-hat.html
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September 7th, 2014 at 2:21 AM ^
After this game, the pipe is the answer!
/s
September 7th, 2014 at 2:22 AM ^
We don't. I feel no obligation to support this staff or these players. I know that sounds shitty, but I just don't.
September 7th, 2014 at 2:24 AM ^
Do whatever you want with the staff.
That's my take.
You obviously disagree.
September 7th, 2014 at 2:35 AM ^
Intellectually I know you're right, but I honestly just can't bring myself to care anymore. I just can't. I feel nothing for this team or this program right now.
September 7th, 2014 at 2:49 AM ^
We still hold the series total and nearly won the overall cap in their fucking stadium.
We got fucked today.
Who gives a shit.
(I'm super good at this, I should be a grief counselor).
Hoke can still win his job. He probably won't. But he could.
(don't get me wrong, I easily said enough tonight to get me excommunicated).
September 7th, 2014 at 3:33 AM ^
September 7th, 2014 at 9:10 AM ^
Michigan would have to win at both Ohio State and Michigan State.
Oh how unlikely that is, though.
September 7th, 2014 at 9:49 AM ^
September 7th, 2014 at 9:52 AM ^
Doesn't really mean much.
But yeah, Utah might be good this year.
And after last year, I'm not even looking that far ahead.
September 7th, 2014 at 10:06 AM ^
September 7th, 2014 at 10:43 AM ^
going to go.
But no matter how it does go we absolutely know it could have gone worse.
September 7th, 2014 at 9:52 AM ^
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September 7th, 2014 at 8:01 AM ^
It sounds shitty because it is shitty.
September 7th, 2014 at 8:26 AM ^
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September 7th, 2014 at 2:36 PM ^
But as this argument would go nowhere, I'll respect your take.
Edit: Sorry ifis, I should learn how the forum works. LB even tried to teach me way back when.
September 7th, 2014 at 10:59 AM ^
Stop being an ass. No matter what you think about the quality of the play, there was not a single player out on the field who wasn't trying his hardest.
On the last drive, no one was phoning it in, especially Devin Gardner.
If you're not the guy out on the field, shame on you turning your back on these young men who want EVEN MORE than you to win this game.
September 8th, 2014 at 1:28 AM ^
double post
September 7th, 2014 at 11:15 PM ^
You seem fun.
September 7th, 2014 at 2:34 AM ^
With might and main, we cheer.
Never give up.
Go Blue!
September 7th, 2014 at 2:38 AM ^
I plan on bitching for 24 hours and then being optimistic again. Since the rest of the conference pretty much sucked as badly as Michigan did today, this could still be a 10-win season.
September 7th, 2014 at 3:32 AM ^
Even if it is, so what? It would be the equivalent of a 10-win season in the MAC.
September 7th, 2014 at 4:50 AM ^
You've had some of the best posts on the board this evening.
I agree with this one 100%
September 7th, 2014 at 11:25 AM ^
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September 7th, 2014 at 8:27 AM ^
So what then? Move Michigan to the SEC and that would make you happy? We're in the B1G, deal with it.
September 7th, 2014 at 9:41 AM ^
it would be the equivalent of an 11-0 season in the MAC by that reasoning.
Sounds like your problem is with the confernce, not the team.
September 7th, 2014 at 9:57 AM ^
The Big Ten is a given. 10 wins is 10 wins. We have no control over how much the conference blows
September 7th, 2014 at 2:59 AM ^
It's hard for people not to vent after what we all saw tonight. Then we (at least most of us) will be back to cheering for Michigan. But we can't ignore the very real challenges this team has.
September 7th, 2014 at 3:04 AM ^
I know how you're feeling. I'm trying to convince myself that this is just one game that's historically a toss up that happened to not go our way this time and we are 1-1.
Losing to Notre Dame wouldn't have been bad...but god the way we lost just screams doom and gloom for the year. That hasn't happened yet though. Remember those old seasons of Michigan's past (think years like 2007 with the Horror and Oregon) where the sky seemed to fall in the beginning and then we ended up having a respectable year? That's why I'm still supporting our team.
The largest thing I've felt has been missing from our teams in the past five-ish seasons is improvement. We don't seem to get better as the year goes on.....if that happens this year though we may be okay!
Yay?
September 7th, 2014 at 3:04 AM ^
It isn't their fault at the end of the day. They are mostly all top recruits who figured they'd be able to dominate their compeition. They didn't know what they were getting into.
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September 7th, 2014 at 4:01 AM ^
I am finding it more and more difficult to support something that is run so poorly. The kids work hard, but I disliked the Hoke hire from day one. He's not the man for the job. He's inarticulate and has vastly underperformed. It's the same old stuff. I feel like I could write five paragraphs on how frustrated I am and what I don't like about Hoke. But it's all been said before.
At least we have Beilein.
September 7th, 2014 at 4:15 AM ^
September 7th, 2014 at 11:18 AM ^
You should be a writer.
September 7th, 2014 at 5:16 AM ^
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September 7th, 2014 at 8:00 AM ^
or is this ineptitude and mediocrity is actually something better?