Friday - November 16, 2007
I Dare You To Disagree
I Believe
That Mike Hart is the greatest Michigan running back of the last 25 years, and despite no national titles, no OSU wins, no singularly spectacular game winning plays and no Heisman, belongs right up there with Anthony Carter, Charles Woodson and Desmond Howard as a Michigan legend. No player has ever shown the combination of fight, desire, power and prowess that Hart has shown.
That only injury has prevented Chad Henne from going down as the greatest Michigan quarterback in the dropback era.
That the Lloyd Carr era has been good for Michigan. Extending the streak of winning seasons and bowl appearances while putting a stake through the "hasn't won a title since ..." has done more for Michigan than 7 straight wins over OSU ever could.
That Brandent Englemon's is the great overlooked story of the 2007 Wolverines. From 2* recruit brought in (some thought) as a locker room kid and not as a player, to the anchor of an improving secondary, it's the kind of story that would get told and retold if not for Hart, the injuries and Appalachian State.
That Michigan will beat Ohio State because 0-4 for Hart and 0-4 for Henne is no way to go out. That not a single good thing has happened since Bo Schembechler passed away, and one year later is a perfect time for the world to turn back around.
That I'd rather lose with class than win with Tressell.
That I don't care if I have nothing to back up the obvious insult there. I don't need justification - he is Buckeye. I am Wolverine.
That I'd rather go 10-3 with Mike Hart than 12-1 without him.
That Chad Henne has at least one Tom Brady vs. Alabama, Drew Henson vs. Auburn type game left in his Michigan career.
That there comes a time when you are ready to trade your current frustrations for a whole new catalog of frustrations, and that honeymoon period people talk about is that window when you even the new guy's idiosyncracies are a breath of fresh air. After a couple of years, those idiosyncracies aren't charming anymore, they're irritating, and you ask yourself why he's making the same mistakes 3 years in. And you start remembering fondly the predecessor who didn't make *those* mistakes.
That my next blog entry will be a celebration, not a dirge.