Wolverine247 Board

I think it is a great year to be a fan. I think, especially on defense, the coaches have shown the ability that when they are able to get a full system of their players that they should succeed.

That being said, also look at the other sports.

Basketball should be a team that makes the NCAA tournament this year and if THJ stays then combining him McGary and Burke next year could be amazing.

Also look at hockey. The team is playing really well this year, and has another great recruiting class in the pipeline.

The next couple years might have some rough patches but everything is looking up and I am happy to be a fan right now.

Well said.

It's under the emoticons. Otherwise you can type it out [ goblue ] without the spaces.

I find your thoughts on MSU to be very interesting Pete

Thanks. I figured I would go with facts about MSU that any non-MSU fan could agree on: 1. recently bad, 2. not many good wins, 3. blown out on the road against good teams, and 4. not recruiting at a national level.

The thing about being a real fan is that when Michigan does finally win that 12th football national championship, it will feel the most gratifying to you. I know I'll cry tears of joy because, lets face it, NCs don't come around very often here. And honestly, who here can say they witnessed Michigan win their last national championship before 1997? (1948 if you didn't know automatically).

I'm sure I will be like that too when basketball eventually gets back to the top and when hockey can capture #10. That's just the kind of person I am. My username isn't just MichiganDevotee for nothing. I'm very excited for all sports.

I like this new guy.

He's good in my book

If we went over to tRCMB every time you guys mentioned Michigan, we'd post there more than MSU posters. You don't have to defend MSU every time we talk about you. We don't like MSU, so we'll probably make fun of it. It'll be ok.

Gholston, Bullough, LT, Burbridge, and Pittman isn't nationally recruiting...

Did you go to MSU or any college?

You failed to dispute any of my points.

I said:
1. recently bad

You:
Do not dispute that.

I said:
2. not many good wins,

You:
We beat one or two teams other than UM that will finish the year ranked. In other words, not many good teams. (I know you didn't mean to say that a big name program is really the same as a good team regardless of how they perform on the field. That would be very anti-Sparty fan themes.)

I said:

3. blown out on the road against good teams,

You:
Point to no good teams that Sparty has even hung with on the road. Once again, just "name" programs that did not have good teams at the time they played Sparty (as proven by their lack of year end ranking after playing a bunch of teams).

I said:

4. not recruiting at a national level.

You:
Point to a small handful of players over three years that came from the midwest. It's almost as though you are unable to meet the point head-on.

You can try to avoid the points I raised or come up with counter-points that miss the mark, but that facts remain.

As I said, almost any college football fan with no connection to UM/MSU would agree with those facts.

Hey, I started this thread and I am just defending it from an ignorant Spartan fan. If he should not post here and it bothers you, then tell the mods. (I personally have no problem making State fans look dumb.)

Anyway, the facts remain that the future looks really bright for UM, while our rivals pose no real danger to the brightness of that future. It is a time of opportunity going forward. Michigan slipped down and is getting back up to battle with teams who have not really improved even though they have been able to beat flailing UM teams.