Drove to Toledo to catch the event. Was truly wicked and something I'll never forget and likely never see again (that all depends how I'm feeling in 2045). Seeing the light go from mid-afternoon to dusk to just eerie was very cool. Dark enough that the parking lot lights kicked on. As the eclipse drew closer more people showed up and quite a few cheered when it happened and everyone was thrilled. The only way the weather could've been better is if there were no clouds but what was there didn't interfere in any practical way. Mother Nature really did us a solid on that one.
The drive down from metro Detroit wasn't bad - took 75 down, 75 back. Each way took 2.5h. Where the choke point really stuck us was that construction down near Luna Pier that just gummed everything up but I rather expected it. The construction just after the 375 interchange wasn't bad - it had a little impact but at that time it felt more like standard Monday morning traffic.
The drive back... omg. That 2.5h felt like 5.5. I hung around Toledo until after the partial ended, shopped a little, got some gas, then headed north. The construction and everyone merging in from Luna mangled traffic badly. Once you got past that it was like the Red Sea parting. Was able to pace out pretty well after that.
Looking back, it was totally worth it and I'd do that whole thing over again just the way it was done this time if it meant experiencing it like that again. The only thing rattling around now is maybe I should've went further east for another 2m of totality but what I got was truly awesome. One of the best descriptions I'd heard today was from a little boy who said it looked like a big black hole in the sky. Very cool.
For the younger among us, the next time a total eclipse will cross Michigan will be in 2099.
How I became one of the many actually precedes the earliest sports memory I have re UM. As my cousins, sibling, and I were growing up they started going to UM for college. It was a natural fit for me to follow suit but that was after changing my mind on the college choice as it wasn't the first on my list due to what major I was intending to pursue. It was after I was accepted and enrolled that I became immersed in all things Michigan.
That then leads to the earliest memories of seeing some of the games of the late Bo era and passionately supporting Glen & co as they won the title. It was in the very early 90s when I first attended games at the Big House and have been hooked ever since.
In the end it took me going to UM to start really caring about the school and its sports teams and now it is so ingrained I'm pretty sure if I did a DNA test they'd find a new gene that screams GO BLUE.
^ This. +1000. The hatchet job going on right now is obscene. This program should be riding highs from the past three years but instead there is so much turmoil that frankly it puts the entire future up in the air.
Agreed, This needs to end and if he winds up leaving, don't gut the coaching staff. It does damage with both recruiting and the portal. Bad enough NIL is anemic but this doesn't help.
Watching from home. Would have been awesome to do the Rose Bowl thing, but was there for the tour in '97 and the win on Jan 1 so kinda checked that box.
Wanted to do the NCG but just missed the cut for the MI tix and the price didn't come down enough while was in SanAn to warrant changing flights to stay for it. May wind up wishing I'd just choked down the higher price tag but couldn't pull the trigger.
Got the mail earlier this evening. Until I saw the price I'd been determined to grab a pair of tickets. Since, there is much consternation and unwise attempts to rationalize the purchase. Like others I'm leery of being tagged with tickets in the middle to upper part of the range.
Need to put up massive signs on every building around that would be in camera view that says "Fuck ESPN". Do this early Saturday morning. All those frats nearby - that's your action item for the game.
If they're being permitted to come to A2, tell them they have to set up down next to the Compost Center off Platt since that's where they belong, with the rest of the refuse.
This is what is required to be done. Will the B1G do it? Hell no. Much as we don't like the crap that goes on there, the one thing they have that Michigan apparently doesn't is a backbone.
The only way that crew should be allowed anywhere near A2 should be if they present a 24-karat apology every Gameday between now and then which takes up an entire segment.
They burned the bridge. They want back across the river they have some serious begging to do.
This by far is my biggest concern about the offense. It has to be a combination of things:
- O line is nowhere near as good as the last two years.
- Donovan has admitted he doesn't attack as quickly as he should, most of his runs can be counted on to only be 1-3yd. Don - you have enough speed, the edges are not a bad place to run to.
- Blake is off about 1/4 step which is just enough.
- Feels a lot like they haven't practiced much run blocking.
At least Kalel is back and looks decent - that has to help a bunch in taking pressure off the other two. Now it comes down to Sherone using the backs more effectively.
This should be an every year thing but this year is an extremely important one to adhere to this approach. If you have a ticket, get your butt in the seat and root on Michigan and keep anyone wearing red out of it. This year a statement needs to be made, pure and simple.
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Drove to Toledo to catch the event. Was truly wicked and something I'll never forget and likely never see again (that all depends how I'm feeling in 2045). Seeing the light go from mid-afternoon to dusk to just eerie was very cool. Dark enough that the parking lot lights kicked on. As the eclipse drew closer more people showed up and quite a few cheered when it happened and everyone was thrilled. The only way the weather could've been better is if there were no clouds but what was there didn't interfere in any practical way. Mother Nature really did us a solid on that one.
The drive down from metro Detroit wasn't bad - took 75 down, 75 back. Each way took 2.5h. Where the choke point really stuck us was that construction down near Luna Pier that just gummed everything up but I rather expected it. The construction just after the 375 interchange wasn't bad - it had a little impact but at that time it felt more like standard Monday morning traffic.
The drive back... omg. That 2.5h felt like 5.5. I hung around Toledo until after the partial ended, shopped a little, got some gas, then headed north. The construction and everyone merging in from Luna mangled traffic badly. Once you got past that it was like the Red Sea parting. Was able to pace out pretty well after that.
Looking back, it was totally worth it and I'd do that whole thing over again just the way it was done this time if it meant experiencing it like that again. The only thing rattling around now is maybe I should've went further east for another 2m of totality but what I got was truly awesome. One of the best descriptions I'd heard today was from a little boy who said it looked like a big black hole in the sky. Very cool.
For the younger among us, the next time a total eclipse will cross Michigan will be in 2099.
How I became one of the many actually precedes the earliest sports memory I have re UM. As my cousins, sibling, and I were growing up they started going to UM for college. It was a natural fit for me to follow suit but that was after changing my mind on the college choice as it wasn't the first on my list due to what major I was intending to pursue. It was after I was accepted and enrolled that I became immersed in all things Michigan.
That then leads to the earliest memories of seeing some of the games of the late Bo era and passionately supporting Glen & co as they won the title. It was in the very early 90s when I first attended games at the Big House and have been hooked ever since.
In the end it took me going to UM to start really caring about the school and its sports teams and now it is so ingrained I'm pretty sure if I did a DNA test they'd find a new gene that screams GO BLUE.
Ditto. This is borderline sadistic of him, savaging the staff.
^ This. +1000. The hatchet job going on right now is obscene. This program should be riding highs from the past three years but instead there is so much turmoil that frankly it puts the entire future up in the air.
And yet for some they've understated how many people were actually there.
Dammit Jim, stop gutting the staff!
GDI. Get focused Lions!!
Same - keep the margin at three scores. At this point just need to hold serve.
Wooo!! Keep it up!
Sweet!! Solid drive.
Nicely done Lions. Keep it up.
Well, $5 more per seat. Could have been worse. They got one year... want to see TX come to the Big House. After that, we'll see.
Agreed, This needs to end and if he winds up leaving, don't gut the coaching staff. It does damage with both recruiting and the portal. Bad enough NIL is anemic but this doesn't help.
Ugh. Those two need to just STFU and let us listen in. We don't need their commentary, even if one of them is DG.
If those are my only choices, as much as I like Mr. Brightside, I'd keep the music turned off. After a while both songs would get sooooo grating.
That is OUTSTANDING!!! Lovvvvve it! GO BLUE!!!
GO BLUE!!! Business FINISHED!
Watching from home. Would have been awesome to do the Rose Bowl thing, but was there for the tour in '97 and the win on Jan 1 so kinda checked that box.
Wanted to do the NCG but just missed the cut for the MI tix and the price didn't come down enough while was in SanAn to warrant changing flights to stay for it. May wind up wishing I'd just choked down the higher price tag but couldn't pull the trigger.
Well, this at least eliminates that tinge of possible regret that could have popped up. Only at 191 so wouldn't have made the cut.
The flying cars... big miss there - it would make heading to A2 for tailgating and the games SO much easier.
Got the mail earlier this evening. Until I saw the price I'd been determined to grab a pair of tickets. Since, there is much consternation and unwise attempts to rationalize the purchase. Like others I'm leery of being tagged with tickets in the middle to upper part of the range.
He's a total weenie with zero class to not even congratulate the team on the win.
Now if FSU can take care of business and not have it close we may finally have a playoffs without the SEC.
Seems there's life in the Bulldogs after all.
Georgia's got a fight on their hands. Then again they've been a mid first half team all year.
Blink and they score... wow.
Dayum. If Oregon doesn't wake up they're going to get annihilated.
Gollum can go suck a prickly cacti dick. He's so far up the SEC's bum that he's irrelevant.
The decimation of MSU. It was pure glory and jubliation.
Need to put up massive signs on every building around that would be in camera view that says "Fuck ESPN". Do this early Saturday morning. All those frats nearby - that's your action item for the game.
If they're being permitted to come to A2, tell them they have to set up down next to the Compost Center off Platt since that's where they belong, with the rest of the refuse.
Regents can be voted out. They need to keep that in mind.
This is what is required to be done. Will the B1G do it? Hell no. Much as we don't like the crap that goes on there, the one thing they have that Michigan apparently doesn't is a backbone.
Unleash hell. Anything less than 70-3 is an insult.
What the absolute fuck??!! They have plenty of ammo to support their position. This is absolute top-tier bullshit.
Personal preference - 65 degrees and sunny. We're in Michigan. That's an irrational hope.
Second choice - low 40s and either sunny or cloudy but no precip and winds in the single digits. We've actually had that a few times for The Game.
In the end it comes down to if I have to choose between comfort and a safe drive to and from the stadium, I'll pick the latter.
GA …
Pretty straightforward.
GA - UM - FSU - OR for the CFP participants
OSU - TX in the last spots.
Would make for an interesting playoffs.
Totally. Gollum just needs to go back into his cave in the darkness where he belongs.
This is the only game of the seven that realistically could see an undefeated fall.
While Tennessee could get their act together, Georgia's really clicking so I just don't see that one happening.
Fire up that TRO and eviscerate everyone.
The only way that crew should be allowed anywhere near A2 should be if they present a 24-karat apology every Gameday between now and then which takes up an entire segment.
They burned the bridge. They want back across the river they have some serious begging to do.
The time is coming to crush their souls, turn the dust into a brick, and throw it through the window of their future.
My god that is just glorious! Blood's in the water David - go get em!
This by far is my biggest concern about the offense. It has to be a combination of things:
- O line is nowhere near as good as the last two years.
- Donovan has admitted he doesn't attack as quickly as he should, most of his runs can be counted on to only be 1-3yd. Don - you have enough speed, the edges are not a bad place to run to.
- Blake is off about 1/4 step which is just enough.
- Feels a lot like they haven't practiced much run blocking.
At least Kalel is back and looks decent - that has to help a bunch in taking pressure off the other two. Now it comes down to Sherone using the backs more effectively.
This should be an every year thing but this year is an extremely important one to adhere to this approach. If you have a ticket, get your butt in the seat and root on Michigan and keep anyone wearing red out of it. This year a statement needs to be made, pure and simple.
Fuck Third Base and everyone he associates with! Gooo Knights!
Sounds like a great idea!
Totally stupid call.
It needs to be a beatdown of biblical proportions.
A vast network. That is about as tinfoil hat brigade as it gets. "We did bad so they must be cheating"
Fuck em all.