It’s confusing to a lot of people, how I can say openly and willingly that I’m…a Notre Dame hater. So much so, and much to the chagrin of most at our tailgate, that I loathe them more than Ohio State. There’s slight hypocrisy involved considering the uppity nature and high brow fandom that our University [...]

After a weekend filled with excitement with more thrills on the horizon, let me briefly divert your attention from the field to a cause that is near and dear to my heart. The second online auction to benefit the Bernard “Pat” Maloy Cancer Scholarship commenced Tuesday Sept. 8th at www.umich.cmarket.com. Pat was a former teacher [...]

Fall 1997, Ann Arbor, Mi, I woke up on a different couch this morning. I usually sleep in the living room or on the back porch but this night I was upstairs in a bedroom on a different couch. The smell of sausage cooking woke me up. It wasn’t pleasant. It was foul.
It was more [...]

I’m glad to see our website and message board maintain some of the dignity in which this institution was founded on. (Even if we’ve lost a little bit of it on the field). The most unflattering trait in a person is dishonesty. And what permeates from many in our fan base is the John Kerryish [...]

I’ve woken up early the last two mornings. Tuesday at 8 am and Wednesday at 9.15 am in an effort to prepare myself for the first tailgate. Unfortunately neither of those times are really that early compared to the actual time the alarm is going to go off Saturday morning. As the Spindoctors said, “It’s [...]

I’m sure it’s not hard for most of you to see how people here at my office know I graduated from Michigan. And of course when I over hear them say something like “oh, ask Rob, he’s a Michigan fan.” I quickly snap and remind them “I’m not a fan! I paid for this shit.” [...]

Within four hours of walking out of my door i can be in ann arbor. the price of this luxury ranges between 220 and 320 dollars. if ann arbor didn’t exist and i was simply flying into metro to go to detroit it would cost me roughly 300 dollars. most of you wouldn’t waste a [...]

Ex-Wolverines have been in the news recently and for some very good reasons. Michael Phelps, former swimmer, broke his own record in the 400m individual medley on Sunday night. The Baltimore Sun asks if Michael can become the next Tiger Woods…The title was enough for me not to read the article.
Two former Wolverine baseball players [...]

A common way to test the value of our traditions is by comparing them to our present day experiences. If they resemble the past, or what we know of as the past then we tend to appreciate them more. We pay equal attention to that which we’ve never seen. But in order to determine value [...]

The summer months, and for that matter most of winter and spring, are affectionately known on this site as “the off-season.” And despite the valiant efforts of our non-revenue sports like baseball, softball, track and field etc…it will take a rejuvenation of our hoops team for that to change. So what do you do in [...]