Hey Timmy, Welcome to the Second Largest Stadium

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​You've no doubt heard by now that The Big House may be giving up the title as the largest stadium for the next two seasons during the construction. In fact, from the looks of the Michigan Blogosphere, I may just be the last to give my two cents on the subject. The reality is that we've only been the largest stadium for the last 10 seasons. That's right youngsters, we were smaller than Tennessee's Neyland Stadium during the 1997 campaign. That season seemed to go well, eh?

So the inevitable question...does it really matter? I guess it does. It's something to hang your hat on if you're not winning National Championships every year. And we don't, so we take pride in the fact that we are part of the largest crowd watching a football game anywhere in America on a given Saturday. But the truth is, we didn't even manage that stat 

last 

year. Following the 0-2 start for the Wolverines, the attendance numbers dwindled to a level at which there were more fans in Happy Valley than in Ann Arbor for two said Saturdays. So, if we are pissed...what are we really pissed about?

The truth is, in a war of seat building, Michigan can always win. The place is halfway underground, primed for second decks and/or third decks in the end zones. If we want it to be bigger, it will be bigger.

But what I don't want to see is gloating from Penn State. Of course, that's not possible, so I present this post from TINNOMJ. It includes the tagline "eat it, Wolverines." Cute. Actually, during official tallying of the attendance, Michigan gets to take 10% of the Beaver Stadium gate. Why? Because WE OWN PENN STATE. Oh, and f*ck JoePa for good measure, that geriatric old piece of sh*t. He hasn't actually coached a game since the 80's. He just stands there and smiles with that weird smush face smile and hikes his pants up repeatedly...and occasionally sh*ts himself.

Look what you made me do. You made me curse a living legend. And during lent no less.

Opinions galore:


  • "We love wheelchairs!" style article from MGoBlue.

  • The whole story from The Michigan Daily.

  • What really matters is wins and losses, so to our Penn State brethren, I say NINE STRAIGHT BITCH.

  • The use of the term "various-plegics" is not only clever, but also ridiculously funny.EDSBS.

  • MVictors reminds you that somewhere there is a Les Miles lover declaring this as RichRod's fault.

  • MGoBlog worries we're not going to get it back by 2010.

Weekend Roundup, Championship Week Edition: March 10, 2008

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What you missed while scouring hot chicks in pictures with douchebags over at hotchickswithdouchebags.com.

Adieu Ron Coleman, I Wish You Were Ron Coleman

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​There was a time when I hated you Ron Coleman, now I only loathe you. Back when you were a Sophomore, I was a season ticket holder for basketball. You were a chucker then, and I watched as you failed to improve as your career progressed. I watched as we had to "move in a different direction" from your former Romulus teammate Jerret Smith. I watched your stats taper off in your senior year. Sure, you were injured. Sure, it was a new system...and you were the lone senior. Maybe that's not fair, maybe we should count David Merritt, whose best basketball stat is that in his Freshman and Sophomore years he didn't play basketball but was on the Dean's list. That Dean was most likely Mrs. Amaker, which is probably how he made the team last year. Anyway Ron, I expected some leadership out of you. I expected more minutes. I expected, well, too much I guess.

I wanted you to be remembered Ron. But it was not to be. You haven't even managed to be the best Ron Coleman. That's right Ron Coleman, I am saying that you are no Ron Coleman. Take Big Ron Coleman for example, he's an 8-time Mr. Olympia. Ron Coleman mining is a successful purveyor of quartz in Arkansas. Ron, you don't even know what a cichlid is. Meanwhile Dr. Ron Coleman is living his life among the cichlids, unlocking the secrets of evolution. I really wish you were the Ron Coleman that writes for one of my favorite blogs, RightWingNews, at least then I could respect your ideals.

Michigan closed out the 07-08 campaign and Ron Coleman's Crisler career by playing exactly the way they have played all year. Outplay the opponent for the majority of the game, shit the bed for 3-4 minutes, turn the ball over 20+ times, and lose by around 10. The cliche of the "score not being indicative of the game" should be attached to every contest that involves this team. Michigan did fall 72-58 to Purdue at Crisler, and it wasn't for lack of effort from Epke Udoh. Udoh was all over the place, and it was obvious that he had something to prove. The announcers recognized it, the fans recognized it, and Beilein recognized it. At the end of the game, Udoh was the only player that had the right to say this:

We always come out and play hard," said Michigan's Ekpe Udoh. "We just don't play hard the whole 40."

Don't I know it. Make me a liar and an idiot and make a little noise this weekend fellas...please.

The Halfway Inn

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​Well, not exactly halfway, as construction is going to continue until leading up to the 2010 season, but apparently things are moving along quite nicely over at Stadium and Main. Here's the official release from MGoBlue, and considering I'm the last to alert the world of this, I'll give credit to MVictors for alerting me.

The whole thing reminds me a bit of the Iowa construction from 2005, which I didn't like very much. It's not exactly aesthetically pleasing to have a giant frame of a building (make that two buildings) hovering over the stadium during a game. But it's just temporary folks. Of note is that it seems the old press box will remain intact for the coming season, so you haven't seen the last of it yet.

You Want Less, Not Moore

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​OK, quick, fully ripped post for this Friday night...

With the regular season swan song coming for Michigan Basketball this Sunday, I would like to point you to two posts about former Michigan Basketball player Josh Moore. Josh played basketball here. Yes, I know you don't remember him. That's because he was the worst 7-footer in the history of the NCAA. First, the total picture from UMHoops,highlighted by this:

Moore clearly feels that he did not get a clear shot at Michigan, which I suppose is fair. Even though the academic issues surrounding Moore’s career are plentiful he never really did get a shot on the court. Then again he was brought in with an era of Ellerbee that can be described as nothing short of a nightmare.

and this...

Moore has plenty of thoughts and brings up some interesting points. While they have flaws of their own Moore's blog is worth a read for any Michigan fan that wants to reminisce about the glory gloomy days of the Ellerbee era or even just get Moore's opinions on the Rich Rodriguez hire.

No offense UMHoops, but I would rather get opinions on the Rich Rodriguez hire from...well....anyone other than Josh Moore. Josh is a first class dick, and an enemy of the program. This is outlined in the following quote, which is also quoted on UMHoops:

The biggest mistake I ever made in my life was attending the scandal filled, divided, cesspool known as the University of Michigan and I have no problem with publicly saying that.

The biggest divided cesspool that has ever existed is the one that resides between Josh's legs. For more commentary of this nature, I direct you to 

Michigan Against the World...
Under the handle "Big J," Moore discusses his experiences at Michigan and is really quite bitter. Well, the feeling is mutual Josh, because you sucked. You didn't just suck, you FUCKING sucked. In fact, you and Avery Queen taking the court at the same time was basically the only proof ever needed that suck does indeed come in all shapes and sizes.

and...

OK. As if Shaq as your cousin isn't a big enough claim to wannabe-fame, Moore is really calling Glen Rice "my former teammate?" Rice was a Clipper for 3 months in 2003-04, when Moore technically was a Clipper, spending the entire season on IR before being shitcanned for sucking.

Shitcanned. Love it.