3/2/2022 – Michigan 87, Michigan State 70 – 16-12, 10-8 Big Ten Say what you want about Tom Izzo please do so loudly and publicly but you have to give him one thing: he offers satisfaction. You can beat guys like Chris Holtmann and Matt Painter and yeah it's nice to win a basketball game against a good team. They'll talk about what happened and it'll be nice. But at no point will you feel that cosmic justice has been done. You can woof at them and they'll say "he's a good player." They'll probably even mean it. Not Tom Izzo. https://t.co/19TJPrlt05 pic.twitter.com/nxsmy3siqq Patrick Barron (@BlueBarronPhoto) March 2, 2022 When Hunter Dickinson is dropping 33 and four blocks and woofing like he's going for 70, Tom Izzo will not sit on the sideline in stony silence and then graciously tip his hat in the post-game press conference. Instead, he will wander onto the court to berate an official because the tall man is being mean. He won'
Harbaugh in the wind update. The Athletic clears some things up about what's going on in Harbaugh's head:
…sources pushed back on the theory that Michigan’s handling of NIL will be a major factor in Harbaugh’s NFL decision.
“Everybody’s got this so unbelievably wrong,” one source said, pointing to Cade McNamara, Blake Corum, J.J. McCarthy, Aidan Hutchinson and other Michigan stars who landed lucrative NIL deals, along with an arrangement that allows players to profit from the sale of officially licensed jerseys.
However:
Whether it’s relaxing restrictions on the use of school trademarks or providing additional NIL infrastructure, there’s a sense that Michigan can do more to maximize its NIL potential.
Harbaugh is Harbaugh so he may indeed flit off to the NFL at a whim but it doesn't sound like it'll be because he feels like he can't compete at a high level. Michigan had the misfortune to run up against a generational Georgia team without the k
This is a friendly reminder, whether in Miami or at home, you got to pump it up! And if you are unsure whether this PSA pertains to you - don't you know you've got to pump it up!
Here's to the boys in blue pumping up everything in sight. The scoreboard, ticket prices on stubhub, hotel rooms in Indy, all of it.
Wishing you a happy ending to 2021 and an even better start to 2022. Go Blue!!!
12/4/2021 – Michigan 42, Iowa 3 – 12-1, Big Ten Champions
People just sang.
YOU GOT TO PUMP IT UP.
DONT YOU KNOW?
PUMP IT UP.
YOU GOT TO PUMP IT UP.
DONT YOU KNOW?
PUMP IT UP. pic.twitter.com/e2mWVCPpUT Patrick Barron (@BlueBarronPhoto) December 5, 2021
There are many things that stoke my envy when I consider European soccer. First and foremost is the lack of commercials, naturally. Second on that list is the sort of fan culture that means you've just got a song and that's the song and everyone sings the song. Everyone. Not a fight song, but some weird thing someone latched onto many years ago that became a signifier of in-crowd status and from there became a Tradition. Some colleges have a version of this, but they're pale imitations of the sort of crowd-wide belting going on across the pond. A few people mumbling "Hang On Sloopy," sort of embarrassed they're doing so. Sort of thing.
Not Michigan on Saturday. I had to make a bunch of calculations th
A very little, but big, detail I noticed from Saturday. Typically I see Jim Harbaugh lead his captains out of the tunnel and makes the "ok go" call for running onto the field. This time, it was 100% his players and Aidan made the "ok go" call for running out to touch the banner. pic.twitter.com/WzgkirFsrY