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Last night, Nick and I discovered that there are few things greater than puking all over your boss, or pouncing on top of him and clawing him to death. Even if you hold nothing against your boss--we have nothing against Steve, really!--it is surprisingly cathartic.
On a separate note, Left 4 Dead sure is fun.
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So, I stumbled on this little gem. Another sad pathetic "ex-gay" case of falling off the wagon. I wouldn't really be as gloating if the asshole wasn't an active anti-gay blogger too. Here's a little bit of his self-hatred:
I am almost too disgusted to actually be depressed about how miserable this kid must be...The grindr profile was really mine. Ive been on it on and off for the last couple of weeks. Like I told the guy who sent you the picture, I am wrong in having been on grindr. I havent changed my views on homosexuality, the bible, etc. Creating a grindr profile and talking to guys on it was major disobedience on my part .disobedience to Christ. Disobedience to a loving and gracious God. Thankfully, I believe that He forgives me for this disobedience. I believe the blood of Christ covers this disobedience. And I wont be on grindr again .ever. The pastor of my church and the church body I am a part of were informed about me being on grindr (I told them) before all of this came out, publicly.
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Sunday, November 11, 2007
Wisco Post-Mortem
There, I said it. And no, it's probably not for the reasons you think. I wanted to win this game. Bad. I didn't want to give this game away "because it meant nothing" or to "save" anybody for Ohio State. Not one bit.
And neither did our team.
I read the comments on the Open Thread after the loss and frankly, I'm surprised a number of our readers thought we were "saving" Hart or Henne for the Ohio State game. I flat out disagree. This was the last Big 10 roadtrip either of them would ever play. They had the fourth longest winning streak in the country. To run the table after what happened at the start of this season would have been equally as "good" amazing as the Appalachian State loss was "bad" amazing.
No, the Wolverines wanted to win. But the simple facts are these: our two best players were hurt, Ryan Mallett wears #15 because that's the number of points he costs us each game and our defense just isn't that good.
Oh, and Wisconsin isn't that bad.
This was going to be a tough game with everybody healthy. The Badgers, until a mistakenly called fake punt, had Ohio State on the ropes in Columbus last week. We were only 2 1/2 point favorites with Hart and Henne expected to play.
Does anybody really think Hart chose to sit out? No way. Henne? Not a chance.
And these aren't just any two players for Michigan.
Hart is not only our best tailback, he's arguably the best ever at Michigan and the best in the nation. Henne is a four year starter who, while he has his flaws, also knows that sometimes it's okay to throw the ball away rather than keep going backwards for 30 yards before taking a sack. Again. And again. And again. Also, just throwing it up for grabs - again, and again, and again - is something he also tends to avoid. Without them, we're just not the same team.
And for those who thought Lloyd Carr didn't care if we won, well, your personal dislike is coloring your judgement. You can say a lot about Carr, but the man is no quitter. If he's proven anything, he's proven that this season. He's made in the mold of his mentor, Bo Schembechler. And to say Carr would have ever not cared about winning a Big Ten game is like saying the same about the coach he admired so much.
It just wasn't in the cards yesterday. That's why I'm not torn up about it the way a loss like that would normally ruin my weekend (or worse).
What was shocking was the defense (or lack thereof). WTF?!
Wisco is the sort of team we usually have no problem stopping, especially when - with their back-up QB in at the end - we knew exactly what was coming. Then again, this U-M defense was never strong, just able to hide its flaws. Like it did last year until the final two games.
Still, I'm not too bummed. Then again, maybe it's because if anybody had told me after Oregon we'd be playing OSU this week for a shot at an outright Big Ten title and a trip to Pasadena, I would have had said they were high.
Misc. Musings...
* Memo to Shawn Crable: Could you please try to contain your aggression and not keep getting us killer penalties when you decide to blast the QB after the fact?
* How many times have we seen even non-mobile QBs not only elude our rush but get great yardage to boot? Stale. Very stale.
* Not going for the 2-point conversion. I happen to agree with the call. There were still over 13 minutes left and we were down by 9. After Manningham's 97 yard TD, we had the ball with over four minutes left, only down by two. A FG now would win the game for us, not tie it. Just my opinion.
* Did I mention Mallett costs us just as many points as he produces? Sweet Mother of Ufer! I know he's just a freshman but THROW THE FUCKING BALL AWAY. And that doesn't mean up for grabs! &^%$#@!!!!
* Someone mentioned it in the comments, but Manningham has to be a leader, not just pout when his QB struggles, even if that QB is playing poorly. Be the guy who tries to pick him up and change what's happening, not a little pouty baby. Stale, Part II.
* Anybody else think it looked like Mallett was trying to aim the ball instead of just throwing? His confidence appeared shot and it showed.
* The Crable hit, while early in the game, that negated the U-M pick was probably the biggest play of the game. We would have had good field position in a 0-0 game. If we score first, everything might have been different.
Oh, and just because I'm not that bummed doesn't mean we don't need a healing picture...
Say it with me...
We're all OU fans today.
36 comments:
- YoGroups said...
The Brittany Skye photo is a complete fake. God, Yost, don't be so f-ing lazy. Or at least admit it's a fake and put in Michigan labeling.
- November 11, 2007 4:24 AM
- Joshua said...
My reaction to the pic says real. very, very real.
"And for those who thought Lloyd Carr didn't care if we won..." Anyone who thinks this obviously didn't see his reaction to the second Crable call. He had to be HELD BACK by an assistant coach. Absolutely amazing. While you may have issues with the man (like playing "not to lose") you cannot legitimately question the man's passion after seeing that.
And seriously Yogroups- criticizing Yost after the effort he puts into this site is just weak. Point out that its a fake maybe, but quit being such an ungrateful little prick.
- November 11, 2007 7:43 AM
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- November 11, 2007 8:01 AM
- lina19 said...
I have a question that I would love some input on:
where the hell was the running game? Isn't it a cardinal rule that you HAVE to establish the run before you can successfully (ha) pass the ball? They just let Mallett throw crappy pass after crappy pass.
- November 11, 2007 8:19 AM
- Katie said...
(No healing pics for the female fans *sigh*, we don't care if they are fake ;o)
Mario - totally not a team player and the sideline crap did not help Mallett. I am sure that Mallett needs an attitude adjustment as well, however he IS a freshman and he has been put in a position I am sure no one would wish for. It doesn't stop me from saying I wish he could have pulled it together yesterday. In reality, Mario only made it worse. Mario isn't looking ahead to tOSU, he is looking ahead to the NFL. I am willing to bet money that he goes to the draft and doesn't come back, and I must say, I won't be disappointed. He is not a team player. (and that is a real shame) I felt Crable was doing the same, playing for the NFL draft "see what a bad ass I am". His antics hurt us yesterday.
I know you say that they were not saving Hart and Henne for tOSU, but I seriously have my doubts about that. I understand your point, but it seemed like a very precautionary move to me. But then, I am just some chick on a football blog, so take that for what it is worth. ;o) I think the ESPN write up was way too harsh. We need to win the next 2 games to prove that point.
- November 11, 2007 8:24 AM
- whetstonebuck said...
Somebody having a bad day?
Lighten up, Francis.
- November 11, 2007 8:24 AM
- Katie said...
OH!! and one more thing.....can someone tell me the thoughts behind going for it on 4th and 20 on the 5 yard line?????? If we had been able to move the ball all game, sure, go for it........but did anyone seriously even remotely think that we would get that!? That was not the time to act like Les Miles!
- November 11, 2007 8:28 AM
- Maize said...
Mich going for it on 4th and 20 was about desperation. The same desperation I have when at a singles bar at last call having just downed my last viagra 30 mins ago and no chick will even look at me. Total desperation!!!
And we do have a running game. The problem is that when Hart isn't in there, the RB's are instructed to run right into traffic or their own player. Just like they do on kick offs and punt returns. Carlos Brown seems like he has a knack of running into defensement (though he did show signs of patience yesterday).
I guess they don't instruct the runners at Michigan to try and find open space.
This loss sucks. I was close to turning off the TV at the beginning of the 4th quarter to go beat up my little Daschaund. But, I kept the tv on and I watched the beginnings of a miracle. Low and behold, Mich is down by 2 and for the first time in the game I felt hope. Boy, was that short lived. I felt as dejected as the time the madame at the Chicken Ranch wouldn't let me in 'cuz I brought my penis pump with me.
Mallett has great talent. What I don't know is how coachable he is. He's still making the same mistakes (ie not getting rid of the ball when need be). Yes, that little dish to Carson Butler was nice and unexpected (there's your trick play of the day) but the kid is playing by the seat of his pants. I hope the off season will be one of maturation and growth for him. We need a smart QB and not a gun slinger.
Carry on, Michigan faithful.
GO BLUE and CRUSH OSuckU!
- November 11, 2007 9:00 AM
- tommertoffo said...
Yost, great comments. I agree wholeheatedly.
Going for 2 after the TD is almost always a mistake unless it's at the very end of the game. This game proved that point again. We were within a field goal with the momentum before that interception. If we don't convert the 2 pt conversion, we have to score a TD.
Why go for it at 4th and 20? Because our only chance to win came if we converted. If we punt our only chance comes if they fumble.
The Crable penalty was more than just aggression. He's a plain JERK. Shoving a QB down after the play by shoving his face mask is more than just a "late hit" from aggression. It's a puposeful attack at another player. If I were Carr (or the ref) I would have benched him after that play for the rest of the game.
Mallett has more innate talent than Henne. He'll learn a lot from this game. I just wish he had a Braylon Edwards to help his freshman year out rather than cry baby Manningham.
- November 11, 2007 9:19 AM
- Katie said...
" going for it on 4th and 20 was about desperation. The same desperation I have when at a singles bar at last call having just downed my last viagra 30 mins ago and no chick will even look at me. Total desperation!!!"
You use Viagra? ;o) I get desperation, however we were NOT able to do much as it was, the field position was what screamed insanity on that play (to me anyway), that set them up to put the game away at that point, punting and then letting the defense hold them until we got the ball back seemed a more viable option (oh yeah, the defense forgot to show up yesterday, maybe that is what they were thinking)
- November 11, 2007 9:34 AM
- Sgt. Wolverine said...
The first Crable call I understood, but the second I thought was iffy; that hit didn't look unnecessary or excessive at all.
- November 11, 2007 9:46 AM
- Joshua said...
Yogroups, thanks for the tip. You are correct. what was i thinking? someone takes the time to update a site regularly with insightful content which most seem to enjoy and gives us a place to discuss what is a shared passion for some of us, OF COURSE i should criticize him and call him f-ing lazy. i'll try to do better in the future.
Now, back to football:
Manningham and Mallett both have a lot of growing to do- the difference is that Mallett can be taught the correct things to do (THROW THE DAMN BALL AWAY!), but I doubt that Manningham's attitude can be adjusted. His talent is undeniable, but it would appear he's turning into quite a diva. What a shame.
- November 11, 2007 9:49 AM
- farris said...
As a Buckeye, I keep telling myself there's no better time to have a loss than the week before the Michigan game, and I think the inverse is probably true. I've already forgotten about the Illinois game because I've got one thing to focus on: Hate.
That said, no way Hart and Henne would've willingly sat out to "save" themselves. Wasn't Crable the guy the got called last year for hitting Troy Smith out of bounds at the end of the game in Columbus, too? The guy is definitely an animal, and I'm sure the tough practice this week isn't going to help...
Either way, big week, and enjoy the lead up.
- November 11, 2007 10:34 AM
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- November 11, 2007 10:47 AM
- Ron said...
I'm not questioning Carr's passion, or drive for winning. I have nothing but the utmost respect for him and the staff for the way they righted the ship. And as far as his reactions to the Crable call, I would've been disappointed if he'd reacted any other way. I know it must have killed him to have to keep Hart and Henne out, knowing we wouldn't be able to win without them. But, I just feel like, he saw the situation. Henne and Hart are banged up, and 0-3 against tOSU. This year is their last chance against them, do we risk their health to try and win a game that 1) we might not even win, 2)that if we win won't help bowl position if we lose next week and 3) and if they are hurt further, cost them the chance to beat tOSU?
I could be way off, and just a desperate homer trying to justify my team's painful loss. And obvisously, if Henne and Hart are too hurt to play next week, we'll all know I'm dead wrong. But I guess, I was sold on this team, and it didn't look like the same effort I've seen before from this team.
- November 11, 2007 11:30 AM
- tommertoffo said...
The second call on Crable was the wrong call. The QB on an option is like a running back and can be treated like one. That tackle was legit.
One of the reasons I believe the ref called it - I think the ref was influenced by the egregious Crable attack a few plays before. Those plays have a tendency to influence future calls. Carr's appropriate reaction was well received by this wolverine fan.
I wouldn't start Crable for OSU.
- November 11, 2007 11:34 AM
- Joshua said...
Please direct me to video where i can see those other receivers acting the way Manningham did yesterday. His attitude was disruptive and didn't contribute to our wining the game. Did I refer to him as an asshole? No. I was referring simply to his actions during the game yesterday. As for your "joking" comments, thats not how they came across. I for one appreciate the work that goes into this site. Feel free to comment back, or don't- either way your not getting a response from me. I'm done with you.
- November 11, 2007 11:39 AM
- Joshua said...
As for Carr's outburst, I was just surprised to see that level of emotion- never seen it like that from him before. Totally refreshing.
- November 11, 2007 11:41 AM
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- November 11, 2007 12:08 PM
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- November 11, 2007 12:30 PM
- Winter Garden Wolverine said...
I think our running problems are directly tied to the zone running game. Honestly, if it weren't for Hart does anyone think we wouldn't have the worst rushing attack in the Big 10? All it takes is one or two half ass quick D-linemen to blow up our running game, and we haven't faced any REALLY good linemen like Dorsey at LSU or Jackson out at USC. They'd have a field day.
Just like you simplify things for a young QB you need to do the same thing for running backs not named Mike Hart. Go back to the gap blocking and they'll know what hole they're supposed to hit rather than running the stretch and hoping a hole opens up. That takes some of the thinking out of the game and they can just play. Hopefully over time they develop better vision or cutback ability.
Plus it brings back play action and misdirection that we've lost over the past two years.
- November 11, 2007 12:36 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
Poll's out- wtf? We dropped to 23. Ok w/ that, but we're behind PSU & Illi. And then Wisco is right behind us? I see them being hot on Illini after yesterday, but what is up w/ the luv affair w/ the lions?
- November 11, 2007 1:55 PM
- Katie said...
Waves to SIC (did you enjoy your evening?)
I totally expected that after the article ESPN wrote about Michigan. Now we must go prove ourselves by beating tOSU. No way should we be behind Penn State, that is flippin nuts. I really have no faith in the polls.....I wonder where Dantonio put us?? LMAO!!
- November 11, 2007 2:01 PM
- Crazyswordsman said...
You know, these healing pics don't make me feel any better. They make me feel much worse and make me realize I'll never have a girlfriend.
If you really want to make us feel better, write something funny. This blog is like the highlight of my week.
- November 11, 2007 2:12 PM
- ChicagoWolverine said...
Nice photo of my future x-wife! More healing please!
- November 11, 2007 2:13 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
Probably a record for getting over a loss, for both of us.
- November 11, 2007 2:32 PM
- Matt said...
I also agreed with the call to not go for the 2 point conversions. Pat Forde jumped on Michigan for this, and he's wrong. His article was obnoxious and unnecessary. It simply singled Michigan out. Not fair, uncalled for.
I don't think that yesterday was an exact reflection of the way we've been playing all season. Something was clearly wrong and the D didn't show up. We beat a bunch of the teams that beat down Wisconsin. It was a game we should have won and we just didn't play. Hopefully the team can turn things around for next week. Also, there was a number of bad coaching calls. I thought Henne and Hart should have played.
- November 11, 2007 2:42 PM
- Katie said...
Ohhhh I am jealous! Congrats! Now next week you might have a more difficult time comforting her in the loss to us, but I have faith that you can pull that off too! (I am trying to have faith that our boys in Blue and pull off that win as well!)
- November 11, 2007 2:44 PM
- jwalk said...
It seems to me that part of the success of the zone read blocking scheme isn't necessarily that Hart has the better patience for it. When the run game isn't successful, it is because the opposing defense is keying in on stopping it. Not a big deal with a senior quaterback in (All three backs have seen success with Henne at the helm). But with a freshman running the show, it limits the passing options (both caused by playcalling and flat out ability of the qb).
So many of Michigan's running plays come off of a delayed handoff. If Mallett is in, the defense is not as likely to bite on the delay. Hart isn't better at finding the holes in this type of situation. He's just better at not getting tackled and making something out of nothing.
A delayed handoff doesn't help if they know you will probably run. It just gives the d-line more time to blow the play up in the backfield.
- November 11, 2007 5:28 PM
- Matt said...
I don't know who commented on it, but Crable's hit on Troy Smith last year was completely legal. At the point the hit happened, Troy was still in-bounds and was acting as a running back, not a quarter back.
Just like the play yesterday, Crable should not have been penalized. I'm all for protecting offensive players from cheap hits, but those two hits should never be flagged.
Football is becoming soft because of all the protection given to quarterbacks. If coaches want mobile quarterbacks, then it needs to be explained to them that they are going to get hit the same way as a running back or wide receiver with the ball. There is a reason the option isn't run in the NFL. The quarterback would be killed. Just because some of the top DL and LB in college hit like they are in the NFL, doesn't mean that quarterbacks need extra protection.
- November 11, 2007 5:50 PM
- jwalk said...
I still chuckle everytime I see this...
The New Gold Standard: Charlie Weis and Notre Dame's Rise to Glory
- November 11, 2007 6:00 PM
- IamCris said...
I like all the pics of the ladies that go up on the blog. I appreciate the time and effort that goes into softening up the sting of a loss. Aside from that. If it is a fake, does your right hand feel cheated or something?
I'm just saying.
- November 11, 2007 9:26 PM
- Katie said...
LOL@Chris, that probably depends on if you are right or left handed ;o)
- November 11, 2007 9:32 PM
- Mikoyan said...
If the quarterback is running, he should be treated as any other running back. I agree with that.
It's interesting to see where OSU fell to though. I guess Big 10 teams can't lose. If OSU were an SEC team, they would have fell to Number 2 or something.
I'm still ticked that Kansas is ranked where it is though. They should be Nubmer 1 being undefeated and all. Same with Hawaii.
And Kurt Herbstreit is a ...blah, can't think of anythign...
- November 11, 2007 10:12 PM
- tabithasaysgoblue said...
Crable, Crable, Crable...I was almost over the penalty from last years OSU game, when...anyway!! I hope he does not start against OSU, he shouldn't! It's called self control...get some! I agree with Yost that was key in the outcome saturday.
- November 12, 2007 9:51 AM
- Jessica said...
I can only hope Crable got that shit out of his system this week and doesn't cost us another OSU game next week. If it would have been possible for me to reach through the TV and kill him, he would have been dead last year.
- November 12, 2007 4:02 PM


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Saturday, August 12, 2006
Michigan-Notre Dame Series Needs a Rest
And I couldn't agree more.
It's ironic that these thoughts of Schembechler came out earlier this week as, believe it or not, I had recently told Benny I was going to pen just such a post expressing the same sentiment right before this year's M/ND clash. But Bo's statement has forced me to move up my post.
In the Detroit Free Press article linked above, Schembechler said, "I would rather have an intersectional game than a midwest game. Play Southern Cal. I don't care. Play Texas... somebody like that. But not Notre Dame."
He's right.
That's because, since we play each season, the Michigan-Notre Dame showdown has lost its "special-ness." It now feels like any ol' Big 10 contest. Like just another game. And I bet if you ask Fighting Irish fans, they probably feel the same way.
It's a shame. But a fact.
As a little kid, I remember when Michigan and Rick Leach were set to square off against the Irish and Joe Montana in 1978 for the first time in I-don't-know-how-many years. The excitement and buzz about that game was electric. Fans on both sides - and across the country - couldn't wait.
But now, all these years later? Wolverines vs. the Irish? Ho hum.
And it's not because the teams aren't highly regarded. We're talking about the two winningest programs in the history of the greatest game on earth (blow me, soccer). We're talking about a Notre Dame team ranked no worse than #3 in just about all the pre-season polls I've seen and a Michigan squad ranked among the top 15. We're talking about South Bend in September.
Unfortunately, this once-great rivalry now feels like a Hollywood marriage that's on the rocks. It was sexy in the beginning, everybody used to talk about it and both people still say the right things. But now, the excitement has died out and each person would much rather be with someone else. Yes, the Michigan-Notre Dame series has become the college football equivelent of Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston.
I'd much rather schedule the way Ohio State is going to do over the next decade or so: besides Texas this year and last, they're playing a home-and-home with Oklahoma, Miami, USC, Washington, Cal and Virginia Tech.
Those kind of games put a smile on any college football fan's face.
Instead of going to South Bend again, wouldn't you rather see the Wolverines preparing to face off against Georgia between the hedges? Or Nebraska in Lincoln? Or the 'Noles in Tallahassee?
Look, this isn't "anti-Notre Dame. I would say the same thing about any INSERT TEAM HERE if we played them every season. This is about variety. It's about change. Ending a once classic rivalry and replacing it with another. And another. And another.
It's about putting excitement back in Michigan's non-conference schedule.
58 comments:
Michigan would be playing the part of Brad Pitt in this scenario, cause we would be leaving Notre Dame for someone hotter.
- August 11, 2006 1:32 AM
- fightinamish said...
Schembechler? Never heard of the guy. How many national championships did he win?
- August 11, 2006 2:07 AM
I love the game.
Tell me, are you tired of the UM/MSU game eacj season, or the UM/OSU game? They're not exciting because they're conference games, they're exciting because they're great rivalries.
- August 11, 2006 2:38 AM
- Beban said...
As a West Coast guy, I must say that I love watching the Michigan vs. Notre Dame game every year. Two of the best places to watch football, and two of the traditional powerhouses going at it.
Alas, I fear that deep down, part of this has to do with softening up the schedule. I don't think any Wolverines fans would say it outwardly, but I think that's part of the sentiment. Big 10 and ND is pretty rough. Big Ten and Western Michigan is a little easier. I may be wrong. Let me know.
- August 11, 2006 2:50 AM
- Yost said...
Did you not read the post? I wasn't talking about replacing ND w/ WMU or some gimme. I want to play Texas, Georgia, Florida, Miami, Nebraska, etc. Other great programs.
As for Anon, no I'm not tired of those games, they're our conference rivals. ND is not. Thus, why treat them as a conference foe and play them each season. Let's change it up with other great teams.
- August 11, 2006 3:03 AM
- Beban said...
Yost, I read the post, and I agree with you, but I just think that Notre Dame vs. Michigan is a real peach, and that it won't get replaced by other great matchups.
UCLA, my alma mater, scheduled Oklahoma, Michigan, the Vols, and the Tide over a number of years, but the conference hates it when teams don't load up up easy pickins (Which is why we've had San Diego St., Utah, and Baylor on the schedule). I know you want to replace ND with other regional powerhouses, and I respect it, but schools and conferences also want wins. If you guys can schedule the monster programs, I compliment you. Very often, however, it just doesn't turn out that way. Stick with ND. It's good for you, it's good for them, and it's good for college football.
- August 11, 2006 3:13 AM
- Galen said...
Just further proof: look at the Penn State/Notre Dame game this year, the Nits haven't played them since 1992 and PSU fans are buzzing about playing them again. Don't know how Notre Dame fans feel, but it's exciting for Penn State fans.
- August 11, 2006 8:14 AM
You guys sound like you are tired of the old wife and would like a new girl on the side, but with a chance to resume relations on an as needed basis.
As a Buckeye and a fan of the Big 10/11, I wish we would play ND more often. TOSU always schedules the obligatory Ohio school to keep the money in state and one "powerhouse" such as Texas. Trouble is, when scheduling so far in advance, there is no guarantee that those schools will be good in the year that you have them on the schedule. It wasn't that long ago that ND was shitty, even USC was down before Petey.
I would like to see no 1-AA teams allowed on the schedule which would force another game available on many schedules to create more intersectional games. I know Tressel is throwing YSU a bone in the next few years, but I would rather play a top Big 12 or SEC school (sorry, Vandy doesn't count).
Schools like ours don't like to give up the home games though and most games would require a home and home. A man can dream can't he?
Love the blog...keep up the good work. BTW, I'm clean shaven.
- August 11, 2006 8:35 AM
Bo was right?!?!? That thought is just weird...
Anyways, Notre Lame needs you more than you need them. I say the AD at Michigan tells them to join the Big Ten if they want to play Michigan.
As OSU fans we can only root for a black hole to swallow you both up and maybe that TD Jesus.
- August 11, 2006 8:55 AM
We will keep kicking Irish butt for ya. FIGHT ON
- August 11, 2006 9:06 AM
- marychastain said...
I honestly love the Michigan/Notre Dame game. I'm so used to it I don't know what I would do without it!
- August 11, 2006 10:04 AM
- St. Simons Island Nole said...
Hell Yeah, get your butts down to Tallahassee! I would love to see that....You all owe one from 1991 when we went to the Big House and won 51-31. What I remember from that game is the first play, Grbac throws and out pass that is picked by Buckley and run back for an INT. Ah, the good ole days....
Seriously, Tally is a great place to watch a game, and it would be sweet to see Michigan there.
- August 11, 2006 10:16 AM
I agree with the larger point that the matchup isn't as special when it happens every year. I'd rather see novel matchups against Texas, Oklahoma, and the SEC.
But please, Bo must be nearing senility if he thinks ND "needs" UM. Christ, we have our own TV network, and a home-and-home series with ND remains the wet dream of pretty much every AD in the country. And all this after a decade of mediocrity and misery.
- August 11, 2006 10:30 AM
- Andy said...
St. Simons Island Nole you forget 1986 when we played FSU for homecoming and won 20-18. Who in the hell schedules Florida State for homecoming ???
I personally would love to see us drop Notre Dame for the next 8-10 years. Not because it isn't a good game -- but except for 2003 (38-0 stil makes me smile)-- we always seem to play at their level. If they are bad, we play bad. If they are good, we play good.
- August 11, 2006 10:41 AM
- harry hasselhoff said...
I agree. ND is a great rival but its become too predictable. Anyhow, Michigan has some revenge to dish after the last couple bowl losses to the Big 12, and I'd love to see M play the 'Noles, Gators, Tigers, etc - just not all in one season :)
- August 11, 2006 11:14 AM
I would be fine w/ Michigan and ND only playing 1 home and home every 8 to 10 years, but there is no way Michigan is going to replace ND with elite (Texas/Big 3 Fl schools) teams. If ND is dropped Michigan will see one more MAC or D1aa opponent every year.
- August 11, 2006 11:21 AM
- The King said...
You guys are fucking crazy.
- August 11, 2006 11:50 AM
I usually agree with your posts, but you're way off base here. This game brings in way too many viewers that normally wouldn't see a UM game. It gives UM a shot at national exposure, which should help with the pollsters and recruiting. Why can't UM drop a central mich, vandy or ball st. and pick up a second decent ooc game? I think Bo has a point, but dropping ND from the scedule doesn't help UM. Full disclosure, I went to USC and look forward not only to the ND game, but also other tough ooc opponents. And I hate it when USC winds up playing San Diego St. If your team loses to a tough ooc opponent, at least they made an attempt at proving their worth on the playing field and not in the scheduling of inferior opponents.
- August 11, 2006 12:09 PM
I don't think PSU, MSU or PU should play them either. ND gets the benefit of playing a B10 schedule w/o actually having to be in the conference.
There isn't a school or hanger on/fan base in the world that has a more delusional belief about their superiority than ND. OSU over the past 10 years has shown them how superior they are.
Here's hoping Michigan, Penn State, Michigan State and Purdue can do the same thing this year. On Sept. 16 I'm the biggest Michigan fan there is.
- August 11, 2006 12:10 PM
The matchup would be more exciting if we would win more often. That's the problem. We shouldn't duck ND because we're frustrated. Even when we lose the games are full of glitz and excitement.
- August 11, 2006 12:26 PM
The only problem with Bo's comment about intersectional games and yours is that Michigan has not played a regular season contest south of the Mason-Dixon line in over 50 years. Bo wouldn't take a team south to play in that heat. Teams like South Carolina, Florida State, Miami played at UM in the 80's but UM never traveled south to meet them.
This game has become one of the marquee games of the college football year. They almost always come down to a decisive last play. The only thing I wish is that it was still the first game of the year. Made all of August more exciting.
As a ND fan I can understand wanting to play a variety of teams from all over the country. It is the reason I was eleated they chose to remain independent.
- August 11, 2006 12:33 PM
You say it's not anti-ND, yet the article you link is titles "Bo Belittles ND" . The old man should be put out to pasture with all his National Championships and Rose Bowl tropies.
- August 11, 2006 1:00 PM
First of all Michigan and Notre Dame are not rivals. Notre Dame has only one true rival and they know who they are. Secondly, considering Michigan only went 3-3 against Davie and Willingham, I think this has alot to do with Notre Dame having a good coach now. Michigan needs Notre Dame on their schedule because outside of tO$U, the Big 11 survives by beating 3 to 5 crappy schools they have scheduled in conference, and then beating 2 to 3 MAC or Conf. USA schools every year. Michigan drops Notre Dame and their schedule looks alot like West Virginia's. Notre Dame doesn't need Michigan, Notre Dame has people, like PSU, waiting in line to play them because Notre Dame will do home and homes. Michigan won't play the return game. For you Skunkbear fans, when was the last time Michigan played Oklahoma, Florida, Miami, Georgia, Texas, or Alabama on the road? Michigan won't do it, that's why Michigan has only won 1/2 of a MNC in the last 58 years and only 4 1/2 MNC since the forward pass was invented. Fielding Yost, his bigotry, and his 33 year boycott of the Irish can kiss my pale Irish behind, and so can Bo (I never won anything but Big 10 championships before getting my ass handed to me in the Rose Bowl) Schembechler!
- August 11, 2006 1:11 PM
- Steedle said...
Did you know...
In "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," Brad Pitt plays an art history major from Notre Dame. I can only guess that he interjected that line, being that, in real life, he's an ND fan. So wait, which one was supposed to be which again?
- August 11, 2006 1:16 PM
- weirdo0521 said...
As an ND fan I like this game. As you said it is between thetwo winningest programs in the history. I like the 8 or 10 year series with a few years off. Do you what the odds are off getting UGA to play home and fome? Pretty slim. GA hasn't played in the North in about 30 years.
- August 11, 2006 1:16 PM
Bo is as funny as JoPa with his anti ND whining. Every year B10 folks dust off the old "ND needs us more argument." Yet, there is only one college football team with its own TV contract, a national schedule and international recognition. ND could play SW Appalation State on the moon and it would be a sell out. I truly wish the B10 would try life without ND for a couple of years. ND would replace all its B10 opponents with comparable teams from other conferences while Mich would pad its schedule with northern lower level teams. OSU is the only team with nads in the B10. UM fans and ex-coaches are delusional.
Give it up. UM doesn't have the guts to shore up its schedule with the likes of FSU, Texas, Miami, USC, LSU etc. It certainly doesn't have the guts to simply end the series with ND. If UM really wanted out, they have the means to do it. But, like most sheep, they'll won't budge unless they can somehow convince the other members of the B10 to join in them in a boycott of ND. Won't happen. ADs aren't stupid. Purdue, PSU and MSU know that the ND game is one of their biggest paydays. They can hike up season ticket prices and the masses won't blink b/c ND is on the schedule.
"Notre Dame, often criticized, but always televised!"
- August 11, 2006 1:32 PM
- Yost said...
No one is suggesting playing some hack team, just other top programs instead.
And how is OSU the only team with "nads?" Because they play Texas? Great, Michigan plays ND... unless you're saying Texas is better than the Irish. OSU can one different big-time program each year. Why? Because they're not locked into a series like M/ND are. Furthermore, you don't see OSU (or any major conference team anymore) playing, say, ND, Miami and Texas as their non-con games. It's just one.
As for other members of Big10, I could give a rat's ass. That is their scheduling, not Michigan's. Yes, Purdue needs this game. So too, probably, does MSU. But Michigan (and PSU) don't need ND on their schedule.
B/c as for your selling out SWAS on the moon comment, seeing as Michigan has had over 100,000+ at every game since 1974, it's not about putting asses in the seats. We do pretty well, thanks. It's about different teams.
- August 11, 2006 2:07 PM
What kind of post is this??? Speaking from the ND point of view, the fans in South Bend get up for this game every year.... Not to mention, this is always going to be on national TV and you know the UM administration isn't going to trade that TV revenue playing the storied Irish program
The Irish could go 8-4, but if they beat Michigan (their only true rival), the season is somewhat salvaged
These are the two most storied programs in college football history and i'd bet most people on the national stage still like to watch this game (as the West Coast guy hinted too).
- August 11, 2006 2:21 PM
Bo is on crack if he thinks "ND needs UM." Let's be honest here: Neither school "needs" the other. More to the point, though, this is a great rivalry-- one of the best in the country. Some of the most exciting- and close- games I have ever been to were ND-UM. If UM is thinking they want to discontinue the match-ups, it is because they are frustrated with their lack of success (and they can tell that Charlie Weis will cause them substantial difficulties). Finally, I always laugh when I hear others complain that "ND needs to join a conference." What the F do you care whether ND is in a conference?
- August 11, 2006 2:22 PM
- irish66 said...
The games since the series resumed in 1978 have been oustanding. It is usually the most talked about game on its day, and it's almost always one of the premiere intersectional game of the season. The intensity of this rivalry still burns. How can anyone say it has gotten "stale" ?
It'd be a shame to see the series end. I have no idea why Bo hates this game so much.
- August 11, 2006 2:27 PM
- Jeff said...
I actually like your take on it rather than Schembechler's. He made it out to be a whine fest about "Notre Dame needs us more than we need them." The variety and sexiness of the rivalry is the better argument. Schembechler is getting old and does not think too much, like when he put words into Floyd's mouth.
- August 11, 2006 2:29 PM
- August 11, 2006 2:41 PM
Hmmm... I wonder why, among UM fans, the UM-ND game is such a tough ticket to get? I wonder why many schools, when ND is coming, place limitations on the tickets sold or increase the costs for the tickets. Does any school do that when UM is coming?
- August 11, 2006 2:47 PM
Keep M/ND and replace one of our traditional creampuff games with another strong non-conference game. Play EMU or Rice or some other bottomfeeder, then play an Oklahoma or a Texas or whomever. But keep ND.
- August 11, 2006 2:54 PM
- Kenny said...
I couldn't agree more, I just had this discussion with a friend of mine this past week as well. Although I think we should play ND somewhat more frequently than to take them off the schedule for 10 years. Say for every 2 home and homes with other big time programs, schedule 3 ND home and homes. Enough to keep the fans satisfied at keeping the traditional rivalries but at the same time having enough change for the fans that want to see other big time games.
- August 11, 2006 2:56 PM
I think Bo wants scheaduling like Tosu. Tosu games in the coming years USC, Washington, Oklahoma, Texas, Miami FLA, etc.
- August 11, 2006 3:08 PM
I guess if I was fed a steady diet of MAC teams and continually lost to ND I would want a change too. But, I bet Mich will not pick up Texas, Miami, etc, because you dont want anymore non-conf home and home series and those "big" teams wont agree to play only in AA. Michigan is not our greatest rival, we simply tolerate the game as another midwest, Big 10 match up. I value the Purdue and Mich State series more so than the Mich series because Mich always makes excuses and complains when ND beats them. Second rate program deserves second rate opponents. Go schedule FIU and Troy State.
- August 11, 2006 3:22 PM
- Yost said...
Really, Anon? You value Purdue and MSU more, huh? Ok.
- August 11, 2006 3:28 PM
A few points:
-the series isn't as one-sided as you might think. The home team has won all but one game since it resumed in '97, and it was dead even from '92-'94. That's why when ND suddenly steals a road game from UM, you suddenly have 1-3. Since ND hadn't won at UM since '93, UM should get the win at ND it hasn't had since '94, following the pattern.
-OSU should be commended for scheduling Texas, but at the same time, people pretend as if OSU intentionally scheduled the #2 team in the country/defending champion. Rather, Texas was a major top 15 program with a coach on the hot seat when that scheduling was made.
-the UM-ND series is great, but it would be more special if it wasn't totally annual, that's the point of this. 6 games per 10 years sounds good to me. Neither school needs the other.
-good for ND to have its own TV contract...certainly a prestigious program, but that's not the "accomplishment" their fans make it out to be. Only schools without conference affiliation are capable of doing that, and I doubt you'll see FOX doing a deal with Navy or Troy.
-I see a weather issue with a Michigan-SEC home and home. As in, we'll be willing to go down to Florida in September (hot weather team with the advantage), but only if you come up to Michigan in December. But we won't be scheduling late nonconf game anytime soon.
- August 11, 2006 4:30 PM
Notre Dame begins improving and Michigan people want to end the series. Shocking.
- August 11, 2006 4:51 PM
- War Eagle In Fla said...
what the f@#% is up Shembechler's ass?
give that guy an enema for chrissake
of course UM doesn't want to play the pope's team, cuz ND will march up and down the field every time they get the ball.
Seacrest Out.
- August 11, 2006 5:10 PM
I'll come clean and admit that I'm your worst nightmare: an ND grad that grew up in Columbus and is a life long Buckeye fan. I can honestly say that while I was at ND ('88-'92), the Michigan game was by far the BIGGEST of the season. From what I gather, ND fans still hold the game in very, very high regard.
But I agree with your post--the Michigan v ND game has become a bit tired and it feels like a Big Ten game. There is a reason for that...ND should join the conference! I think ND's football mentality is nutso at best and its ego off the charts. The Big Ten should remind themselves of the cold shoulder of a few years ago and say "if you don't want to join the conference, than we won't play you." No more Michigan, MSU and Purdue.
Suddenly, ND may see that all that extra travel adds up to less cash in the bank and get real. Maybe they'd finally join a conference. Of course, now they'd happily join the Big East, where they could win about twenty titles in a row and laugh all the way to the bank.
- August 11, 2006 6:28 PM
Keep ND on the schedule. I love to watch them get their overrated, overhyped asses handed to them. I actually hate them more than tOSU. Sacreligious I know, but I didn't go to UM and I don't live in Michigan. ND fans have the same obnoxious smugness toward everyone else as Habs fans have toward Leafs fans (American translation: Yankees fans toward Red Sox fans).
Besides don't we all want to see Emu boy trip over his giant ego in the Big House.
- August 11, 2006 6:33 PM
- Aram said...
I've been saying this since day 1 of this 10-year contract. Having ND in the schedule each and every year means 3 cupcakes and ND every year. BORING. And Bo has been rather vocal about it every time anybody has asked him about it.
- August 11, 2006 10:18 PM
- Steedle said...
I hope this anonymous guy...
"The Irish could go 8-4, but if they beat Michigan (their only true rival), the season is somewhat salvaged"
...is not an ND fan. If so, he is very poorly informed and I can only assume a very young person. There are way the hell too many anonymous people here.
- August 12, 2006 2:28 AM
another thing to remember is that this doesn't guarantee us a good enough schedule for BCS purposes. It's true that scheduling is a gamble, since you don't know how good a team is years in advance. But we can't bank on ND every year, they've been so up and down over the last decade. Some years they don't go to a bowl, and then we may have no bowl teams on our nonconf schedule.
- August 12, 2006 9:38 AM
With a 12-game schedule, why is it necessary to drop ND to fit in another quality program?
I know that it would be tough to sacrifice the upcoming game with Ball State. UM vs. Ball State. Now that's what college football is all about. I'm also sure there are concerns about scheduling a higher level opponent in place of the Ball State contest. As it is, UM faces a murderers row of Northwestern, Ball State, and Indiana -- IN CONSECUTIVE WEEKS!
The case for dropping ND would be stronger if the Big 10/11 used the 12th game to add a conference contest. But since it didn't, why not use the 12th game for a reasonably quality opponent?
Don't agree with Yost's point about the ND/UM game, but the man runs a great blog.
- August 12, 2006 2:52 PM
Oh my God. What a piece of crap! The whole things smells of fear. Fear of getting your ass kicked for the next upteen years of the series. Pussy. Pussy. Pussy.
You should be ashamed of yourself.
ND is not going join the eff'n Big 11. No reason to. Go ahead, run and hide.
- August 12, 2006 10:23 PM
I can't believe the arrogance of the ND posters. At the end of the year it's going to look something like this - Mich 9-3, ND 9-3, OSU 9-3. Great job, way to go all three, nice bowl, move on! As far as tOSU is concerned, someone please look at their non-conference schedule the last ten years and tell me, prior to Texas, who did they play that was any good, and better yet, on the road!!!! Notre Dame is basically Michigan, but without a conference - they win almost all of the games they are supposed to and split their tough games, hence the 8-4 seasons like Michigan. Give me a freakin' break - Army, Navy, Air Force, UNC, Stanford, Purdue, MSU, and Geo Tech - how many of those teams will win more than they lose? So it boils down to 3 1/2 tough games, just like, say - Michigan and tOSU, WOW! CRAZY STUFF! ND didn't join the big ten in football - 1) MONEY, 2) MONEY, 3) MONEY, and 4) they would lose too many games each year, and would rarely, if ever, contend for a national title because of the difficulty in playing in such a demanding conference. So for all you ND fans, enjoy the pre-season rankings, because by the end of the year and at least 3 losses later, they will be a distant memory! Same for you Mich(although expectations are much lower) and tOSU fans!!!
- August 12, 2006 11:12 PM
I agree with many of the comments here stating that Bo is off his rocker on this topic and that there is no reason to take this off the schedule. These games are almost always tight contests - even when one of the teams is having a down year because everyone involved knows what's at stake. It is without question a rivalry and we should have as many of those on our schedule as possible. There are FOUR non-conference games. Just kick out one of the creampuffs and add another good team. Simple.
- August 13, 2006 4:13 PM
- Papa Steve said...
I think we shoold keep them on the schedule, just not EVERY year, like an 'open realtionship' where you see each other a lot, but are free to see other people.
2-4 years on home/away, the 2-4 years off. It would create huge amounts of anticipation when the series started back up, as well as when it was coming to a close to see who comes out ahead and gets bragging rights during the off years.
I would definitely like to start scheduling some other regional powerhouse teams. I find myself extremely envious of the OSU/Texas home/away and the exposure and prestige that the series has generated for both teams, no matter who wins/loses.
I don't believe in scheduling cupcakes and shooting for numbers in positioning a team for a BCS slot. Big name teams should play each other and those that win out should go to BCS..plain and simple. It would lend more creedence to the BCS process overall as their would be more real games upon which to judge teams. Teams that have easy schedules that haven't stepped up and played against other top teams should be penalized heavily in consideration for BCS eligibility. I currently do not think that SOC is weighted nearly enough in the current formula.
In the end it would probably mean that UM loses a few more games, but that is the game right? Competition?
- August 14, 2006 12:33 PM
Michigan at Georgia. Georgia at Michigan. Big Blue between the hedges...then the 'Dawgs visit the Big House. What congressman do I write to get this done? How much do I have to contribute to the Jim Mandich fund to see this thing through? Awesome idea!
Go Dawgs!
- August 15, 2006 8:58 AM
- paulwesterdawg said...
the ND TV contract is somewhat overblown in terms of exposure.
The SEC contract is as good to UGA as the ND contract is to ND from an exposure standpoint.
ND gets 6 home games on NBC without split coverage. Then usually 2 on ABC without split coverage and 3 regional ABC telecasts like BC or michigan State.
Last year UGA's TV games were:
UT - CBS national
UF - CBS national
SC - ESPN Primetime national
Boise - ESPN Primetime national
AU - CBS national
Miss State - ESPN2 primetime national
Vandy - ESPN2 primetime national
ARK - ESPN2 primetime national
LSU - CBS SEC Title Game national
GT - ABC split regional
UK - JP regional
We had 1 non-televised game and 9 nationally televised games.
I'd say in terms of total viewers that UGA's SEC contact is as good or better than ND's.
The issue is one of money. ND isn't splitting their home game TV cash with anyone.
- August 15, 2006 6:10 PM
- Mike said...
Stanford? North Carolina? Air Force? Army? Let's stop pretending Notre Dame only plays national powerhouses.
And let's stop bashing the Big Ten for playing weak OOC teams. PSU has Alabama lined up when the ND series ends. They have played Miami and Nebraska in recent years. OSU plays Texas. The Big Ten doesn't duck anyone, but we're not going to give ourselves a schedule that makes it impossible to win a NC. We are doing what every BCS contender does. One major player and three cream puffs.
- August 15, 2006 10:22 PM
Saw this posted over at Kyle's Georgia blog and wanted to make two comments. One, I am completely in line with T. Kyle King on the desirability of matching Georgia with Michigan. I would love to see this happen, and think this would be as big a national matchup as OSU/UT.
Second, this quote is only partially correct:
Do you what the odds are off getting UGA to play home and fome? Pretty slim. GA hasn't played in the North in about 30 years.
Georgia has currently scheduled series with Arizona State, Colorado and Oregon State. We had a two-for-one scheduled with Cincy, but they pulled out. Our problem with OOC scheduling historically has been that a) one of our OOC games is always the Blight on North Avenue, and II) we lose a home game every other year due to the Jacksonville game. Georgia, unlike a number of other schools (Purdue comes to mind) has used the new 12th game to schedule intersectional games against BCS schools. I see no reason why we couldn't schedule UM, other than a failure of will on the part of our ADs.
- August 16, 2006 10:56 AM
In the words of the sage of Louisville, Lee Corso: Not so fast, my friend.
"We are doing what every BCS contender does. One major player and three cream puffs."
Consider these OOC schedules among the top Pac-10 teams (Only three OOC games, since the Pac-10 adopted an extra conference game with the 12-game schedule.):
USC: Arkansas, Nebraska, Notre Dame.
Cal: Tennessee, Minnesota, Portland State. (Okay, one cream puff)
Oregon: Oklahoma, Fresno State, Portland State. (Apparently, the conference's designated cream puff)
I know, I am inviting a whole round of "Which conference is the best", which is not the intent. But I don't think the one toughie and three cream puffs formula is universal.
- August 16, 2006 3:19 PM
Only at a place like notre dame are 9-3 seasons and walk-ons earning playing time magical.
(sidenote: Michigan's schedule, with all its MAC snacks, was still rated #1 last year... nd's was a paltry 64th. Embarassing, isn't it?)
All this vehement backlash toward Bo's comments sounds like an insecure teenage boy who's been rejected by the prom queen and then goes off with a tirade of insults in a feeble attempt to salvage some pride.
Good luck, domers! Here's to two winning seasons in a row!
- August 17, 2006 5:11 PM
Whether ND or anybody else, i say do NOT play any non-conference opponent in consecutive years. Take at least one year off, and allow anticipation to build, as well as increasing the amount of national exposure and entertainment for Michigan fans by 'spreading it around'.
The series with Colorado was one example: the 1994 Hail Mary game probably became more legendary because the teams did not play the next year, and was talked about until the two teams played again, building up greater anticipation for the rematch when it did come.
I also believe that Michigan's 'star power' and fan/recruit recognition are great enough, that many quality BCS teams could be found that would agree to single games at Ann Arbor, or 3 game home-away-home series.
- August 26, 2006 1:00 AM


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Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Can't Spell TresseLL without Two L's
Well, with Tosu in a bit of a slump in the public eye after back-to-back bitch slappings in the BCS title game, I think it's time Michigan fans returned the favor. From now on, on message boards, in chat rooms and whenever you are forced to print or spell the name of the legendary Buckeye coach, make sure you do so with the new, proper correct spelling: TresseLL -- with two large L's at the end.
Now, before Buck fans remind us here at the MZone that Ann Arbor is still a whore and leave misspelled profanity-laced sentence fragments in the comments section frothing at the mouth that doing something like this takes a set of brass balls coming from a fan base that's lost four straight to the boys from Columbus, we have one thing to say:
Ain't college football rivalries grand!
(HT: Andy)
39 comments:
- Richard Cranium said...
Wellity wellity wellity. I suppose that was coming but hey did we all forget what happened to Michigan in bowls in the past 3 years? I still am very glad that you beat the Gaytors!
- January 16, 2008 7:12 AM
- TitleIX said...
and, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome back from a long an silent yet celebrated absence...
dick brain!
- January 16, 2008 7:15 AM
- TitleIX said...
and an HT: to Andy for the LL post
- January 16, 2008 7:16 AM
- whetstonebuck said...
Touché. What goes around comes around.
I think I would spell it like this though: TresseNCLL. We have to find some joy in all of this.
- January 16, 2008 7:25 AM
- Oh Yeah said...
Very clever. Except for the fact that the buckeye fans can laugh at the LLLLLLoyd because WE delivered those L's. Michigan saying it just makes you look like the little kid beside the big kid yelling "Yeah! What he said"!
- January 16, 2008 8:51 AM
- Out of Conference said...
Shouldn't it be TWesseLL? I mean there is a W in there somewhere.... that game was on constant loop on the BTN prior to the MNC game.
- January 16, 2008 8:57 AM
- Joshua said...
Only if TWesseLL is hunting wabbits.
- January 16, 2008 10:18 AM
- Yost said...
Yes, big props to Andy for the idea. Will update. I couldn't remember where I saw that comment and who wrote it. Thanks.
- January 16, 2008 10:26 AM
- tripnfall_17 said...
Um, I think this is funny, but why hasn't someone tried to start the "Wwweis" campaign?
- January 16, 2008 11:13 AM
- Tommo's Books said...
So original.
- January 16, 2008 11:21 AM
- ohio_guy said...
Michigan can't seem to beat OSU on their own, so they have to root for SEC teams to do it for them
that must suck.
- January 16, 2008 2:43 PM
- Joshua said...
Almost as much as living in Ohio would suck.
- January 16, 2008 4:13 PM
- ohio_guy said...
here's a quote from the Detroit News for you Joshua:
"Michigan was one of only two states that lost population last year as fleeing job-seekers accelerated the state's population decline, Census estimates released today show.
Only tiny Rhode Island also lost population in the year prior to July 1, as Michigan's population plummeted by 30,500 last year, more than five times the loss in the prior year and echoing the devastating slump that hit the state in the early 1980s.
"It's pure economy," said Kurt Metzger, director of research for the United Way for Southeastern Michigan. "It just reinforces that one-state recession."
link to full article: http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071227/METRO/712270389
Michigan is worse off than Ohio right now, so I'd watch what you say about it sucking to live in Ohio.
- January 16, 2008 4:44 PM
- TitleIX said...
got any waterfalls in Ohio?
how many lighthouses?
how about a fresh water lock?
what about wineries?
or powdery sand beaches?
how about the largest techno music scene on the planet?
or an olympic training site?
or a world renowned music school?
cuz it's allllll about the economy in Ohio. And the yahoos that live there.....
- January 16, 2008 4:53 PM
- ohio_guy said...
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- January 16, 2008 5:14 PM
- ohio_guy said...
"got any waterfalls in Ohio?"
"how many lighthouses?"
not sure on the number, but we have some
"how about a fresh water lock?"
"what about wineries?"
"or powdery sand beaches?"
not sure about the powdery sand part, but we do have beaches
"how about the largest techno music scene on the planet?"
who gives a shit?
"or an olympic training site?
or a world renowned music school?"
good for you.
now, may I ask about Michigan:
How many roller coasters do you have? And of those, how many held a world record at some time?
How many professional sports teams do you have? And how many pro sport leagues started in Michigan?
Did anyone form your state invent airplanes, invent light bulbs, become the first person to walk on the moon, or get elected president?
How many universities do you have?
And since you mentioned techno....did rock and roll start in Michigan?
- January 16, 2008 5:26 PM
- Yeah, I went to Michigan....(western) Michigan... said...
"And since you mentioned techno....did rock and roll start in Michigan?"
No, and it sure as heck didn't start in OHIO! Alan Freed claims to be the first person to call the music "rock and roll," but the music itself had been around a while before him, and the phrase "rock and roll" had been used well back into the 40s. You have one mis-placed Rock and Roll Hall of Fame connecting you to rock and roll's legacy, thats about it. (Oh, plus that WNBA team named the Rockers, only because the "Cleveland Suck" would have hit too close to home.)
- January 16, 2008 6:04 PM
- Corey said...
I lived in Ohio ... and it does suck! Hence, my move back to Colorado.
Ohio_guy ... sandusky might as well be an extension of Michigan, because on any given day there are more michganders there than Ohioans. But to answer your question Michigan does have RCs (no, not record breaking though)
professional sports teams 4 all in one city (cleveland only 3 pro teams, c-bus 1 pro team, cinci-2 pro teams, but NO 4 pro team city in the state). One professional sport started in Ohio? Just because the NFL Hall of Fame is in BFE ohio doesn't mean the NFL started there
planes, no ... cars yes, which is more used by the average person on daily basis
light bulbs, no ... how about the cure to polio
walk on the moon, yes (first no)... how about all Apollo 15 crew from UofM
President 1, and he was a Michigan Alumnus and Football player
Universities, how many ... does this really matter ... MICHIGAN is above Ohio State in academics!
And just because the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is in Cleveland doesn't mean Rock and Roll started in Ohio ... go pay your $30 and go spend another day in the R&R Hall of Fame.
If you count flying 200 ft in the air
- January 16, 2008 6:17 PM
- ohio_guy said...
"Ohio_guy ... sandusky might as well be an extension of Michigan, because on any given day there are more michganders there than Ohioans"
um...this helps Michigan's case in what way? that's like saying: "you suck so bad that a shit load of our people go to your state for entertainment"...um yeah. And I know you have coasters, the point was that ours are much better. And Cedar Point isn't our only park with record breaking coasters.
"professional sports teams 4 all in one city (cleveland only 3 pro teams, c-bus 1 pro team, cinci-2 pro teams, but NO 4 pro team city in the state)."
you only have one city with a population over 200,000. So no shit that's where all the sports teams are. Ohio has 5 cities over 200,000
"One professional sport started in Ohio? Just because the NFL Hall of Fame is in BFE ohio doesn't mean the NFL started there"
yeah, but the thing is, the NFL actually did start in Ohio. Also, the Reds were the first pro baseball team.
"President 1, and he was a Michigan Alumnus and Football player"
I said "did anyone from your state get elected president"
- January 16, 2008 7:28 PM
- Spaldo said...
Leave it to an OSU fan to rely on a "does your state have roller coasters" argument. Come to Ohio --we have roller coasters! Only an OSU fan would wear Cedar Point and roller coasters as some sort of merit badge. What a grade-A, royal douche.
Fucking roller coasters. Unbelievable.
- January 16, 2008 8:15 PM
- Spaldo said...
BTW, it's REALLY easy to be an arrogant asshole when OSU set themselves up by making roller coaster arguments.
I am just flabbergasted by that post. My co-worker from California just spit his coffee when I showed it to him.
- January 16, 2008 8:18 PM
- ohio_guy said...
spaldo, you make it sound like that was the only thing I brought up.
I wasn't the one who started this argument. I responded to Joshua's comment, and then to tile 9's comment.
and if "come to Ohio, we have roller coasters" is such a dumb argument, then why do so many people from Michigan come to Ohio for that very reason?
- January 16, 2008 8:42 PM
- Joshua said...
Actually, I lived in Ohio for about seven years, so I speak from experience. All those things you mentioned? Definitely assets to your state. If not for the over-abundance of asshole tOSU fans who wouldn't know the meaning of class if a dictionary came to life and kicked them in the nuts it might be a nice place to live. A quick perusal of youtube will prove that your fanbase as a whole is one of the worst behaved in the nation. I tip my hat to people like Whets, who has class and can form a valid argument. Those who throw D cell batteries at opposing players and coaches, or those who berate Michigan fans who come to cheer their team on in Columbus are all too common. On many occasions I had friends, Buckeye fans, who had to intervene while I was watching games with them and minding my own business and got challenged to fights. For that reason I do not enjoy living in Ohio. Too many idiots for my taste.
As for yourself, you seem like a nice enough guy, and can definitely form an argument, so let me be the first to welcome you. If you stick around you'll see I'm a chronic smartass, have an overinflated ego, and would gladly be T9's kept man if only she could do math. But we do get each other's backs here, team affiliation aside, so don't take offense at people jumping to my defense. I just happen to be the asshole they know. :)
- January 16, 2008 9:10 PM
- Stuck in East Lansing said...
The current argument over which state is better reminds me of those "Bum Fights" videos from a few years back. That said, I have to side with ohio_guy.
Ohio has 3 decent (where by decent I mean they're not Detroit) big cities, they have a better economy,and their winters aren't as miserable. Both states have their pretty nature-type attractions and both have their fair share of uneducated rednecks. So they're equals in those areas. From my own experience, I can vouch that living in Columbus was like living in New York or SF relative to my current squalid existence in East Lansing.
- January 16, 2008 10:19 PM
- Spaldo said...
I grew up in Michigan, went to U-M undergrad and law school, and then fled to Washington, D.C.
With all that being said, comparing cities in Michigan and Ohio is like comparing a turd and a turd wrapped in burnt hair -- they all are shit. Just my humble opinion. However, there is a reason why celebrities and professional athletes purchase luxuary homes in Traverse City -- it's gorgeous and the summers and Lake Michigan is glorious. That tips the balance to Michigan.
If I had to live in either place, I'd blow my head off.
- January 16, 2008 10:27 PM
- whetstonebuck said...
Arizona is nice all the time. We don't have roller-coasters, but we do have lots of immigrants from Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and *shudder* California.
I guess our doom is sealed.
PS: water is overrated.
- January 16, 2008 11:19 PM
- Dennis Wilson said...
Oh, and one more thing: How many peninsulas does Ohio have? None.
Michigan has two!
- January 17, 2008 1:41 AM
- ohio_guy said...
"Oh, and one more thing: How many peninsulas does Ohio have? None.
Michigan has two"
Michigan has way more than just 2 penisulas
And Ohio does have at least one.
- January 17, 2008 3:24 AM
- srudoff said...
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- January 17, 2008 7:37 AM
- srudoff said...
guys (and gals)....
i'm getting kinda worried about you
if an msu fan (whom you own big time) or psu fan (ditto) came up to you and started laughing in your face because you can't beat The Ohio State University, you'd think it's pretty pathetic - and it would be!!! They can't beat you, so they live vicariously through a team that owns you?!?! Losers! Ridiculous and pathetic for those PSU and MSU fans to have to stoop so low!
Pot, meet Kettle. C'mon, you guys are better than this (well except maybe daBraylon)
and somebody please get Spaldo his roid rage medicine. Jesus Christ. Title 9 brings up techno and wineries (sorry girl but you know i love you anyway) but we get called out for retorting with rollercoasters (admittedly weak)???
Apparently reading things in context of the whole thread is a concept you haven't grasped yet.
Finally, it saddens me somewhat to see a supposed Michigan grad and law school student talk about the "luxuary" homes in Traverse City. I guess you were sick the day they taught spelling at Michigan.... I guess Nick Bakay would say "Education, advantage Ohio"
- January 17, 2008 7:43 AM
- whetstonebuck said...
"Michigan has way more than just 2 penisulas"
What's a penis-u-la? Is that part of the French influence in the settling of Michigan or the Jewish migration as seen in places like fondue-yur-lox or whatever it's called?
And why would you have two?
I'm so confused.
- January 17, 2008 8:16 AM
- Pyle said...
I think some of us missed the point on the OSU intentional misspelling of Lloyd. The number of L's comes from the amount of losses (1-6 vs. Tressel), so spelling Tressel with two L's (6-1 vs. Lloyd) looks pretty dumb, at least at this point in his career at Ohio State.
Maybe wait until you guys actually beat us.
- January 17, 2008 8:32 AM
- Joshua said...
one little smartass comment and I get the Michigan v. Ohio v. the rest of the nation where would you rather live war. Man, you guys either need a drink or need to get laid. At the very least take too much cold medicine and spend some quality time with the bra section of a JC Penney catalog.
And Gomer- yeah, we know. Yost was being "ironical".
- January 17, 2008 8:59 AM
- Spaldo said...
@ srudoff
The only thing more pathetic than leading off a defense of your state by emphasizing roller coasters is commenting on the spelling habits of blog posters. I spell check 2nd Circuit briefs, not my blog posts.
Love the roid rage comment, as well as the educational barb. I'll admit over the last six years you have "owned" us on the football field. But please -- let's not even get into the educational arguments. You're an even bigger douche than Mr. hill billy roller coaster.
- January 17, 2008 9:48 AM
- Oh Yeah said...
Seriously? Are we having a "My state is better than your state" pissing contest? You both need to take your ball and go home.
And have a nap. You sound cranky.
- January 17, 2008 10:18 AM
- Randy said...
1. I cannot believe that such a great blog as this one would propose to copy the LLLL thing. Stealing from Ohio State fans? Come on!!!!
2. I cannot believe you guys fall for someone using roller coasters to compare state. Don't you recognize sarcasm or just don't believe such a thing could come from a non-Michigan fan?
- January 17, 2008 3:16 PM
- 2 bucks 1 cup said...
How many total holes of miniature golf does Ohio have?
- January 17, 2008 9:58 PM
- Josey said...
What Michigan fans don't know is that we were saluting Carr's Best years! It wasn't an insult like you think. In his thirteen years other than the undefeated season 2 loses was the pinnacle of Michigan football! He reached that lofty goal two whole times! The other ten years it was three to five loses per year. Carr, what a man, we will miss him.
- January 20, 2008 4:00 AM
- Mike said...
Well done, that's fairly funny and well-deserved. I'm a Buckeye fan, but I'm not sure why people are getting their panties all in a bunch about this post.
All in all, turnabout is fair play, and this was something I hadn't heard before, so props to you for seeing it and bringing it up.
Now, I'll just sit back and watch Tressel start hanging L's on Rich Rodiriguez......we'll have to come up with something different for him, obviously(and I'm not a big fan of DickRod or DickFraud or whatever some of the idiots on our side stole from WVU).
Saying he runs "the Shred Offense" is the only one I've heard that's pretty good.
- January 21, 2008 11:33 PM