Over A Decade Of Annoying The Rich And Powerful Alumni of U of M

"The Spirit of Michigan: It is based upon a deathless loyalty to Michigan and all her ways; an enthusiasm that makes it second nature for Michigan Men to spread the gospel of the university to the world's distant outposts; a conviction that nowhere is there a better university, in any way, than this Michigan of ours." - Fielding H. Yost

Time To Prep

I’ve been pretty quiet after the euphoria of winning that piece of the Big Ten Championship with the Bucks beating up Sparty in their own crib for us. With the excitement of the first championship in decades and an upcoming run at the Big Ten tourney and Big Dance, things were looking darn good for the Wolverines and the basketball program.

Then we were embarrassed by OSU in the Big Ten Tourney.

Then we were even more embarrassed by the other Ohio in the Dance. They can get fired up all they want about the whole calling OSU “Ohio” bit…but we should run them every time. They are a MAC team. We were a Big Ten Champion.

Great. That’s one big THUD.

Then an army of players left.

Then our all-world diminutive freshman was leaving.

Then he was coming back…and thank God he decided to come back for his sake and for our sake. We have a lot to look forward to in 2012-13 with our basketball and football teams….and maybe just maybe Michigan Athletics are getting back to where they are supposed to be. Where they are in the history of intercollegiate athletics… Where they are supposed to be based on my first 30+ years on the planet…

Then the spring game came and went and it just doesn’t hold my interest like it used to. It’s a great event and wonderful for the kids, but at the end of the day it’s an open practice in a very big stadium. I know how big it is for some folks. I know people use it as another home game, plan a tailgate, travel in for it, etc. That’s what makes me sick about how the open practice almost transpired with the crappy weather. Your biggest fans plan around this event and you’re going to move it to where the public can’t watch because of rain??? Because of a little rain??? Aren’t we in the Big Ten? So much for fighting in the North Atlantic…

My last thoughts are on the obviously transparent attempt by Dave Brandon to get somebody to pick up the bill for the band to go to Dallas… Oh poor us we just can’t afford to send the band at that cost. It’s a ridiculous public stunt played out in the press to get donors to pick up the bill…as if they don’t pick up enough… Yes, we can afford it. You make us look like a half-ass operation by implying otherwise. You are harming the ‘brand’ that you oh so preach to protect and grow. We could afford it. If we couldn’t, or if you don’t want to pay the bill, I strongly suggest we don’t have any more stunts like having a home game 1200 miles from Ann Arbor. We’re running in the black…by a long shot…and the band is part of the gameday experience. You have your little bowl game Labor Day weekend, so suck it up and stop hammering donors for everything…and most importantly you don’t harm the reputation of the University of Michigan and Our Team, Our Team, Our Team.

That really wraps up my thoughts as we head into the summer barring a huge Wolverine event that I’ll need to chime in on…

I love Michigan…and I live by The Team, The Team, The Team. For the whole Michigan Family…The Team, The Team, The Team. Really this applies to my professional sports teams as well. Whether it comes to marginal players looking to leave a program early for the draft, somebody transferring, or the biggest all-star that stays all four years or a coach that continues our glorious tradition, I’m not cheering for you. I don’t care about you. I don’t cheer for YOU, I cheer for the jersey. I cheer for the school that jersey represents. I cheer for the the state that school represents.

Whether you come or go, sit the bench or win the Heisman, I cheer for you in the context of being a Wolverine. If you represent us well, if you continue our tradition, if you make the program and school proud, I might continue to be a fan of you if when you leave Meeeechigan you continue to do us proud and are successful in whatever endeavors you decide. If you are a Michigan Man or Woman. Otherwise, they come and they go Hobbs…they come and they go. You’re just another number in a long line of champions that have worn that jersey.

God bless all of your cotton pickin maize and blue hearts, and I expect everybody to continue their offseason workouts and be in mid-season form by the time we hit the field in Dallas!

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