Comrade Brian -- we love you! Thanks for all you've done to enrich our lives. You've had to follow the team obsessively when it was horribly unfun to do so. Hopefully the last 12 months have been extra rewarding as a result.

WooHoo!

Let’s go!!

When it's all combined together in one location like this, it really does show the impressive amount and quality of work that goes into each season's preview. Thank you.

Rock on. Excellent work, and much appreciated. Go Blue.

Giggity 

Good to have you back Brian.  We only met once but I understand how difficult divorce can be and hope you are coming out the other side now.

FWIW I met the absolute love of my life right about the time I found this site.  Like most of us i lurked for a while until I got the courage to post something but my experience here almost completely mirrors my 2nd and MUCH better marriage.

And lastly you didn’t create something good here, you (and Seth) created something GREAT here.

I’m so happy you’re back and writing again.  Even if I don’t quite understand the meaning of posts like “City of stairs” (and definitely not mattresses) I enjoy reading them because you’re a terrific writer.

Let’s Go Blue. Glad to have you back, Brian. Can’t wait to read one of your UFRs again. 

Brian-

I was banned over 10 years ago, and then you or someone else let me come back after some time. In April of 2018 I was banned for 30 days for a political joke. (HC and Donald lolz '\_( '-')_/')

I still followed.

I've been here for a long fucking time, 0 to 4 kids, making shit money to more money than I could dream of, living abroad and domestic.

I say this with a clear mind, that this was your best preseason in content. Not even fucking close dude. 

FWIW, good job man. You did this despite stuff going on in your life you brought up. 

NFG

Thank you. As ridiculous as it sounds coming from a grown man with two kids, I truly love reading this here blog about the sports of my alma mater. It's one of the things I look forward to every day and for some bizarre reason I never stopped looking forward to it, even when pretty much everything was going to shit. I'm glad you've kept it up, I'm glad Seth is here, Alex is a keeper and the community is top notch. 

. . .

More.

/ it’s a joke, all right?

Time to party like it’s 2021 football style

Brian - I don't think I've ever addressed a Mgoblog staffer in my time here lurking or posting, but thank you for all you do, and all that you've created through your hard work and dedication to Michigan sports

And it's really none of my business but you look brighter, happier and healthier this preseason compared to years past. So cheers and go blue!

It is time.

It is America’s greatest game.

No sport better utilizes patience to heighten its appeal.

You must wait one week for each game. One week to celebrate or lament; one week to anticipate; one week to worry and to build excitement.

There are only 12 games. Every single one matters. Every moment matters. A single play can change an entire season.

And then it’s over. And you must wait again. 8 months to look backward and look forward.

For the first time in years, the taste looking backward was sweet, and not bitter. It was the taste of victory over Ohio State.

Now, the waiting is over. Now we begin again. Now, once more, we enter the breach.

And it’s great.

Go Blue. 

Thank you to everyone who wrote something to me over the past year. It was good to hear that what I've done here is valued. Thanks to Alex and Seth for picking up the slack. I—we—are very lucky that probably the only other person on the planet who could do UFR was already on staff. This year we're splitting those duties in the hope that we can find a sustainable model going forward.

Let's play some football.

LFG!  Glad to have Brian back in his Brian-est capacity and making many words!  What he's done here is mucho valued.  This place isn't the same without him.  Also, thanks to the O-JA-BO thundersack for shaking off some ennui about UM Football, possibly!

12-0, capped with a 42-27 win in Columbus is my scorching hot taek prediction for this year's Wolverines.

Im thankful to be a fan of a team with the greatest sports blog there is. So much strong content the past few days. Its been almost 10 years since i found MGoBlog , can’t remember what i did for Michigan sports before then. 

LFG!

Thanks, Brian, for creating such a robust community, undergoing adversity, and coming back stronger than before.  This year's preview was the best ever.

Thank you Brian Seth Alex

This is great and so much fun

Go Blue Michigan football go!

This year's preview is 56,000 words.

for reference, Lord of the Flies is 59,000 words.

Brian, reading The Story and hearing you on MGoRadio, it’s like you have climbed out of the seventh circle of BPONE and reached, if not paradise, then whatever you were feeling post-Harbaugh hire. It’s great to have you back, and thanks to Seth, Alex, and the rest of the MGoStaff for all of the great content over the years. 

Brian,

Thank you so much for everything. MGOBLOG is the greatest, and you got it here. 

Thank you Brian, Seth, Alex (and all others) for making this the best place on the internet. Because of you I am half as productive at work but twice as happy in life!

Go Blue!

<3 you, Brian

Brian - you have made a unique and incredible site. And now, found some good folks to help push all things forward. Well done to you all! And thank you again for this marvelous source of information, entertainment, and, most importantly, football.

Brian, it is so good to have your voice back on the blog. Sending you good vibes. Go Blue! 

     Let’s play some football 

     Go Blue

Welcome back Brian. Nice to have you back. 

Fantastic work.  There is nothing that replicates this in any kind of sports writing.  Not even close.  

Bravo MGoBlog team!

Seriously, thank you for all you do.

Prepare for a glorious season. 

Thank you for making this Michigan experience a bit more enjoyable. Podcasts have been great.  Content great.  Thanks to the whole staff.

Brian, 

The quality and quantity of content that this site produces is unequaled. Thank you for this amazing creation!

And if you and Seth will be sharing UFR duties this year, does that mean one person will be doing the offense and the other will be doing the defense each week? Hoping that this means UFRs will be more likely to drop earlier in the week :)

Nice preview. I figure you have us losing @ OSU. Who is your 2nd loss? A pesky IA team playing under the lights. Or PSU at home. I sure hope we take care of State!

glad to have you back, buddy.

Best preseason content ever. Good work. 

Sometimes you eat the bear and sometimes the bear eats you!

this is my favorite site and I am very grateful to the whole staff making it so high quality and fun.

Best wishes to Brian, Seth, Alex, and the rest of the crew! Onward and go blue!