That Season Three Years Ago That I Failed to Document - Game #6: Northwestern
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A few quick things: 1) Spring Practice started today, and it seems we don't really give a shit 2) Who the hell set up the tailgate this neat? 3) Beat the Seminoles
Coast to Coasting
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Junfu Han / Detroit Free Press
Not sure why there was any concern about not being in The D to start the tourney. All things being equal, Michigan is going to have more people in any given arena than the opponents. Michigan owned NYC a couple weeks back, sent a hoard to Wichita, and now owns LA. Unfortunately, as I have spoken about before, the tenacity and vigor of the nationwide fan didn't inspire the locals to give 100% at Crisler this year. But that shit is water under the bridge now. The blue hairs will be charging through the snow in their rascals next year to get to the games.
Michigan dispatched of TAMU in about 5 minutes of real time, and I'm convinced refs called fouls to get to the TV timeouts, otherwise the whole game would have taken about 45 minutes. TAMU flirted with getting the deficit under 20, and I think they actually did manage to cut it to 18 late. They also had some huge powerful dunks, and each time they clung to the rim for an extra moment, flexed, or yelled, I could hear the echoes of John Beilein's voice reminding the team that no matter how colossal, those dunks are only two points. Michigan would hang 99, and TAMU head coach Billy Kennedy looked absolutely shell shocked from tip to buzzer. Michigan shot at a clip that TAMU had not experienced since 2001.
39-63 overall, 14-24 from 3, 7-8 free throws. The offense showed up. And when it does, there's nobody that can beat this team. Nobody.
Michigan moves on to their 3rd Elite 8 in 6 seasons, a type of success that is rarified air, and to be respected. In short, we don't appreciate John Beilein enough. He is our basketball Bo, and with just 3 more wins, he'll accomplish something that even Bo did not.
This is friggin' fun.
Go Blue!
Way Back When-sday Pic of the Week
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October 30, 2004 - Captain Michigan wears an M&M suit before Michigan's 17-point 4th quarter comeback led to victory in 3OTs 45-37. Gamepage is here.
The Best of the Bad
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Listen, there’s no great brackets out there. Last years winner had 88 points, currently there are only 8 people that even have the possibility of hitting that number...meaning of the 32k+ combinations remaining, they would have to be nearly perfect to get to it. Wow.
Anyway, a shout out to Dave DeMaggio (no relation) for still showing the possibility of a century mark score. Here’s his bracket, which I would find quite enjoyable if it were to come to fruition:
Folks, in my bracket studying experience, I’ve found it’s in that second weekend's games that things get real ugly. With the number of unpicked teams still floating around, you’d be stupid to assume that suddenly chalk is going to take over.
Two days until gameday.
This Baby Gorilla Has the Worst Bracket
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101 brackets entered, and not counting the guy that literally let his two-year old select the picks in his bracket entitled "My Two-Year-Old's Picks," our worst bracket comes to us from an old friend, Baby Gorilla. For those that do not know or remember him, before his manhood got clipped, Baby Gorilla endured several seasons of Michigan tailgating and was a road trip staple, where he was known for sleeping 23 of the 24 hours on any given day, and once forcefully vomited up a stack of Dinkytown blueberry pancakes into a ditch on the side of a road in Minnesota.
Baby Gorilla doesn't really like Michigan State, but he likes their women, who typically have a moral compass that performs similarly to one you would find on the island in Lost. He continues to pick Michigan State, year after year, even though they haven't won a National Championship since back when he was dealing rocks in Colonial Village. He probably shows his bracket to his wife, she smiles and pats him on the head and gives him the big piece of chicken and rubs his belly. He's happy, the Earth (that he is almost certain is flat) continues to be semi-circled by the sun, and all is well.
So here it is, in all its glory, the worst bracket through the first weekend:
Of note, for those participating in the UMTailgate.com tournament challenge, half the field still has a chance to take first place, so you might think your bracket is busted, but things are so jacked up in reality that you probably are still in it....so check the standings, particularly the best results.
Fun.
Also, Thursday vs Manziel. Woot.
Go Blue!
