"It sucks to be a Michigan Wolverine" If you're familiar with this UofM war chant you're probably well aware that it's supposed to go, "Its great to be a Michigan Wolverine!" But no sober fan could possibly think it's great to be Wolverine after Saturday's performance against the Toledo Rockets. Toledo is a lovely Ohio city, especially considering it resides in the suckiest U.S. state ever created, but it is not known for its football greatness. It is a MAC school which basically means it's a step up from Friday Night Lights, okay so that's a bit of an exaggeration but still! Most fans thought they wouldn't have to endure a more humiliating game then losing to Appalachian State in the home opener last year; well at least they were only one division lower and turned out to be the best in their division! Toledo has only won 2 of 4 games this season and if you don't have an idea of the gravity of this win please go to their home website (http://utrockets.com/), it's the entire homepage and you actually have to click off of it to get to their academic page! The Wolverines are now 2-4, not so great for a "elite" football program and the bleeding doesn't stop here...no, the hemorrhaging has only just begun with the undefeated Penn State Nittany Lions, Michigan State, Northwestern, Minnesota and that little team with the all star quarterback Terrell Pryor -Ohio State left to play. I'm starting to think I should wash my blues and maizes together and hope they turn into greens while I quietly defect and become a Sparty fan since they seem to have figured out how to win a few games.
And if Saturday wasn't bad enough, you can always depend on the Lions to ruin your Sunday. They even managed to tease their poor, beat down fans by keeping the game close but they couldn't hold on to the win long enough to beat the Minnesota Vikings.
In other sports news, we Detroiters can at least take solace in the fact that the Red Wings always have our backs. In last weeks home opener the 2008 Stanley Cup Champion banner was raised to the rafters giving them their first championship since 2002, go Wings!
Unfortunately I didn't get down on the field last weekend so no chance for the atta boys...still 2 games left and I am committed to making it happen!!
2 comments:
don't forget the pistons arch.
the lions are so demoralizing...all I have to say is - orlovsky, there's lines around the outside edge of a field for a reason...YOU HAVE TO STAY INSIDE THEM!!! - the only unforced safety in NFL history...way to go lions!
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