What’s some good news?
It’s been a weird ride since January 8th with a ton of twists and turns, with feels like a continual string of mostly unfortunate news since that mountaintop high. Can we turn that tide and find the good? What are things that we are enjoying, looking forward to, etc.?
January 29th, 2024 at 10:40 AM ^
Well that's nice, but for those of us in sec country, Georgia specifically, I'd like to see some effort up in Big ten country to form a dynasty. Michigan will be treated as a flash in the pan champion if UGA keeps winning and it makes me nauseous.
January 29th, 2024 at 10:53 AM ^
Agreed. I’m surprised at the willingness of everyone on this board to claim they will be happy with the future regardless because we won the title. What a loser mentality. This is a chance for us to establish dominance, use our success to pull in high level recruits and transfers. All of that momentum has been squandered. But apparently on this board, that’s ok. Well, all of you claiming to be so fulfilled will be the same ones bitching and moaning next fall if we go 9-3.
January 29th, 2024 at 2:44 PM ^
No one here is on the team. Our “loser mentality” has zero effect of the players and whether they win or lose.
Aside from a few teams, it’s won a NC more than once every 20 years or so. Most schools won’t ever win one.
So, yea. We won the national title. And I watched every glorious minute of every game last year. And I’ll relish it for the rest of my life no matter what.
January 29th, 2024 at 3:12 PM ^
I’m surprised at the willingness of everyone on this board to claim they will be happy with the future regardless because we won the title.
I disagree that it's a "loser mentality" but I also think the people who say this are absolutely lying to themselves.
If we go 9-3 or 8-4 next year—which is a real possibility given who we've lost on the coaching staff and on offense, combined with a brutal schedule—these folks will be bitching up a storm about how Moore isn't the right person for the job. The notion that the NC we just won means they'll be emotionally set for the next ten years regardless of what happens to Michigan football is self-delusion on steroids.
January 29th, 2024 at 12:11 PM ^
I'm okay with Michigan not being a dynasty. Georgia, Alabama, LSU, et al. are football factories that happen to have universities attached to them. I would prefer that Michigan be the opposite. The closest thing to the SEC model that we have in the B1G is Ohio State, and even they've never been a dynasty. Alabama- and Georgia-style dynasties are not in the B1G's DNA, and there are valid reasons for that.
January 29th, 2024 at 10:45 AM ^
This is the correct take.
There has been no news bad enough to dampen the euphoric feeling of a NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. There has only been news that is logical and expected when your coaches become hot commodities after winning a NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
January 29th, 2024 at 11:20 AM ^
Kelce has it better for now.... but there's a very good chance he's going to get drug through the mud in a song that makes a few millions for an ex girlfriend of his.
January 29th, 2024 at 1:11 PM ^
If he were smart, he'd be poking some holes in condoms about now.
Like when Chapelle got Oprah pregnant.
January 29th, 2024 at 12:54 PM ^
It is sad to see so many fans already putting the title in the past and looking for their next dopamine hit (seems like this is a symptom of current society, always looking for the next big thing). What happened less than a month ago might not ever happen again. So enjoy it. Cherish it. Relish it for what it is cause it happened.
You get very few moments of pure happiness in life, and this was one of those for us fans. Don't be so keen to find tomorrow's problem because it will be there before you know it.
January 29th, 2024 at 1:16 PM ^
National championship is great.
But the season starts August 31st. It's started already for Team 145. I wasn't a big fan of the "Business is finished" stuff because that's only true for the guys leaving the team (and for Harbaugh, I guess).
1997 didn't make 2008 any easier.
January 29th, 2024 at 9:56 AM ^
Well- I'm preparing for two auditions coming up here pretty soon- 2nd Trombone with the Detroit Opera Orchestra, and then Bass Trombone with the Nashville Symphony later on in March. We'll see- 2nd Trombone isn't really my wheelhouse, but the repertoire list is pretty interesting- it's a chance to work on some wacky opera excerpts that I've never touched before. If neither of them works out, there are at least three pretty substantial bass trombone auditions on the horizon, and my philosophy with these things is that preparation is additive.
Besides that, I've got two really fun Flint Symphony performances on the way- Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony on February 17th, and then the week after that, we're playing the full score to the 1989 Batman film, as a live accompaniment to a screening of the actual movie. It's getting pretty common for orchestras to do that sort of thing, but I've never gotten to play one yet, and I'm really excited about it.
January 29th, 2024 at 10:02 AM ^
Those who play trombone will be champions! Good luck!
January 29th, 2024 at 10:28 AM ^
First Chair or GTFO!
Just kidding. Band geeks unite!
/I wasn't really a band "geek", I played football too. But still. Kinda.
January 29th, 2024 at 11:42 AM ^
Last chair trumpet player in high school. I never wanted to be a band geek, I just needed the music credit.
January 29th, 2024 at 3:17 PM ^
Ha! When I wasin high school, one of the football team captains played saxophone in the top band. As for first chair or bust- man, I dunno. I've played principal trombone a few times (there are a handful of orchestras in Michigan that I've sat in all three trombone chairs for, qt one time or another) and it's a nice chance of pace, but I still feel way out of my element doing it. Between the two, I'd rather play 2nd trombone- less stress, and a lot of times, the most interesting note in the harmonies show up in the second part, and I find that navigating the intonation challenges that come along with that to be awfully satisfying.
January 29th, 2024 at 5:44 PM ^
Fair. I was percussion, so first chair meant I got to play all the good parts, and solo's. Somehow, I always won first chair.
January 29th, 2024 at 11:23 AM ^
Good luck!
January 29th, 2024 at 12:09 PM ^
Break a leg.
Also, if you don’t know a current musician named Trombone Shorty, you may want to look him up. Had his own band at 6 years old. Current album is really good.
January 29th, 2024 at 1:03 PM ^
I saw Trombone Shorty and his band at Meijer Gardens this past summer.
Very talented. I thoroughly enjoyed the concert and highly recommend seeing them play.
January 29th, 2024 at 3:14 PM ^
Oh man, yeah- thanks! I've definitely heard of and listened to a lot of Trombone Shorty, I'm sure most trombone players have by now. He's pretty incredible! I've got a lot of admiration for anyone who can improvise that fluidly, that's always been something I've struggled with. I'm primarily a classical/orchestral player myself- I can read big band/jazz charts all day, but I'm not much of an improviser.
January 29th, 2024 at 9:57 AM ^
i don't give a piss about nothin' but the tiiide.
January 29th, 2024 at 9:57 AM ^
Still National Champions!!!!
And the folks down in Columbus are still whining about it
January 29th, 2024 at 9:59 AM ^
Uh, my son's team won their hockey tournament this weekend. That was pretty cool.
January 29th, 2024 at 10:17 AM ^
Congrats to them! That definitely softens the Lions' blow.
January 29th, 2024 at 10:01 AM ^
We haven't had complete exodus of star players.
Hockey still has a chance at a Frozen Four run.
The wins and championships from the last three years are not going anywhere.
January 29th, 2024 at 10:03 AM ^
Severance has started filming season 2. That's all I got at the moment.
January 29th, 2024 at 10:04 AM ^
I got nothing…summers only like 5 months away I guess.
January 29th, 2024 at 10:05 AM ^
I'm still basking in the glow of three straight Big Ten titles, the national championship, and--most importantly--beating OSU three times in a row. I simply refuse to get down from this cloud.
January 29th, 2024 at 10:31 AM ^
I love that we're on a winning streak against OSU, but the national title has to be the most important thing, imo. I had resigned myself to Michigan never climbing that mountaintop again. It's incredible to me that we did it.
January 29th, 2024 at 10:39 AM ^
That's fair enough! I am undoubtedly skewed toward focusing on OSU because so many of the people whom I know--people whom I love and respect--treat Buckeye football as a religion. It is extremely important to me to have Michigan crush their dreams.
January 29th, 2024 at 10:05 AM ^
Ill be in Cancun for the Super Bowl.
January 29th, 2024 at 10:29 AM ^
I'm sorry.
January 29th, 2024 at 10:08 AM ^
Personally I am closing on a house on Wednesday
January 29th, 2024 at 10:12 AM ^
Congrats!
January 29th, 2024 at 10:21 AM ^
Thank you!
January 29th, 2024 at 10:11 AM ^
I dont know if you heard, But they won the natty 3 weeks ago.
January 29th, 2024 at 10:11 AM ^
Summer time. Toledo weather has been sort of crappy lately.
January 29th, 2024 at 10:12 AM ^
U of M football won a national championship which is sorta really cool but the really good news is that there is far more to life than sports.
January 29th, 2024 at 10:12 AM ^
Living a joyful life!
Not in hospice and have not been indicted.
Grateful for all my blessings and the Epic UM 2023 football season.
January 29th, 2024 at 10:13 AM ^
We haven't seen any sort of rush to the transfer portal since Jim left, I think that's a HUGE win in today's day and age of college football and quick transfers. Maybe some of it is academic calendar related and we see guys hit the exits in the spring but at least for now it's a great sign for this team.
January 29th, 2024 at 10:13 AM ^
We won the National Championship. We will have a top 5 defense next year. We will return the Don, Kalel Mullings, Colston Loveland, and an offensive line that has the capability to be really good. We still have an excellent coaching staff. Our recruiting class is excellent, and includes great players at every position. The future is bright!
January 29th, 2024 at 10:29 AM ^
We don't even have a DC yet. Slow your roll.
If we change systems, all bets are off.
January 29th, 2024 at 11:40 AM ^
You can't slow the roll I'm on, or my optimism! I don't think a new defensive scheme, if there is a substantially new defense scheme, is going to make the group that we have coming back into an average defense. I'm just not a doom-and-gloomer about 2024, and I think the program is in a good place.
January 29th, 2024 at 11:41 AM ^
The group will not come back if that happens. Sorry.
January 29th, 2024 at 10:38 AM ^
You're assuming we keep all the players that are needed for that top 5 defense. And we know absolutely zero about the coaching staff. The future is as cloudy as it could be at the moment.
January 29th, 2024 at 11:42 AM ^
I'm absolutely assuming that the core group that came out with Sherrone at half-time of the hoops game is staying, and that there isn't a mass exodus of the defensive talent on the roster. I just happen to think that there isn't going to be a mass exodus, or that any of our best players are going to leave.
January 29th, 2024 at 10:15 AM ^
Red wings are playing better hockey than they have in the last decade. They are on the playoff bubble.
January 29th, 2024 at 10:15 AM ^
Red Wings are going to make the playoffs. And F the Sen’s fans in advance of Wed game. Starting to hate them more than the Leaf’s fans.
January 29th, 2024 at 10:18 AM ^
We are the reining National Champions. We are the reining B1G Champions, three years running. We haven't lost a game since 2022. We haven't lost a conference game since 2021. We haven't lost to aOSU since 2019.
Many of our best players on defense will be back. An offense with the possibility of Orji, Edwards, and Mullings in the backfield at the same time seems like a lot of fun.
Our players love our new head coach. Our new head coach is 4-0 overall with wins over PSU and aOSU. Our new S&C coach learned under the guy who was the best S&C coach in the country the last several years (given other circumstances, we would be thrilled about this).
It's great to be a Michigan Wolverine.
January 29th, 2024 at 11:42 AM ^
Plenty of time for those defensive players to bail. Especially if Elston goes too.