Anti-Climacus

YOUR WEEKLY MICHIGAN FOOTBALL UPDATE: Winning is a lot more fun than losing, surprisingly enough. And winning is particularly sweet when it's against one of your rivals, especially when you always find a way to beat them. Because then it leads to garment-rending like this:

"Face it, we have the least capable coaching staff in Division I.

How many times did they run up the middle on first down? How many times did they lose two yards? Completely predictable.

When time was running out in the first half, what did Michigan do on third and long? Run up the middle, punt and hope?

No. Their freshman QB threw a ball deep across the middle. And got a first down.

That's how you win. By taking chances and making plays. Not by playing tight and hoping the other side will make a mistake."

...only in Big Ten football does "run left, run left, throw on 3rd and long" qualify as 'taking chances.' Which is why I love this shirt, though it was more appropriate for the Iowa-Wisconsin game that Michigan-Penn State. If there's anything better than Michigan football on black tea on a Saturday afternoon, I don't want to know what it is.

For the more aesthetically inclined, an Ode to Mike Hart in haiku form.