Friday POSBANG - Crush the Kinnick curse
Its Friday! Its POSBANG time! Tell us your biggest superstition when it comes to Michigan football if you have one.
Quick cool story bro here:
My son blew out his ACL and tore his meniscus 3 weeks ago at football practice. Had surgery 2 weeks ago and made it back to watch his team last night. He was at the gate in his wheelchair waiting for his team. Usually when they walk up to the field they come up in 2 columns arms locked, but when they saw my son sitting there waiting for them, spontaneously they broke formation and lined up in single file and each teammate gave him a welcome back bro hug/fist bump, low five.
This is what team sports is all about. Such team chemistry is what makes it so special.
GO BLUE! BEAT IOWA!
September 30th, 2022 at 7:46 AM ^
Let's not refer to it as a curse.
But yes, we go in, we WIN.
September 30th, 2022 at 9:09 AM ^
Personally, I do not believe in curses, jinxs, or any of that crap. Just go out and play like you can and everything else will take care of itself.
But one has to look at Iowa's past results and take it into consideration what exactly is going on there that get that team to repeatedly drag Top 5 teams to play in a rock fight?
September 30th, 2022 at 9:10 AM ^
Even the Athletic is calling it a curse.
“What I remember more than anything is starting to say, ‘Hey, man, I think I might actually believe in magic,’” said Jake Butt, a Big Ten Network analyst and star tight end for that Michigan team. “That 2016 game, from a talent standpoint, we had so much more talent than Iowa that year. It was a game we should have won.
“They take on this identity somehow when they’re playing top teams there. It’s the fans, it’s Kirk Ferentz, it’s the players. When you go into that stadium, there’s a belief that they have that’s almost supernatural.”
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Jim Harbaugh made a similar point this week when he referred to Kinnick Stadium as a “place where top-five teams go to die.” Harbaugh would know: He was the quarterback of a No. 2 Michigan team that lost 12-10 to the Hawkeyes in 1985 and the coach of a No. 2 Michigan team that lost by almost the same margin 31 years later. Now he’s the coach of a Michigan team that is ranked No. 4 and trying to get its first win in Iowa City since 2005.
Time to tell off Jobu and get the job done.
September 30th, 2022 at 11:12 AM ^
"Up yer butt, Jobu!
September 30th, 2022 at 2:19 PM ^
It's very bad to steal Jobu's rum.....it's very bad.
September 30th, 2022 at 12:37 PM ^
We say FUCK YOU JOBU, we do it ourselves!
September 30th, 2022 at 7:49 AM ^
My second son told us a year ago he was going to make the freshman soccer team at our high school, the largest high school in the state. I simply didn’t believe him in my heart, but I didn’t want to crush his spirit. He started travel soccer much later than his peer group, and the skill gap was obvious. He committed to juggling/working on his soccer skills one hour every day for a full year. He made the team! He was the last kid off the bench, but he works his butt off and has earned the respect of his teammates with his dedication. THE TEAM finished the season undefeated.
Go Blue, beat the Hawkeyes!
September 30th, 2022 at 8:48 AM ^
I am guessing North Central?
September 30th, 2022 at 8:54 AM ^
My guess is Carmel....Huge sports complex and big in Indiana sports.
September 30th, 2022 at 9:06 AM ^
Both great guesses, and about 30 years ago North Central would be correct. Yes, it is Carmel High School. Go greyhounds!
September 30th, 2022 at 9:10 AM ^
Good for your son, we have been to Carmel twice for travel baseball
September 30th, 2022 at 10:53 AM ^
We traveled to Carmel from Colorado for a swim meet a few years ago. Very nice area and impressive natatorium!
September 30th, 2022 at 9:44 AM ^
Pete,
Congratulations to your son. As the father of a soccer player who has spent more weekends in Carmel - at Grand Park - for Midwest tourneys than I can count, my wishes to your son for continued success both on and off the field.
September 30th, 2022 at 7:53 AM ^
Bang me at 30,000 ft! Heading home from the west coast on the first flight out. I can’t handle the red eye flights.
Hopeful that JJ and the receivers will be flying up and down the field tomorrow
September 30th, 2022 at 9:00 AM ^
I got upgraded to Comfort Plus, on the isle… with no one in the middle! Great way to start the weekend!!
September 30th, 2022 at 9:09 AM ^
That's worth a bang!
As someone who spent 5 years of work on the road half the time, I can't tell you the number of times I got "upgraded" from my preferred exit row to comfort plus middle seat.
September 30th, 2022 at 7:58 AM ^
THE TEAM, THE TEAM, THE TEAM!
I wish your son a complete and speedy recovery.
Iowa had some good teams in the past so there isn't much of a curse. Sometimes you just don't play your best game. If Michigan shows up (key injuries do not loom large at key moments) it should be a good day.
I discussed superstitions with some of my more ancient Michigan alumni (alumnus?) friends. We have moved past t-shirts, sweatshirts, socks, foods (tried with and without blue corn chips (to mix with maize corn chips)), beers, mugs to no avail. However, thanks to the MSU "curse" there are no blue corn chips in the house at this time.
September 30th, 2022 at 7:59 AM ^
Currently on the Stuttgart to München ICE and in need of a quick bang. Hoping my wife didn’t see me typing this. Or maybe I’m not.
September 30th, 2022 at 12:59 PM ^
You're going to Munich in the middle of Octoberfest? Herzlichen Glückwunsch!
September 30th, 2022 at 8:00 AM ^
Just win, please! Go Blue!!
September 30th, 2022 at 8:00 AM ^
Happy Friday MGoBloggers ! Time for a conference road game bang. Just 28 hours to more Michigan Football. Win the game and bang bang !
September 30th, 2022 at 8:01 AM ^
Crush The Kinnick Curse - BANG,BANG!
GO BLUE!
September 30th, 2022 at 8:01 AM ^
Time to shoot down some Hawks with a Hail of footballs, to the Victors!
September 30th, 2022 at 8:04 AM ^
The only thing that's cursed in Kinnick is Iowa's offense. Michigan will roll these corny bastards. GO BLUE!
September 30th, 2022 at 8:46 AM ^
That fucking play is a prime example of the Kinnick curse. Bush got ejected for targeting in the 1st quarter for that hit.
September 30th, 2022 at 4:43 PM ^
I don't know if there's a Kinnick Curse or not, but this isn't an example of anything but a dumb play. The man trips and falls. He's down, can't get back up, and the play is over, period. Nothing good can come from hitting him - so of course, Bush hit him. What was an Iowa screw-up becomes a personal foul, 1st down, and Devin gets tossed.
Maybe that's the Kinnick Curse: it makes Iowa's opponents do stupid things.
September 30th, 2022 at 5:31 PM ^
This is a great example of my biased memory. I don't recall that camera angle/view during the game. That looks like a terrible hit and worthy of a penalty.
How I remember it from the other camera angle. Bush sees the ball come loose and tries to dive OVER the punter to get to the loose ball. Bush wasn't trying to hit the punter, but the punter tried to get up and moved into Bush's dive for a loose ball.
Punter didn't trip. That move was designed to draw a penalty. He pulled stunts on a regular basis. More actor than punter.
September 30th, 2022 at 8:48 AM ^
Didn't the refs throw a flag on this play calling Devin Bush for "Roughing the Punter"? One of the amazingly bizzaro calls that seem to happen at Kinnick.....
September 30th, 2022 at 9:23 AM ^
And that’s why no one should ever punt
September 30th, 2022 at 8:04 AM ^
BEAT IOWA!
September 30th, 2022 at 8:04 AM ^
It is time.
Go Blue!
September 30th, 2022 at 8:05 AM ^
I never start with a superstition, but once something goes bad, I immediately assume it is a piece of clothing I am wearing. I typically run out of T-shirts by the end of the season and I still haven't dusted off the nike hoodie I got before the 2020 season (I might need to burn that one).
September 30th, 2022 at 8:11 AM ^
I know we will Huck the Fawkeyes!!!
September 30th, 2022 at 9:41 AM ^
God Bless America!
September 30th, 2022 at 8:13 AM ^
Crush Iowa. Go Blue. I try to stick to the same routine on Saturdays. I record every game and if I forget I will worry about the win.
September 30th, 2022 at 8:16 AM ^
Bang me at work, fellas.
September 30th, 2022 at 8:17 AM ^
There must be a Matrix spoon bender kid in that hospital somewhere making crazy shit happen at Kinnick. Hopefully JJ is our Neo.
Go Blue!
September 30th, 2022 at 8:20 AM ^
I don't have any superstitions. But I did watch the MD game in my living room, rather than the den over my garage where I watched the previous three games. And sometimes, if I move to a different sitting position or seat on the couch, the team will screw up some plays. And I don't believe it matters one iota, but I do try not to exhale while looking at Michigan on the field.
Yeah, so I don't believe in superstitions, they are for fools...
September 30th, 2022 at 8:47 AM ^
I'm not superstitious either. But I do sacrifice 10 chickens every Saturday morning just in case.
September 30th, 2022 at 9:54 AM ^
we sacrificed a cow before the BTCG last year. it worked!
and, well, some of the fellas here are eating it.
OP - in seriousness, sorry to hear about your son's injury. may he recover quickly and well.
September 30th, 2022 at 11:20 AM ^
Any chance you’d be willing to do that before tomorrow’s game?
September 30th, 2022 at 1:47 PM ^
slaughtered some last week, more next weekend, but none set for tomorrow.