There is something I don't quite understand about Wolverine fans.
I know a bunch of people who attended UofM, and they are generally top-notch people: intelligent, often professionally accomplished, curious, and generally well-behaved. Responsible citizens, I have no doubt.
But my experience is that they get weird when it comes to talking about college football. My experience is that they don't want to talk about anything but Go Blue football. One would think they are knowledgeable fans who would have interest in and awareness of, for example, the Spartan's offensive strengths and weaknesses, or how Ohio State has struggled. They get tight-lipped when it comes to discussing conference foes, including the mighty Wildcats.
On this board, we have several great posters representing OSU, Iowa, Wiscy, Illinois and other schools. They have intimate knowledge of their teams and also broader knowledge of the conference. But the most insightful comment I have had from a Michigan friend over the past few years has been a bashful admission that Wolverine fans have basically awakened in Ann Arbor on some fall Saturday morning over each of the past three years when the schedule read "Northwestern", jumped out of bed, and had a horse shoe fall from their arse.
So if there are Wolverinez fans who can talk reasonably objectively and intelligently about B1G football--and not just Wolverine football and the best fern bars in Ann Arbor--I would like to meet them.
I know a bunch of people who attended UofM, and they are generally top-notch people: intelligent, often professionally accomplished, curious, and generally well-behaved. Responsible citizens, I have no doubt.
But my experience is that they get weird when it comes to talking about college football. My experience is that they don't want to talk about anything but Go Blue football. One would think they are knowledgeable fans who would have interest in and awareness of, for example, the Spartan's offensive strengths and weaknesses, or how Ohio State has struggled. They get tight-lipped when it comes to discussing conference foes, including the mighty Wildcats.
On this board, we have several great posters representing OSU, Iowa, Wiscy, Illinois and other schools. They have intimate knowledge of their teams and also broader knowledge of the conference. But the most insightful comment I have had from a Michigan friend over the past few years has been a bashful admission that Wolverine fans have basically awakened in Ann Arbor on some fall Saturday morning over each of the past three years when the schedule read "Northwestern", jumped out of bed, and had a horse shoe fall from their arse.
So if there are Wolverinez fans who can talk reasonably objectively and intelligently about B1G football--and not just Wolverine football and the best fern bars in Ann Arbor--I would like to meet them.
