Eleven swans. It still stands!
https://mgoblog.com/content/eleven-swans
The best writing mgoblog has done. Probably some of the best writing ever. it applies today as much as it did in 06..
LFG
November 25th, 2022 at 11:40 PM ^
This blog has had some amazing stuff for many years. Brian’s genius is still a heartbeat for this place. Adding Seth’s remarkable talent and work ethic along with several other gifted contributors keeps this place at the top of the browser of so many Michigan fans. (And more than a few desperate sparty and bucky trolls)
November 25th, 2022 at 11:55 PM ^
I often wonder what it would be like to be a fan of a college football team that does not have an MGoBlog equivalent (so, like… everyone else but us). Sometimes I think we take for granted how incredibly talented and detail-oriented the staff here is. Things like UFR and Opponent Watch and FFFF (and of course, Eleven Swans) are simply unrivaled anywhere else on the sports blogosphere.
November 26th, 2022 at 7:56 AM ^
When you come here disillusioned with much of life. Seeking solace and yearning for virtue in a veneer of hierarchy. Crawling up from the lesser seeking dominion and attainment. Brian gives you....MGOBLOG.
November 25th, 2022 at 11:59 PM ^
A couple of years ago, I was talking to my now 93 year old neighbor and found out he was on the 1950 Michigan team that played in the infamous Snow Bowl.
I talked with him about his career- apparently he didn’t play much, but he said something that stuck with me when I asked him about Michigan-OSU: “In my mind, when Michigan takes the field even today, I feel like I have one good play left in me. Every year, this game makes me feel like a kid again.”
Every player that came before you is rooting for you. Every fan is waiting with anticipation.
We will play.
We will fight.
We WILL win.
Go Blue!
November 26th, 2022 at 12:04 AM ^
That is a perfect sentiment. I would be the worst player ever when I was 17 or tomorrow.
But 11 swans makes me want to run thru a brick wall. That's just what this game is.
November 26th, 2022 at 12:06 AM ^
That's an amazing story about your 93 yr old neighbor.
May that "one good play" he still has in him be the play that destroys ohio state tomorrow!
November 26th, 2022 at 12:00 AM ^
The reason I'm a fan of this blog is not really the in-depth analysis. It's fun sometimes and I'm not saying it's bad, but meh, they're not calling me to coach I hope.
The reason is almost exclusively because Brian is a truly excellent writer.
November 26th, 2022 at 1:29 AM ^
Agreed, and Bryan
November 26th, 2022 at 1:53 AM ^
Absolutely beautiful. Brian is just an excellent writer. That all reads true today in 2022 just as it did in 2006. The only differences: the good guys won in the preceding year and they will win in the game that’s being previewed.
November 26th, 2022 at 3:13 AM ^
All this time I had thought Overtaking Ass was this site’s magnum opus.