We should do something nice for Brian
Like fund a kickstarter for a vacation groupon or something. He and his wife can enjoy a nice relaxing weekend somewhere the weekend of the michigan state game.
He's coming up on a decade of this blog and has been through plenty of crap football.
September 20th, 2014 at 9:18 PM ^
Sending him a bushel of lemons and a citrus squeezer?
September 20th, 2014 at 9:19 PM ^
12 bottles of whisky
September 20th, 2014 at 9:20 PM ^
How about a free lifetime supply of Dominos, including cheesy bread?
September 20th, 2014 at 9:20 PM ^
clicked....
September 20th, 2014 at 9:22 PM ^
and goes to M football, basketball and hockey games. he gets no sympathy from me. I have 2 part times jobs and thousands of dollars owed in student loans, why doesnt someone give me a free vacation?
September 20th, 2014 at 9:27 PM ^
"...and goes to M football games."
Yes, that's why we should do something nice for him.
September 20th, 2014 at 9:29 PM ^
He has built that (this) blog up from nothing but his own hard work and talented writing. He's gone to games his whole life (on his dime, not yours or anyone else's) and this enterprise has certainly limited his fan experience at those games since it has become his job.
And he's been successful enough to make this business his full-time job without having to charge a subscription for content that easily deserves to be paid for.
It's not like he's rolling in the dough. As far as I know, him, Seth, Ace and perpetually-bolting-recruiting-guy are all paid. No matter how much money the site brings in from advertising and how much of a percentage of that rightfully goes to Brian, I'm guessing he's not rolling in the dough with some cush job.
September 20th, 2014 at 9:39 PM ^
but he has 2 degrees from M and chose a different career. No one put a gun to his head. He's a brilliant guy that would be great at anything but I dont feel bad that he decided to not use an engineering degree to write about Michigan sports.
September 20th, 2014 at 10:40 PM ^
Who's asking you to feel bad?
I was just pointing out that you make his job seem like not-a-job.
I don't get it. There's a segment of people out there who seem to think that people with job X shouldn't complain about their job because it is something that person enjoys. To me, that just sounds like you don't like your job and you think anyone with a job that is in a field perceived to be more "fun" don't have a right to complain.
he runs a blog for a living and goes to M football, basketball and hockey games. he gets no sympathy from me. I have 2 part times jobs and thousands of dollars owed in student loans, why doesnt someone give me a free vacation?
His job is his job. He may have student loans too. It's like when I defend my job as a teacher and then someone says "Well, it would be nice if I got summer off from my job." Well, then get a different fucking job if you hate yours so much. Or if my job as a teacher or Brian's job as a small business owner that covers Michigan athletics is so great, get off your ass and stop complaining about your situation and change it.
September 20th, 2014 at 10:56 PM ^
September 20th, 2014 at 11:03 PM ^
I think the point you're ignoring is that Brian provides us a bajillion words of free, unparalleled content. For free. Did I mention, it's free?
Do I think he should get a kick-starter'd cruise? Not really, but for the price I pay for all that content, I can't say it wouldn't be a fair gesture.
September 20th, 2014 at 11:25 PM ^
September 20th, 2014 at 10:01 PM ^
And when he goes on a rant on the podcast about how he sometimes thinks he should just take a blowtorch to this place and get a real job because people are absolutely insufferable, we're gonna be looking squarely at you.
September 20th, 2014 at 10:27 PM ^
says one of the biggest assholes on here. I supposed it was my fault Brian went bowling for the Ohio State game last year, right? I'm pretty sure most of the frustration comes from the performace of the teams, mostly hockey and football.
September 20th, 2014 at 10:32 PM ^
Been reading the blog since, literally, the week it started. Posted on HaloScan. Contributed solidly for damn near a decade.
And a dude who's been here for ten days is here to tell us what's up.
September 20th, 2014 at 11:35 PM ^
Michigan football has sucked. MGOBLOG does anything but suck. Would most all fans "trade jobs" with Brian, I'm guess yes. He brings value and since we're all going to have to suffer through at least 8 more games of this-vacations all around!
September 20th, 2014 at 9:22 PM ^
Brian, I thank you for this website. I don't know where else I would take my my frustrations out. It sounds crazy but this site is a great stress relief seeing others going through the same misery as you.
September 20th, 2014 at 9:23 PM ^
September 20th, 2014 at 10:00 PM ^
He's going to need a pallet of combos
September 20th, 2014 at 9:23 PM ^
September 20th, 2014 at 9:25 PM ^
We should get Brian hired as the head football coach at the University of Michigan. I'm 100 percent convinced that he'd do a better job than the current staff.
September 20th, 2014 at 10:19 PM ^
September 20th, 2014 at 9:26 PM ^
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September 20th, 2014 at 9:27 PM ^
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September 20th, 2014 at 9:29 PM ^
To enjoy that weekend he will need to be somewhere without any internet or TV access
September 20th, 2014 at 9:34 PM ^
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September 20th, 2014 at 11:02 PM ^
Katmandu!
September 20th, 2014 at 9:36 PM ^
I figured he'd be depressed and we don't want him going over the edge. So I got one of his favorite bands, The Smiths to reunite and play a private show for him at his home. Nothing like The Smiths to cheer......wait. Oh God i have to call The Smiths and stop them!!!!
September 20th, 2014 at 10:01 PM ^
"I Know its Over"- no, Moz, you'll kill him!
September 20th, 2014 at 9:38 PM ^
We should do something for the mods instead/too. They deal with a lot of shit after losses.
September 20th, 2014 at 10:05 PM ^
Attendance at the Big House may drop below 100,000 soon, but MGoBlog's visitor count will never decrease.
Brian is the best. Thank you, Brian, for all of this.
September 20th, 2014 at 10:15 PM ^
Here's the MGoBanner I made when Hoke was hired just in case things didn't work out so well. I think it's probably about time...
September 20th, 2014 at 10:33 PM ^
make his job not fun enough to be worth the effort?
i mean could you imagine having to write up ufrs for the rest of the season?
September 20th, 2014 at 10:38 PM ^
No one held me better than TomVH.
September 20th, 2014 at 10:41 PM ^
Brian, I wouldn't blame you if you switched this to OGoBlog and just started covering Oregon football. It must take tremendous perseverence to critically analyze the massive ineptitude that has plagued this program for 7+ years now
September 20th, 2014 at 10:45 PM ^
At this point I view Brain as a crack dealer. I think he owes me a vacation after years of feeding me my drug that is taking years off my life.
September 20th, 2014 at 11:05 PM ^
Heisenberg!
September 20th, 2014 at 11:10 PM ^
I unironically agree with this.
Carlos - start a kickstarter. I'll kick in cash. We could easily raise a couple Gs.
September 20th, 2014 at 11:18 PM ^
I think he wants moar of this.
He didn't think the ND game was as bad as it seemed and thinks we were over-reacting to the loss.
Viva Morrissey!!!