Hello Folks!
As most of you know, I absolutely love Michigan Football. It's probably some combination of my own personal experiences in Ann Arbor and the thoughts of my father's and grandfather's experiences there as well. When I walk around AA, I feel my family's history. I remember the thousands of miles Christina and I walked together...before we really even knew one another. And I know that the University and its people stand for the important things in life. I hope someday my kids will feel the same way. With that being said, here are pictures from last weekend's opening of the NEW Big House...definitely one of the best sports experiences of my life.
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| The New Big House |
Quick Recap of the festivities:
Brock Mealer led the team out of the tunnel. An awesome, moving moment. To see Brock's story click here
A pair of flyovers...see picture evidence above.
30-10 victory. Enough said.
Denard. 197 yards rushing. 186 yard passing. One of the best individual performance I have ever seen at Michigan Stadium. Wait to see what he does against ND.
The new stadium. It looks great. I love the facade, all brick. Classy as hell. The boxes look good too. The stadium is deserving of college football's all-time winningest program. Lastly, I would say that it still feels like the Big House. It's just a newer, classier, more modern Big House. Tough to complain about any of it.
ND Preview:
Who really knows what to expect? How good/bad is Uconn? How good/bad is Purdue? Today, we will find out a lot. I don't see any way ND can stop DRob or our rushing attack. At the same time, I don't see any way we can stop their passing attack. Our secondary is too young, and theirs is too talented. So the game probably comes down to which team can score the most and not turn the ball over. I have confidence in us. I expect a big day from Denard and our receivers because ND will be forced to stack the box and try to stop the run. By the end of the season, people will respect him as a passer, and that starts today. Also, our dline will get decent pressure. This will sorta mitigate their passing attack. I am predicting a 35-28 victory for the good people. It should be an exciting game. Happy Watching!
As always, Go Blue!
After Saturday's performance your photo seems oddly prophetic
ReplyDeleteHaha, I like the use of the word "prophetic". Seems appropriate.
ReplyDeleteI was going to do a blog recap of the ND game, but I'll just post it here instead.
ND Game Recap:
Denard runs. He runs some more. He passes. Passes for a TD. Runs more. Holy crap, he just ran 87 yards right past like 6 ND defenders. Wait, is ND going to comeback? WTF, they just took the lead??!?!?! Oh wait, we still have Denard. Yeah, we win.
For anyone who didn't see the game, that's pretty much how it went down. I have a hunch there might be a few more games this year that end the same way.
Honestly, I'm not convinced yet that we are a really good team. BUT, we have a chance to win every game we play in...and that is very encouraging. We will probably win a game or two we shouldn't and lose a game or two we shouldn't. I still think eight wins is a good season considering our youth and our defense.