The Luau Pictures: Michigan 30, Fresno State 10
/Better late than never. Either I’m motivated / demotivated by Michigan’s performance on the field, or I’m magical and my motivation / demotivation directly affects the football program. Just in case I’ll try to do better. Tremendous tailgate, great to see old friends, and somberly celebrate a couple of folks we lost in the off-season. I’d say “onward!” but the next one is a real steamy pile of Bevo dung. More stuff here on the game page.
Licensed to kill gophers by the government of the United Nations - Michigan 52, Minnesota 10
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Licensed to kill gophers by the government of the United Nations. A man, free to kill gophers at will. To kill, you must know your enemy, and in this case my enemy is a varmint. And a varmint will never quit -- ever. So you have to fall back on superior intelligence and superior firepower. And that's all she wrote. - Carl Spackler
Tremendous day in the Twin Cities, with a Nook lunch and a Malcom Yards takeover pregame, followed by complete domination on the field. Traveling fam was strong.
Stay Regular, My Friends: Michigan 45, Nebraska 7 - The Photos
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Like a tall glass of ex-lax
They may be the nicest fanbase in the B1G, but it’s only because they are all so happy because they are so damn regular. It’s a known fact that one runza per day it equivalent to 26 servings of bran flakes, and all evidence seems to point to these people sustaining on runzas. Don’t know what a runza is? Well you are not alone, as outside of Nebraska, which includes the auto-correct while I type that insists that I’m trying to type (coincidentally) “runs”, this pastry (?) is a mystery…not unlike the meat contained within it. I think it was most aptly described by the gentleman sitting behind me that called it a “closed White Castle”. But for some reason, I crave them every couple of years, and this stellar Big Ten West crossover matchup obliged once again, dragging me across the country to spend time with the most cutoff large city in the US, eat their made up fast food and pretend they are relevant. And you have to pretend. Tell them they would have won in 97, that you really are heartbroken over their unending pile of close losses, and that you were a huge Scott Frost guy and can’t believe it didn’t work out….because they really are that nice, and they don’t have anything else except a world attendance record for women’s volleyball. Anyway, Michigan played a perfect first half, and ran away 45-7, keeping the Bussin’ Bowl trophy in Ann Arbor and moving to 5-0 on the season. Hit up the game page for more stuff including Nebraska tailgates that go back to the 2005 Alamo Bowl.
Underserved: Michigan 31 - Bowling Green 6
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I would have rather missed this Saturday’s performance than last, but alas, Godmother didn’t make me one drink, so I remained lucid and aware of the fact that Michigan gave us the kind of performance that would have resulted in a loss with any of the remaining teams on our schedule. Ah, but if I had gone full blackout, I would have missed that light show. I enjoyed the blue, especially the one with the Woodson interlude. Not so many things are directed at in-game fan experience these days, so I’ll take it. In the end an epic day of BBQ followed by Michigan playing that survive and advance card we’ve come to loathe yet appreciate from time to time, moving to 3-0 on the season, and 3-0 all time against the falcons, with all meetings falling within the UMTailgate timeline. So check out the game page here, and pop in on the photos from BGSU 2010 (The Bacon Tailgate!) and 2000 (Anthony Thomas AND Chris Perry had TDs, as did Ronald Bellamy and David Terrell)…gotta be a trivia question there somewhere.
