I am a multi-degree graduate of UM and have bled maize n' blue since I went to college there (when Bob Ufer was the announcer) and then law school. Something happened to me in the pre-Hoke area. My father was in town (Chicago) for the weekend, and we went to a restaurant for lunch. There was a TV on in the background, and I asked what game was on--it was UM-OSU, UM was getting shellacked, not a surprise, but I had no idea that UM was playing. I'm not sure when I lost touch with my UM addiction.
Then comes Brady Hoke, and then, for ever so short a time, I got excited again about UM football (I always have loved B-Ball). I knew who all the recruits were, where they were from, their rankings, etc. I actually met with Brady for a short time and told him how excited I was again for UM football. We all know how that ended up.
Nevertheless, my renewed addiction remained in place, and I was ever so optimistic about how football would be. After all, when I was in school--Rick Leach was the QB my first year and Rob Lytle the RB--UM and OSU were the Big 2. Both schools won their share of games during the 10-year war between Bo and Woody. I yearned for at least some balance.
But then a funny thing started happening. UM has been killed each year for basically 15+ years by OSU (with two or so exceptions). UM typically wins the games it should but less frequently the ones it shouldn't. And it has had a tendency to suck when everyone starts feeling just a little bit excited, like on Saturday.
Harbaugh is a good man, runs a clean program, cares about the kids, has good moral character, etc., all things I respect greatly. But I have resigned myself to the fact that what we have seen over the past six years is the best we will ever see under JH. 9-3 or 8-4--maybe a 10-2--is our ceiling. Better than Rutgers, but not what I used to see when I was younger.
So, I think we will muddle along for the foreseeable future with limited highs and frequent lows. But, something @Shaver said in an earlier post rings true. I have started not to care so much about UM football. It's almost like I want us to lose so that a change will be made to breathe life and optimism back into the program. I'm not smart enough to know whether JH and Don Brown should move on, but it has gotten to the point that I don't care all that much one way or another.
Then comes Brady Hoke, and then, for ever so short a time, I got excited again about UM football (I always have loved B-Ball). I knew who all the recruits were, where they were from, their rankings, etc. I actually met with Brady for a short time and told him how excited I was again for UM football. We all know how that ended up.
Nevertheless, my renewed addiction remained in place, and I was ever so optimistic about how football would be. After all, when I was in school--Rick Leach was the QB my first year and Rob Lytle the RB--UM and OSU were the Big 2. Both schools won their share of games during the 10-year war between Bo and Woody. I yearned for at least some balance.
But then a funny thing started happening. UM has been killed each year for basically 15+ years by OSU (with two or so exceptions). UM typically wins the games it should but less frequently the ones it shouldn't. And it has had a tendency to suck when everyone starts feeling just a little bit excited, like on Saturday.
Harbaugh is a good man, runs a clean program, cares about the kids, has good moral character, etc., all things I respect greatly. But I have resigned myself to the fact that what we have seen over the past six years is the best we will ever see under JH. 9-3 or 8-4--maybe a 10-2--is our ceiling. Better than Rutgers, but not what I used to see when I was younger.
So, I think we will muddle along for the foreseeable future with limited highs and frequent lows. But, something @Shaver said in an earlier post rings true. I have started not to care so much about UM football. It's almost like I want us to lose so that a change will be made to breathe life and optimism back into the program. I'm not smart enough to know whether JH and Don Brown should move on, but it has gotten to the point that I don't care all that much one way or another.
