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ring up a topic that has been popular on the message boards in the past few days what is the most important game of the year many fans feel that utah is the most important game this season i disagree but i guess that depends on how you define important something i m not going to get into because there are so many different takes so the following few paragraphs don t really have a point i just wanted to discuss this with myself a loss to utah will be bad any way you slice it the words appalachian state will be uttered a few thousand more times the complaints about rodriguez s coaching ability will start after enduring 8 months of ridiculous attacks on his character the fear of losing the nation s longest bowl appearance streak will be the subject on talk radio it won t be fun and maybe that s what michigan fans are fearing that the fun and excitement surrounding our new regime will be squashed or at least tempered immediately they envision a loss to utah that could precede a 1 4 start with additional losses to notre dame wisconsin and illinois making us look like the 2008 version of nd s 2007 team and that is definitely possible we might end up turning the season around during the more manageable second half of the schedule but a bad start isn t unfathomable my take is that loss to utah will stink but it won t be the end of the world how quickly people forget that we lost to appalachian state last year got destroyed by oregon but finished 2nd in the big ten and ended the season with a victory over media darling and defending national champion florida the program didn t dissolve the season was played out and we acquitted ourselves fairly well all things considered considering this is our first game under a new staff implementing a new offensive system i think it s fair to think that we ll improve a bit after game 1 also if we didn t open the season with utah would people be discussing this game as much if we played toledo on august 30th and utah on october 11th would it be getting as much play i highly doubt it yes the game is more important because it is the season opener and the way you start can set the tone for the entire season but if we can finish the season with 8 wins i don t people will care too much if utah was or wasn t one of them i don t think you can say the same about a handful of other games on the schedule and that s why utah isn t as important to me another way of looking at it if we beat utah but lose to ohio state people won t be giving us much credit for that august 30th win but if we lose to utah and beat ohio state that victory will be the talk of the off season you can see the headlines now can t you rich rod reignites michigan ohio state rivalry so i say ohio state is the most important game like most every season even though we don t have a good chance of winning michigan state and notre dame are also very important for rivalry and recruiting purposes don t get me wrong utah is a very important game but it seems clear to me that as the season progresses whether we won or lost the utah game will become less and less important 3 tips to live by maize and blue nation and varsity blue have some fan guidelines that are worth checking out i figured i d add my take on what i feel are the 3 most important things 1 make noise serious noise the key play stuff with the jangling keys is so weak think about it this way if you re walking in a parking lot and you want to get the attention of someone 50 yards in front of you what do you do jangle your keys at them clap at them no you yell at them because that s the loudest sound you can make your voice is your loudest noisemaker for lack of a better term when michigan is on defense scream your lungs out if your voice isn t hoarse on sunday you haven t done your part it s that simple 2 wear maize as varsity blue put it a maize shirt costs you a maximum of 16 dollars and even that s only if you get the official t shirt wear it yep it creates a better atmosphere and looks very impressive on tv and to recruits in the stadium i can never understand all of those 275 pound dudes who rock their 18 amani toomer jerseys from coolio s 1 2 3 4 sumpin new video those things are just guaranteed heat sweat and stank wear a maize t shirt it s made of cotton it reflects the sun blue attracts it and it s 100 times cooler in both senses of the word 3 enough with the down in front stuff if people stand up in front of you you can choose to stand up or stay seated either way don t whine about it if you want to enjoy the game in comfort with a great view guess what it s available in beautiful high definition in the comfort of your living room you re not at a movie you re at a football game people are going to get involved in the action and standing up is a perfectly acceptable way of doing so yes once in a while some idiot will stand up for no apparent reason he s probably drunk and he s the exception to the rule but in general michigan fans are very knowledgeable and if they stand up it s for a reason and so it begins i ve seen some posts this week asking when was the last time you were this excited for a season to start sadly most fans if they re responding truthfully would have to say last season 2007 ouch but i don t think the fans asking this question are only inquiring about this season and its results but rather the new era of michigan football jake was right when he said some have compared it to an upgrade i compare it to a transplant the body is the same but the substance is entirely new in my opinion any fan who isn t looking forward to this season because we probably won t be that good or for any other reason is insane would you rather go back to the days of dreading that first loss fearing those road trips out west knowing that we were saving things for notre dame sitting through an uninspired lackluster effort against a team we were favored to beat by 28 points those are things that we dealt with far too often over the past decade lloyd carr is a great man and he was a good coach but we needed a change we needed a transplant and yes i understand that there will likely be a variety of things that i will dislike about rich rodriguez and his coaching staff sooner or later but for now i am downright giddy that i have no idea what to expect that i ll see a bunch of weird formations and random plays i never thought i d see in michigan stadium that no matter what happens this weekend or this season the future is bright the long term prognosis for the michigan football program is better than it has been in recent memory arguably in my entire life we have one of the best coaches in college football unbelievable facilities upgrades in the works and we re getting amazing exposure thanks to the openness of the new coaching staff if you can t get excited about that it s time to find a new team or rather another sport because in college football it doesn t get any better than michigan go blue permanent link here posted by nick at 9 08 pm 2 comments friday august 15 2008 comcast btn the last word and jersey numbers my last comcast btn post ever i saw these two articles regarding all overflow btn games being available in philly and various parts of pennsylvania these were the first official overflow channel assignments that i had seen and they were being distributed by an east coast comcast rep named jeff alexander i figured that gave me an excuse to email my comcast contact and see if the overflow channels had been assigned in dc yet here s what she said important stuff in bold jeff alexander is actually on my team and yes i can now confirm that the dc area will use the same channels for overflow games channels 801 through 804 these channels will only be active when they are in use for these overflow games which is why you wouldn t see them on your comcast tv guide yet unlike the primary btn channel which will be 24 7 these channels will only be in use when there are actual overflow games which is why you wouldn t see anything yet we are feeding information to the guides as we have it but given btn schedules potential changes etc i d suggest you scan the channels on game day based on btn air times and schedules regarding btn hd we have no immediate plans to launch in dc but i can assure you we are always looking at new networks to add especially in hd by the way beginning on or about 8 28 you should also have access to some nice video on demand content btn will be supplying so be on the lookout on your vod menu thanks to anybody in and around dc who called comcast regarding the big ten network i m glad they actually listened to us whether the same setup will occur in other locations probably depends on demand and more importantly free system space the dc crew lucked out because comcast has a decent amount of space available here we ll see what happens in nyc south florida california and other areas with plenty of alumni but likely more system space constraints this is odd in a year in which most people are predicting a single digit win total for michigan maybe it s appropriate that we ll have more important players with single digit jersey numbers than ever 2 rb sam mcguffie fr 3 qb justin feagin fr 3 s stevie brown jr 4 rb brandon minor jr 4 lb marcus witherspoon fr 5 te carson butler r jr 5 s charles stewart 5th sr 6 cb donovan warren so 7 wr terrance robinson fr 8 lb jonas mouton r so 8 qb nick sheridan r so 9 lb marell evans so 9 wr martavious odoms fr all that without a 1 either of the players listed above only witherspoon is almost certain to redshirt this season due to an academic snafu the rest should play and it is possible that brown minor butler stewart warren sheridan evans and one of robinson odoms are all opening game starters mcguffie feagin and mouton will definitely see the field and even if odoms edges out robinson for more snaps at the slot wr position which seems to be the word on the street this week both players will likely get a shot at punt and or kick returns that s a lot of action from the single digit guys and since some people are complaining that the numbers on the new adidas jerseys are too small it might be wise to familiarize yourself with the numerical roster so you can know who s who note two players with the same jersey number can t be on the field at the same time permanent link here posted by nick at 12 02 pm 0 comments friday august 01 2008 update comcast and btn outside the midwest if true this would be awesome for people in dc mind you yesterday i received an email from a higher up pr person from comcast s east coast regional office this is a different person than the one who contacted me before for what it s worth nick i wanted to share some good news which is that i can now confirm that we will make the overflow btn feeds available to our customers throughout dc i do not yet have the specific channel locations but i know you were anxious for updates so wanted to let you know that they will be available i remain skeptical for three reasons 1 she s a pr person and seeing that comcast was having its customer service reps tell callers that they were going to add the btn prior to last season maybe this is just an attempt to keep me from switching to another provider for the time being at least 2 two separate impeccable sources one of which works for comcast told me as late as 2 days ago that the temporary plan was to have just one overflow feed 3 i m a pessimist i ll try to be optimistic about this though because i ve dealt with this lady before and she seems honest and both of my sources did indicate that no final decision regarding overflow feeds had been made plus the email pasted above is the most recent and most official communication i ve received and it s from a high level employee fingers crossed and to clarify btn is definitely being added to the sports tier in dc as evidenced by the recent message that popped up on my cable box august 15 2008 comcast of the district llc is adding the following channels to the sports entertainment package big ten network on 257 hrtv on 259 and tv games on 260 so we might find out the overflow details in 2 weeks or we might have to wait until august 30th the first day of games to see what the real deal is i urge all fans even those in dc to continue to call comcast 1 800 comcast to find out the setup in your area if comcast doesn t know that there is demand for the overflow feeds they certainly won t add them permanent link here posted by nick at 1 12 pm 1 comments saturday july 19 2008 6 weeks left the truth is out there did lsu schedule appalachian state to get back at michigan for the les miles fiasco the game was announced in early february and there wasn t much talk about it maybe partially because lsu and appalachian state have played once before 2005 so it didn t seem too fishy but maybe there s more to the story that we don t know i was recently looking at some tv listing for the upcoming season and noticed that the game is on espn i know that in the recent past espn has contacted schools and said we can put you on tv if you play team x on date y seeing that this game involves the three ring circus of les miles appalachian state and michigan all intertwined in history in a transitive way i figured that espn s marketing team made the first call and set up the match up but in the nola article linked above and in this espn release there is no mention of the game being on espn or any espn network according to this article the lsu folks initially expected the game to go untelevised until espn came in later and asked to televise it moving it from a night game to a late afternoon start considering that all major programs want exposure exposure exposure one could speculate that lsu was willing to open its season untelevised just to rub it in the face of the wolverines or maybe there just weren t any other opponents available either way somebody call mulder final image if you have a copy of the wolverine s 2008 football preview turn to page 237 see that shirtless white dude in the far background away from the team at his locker turning to look back while everybody celebrates with lloyd is that ryan mallett i think it is if so it s a fitting image and resembles what a lot of insiders said about mallett quite the character on the field he was celebrating with lloyd and animated on the sidelines during the bowl game but maybe not the most liked or respected guy in the locker room if that isn t him then somebody needs to figure out who mr lonely is process of elimination msu at 3 30 the msu game seems as close to a lock for a 3 30 start as possible because the other big ten kickoff times for that date have been announced illinois wisconsin noon btn espn or espn2 northwestern indiana noon btn espn or espn2 minnesota purdue noon btn espn or espn2 penn state ohio state 8 p m abc espn or espn2 iowa bye michigan state michigan tba the most prominent slot missing 3 30 on abc which is where one would expect mich...