EDIT: In hindsight, this was a crucial win just for pride's sake. This game was the first and only time in the history of Michigan Stadium that an opposing team's name was painted in one of the endzones. If we had lost, we would have never heard the end of it.
It also happened to be Lloyd Carr's first game as head coach.
I guess I'm of the mind that 'resentment energy' is a finite resource, and these assholes in East Lansing (and, to a lesser extent, Columbus) have drawn so much of mine that I just don't have any left for Nebraska.
I dunno. Given that Nebraska's program has completely fallen off a cliff (and will likely never recapture its 90's-era glory, given how drastically the recruiting landscape has changed since then), I take no special pleasure in beating the Cornhuskers, '97 travesty notwithstanding. They're not even mediocre; they're just plain bad now. These days, beating Nebraska by any less than double digits is cause for concern. That, plus their fans are such genuinely nice people--in stark contrast to the fans in Columbus, East Lansing, State College, and Madison--that it's impossible to dislike them.
We didn't even play our A-game. Special teams were a disaster. The offense disappeared for the entire third quarter and much of the fourth quarter. The only unit that was consistently great throughout the entire game was the defense. And yet, we still pulled off a win against the most perennially talent-loaded, most well-coached program program in college football.
Jim Harbaugh will forever go down as one of the greatest Wolverines ever. Nothing can tarnish his legacy. Fifty years from now, no one will remember Cheeseburgergate, or whatever bullshit we had to tell the dying and discredited NCAA to get them to shut the fuck up, or the annoyed tweets of Tom Mars. But everyone will remember what Harbaugh accomplished at Michigan.
I think The Game 2022 was the all-around greatest performance of the Harbaugh era. Absolutely everything was totally on point in that game: the gameplan, the execution, the in-game coaching, just everything. The only thing I can think of that went wrong in that game was that we missed a field goal from 50+. But everything else about that game was clutch. It was an absolute Masterclass in the art of football. And the fact that it came against our biggest rival in their house, a place where we hadn't won in 22 years, was icing on the cake.
I love these kinds of questions because there's really no wrong answer.
For me it's a tossup between The Game 2021 and the 2024 Rose Bowl win over 'Bama. The former was a program-changing win on the level of The Game 1969. Without that 2021 win, none of the big wins that came afterwards happen. On the other hand, the latter was the de facto national championship game. That win over 'Bama proved that we can beat the best of the best on the biggest stage possible and got us over a hump that had been a persistent problem for decades.
I would give the edge to the 'Bama win, but only because I was there and I'm biased. But like I said, there's no wrong answer. 😀
The job of Warde and the attorneys who are handling this is to look after Michigan's best interests, not the interests of any former coaches who are no longer associated with the program. Warde got us off without scholarship reductions or a postseason ban. That's a win in my book.
Any annoyance from Jim Harbaugh is a blip and isn't likely to affect the program or its relationship with Jim. He will always and forever be revered as a legend and one of the greatest Wolverines of all time. Whatever bullshit we might have had to tell the discredited clown show known as the NCAA in order to get them to shut the fuck up is irrelevant. I'm glad this nonsense is in the rearview, and on balance, I'm sure Jim is glad too.
I dunno. The Nolan Richardson days weren't all that long ago. The fact that they're taking a gamble on Calipari is probably an indication that they think they can recapture that glory.
Given a choice between a young up-and-comer with promising early results and an older guy with a track record who is nearing the twilight of his career, Warde seems to prefer the former.
I never hear that university mentioned in any context other than basketball (and their occasional flash-in-the-pan football success). I know a handful of people from Connecticut, and none of them have any affiliation with UConn. Never seen them mentioned in connection with any research or studies or accolades. Never seen any professor from there quoted in the media. They apparently have a law school, but I've never met anyone who went there. Do they even have any actual academics?
A lot of us rooted for Staee that year just because of the symbolism of it all. That game took place in Detroit at the lowest point of the Great Recession, which had hit Michigan harder than any other state in the country.
He seems to be handling it well. In hindsight, it would have been better if he had gotten his first head coaching job elsewhere. But it was an experiment worth trying.
I hope it has been made clear to him that he's welcome back anytime.
Presumably, if a kid is playing ball at Yale, he has other professional aspirations that have nothing to do basketball. Michigan is not in this position often, but if I'm this kid or his parents, I might question the wisdom in passing up the opportunity to get a degree from Yale and take a step down in academic prestige just to play basketball at a higher level.
I hate pretty much all of the other B1G teams (with the possible exceptions of Northwestern and Nebraska) and I never root for them unless Michigan stands to benefit in some way. This ain't the SEC.
Honestly, I'm really impressed with the overwhelming majority of hires Sherrone has made so far. Obviously time will tell on whether they pan out or not, but almost every single one seems like a home run. The lone blemish is Scruggs, whose DUI issues were known before he was hired. But I'm glad that was swiftly dealt with and that he's no longer part of the program.
In my mind, the post mortem is that he just wasn't ready to lead a program. Early on, his shortcomings were masked by his having inherited a program in pristine condition and hitting home runs on some early recruits (Hunter Dickinson, Franz Wagner) and transfers (Chaundee Brown, Mike Smith) who maintained the winning culture that Beilein had established. But as the Beilein core turned over, he struggled to build a winning culture of his own.
It's really unfortunate the way it ended. In hindsight, it would have been better if he had gotten his first HC gig somewhere else.
Juwan's accolades on the court are well-known and widely acknowledged. What I choose to remember about him is that his beloved grandmother who raised him died the day he signed his LOI, and he kept a promise he made to her by getting his degree with his graduating class despite leaving early to play in the NBA. That's integrity.
Is Ohtani known to be into gambling? Serious question, because I don't follow baseball closely so I don't know. Usually, celebrities don't rack up that kind of gambling debt out of nowhere. The big shots who get in that deep are already known to be high rollers, no?
I knew Kalel was special when he completed that clutch 3rd and 1 jump pass in The Game 2022 and then walked off the field with a look of annoyance on his face, as if he was mad at himself that it didn't go for a TD.
You know, that's actually not such a bad idea. He was a pretty damn good D-line coach. He might not add much value in recruiting, but if all he had to do was coach DL, he could thrive.
It would require a lot of pride-swallowing by Hoke, though.
Maybe if more people on the West Coast had watched the Pac religiously, there would still be a Pac. I had a born-and-bred Californian who is a huge Niners fan once ask me, "So what exactly is the Pac-12?"
That statement has been so blown out of proportion over the years that the original context has been completely lost.
There isn't an AD in America who would have let Frieder get away with what he was trying to do. The audacity of telling your boss that you're leaving to join a competitor but will stay on and be the elephant in the room for an indeterminate period of time was ridiculous. Bo did what any AD would have done.
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EDIT: In hindsight, this was a crucial win just for pride's sake. This game was the first and only time in the history of Michigan Stadium that an opposing team's name was painted in one of the endzones. If we had lost, we would have never heard the end of it.
It also happened to be Lloyd Carr's first game as head coach.
I'm slightly embarrassed to admit that I feel no embarrassment whatsoever at how often I watch clips of this game.
lol, fair enough.
I guess I'm of the mind that 'resentment energy' is a finite resource, and these assholes in East Lansing (and, to a lesser extent, Columbus) have drawn so much of mine that I just don't have any left for Nebraska.
I dunno. Given that Nebraska's program has completely fallen off a cliff (and will likely never recapture its 90's-era glory, given how drastically the recruiting landscape has changed since then), I take no special pleasure in beating the Cornhuskers, '97 travesty notwithstanding. They're not even mediocre; they're just plain bad now. These days, beating Nebraska by any less than double digits is cause for concern. That, plus their fans are such genuinely nice people--in stark contrast to the fans in Columbus, East Lansing, State College, and Madison--that it's impossible to dislike them.
We would all be living in that universe, but Jake Thaw must own a flying DeLorean or something.
Credit to Jake Thaw for quickly recovering from his mistake and avoiding disaster.
We didn't even play our A-game. Special teams were a disaster. The offense disappeared for the entire third quarter and much of the fourth quarter. The only unit that was consistently great throughout the entire game was the defense. And yet, we still pulled off a win against the most perennially talent-loaded, most well-coached program program in college football.
My family and I were fortunate enough to have been there, and it was the greatest sporting event experience I've ever had and will likely ever have.
If it hadn't been for some uncharacteristic special teams miscues, the game wouldn't have been as close as it was. We were the better team.
Jim Harbaugh will forever go down as one of the greatest Wolverines ever. Nothing can tarnish his legacy. Fifty years from now, no one will remember Cheeseburgergate, or whatever bullshit we had to tell the dying and discredited NCAA to get them to shut the fuck up, or the annoyed tweets of Tom Mars. But everyone will remember what Harbaugh accomplished at Michigan.
I think The Game 2022 was the all-around greatest performance of the Harbaugh era. Absolutely everything was totally on point in that game: the gameplan, the execution, the in-game coaching, just everything. The only thing I can think of that went wrong in that game was that we missed a field goal from 50+. But everything else about that game was clutch. It was an absolute Masterclass in the art of football. And the fact that it came against our biggest rival in their house, a place where we hadn't won in 22 years, was icing on the cake.
I love these kinds of questions because there's really no wrong answer.
For me it's a tossup between The Game 2021 and the 2024 Rose Bowl win over 'Bama. The former was a program-changing win on the level of The Game 1969. Without that 2021 win, none of the big wins that came afterwards happen. On the other hand, the latter was the de facto national championship game. That win over 'Bama proved that we can beat the best of the best on the biggest stage possible and got us over a hump that had been a persistent problem for decades.
I would give the edge to the 'Bama win, but only because I was there and I'm biased. But like I said, there's no wrong answer. 😀
The job of Warde and the attorneys who are handling this is to look after Michigan's best interests, not the interests of any former coaches who are no longer associated with the program. Warde got us off without scholarship reductions or a postseason ban. That's a win in my book.
Any annoyance from Jim Harbaugh is a blip and isn't likely to affect the program or its relationship with Jim. He will always and forever be revered as a legend and one of the greatest Wolverines of all time. Whatever bullshit we might have had to tell the discredited clown show known as the NCAA in order to get them to shut the fuck up is irrelevant. I'm glad this nonsense is in the rearview, and on balance, I'm sure Jim is glad too.
Ah, crap. IIRC, he had some sort of alcohol-related incident during his time with the Jaguars, too.
Say it ain't so, Shoelace.
I'm hoping for a 2021-NBA-Preseason-Franz-Wagner vs. everything-Franz-Wagner-has-done-since-then-type situation.
Methinks the lady doth protest too much.
I dunno. The Nolan Richardson days weren't all that long ago. The fact that they're taking a gamble on Calipari is probably an indication that they think they can recapture that glory.
Given a choice between a young up-and-comer with promising early results and an older guy with a track record who is nearing the twilight of his career, Warde seems to prefer the former.
That game was glorious. We scored the first 13 points of the game and never took our foot off the gas.
I never hear that university mentioned in any context other than basketball (and their occasional flash-in-the-pan football success). I know a handful of people from Connecticut, and none of them have any affiliation with UConn. Never seen them mentioned in connection with any research or studies or accolades. Never seen any professor from there quoted in the media. They apparently have a law school, but I've never met anyone who went there. Do they even have any actual academics?
A lot of us rooted for Staee that year just because of the symbolism of it all. That game took place in Detroit at the lowest point of the Great Recession, which had hit Michigan harder than any other state in the country.
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/ncaatourney09/columns/story?columnist=schlabach_mark&id=4044768
That, plus that just seemed out of sync defensively. UConn had no trouble flustering Painter's man defense.
2013 still stings a lot more than 2018. And the fact that Louisville had to vacate that title makes it sting even more.
That 2018 Villanova team was loaded. We could have played them 50 times and we would have lost 47 of them.
Purdue Basketball is not nearly as obnoxious as Purdue Football (despite being much better).
This feels like the Tubby Smith situation all over again.
Yes, but only so we can stop hearing about how Michigan State's 2000 championship was the last time a B1G team won the tourney.
He seems to be handling it well. In hindsight, it would have been better if he had gotten his first head coaching job elsewhere. But it was an experiment worth trying.
I hope it has been made clear to him that he's welcome back anytime.
Presumably, if a kid is playing ball at Yale, he has other professional aspirations that have nothing to do basketball. Michigan is not in this position often, but if I'm this kid or his parents, I might question the wisdom in passing up the opportunity to get a degree from Yale and take a step down in academic prestige just to play basketball at a higher level.
I dunno. Good looking dude, nice hair, dresses like he's in the Mafia, etc. Just sayin'.
Jay Wright is one of those people who just has the look of a slimy dude, but who is actually a decent guy.
Probably the most underrated coach in the country.
I hate pretty much all of the other B1G teams (with the possible exceptions of Northwestern and Nebraska) and I never root for them unless Michigan stands to benefit in some way. This ain't the SEC.
Honestly, I'm really impressed with the overwhelming majority of hires Sherrone has made so far. Obviously time will tell on whether they pan out or not, but almost every single one seems like a home run. The lone blemish is Scruggs, whose DUI issues were known before he was hired. But I'm glad that was swiftly dealt with and that he's no longer part of the program.
In fairness, Warde is a 6'5" former defensive tackle. His body type doesn't leave him with very many options.
In my mind, the post mortem is that he just wasn't ready to lead a program. Early on, his shortcomings were masked by his having inherited a program in pristine condition and hitting home runs on some early recruits (Hunter Dickinson, Franz Wagner) and transfers (Chaundee Brown, Mike Smith) who maintained the winning culture that Beilein had established. But as the Beilein core turned over, he struggled to build a winning culture of his own.
It's really unfortunate the way it ended. In hindsight, it would have been better if he had gotten his first HC gig somewhere else.
Juwan's accolades on the court are well-known and widely acknowledged. What I choose to remember about him is that his beloved grandmother who raised him died the day he signed his LOI, and he kept a promise he made to her by getting his degree with his graduating class despite leaving early to play in the NBA. That's integrity.
Too soon.
Welp... So much for that.
Is Ohtani known to be into gambling? Serious question, because I don't follow baseball closely so I don't know. Usually, celebrities don't rack up that kind of gambling debt out of nowhere. The big shots who get in that deep are already known to be high rollers, no?
I would feel a lot better about Medved than May.
I knew Kalel was special when he completed that clutch 3rd and 1 jump pass in The Game 2022 and then walked off the field with a look of annoyance on his face, as if he was mad at himself that it didn't go for a TD.
The Facebook post announcing his hire also included some nice subtle trolling:
Isn't Alabama one of those weird schools with two mascots? I think their on-field mascot is an elephant for some reason.
I went about a year ago. Had a delicious dinner for six at this halal Wagyu place in Tokyo for around US$100: https://maps.app.goo.gl/r2867fgB9gV6389AA.
Also, this place in Tokyo where you catch your own fish and then they cook it for you is pretty cool: https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g14133673-d1177395-Reviews-Zauo_Shinjuku-Nishishinjuku_Shinjuku_Tokyo_Tokyo_Prefecture_Kanto.html
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You know, that's actually not such a bad idea. He was a pretty damn good D-line coach. He might not add much value in recruiting, but if all he had to do was coach DL, he could thrive.
It would require a lot of pride-swallowing by Hoke, though.
What's scary about people who get arrested for DUI is that they probably do it a lot more often than they get caught.
The idea that Brady has some sort of strained relationship with Michigan is one of those baseless falsehoods that simply won't die.
Maybe if more people on the West Coast had watched the Pac religiously, there would still be a Pac. I had a born-and-bred Californian who is a huge Niners fan once ask me, "So what exactly is the Pac-12?"
That statement has been so blown out of proportion over the years that the original context has been completely lost.
There isn't an AD in America who would have let Frieder get away with what he was trying to do. The audacity of telling your boss that you're leaving to join a competitor but will stay on and be the elephant in the room for an indeterminate period of time was ridiculous. Bo did what any AD would have done.