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To: Clappy who wrote (73558)	11/17/2008 2:16:30 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 104218

Clappy: The Bears are clearly having a bad season but there are A LOT of incredibly frustrated University of Michigan football fans out there this year too...Here's a new blog posting by a 72 year old Alum from Michigan... njks.blogspot.com Chilly Con Carnage <<...Sunday, November 16, 2008 -- I borrowed the title of this post from the Detroit newspaper - I thought it was very, very clever - and it's hard to find anything else good about today's game. First of all, it rained steadily in southern Michigan from the time we passed through Lansing on Friday until late Saturday night. It was a relentless drizzle - cold, cold, cold and very damp. We thought we were well prepared to sit out in the Stadium and enjoy the game - we had layers and layers, warm sox, rain jackets, a blanket, hats, and ponchos. We were soaked way before the game started. Most of the friends who sit around us did not come to the game, and they were the smart ones. We sat there and just got drenched. The rain would turn to snow, and then alternate for the rest of the afternoon. I was shivering by half time, and really couldn't even take pleasure in the fantastic halftime show. I don't know how those band kids do it - I think it's Youth! The bottom line is, we were cold, wet, shivering, and losing - not a fun combo. Ask me what I think of Coach Rodriguez. I think he's a real record-breaker. After 129 years of the University of Michigan football program, today is the day we clinched eight (8) losses in a single season for the first time ever. This new coach has broken several records in his brief tenure. l. Historical first 8 loss season in 129 years of Michigan football; 2. First loss ever to a MAC school - (and Toledo is only a mediocre MAC school); 3. First loss to Penn State in 12 years. Michigan had won the last 9 consecutive games until this year. The last time Penn State beat Michigan was in 1996; 4. Not going to a Bowl game for the first time in over 30 years (we'll have to watch the 2007 Capital One Bowl game against Florida over and over again); 5. First season with no winning streak - not even two in a row; 6. First time a Michigan coach blames the team for everything. There are probably more I could add to that list, but just thinking about the whole season is more disheartening than I have the heart for. One of Dick's favorite sayings is "...from the penthouse to the outhouse." That is the 2008 football season in a nutshell. This coach's remarks are also a disappointment. He began the season by calling the Michigan players "soft". After all of this year's losses, his remarks usually contain a noun, a verb, and "execution" (to paraphrase Joe Biden). In the article about this Northwestern game, he said that the players played and competed - well no kidding. That's like saying that they were breathing and their blood was circulating. Inspirational he is not. Motivational he is not. Effective he is not. He also said that he appreciated so many people coming to the game in such bad weather. What did he expect? I don't understand his attitude, his program, his performance, or his expectations. I know what I expect from the Michigan football program, and this isn't it...>>