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Alright, all the very, very, very much-deserved crap we're taking aside, here are my thoughts for the rest of the season:
Flame away. I think this program will see better days real, real soon. If not, I'll still be here.
that's about where my mindstate is now...the game itself was one of the most gut-wrenching things i've ever had to endure. i was supposed to be painting a house w/my brother and dad, but listening to the game on the radio on the way there, i promised them i would come back tomorrow (today) to do my part, and headed off to a local sports bar to watch ([censored] you, big ten network)..
picture being one of 2 people in a packed, standing-room only bar of people wearing scarlet and gray wearing maize and blue, that's what my buddy and i went through..whatever you (OP) went through down in N.O., trust me, being a michigan fan in northeast ohio was never easy, but getting 7 text messages in 2 minutes is like putting your hand down the garbage disposal.
despair to relief to dispair to relief to 12 hours of sloppy drunkedness..
late night bar-hopping also probably wasn't the best idea in hindsight...i left with 3 $50 bills, and came home with 3 cigarettes. stayed up another hour or so at home w/my girlfriend, and her 2 hot friends, announced i had to pee, went upstairs, and never made it back down. (i had to be told all this today, as i can't remember none of it)
only reason i'm typing now is because sportscenter just showed 'the day after in ann arbor'...just, wow. if this loss was to iowa, or wisconsin, it'd be devastating, but to lose to app. state, it just makes it surreal.
however for me, my problems are not yet over, as i have to go teach on tuesday, and literally 95% of the teachers and students know my affiliations.
again, i just want to say i feel horrible for mike hart and jake long and mario (who i taught, and watched his entire high school career) and a little less so for chad henne. 3 of those 4 could be millionares right now, but came back because of michigan pride, and wanting to beat osu. mike hart has to be sick right now...
anyway, next saturday will come. i'm not buying into the sub-.500 talk i'm reading, though oregon will be tough..
finally, seeing lloyd carr say in an interview last night that the team 'wasn't prepared' was one of the most infuriating things i've ever seen. i'm a high school baseball coach, and that is the FIRST thing you make sure of, that your team is mentally focused and ready, regardless of the fact that we're a division 1 school possibly playing a division 4 school, you just don't let that happen, and if you sense complacency, you figure out a way to change that.
i'm literally sitting here shaking my head thinking about those comments..i can't wrap my head around the thinking involved..he must be ready to go, and while i've been a carr-supporter in the past, his 'big game' record, and saying that he didn't get his team ready in the hours and days before the biggest upset in michigan football history, i can't say that anymore. last year i was ready to annoint ron english, but that was pre osu, usc and this...now, he ought to be polishing his resume...the 'powers that be' probably have too much pride and respect for carr and his staff to chop them 1 game in, but next year i expect to see a big rollover in coaching...
wow.
in a sick sort of way, i'm happy i left painting to watch, as hard as it was. being a cleveland sports fan (all 3 pro teams + michigan), i'm used to these scars, and in a way, am proud of them. seeing and feeling the heartbreak will make the next nail-biter that they pull out all the more better..
keep your heads up, maize and blue, and just be happy that you don't live in ohio, like i do..