Are Michigan fans becoming bitter and disenfranchised?

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Nov 27, 2010 3:40 PM
This is a post from a "die hard" Michigan fan friend of mine on Facebook.

"God bless osu fans getting excited over beating a middle of the road big ten team. If only you got this fired up to play wisconsin!"

Sounds very similar to "SEC chest thumping" from SEC fans.
Nov 27, 2010 3:40pm
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Nov 27, 2010 3:49 PM
yea i've got a facebook friend like that as well...michigan fan..he thinks they are good and trys to talk shit on osu every chance he gets....

oh wait..looks like he deactivated his account LMAO
Nov 27, 2010 3:49pm
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Nov 27, 2010 3:52 PM
well Ohio State fans are the worst in the country
Nov 27, 2010 3:52pm
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Nov 27, 2010 3:53 PM
ZombieKiller;577671 wrote:well Ohio State fans are the worst in the country

Dynamite drop in...
Nov 27, 2010 3:53pm
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Nov 27, 2010 3:53 PM
Michigan fans? I didn't know they had anymore fans. Being losers and especially with Ohio State having their # I'd expect any true Michigan fans would have jumped ship a long long time ago.
Nov 27, 2010 3:53pm
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Nov 27, 2010 4:00 PM
ZombieKiller;577671 wrote:well Ohio State fans are the best in the country
there--FIFY :D
Nov 27, 2010 4:00pm
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Nov 27, 2010 4:01 PM
Why would true fans jump ship?

And if they did jump ship, i assume itll be like OSU fans in the 90's theyll all jump back on when it turns around
Nov 27, 2010 4:01pm
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Nov 27, 2010 4:26 PM
Hb31187;577688 wrote:Why would true fans jump ship?

And if they did jump ship, i assume itll be like OSU fans in the 90's theyll all jump back on when it turns around
A few things wrong with this quote. I don't know any OSU fans that jumped ship in the 90s. It's not like they were bad like M*ch*gan is right now. They just couldn't seem to win two games each year. Just happened to be the two biggest. At the same time I don't know any M*ch*gan fans that jumped ship either. I will say there are probably less M*ch*gan fans around Ohio as there was in the 90s and more douchbag OSU fans. My theory on this is that most of those douchbags are young and probably would have been M*ch*gan fans in the 90s cause they want to cheer for a winner. Since OSU was dominating when they started really getting into college football. In the 90s if you wanted to be a "rebel" in central Ohio you became a M*ch*gan fan. Obviously that's not every young douchbag OSU fan and that's just my theory

As for how M*ch*gan fans are feeling. How could they not be getting bitter. I remember having to hear crap from bandwagon M*ch*gan fans in the 90s and it will make you bitter.
Nov 27, 2010 4:26pm
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Nov 27, 2010 4:39 PM
Michigan is at a crossroads, they have a big positive going for them with their history (more on this below), but IMO they need to do one thing NOW.

Get rid of RichRod and get Harbaugh. Harbaugh has the energy and intellect to steer the program back to an every year top 10 power. RichRod offers nothing more than being a JV version of Mike Leach's offense. Michigan doesn't have a future with him.

To the point above, Michigan has a great positive with their history - and their fanbase is more than willing to support the program. But on the other hand, there are some negatives. The state of Michigan is economically in the toilet, the recent downturn has affected it more than any other state....even if it is a national school it still hurts. To that point, from an academic standpoint UM has suffered a lot in the last few years, it continues to fall in many of its schools' 'rankings' (which I think can be arbitrary, but many people pay attention to it). It isn't the most 'fun' school to attend, there are cultural issues in Ann Arbor. But back to football, Tressel has more or less killed the Ohio recruiting pipeline. Years ago Michigan could get the best recruits from Ohio (Howard, Crable, Burgess, Grbac, Woodson, etc.), now they get Ohio's leftovers.
Nov 27, 2010 4:39pm
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Nov 27, 2010 4:40 PM
"I don't know any OSU fans that jumped ship in the 90s. "

That's because none did. OSU filled up every bowl they were invited to - it was the '99-'00 seasons that evidenced that the Cooper era was over.
Nov 27, 2010 4:40pm
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Nov 27, 2010 5:39 PM
I think this video describes Michigan fans perfectly.

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Nov 27, 2010 5:39pm
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Nov 27, 2010 5:59 PM
"Buckeyes played very good. Still say GO BLUE! The team that owns the most wins against OSU and every other team as well. Best tradition is in ANN ARBOR!"

That's the best from a Michigan fan on my friends of Facebook.
Nov 27, 2010 5:59pm
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Nov 27, 2010 8:16 PM
Hb31187;577688 wrote:Why would true fans jump ship?

And if they did jump ship, i assume itll be like OSU fans in the 90's theyll all jump back on when it turns around

Yes, but OSU was still a top ranked team in the 90's, UM is not a top ranked team now.

As far as UM fans becoming bitter and disenfranchised......I think some really have and some haven't. I know many UM fans that are such defeatists now it isn't even fun to banter with them anymore.
Nov 27, 2010 8:16pm
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Nov 27, 2010 8:25 PM
^^^^
exactly, all good Michigan fans simply bow their heads in defeat when they see the Block O on a shirt walking by.
Nov 27, 2010 8:25pm
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Nov 27, 2010 8:27 PM
georgemc80;577942 wrote:^^^^
exactly, all good Michigan fans simply bow their heads in defeat when they see the Block O on a shirt walking by.
NAW...they genuflect.
Nov 27, 2010 8:27pm
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Nov 27, 2010 9:06 PM
i don't thnk Harbaugh is going to be the next guy in Ann Arbor... from what I've heard he's burned a ton of bridges in Ann Arbor with some comments in the media.

Should be interesting to see what way the new AD handles things... coming from the corporate world, which can be a pretty cuthroat, results driven business, I could see him making a ton of big decisions, not only in Football but in other sports should take notice as well and win as many games a possible
Nov 27, 2010 9:06pm
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Nov 27, 2010 9:53 PM
darbypitcher22;578044 wrote:i don't thnk Harbaugh is going to be the next guy in Ann Arbor... from what I've heard he's burned a ton of bridges in Ann Arbor with some comments in the media.

Should be interesting to see what way the new AD handles things... coming from the corporate world, which can be a pretty cuthroat, results driven business, I could see him making a ton of big decisions, not only in Football but in other sports should take notice as well and win as many games a possible

The burnt bridges were rebuilt. That isn't an issue. The issue is that I truly believe Harbaugh wants to be in the NFL. Would he even come to Michigan?
Nov 27, 2010 9:53pm
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Nov 27, 2010 10:26 PM
Know the difference of what?
Nov 27, 2010 10:26pm
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Nov 27, 2010 11:04 PM
Actually had some scUMers at our tailgate today. Every single on of them wants DickRod gone. I told them OSU supporters have already started a fund raising campaign to save his job...we looooove the guy...he just needs 4 - 5 more years to really get his "system" working. Absolute fkng genius this man is.
Nov 27, 2010 11:04pm
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Nov 27, 2010 11:30 PM
Hb31187;577688 wrote:Why would true fans jump ship?

And if they did jump ship, i assume itll be like OSU fans in the 90's theyll all jump back on when it turns around

Nice try.
Nov 27, 2010 11:30pm
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Nov 28, 2010 8:25 AM
Seriously. Are you young or just naive?

OSU fans were doing this during the Cooper Era and when Michigan owned them.

All teams have their "fair-weather" fans. Give it a break.
Nov 28, 2010 8:25am
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Nov 28, 2010 8:27 AM
I know plenty who put away their OSU jackets and clothes and acted like it was no big deal that they were owned during the Cooper era. Now, they have their OSU stuff back out, etc.

Michigan fans will do it again "IF" they ever turn things back around.
Nov 28, 2010 8:27am
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Nov 28, 2010 8:40 AM
ccrunner609;578165 wrote:Michigan fans are to stupid to know the difference

You used "to" instead of "too," and you didn't end the sentence with punctuation. SMH!
Nov 28, 2010 8:40am
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Nov 28, 2010 10:55 AM
ZombieKiller;577671 wrote:well Ohio State fans are the worst in the country

you have no credibility on this site, you still haven't manned up to your boner of the year posts on the auburn thread
Nov 28, 2010 10:55am
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Nov 28, 2010 12:31 PM
DeyDurkie5;578761 wrote:you have no credibility on this site, you still haven't manned up to your boner of the year posts on the auburn thread

what auburn thread?
Nov 28, 2010 12:31pm