What's your M football superstition and how are you going to change it to make the team better?

Submitted by Sledgehammer on October 25th, 2019 at 4:52 PM

We know the team hasn't lived up to our expectations, so I ask what are you going to do to help them turn things around?

mgoblueben

October 25th, 2019 at 5:03 PM ^

I havn't watched field goals since 2009.... year of the Broekhuizen/gibbons house of horrors. Had a good run for a couple years but back to kicking BPONE lately. 

Scoman169

October 25th, 2019 at 8:03 PM ^

My family used to watch with tons of friends over. Me and my brother (and anyone who would join) would pull our pants (I know...this isn't starting good) down around our ankles for every field goal attempt.  Underwear remained up, but no matter who was in the room, he and I would always drop (our own) pants.

Btw, I'm happily married (to a woman) with 4 sons!

Wolverine Devotee

October 25th, 2019 at 5:05 PM ^

I used to have a ton of things I did over the course of an entire week but after The Game last year I decided to give all of them up because none of that shit was working if we've been this bad against OSU. It also got to be way too much to remember and I was stressing out way too much over shit that in most cases I had little control over. So I've embraced the mantra "traditions over superstitions".

Wear the same thing every game (Blue M hat, jersey we're wearing, khakis, Jordan socks that match the jersey we're wearing), apply Huron River water as a metaphorical eye black/war paint on my face, run outside and touch the Go Blue banner above the front door. 

OwenGoBlue

October 25th, 2019 at 5:17 PM ^

If I attend they always win ugly terrible games that vaguely resemble football (ex: M00N, Sugar Bowl). The @Northwestern games are always stupid because I live in Chicago.

To help the team I will ask you all to pay me a sizable salary to attend games. Make your money back betting the ML not the spread. 

JimboLanian

October 25th, 2019 at 5:26 PM ^

I really do not have any superstitions, but this week I'm thinking of messing with someone who does. My Father In-law is a huge Notre Dame fan. He and his wife light tons of candles for every ND football game. Contemplating going for a visit tonight and hiding all there candles.

Phaedrus

October 25th, 2019 at 8:22 PM ^

You should replace them with secular saint candles with guys like Woodson and Harbaugh on them. After a quick search the best I could find was Tom Brady. If we continue the ND games it would be a great prank for the future. I think you can get custom made ones so you could really mess with them.

EDIT: On Etsy there are multiple vendors that customize them.

MGlobules

October 25th, 2019 at 6:18 PM ^

That if I put on my one piece of Michigan regalia--on old t-shirt, they are gonna lose, even if as usual I am watching on the porch with everyone else long gone because I am living and dying with every play and my wife and daughter are taking pity. 

How I reverse this one I'm not sure--wear it for ND? I do have a Sauce Castillo t- that I recently got at 20 percent off from mgoblog. Maybe that is my ticket.

Did I mention that I really dislike Brian Kelly? With a kind of dislike I normally think is not worth wasting on anyone?

EDIT: Of course I could break precedent and go and watch with the Tallahassee M Club at the Hobbit Grill. Then Sauce will be a likely go.

4godkingandwol…

October 25th, 2019 at 7:11 PM ^

I’ve given up all my pre game traditions/superstitions. None work. Still retain my post game tradition to compel god to answer why he has forsaken me. 
 

still no reply, just a haunting laughter that echos in my mind all Saturday night before fading to a dull chortle by the following Friday. Rinse and repeat for 12 weeks. 

Bo Harbaugh

October 25th, 2019 at 7:53 PM ^

I tried pretending like I don't care...whatever it's just college football anyways.

Didn't work, the universe still knows I care and the losses eat me up.