All things touristy and Chicago were consumed: Italian beef, Chicago dog, Italian plates bigger than serving platters. We pre-gamed Wrigley-ville, took in a majestic and historic venue, and walked it off with a field goal in a baseball stadium. Another survive and advance win for the Wolverines. Onward.
You remember this one, right? It’s the one after we played uninspired in an uninspiring place and doubled down on giving fans all the “we’re not at all good” feelings possible. We ate a lot of smoked meats. We played Purdue in November under the lights. We survived and advanced…which becomes a bit of a theme in this meaty part of the schedule.
Recovering from my rich tradition of petering out mid-season on posting, we’ve got some photos and stuff to catch up on. MSU “under the lights” 2025 was the quietest, saddest, and least satisfying game in the history of the series. Sparty fans were basically a no-show. The few that did couldn’t even muster up a dated “you cheated” diatribe. Michigan didn’t play particularly well, MSU played even worse, Spartan fans checked out to a basketball season that surely must be Izzo’s final one, and the stadium remained the concrete crap hole it has always been. But they added a drone show! Take some of that $401 million and tear that horrible eyesore down. Fitz doesn’t know what to do with good players anyway…so don’t waste your money on stars.
I get lazy when Michigan loses. USC was a suckfest. Another in a seemingly endless line of too hot game time temperatures that I’ll probably regret bitching about when the wind is whipping at Wrigley. Washington made up for it (but was also too damn hot for October) but we are left with no room for error in a quest to make OSU a play-in game. Anyway…photos…
Michigan goes in to Lincoln in what could have been billed as a trap game, but traps typically have some element of surprise to them. For Nebraska, bringing all they had and playing with a chip on their shoulder at the direction of their dumbass coach that once looked for extra eligibility for a player based on the game against Michigan “not counting” due to the alleged cheating…well that is no surprise. Michigan played sloppy and made a couple mental team mistakes which is often a recipe for losses on the road, especially for the Wolverines. But Michigan’s offense found just the right number of weaknesses, with big TD runs by the law offices of Haynes, Marshall and Underwood. The defense teed-off on Raiola, sacking him 7 times and skewing the rushing stats to a final line of 43 yards on 31 carries. In short, Nebraska, in its 14th year in the Big Ten, still hasn’t figured out how to play Big Ten football. Even the supposed magical 3rd year of Matt Rhule can’t overcome inadequacies on both lines of scrimmage. Either that of Michigan is a lot better than we thought they were. Time will tell. Michigan moves into the bye week with a huge road win and minus the shitty program history regarding West Coast road trips (I see you USC), smooth sailing (famous last words) in front of them.
Tailgate wise, a tremendous day at Buzzard Billy’s, a rare near-to-stadium venue where you can get tailgate breakfast, beers, cocktails, tailgate lunch, and cleanse your pallet pre-game with a skillet brownie. Our spirited crew sang the victors and announced that it is in fact great to be a Michigan Wolverine, all with very little pushback from The Volleyball School fans in attendance.
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