University of Michigan twilight zone
Something is happening in the universe and I dont like it one bit. For two years straight I find myself on the outside looking in at the bowl season. Basketball comes along to offer me hope for a successful team that is enjoyable to watch, yeah so much for that. Even hockey, a Red Berenson coached team that is now 7-8 overall and 3-6 in the CCHA with 2 losses to Miami(Ohio), Michigan State and a loss to both Bowling Green and now Ohio State on home ice! I just dont understand what is going on, every team worth watching has suddenly become terrible to mediocre. I really do feel like I am in some weird twilight zone because I am just not used to Michigan being so bad across the board.
December 5th, 2009 at 2:38 AM ^
Suck it up.
"When your team is winning, be ready to be tough, because winning can make you soft. On the other hand, when your team is losing, stick by them. Keep believing. -- Bo Schembechler "
December 5th, 2009 at 3:00 AM ^
I think it's called being a 'fair weather fan'.
December 5th, 2009 at 10:59 AM ^
So just acknowleging that UM's teams are having rough seasons means you aren't a SuperFan worthy of your approval?
December 5th, 2009 at 1:43 PM ^
What good does whining about it to other Michigan fans do?
December 5th, 2009 at 5:22 PM ^
I'm pretty sure the extra mgoPoints count in the BCS calculation
December 5th, 2009 at 3:33 AM ^
the osu game wasn't home ice, last i checked. and by checked, i mean it wasn't at yost.
December 5th, 2009 at 7:46 AM ^
at suckeye land...Going tonight... Hoping for better results
GO Blue!
December 5th, 2009 at 9:37 AM ^
Go Blue!!
December 5th, 2009 at 11:23 AM ^
theres a michigan hockey hating god when you outshoot OSU 45-20 and take 2x as many faceoffs and then still lose 5-3
December 5th, 2009 at 11:29 AM ^
I did not know goaltending involved divine intervention...
December 5th, 2009 at 5:20 PM ^
I went to a Leafs game last week for work. The Leafs outshoot the Islanders 61-21, and still lost the damn game.
December 6th, 2009 at 10:32 PM ^
It was at the "Value City Arena," which sums up much of what I personally feel about OSU.
December 5th, 2009 at 8:08 AM ^
I agree, this year has been painful. One disappointment after another since the ND football game. I keep hoping we've hit rock bottom. Its especially crappy when you have season tickets to all three teams.
December 5th, 2009 at 10:42 AM ^
+1 for having season tickets to all three. You are my hero... and I am slightly jealous. :)
December 5th, 2009 at 8:17 AM ^
At least nobody has been stupid enough to make any "FIRE RED BERERNSEN- this is UNACCEPTABLE" posts.
I haen't written off either team yet. I'm of the "one game at at time" ilk. You focus on this game. Then, when it's over, you focus on the next game. Sometimes, in what seems like the proverbial "twinkling of an eye," you look up realize you have ripped off ten victories in a row.
That's why we watch sports; the outcomes aren't etched in stone. It would be boring if they were. That's why many fans bitch when UM plays another version of Baby Seal U: nobody wants a guaranteed win because it isn't "exciting" enough or it isn't "competitive."
For me, the last two years have been agonizing while the games are happening, but immediately after, I throw them in my "stuff happens" file.
Your mileage may vary.
December 5th, 2009 at 9:22 AM ^
"Those Who Stay Will Be Champions"
December 5th, 2009 at 10:45 AM ^
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December 5th, 2009 at 11:00 AM ^
I see They have taken a toll on your spirit.
December 5th, 2009 at 5:24 PM ^
no, theyve just succeeded in teaching me what is a good post and what is a bad post.
something stupid like this, good.
something relevant like conelius jones position, very very bad.
December 5th, 2009 at 5:32 PM ^
It's all about tact Mr. Saban. You appear to lack it.
December 5th, 2009 at 7:16 PM ^
i repeat, stupid posts like this show just how obsessed you are with acquiring meaningless mgopoints.
December 6th, 2009 at 2:30 PM ^
I obviously am not obsessed with acquiring "meaningless mgopoints", but I happen to agree with every poster who has ripped into you in the past two days. They are not trying to acquire mgopoints, but merely pointing out how absurd many of your positions are. If you joined here to discuss Michigan athletics, than you are going about it the wrong way (picking fights with and mocking the entire mgocommunity). If however you are here to try and piss everyone off, congratulations you have accomplished that. But if this is the case, I do not understand the outrage you show at being disagreed with. You are an enigma wrapped in a riddle my friend.
(I apologize for any spelling or grammatical errors)
December 5th, 2009 at 11:29 AM ^
How incredibly disappointing.
December 5th, 2009 at 12:22 PM ^
Wow, I was just venting a little after a terrible loss to Ohio State and suddenly I am a fair weather fan that doesnt believe in Michigan?! Ok then. Yes you are correct the hockey game was not on home ice, still that doesnt change the fact that they played UOS and should never have lost. Anyway I am just disappointed and was looking to vent a little thats all
December 5th, 2009 at 12:36 PM ^
You take the good with the bad and there you have the facts of life.
December 5th, 2009 at 1:20 PM ^
I think that I am more of a fan now, because I have to hope for success more than just to accept it, if that makes any sense. More emotional investment.
December 5th, 2009 at 7:03 PM ^
stay the course - things will be fine..patience !!
December 5th, 2009 at 7:17 PM ^
I think it's time to throw patience out the window. At least that's what I've decided to do.
Basketball - get your head out of your ass and start playing some damn ball. I don't care what the fuck your problem is, but get it fixed. Watching the NC/Kentucky game today I thought "Michigan would be absolutely killed by either of these teams". Not fun.
Football - this past season you were like that stripper who you thought you could fuck, only she took all of your money and you had to jerk it when you got home. I'll give you two more years, if only because I still believe in RR and thought the Lloyd era was getting quite stale (face it, it was)