Smile All Day Today - It is Great to be a Michigan Wolverine!
Mates,
As most of us get back to our daily lives today, smile. Smile all day. Calmly deal with the normal issues and concerns of life, and all the while, smile. What a tremendous victory last night over a team with more 5*'s than the entire B10. Michigan outcoached and outplayed them. Washington is a good team and well coached, but they aren't going to beat us on Monday.
Hard times don't last and we know that good times don't, either. But we are right in the middle of an incredibly sweet time. Indeed, even the Detroit Lions are division champs and going to the NFL playoffs!
Smile knowing that the crying, wailing, and gnashing of teeth in East Landfill and ohio is at a fever pitch. Smile knowing two (maybe the two) of the worst fanbases in all of CFB are crushed. Smile knowing that they are the ones now whip-sawed from the nothing-burger 'scandal' for which they desperately wanted us to get the death penalty, to now having to watch us play for it all on Monday night.
Smile. Enjoy it. Savor it. Wear your Michigan gear to work or to the grocery store, or wherever.
It is great!
To be!
A Michigan Wolverine!
XM (Smiling)
January 2nd, 2024 at 8:12 AM ^
I can't get enough of all the former players I've watched celebrate. It's so much fun and joy right now.
January 2nd, 2024 at 9:19 AM ^
Just think about how things looked here 15 years ago... or even just 10 years (yes, 2020 was bad but that was not really a structural/fundamental problem - that was mostly beyond the team's control).
January 2nd, 2024 at 8:13 AM ^
I especially enjoy it while sending emails back and forth with one of the plants I support in Ohio. All those people with that silly Block Zero in their email signatures have to be having a great day as well, right?
January 2nd, 2024 at 8:23 AM ^
Its Great To Be! A Michigan Wolverine!!!
January 2nd, 2024 at 9:17 AM ^
Whose got it better than us?
Noobody!!!
January 2nd, 2024 at 8:33 AM ^
It's a beautiful morning...
Also a bit relieved that we got the jitters out of the way with this Alabama team instead of having them against a healthy UGA in a NC game. The stars seem to be aligned.
January 2nd, 2024 at 9:23 AM ^
Not only that it is a guarantee that the winner will be an undefeated Big Ten team. Welcome to the conference, Washington. Although, here’s to you finishing 14 wins and one loss.
January 2nd, 2024 at 10:01 AM ^
Factoid - both teams in the CFP title game have former Indiana starting QB's/team captains on their teams - Jack Tuttle & Michael Penix Jr.
January 2nd, 2024 at 9:23 AM ^
Oopsies. Internet problems out here in the boonies.
January 2nd, 2024 at 9:52 AM ^
I was thinking about this last night watching the Washington game. Penix and those WRs played the game of their life. AMAZING throws. AMAZING catches. Is it at least possible that they peaked one game too early? Could they really follow up last night's performance with an equally amazing performance one week later?
Maybe it's just wishful thinking lol, but I'm hoping they emptied the tank against Texas
January 2nd, 2024 at 8:39 AM ^
I’m so excited I’m half expecting everyone at work to mention it and celebrate it but only the real ones know how big this is
January 2nd, 2024 at 8:43 AM ^
We are the real ones - and leaders like XM bring us together. Let’s revel all week!!!
January 2nd, 2024 at 9:20 AM ^
So... so... damned... sweet. And long overdue.
Was messaging back & forth with someone yesterday about loved ones no longer with us that would have enjoyed yesterday. Both of my grandfather's watched the last Rose Bowl win in 1998 but neither made it to see this one. I was in a strange situation last night, telling my father about the game details over the phone within minutes of the final victory (he refuses to get cable/satellite and will only watch games when on network tv, doesn't want to listen to audio stream either, ... which never used to be a problem for the Rose Bowl until ESPN got their hands on it). Glad to share that with him.
January 2nd, 2024 at 8:42 AM ^
😁😁😁😁😁😁
Just saw an article of osu fans at Rose Bowl wearing ‘Osu fans supporting Alabama’ t-shirts. That is a pathetic low - and to lose with those shirts on: hilarious! 🤡😆
January 2nd, 2024 at 8:50 AM ^
Can't spell losur without osu.
January 2nd, 2024 at 9:25 AM ^
They were two rows down from me. They were pretty chill actually. Mostly doing it for laughs. And the kid was actually comforting us after Benny got hurt, reminding us that the team rallied after an injury against OSU.
January 2nd, 2024 at 8:56 AM ^
I'm at work and my employer is not getting his money's worth today.
January 2nd, 2024 at 10:38 AM ^
I'm getting mixed looks at the courthouse with my Michigan tie on. I got an honest to God Roll Tide thrown my way and it's never sounded more like music to my ears. Yes... Roll. Roll right back downhill.
January 2nd, 2024 at 8:57 AM ^
Good over evil. Michigan 1 bags of cash 0.
January 2nd, 2024 at 9:01 AM ^
that was a great win, amazing team effort
January 2nd, 2024 at 9:01 AM ^
I don't know if y'all heard the roar that emanated from the little town of Hesston, Kansas when that great Michigan defense destroyed the Alabama front on that 4th and goal-but we tried to let you hear. And, we are grinning from ear to ear!
January 2nd, 2024 at 9:09 AM ^
Hey, if anyone's curious, I visited the online Magic Eight Ball every day for three weeks before the game last night (and then twice yesterday, once before the game and once right when we went into overtime). The question was the same everyday: Will Michigan Football beat Alabama? In those 21 days, I only got 2 negative responses ("Don't count on it"). I had five days where the answer was non-committal ("Better not tell you now"), three days of "Ask Later," and the rest were variations of "Yes." Yesterday, I got two separate positive responses. The one right before overtime was "You may rely on it."
I did the same thing the week before the Ohio State game and didn't get one negative response, though I did get a couple non-committal responses.
January 2nd, 2024 at 9:21 AM ^
I'm glad the Magic 8 Ball is a Michigan fan.
January 2nd, 2024 at 9:28 AM ^
vast network is vaster
January 2nd, 2024 at 10:15 AM ^
biggerer. the network is biggerer
January 2nd, 2024 at 9:11 AM ^
I am working today short-handed and still recovering from Covid. But screw it. I’m thrilled.
January 2nd, 2024 at 9:19 AM ^
Yes indeed. Very thankful for this much deserved win. This team is really special. Go Blue !
January 2nd, 2024 at 9:25 AM ^
Amen to all that! Bet.
January 2nd, 2024 at 9:39 AM ^
Walking into my job shortly knowing these osu fucks can’t say anything. They’re all holding on the fact that “Michigan cheated” because they now know Michigan is so damn close to claiming a title. It’s all they have. Screw OSU and MSU. Grinning ear to ear
January 2nd, 2024 at 10:20 AM ^
The Bama game game threads were full it as well. Like, that's real rich coming from Alabama fans. As if they suddenly have reverance for following the NCAA rules LOL.
The tears when the NCAA announces this was all a nothing burger is going to be so delicious!
January 2nd, 2024 at 9:52 AM ^
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=a8MZBUoQt68&pp=ygUYY29waW5nIGFuZCBzZWV0aGluZyBzb25n
Rumor has it this is on repeat on Eleven Warriors and Sparty boards.
January 2nd, 2024 at 9:53 AM ^
I will be wearing my varsity Michigan letter jacket outside all week, and hopefully, all of next week.
January 2nd, 2024 at 10:15 AM ^
There is a certain lightness to my step today. Everything is beautiful, even the grey Midwestern skies.
Been following the team since being at UM back in 1987. This team is special. What a group of players. A big thanks to them. They have brought so much joy into the world for so many people right now!
Go Fuckin' Blue!