February 21, 2013

Have You Seen Ohio's Schedule?

February 21, 2013/ The Webmaster

Is this for real? Found this in my twitter archives from earlier this month:

Cute TTUN reference aside, coming off a sanction stained season of perfection that will no doubt be a motivational factor, this slate is a recipe for repeat perfection. Ugh. I guess it's relative. Is the Big Ten going to start making a comeback nationally? Who are the powers of the Big Ten for '13? Does Penn State have a year left in them before the penalties start to really take their toll? Will Ferentz make Iowa competitive and save his high paying job? Is Northwestern planning to turn the corner?

Anyway, Urban, unless you have another nervous breakdown like you had at Florida, we'll see you at our house on the 30th. I'm looking for that season ruining '95, '96, '97 magic. Also, I can hear the echoes of Coach Hoke's cracking voice telling me we only worry about Michigan at Michigan...or perhaps that was RichRod. No matter, here's our schedule for posterity:

Not exactly a host of world beaters...though BCS Championship Game runner-up Notre Dame does come to Ann Arbor for Under the Lights part deux. Also, at Sparty, at NW, at PSU all reserve the right to be challenges.

It's fun to look at football in February. 51 days until the Spring Game. You got a hotel for UCONN yet?

Keep calm and GO BLUE!

February 20, 2013

Way Back When-sday Pic of the Week

February 20, 2013/ The Webmaster

November 17. 2007.  Kevin Cowbell and I attack mini-Brutus in section 30 as Michigan falls 14-3 in one of the worst games I've ever had to sit through. — November 17. 2007. Kevin Cowbell and I attack mini-Brutus in section 30 as Michigan falls 14-3 in one of the worst games I've ever had to sit through.

February 06, 2013

OSU: An Uneducated Couch Potato Bullet Point Recap

February 06, 2013/ The Webmaster

We Beat Ohio. 76-74 in OT.

The Good:

Huge win. Nearly a must win for staying in the conversation for the Big Ten regular season championship, at least as must win as must win can be on February 5th.
Amazing that games like this are happening in Ann Arbor. This conference is the shit. This team is the shit. Where we've been to where we are....just wow.
Good birthday present for the 60 year old fearless leader of the Wolverines.
It's weird the way we typically go the way Hardaway goes. Tonight, Hardaway was scorching hot. He single handedly kept us in this game.
McGary. He's probably the third best player on this team. He's getting better every game. It goes beyond just basketball...his youth and exuberance are always a spark.
Stauskas and G-Rob both made valiant comebacks after poor showings in the IU game. Stauskas made two more 3's on the same amount of attempts, and Little Dog hit double figures after Saturday's 40-minute, 2 point performance.

The Bad:

Our uniforms. That's not maize, that's highlighter. The inability to see names and numbers brought me back to the Outback Bowl.
While it was great to have Timmy nail 5 straight 3's, the fact that we may have very well been run out of the gym (our own gym) without them is a bit concerning.
The play to end regulation, or lack thereof, was frustrating. Yes, Trey Burke is a spectacular talent, but the Buckeyes kept him somewhat in check (at least by the eye test). We didn't need a fade-away three. We needed an offensive play. We needed something more than Louis Bullock tapping his head as the clock ran down.
McGary: Should be starting. If someone could explain to me why he does not, that'd be great.
The officiating: They missed offensive goaltending in the first half by the Buckeyes. Also, that was a flagrant foul by Craft. And Craft was fouled on the final shot. The last two cancel each other out I guess, but that doesn't make it any less craptastic.
The next two are on the road.....at the Badgers....at Sparty.