Magglio Merkin is an ‘06 Western Michigan alumnus who enjoys swearing, Saturdays in the Big House and slaying misinformed Internet commenters. He’s currently pursing a graduate degree at Michigan. He lives by the motto, “Drinking is Fun!”

I know what you are thinking. How can Rich Rod not be the worst at everything imaginable, ever, right? Are you sure he is actually good at something? We haven’t heard about one thing he is good at besides being the losing-est loser ever, LOL. We want Jim Harbaugh and his shitty education!

NSFMF?

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Hello, I hate you.

Everything is more complicated than you think. You only see a tenth of what is true.
You see a team that is 4-0 against a team that is 1-3.
You see a ranked team apparently on the verge of some great season.
You see a team that is disappointingly staring their entire season in the eye in only week 5.

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It was a long and lonely trip through a horrible fog to Ann Arbor last Saturday. When you are driving east on I-96 you really don’t see anything, but State fans until after you pass Lansing… especially these days. I picked up my buddy Tuna a little east of Lansing just after 9AM and a funny thing happened, the fog lifted.

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I remember being a little kid watching the 1991 Rose Bowl in the basement with my dad. I can remember the summer sausage slices with the Club crackers that we never got to eat unless it was a special occasion. The walls were green paisley wallpaper and the carpet was orange and brown shag. Even though I didn’t know what was going on I can recall being very nervous as if the fate of the world relied on this single game. Continue Reading “Longest. Off Season. Ever.” »

Yes, We Can

After the awesome, kind of cool, terribly boring addition of the (mighty!) UCONN Huskies to the 2010 Michigan Football schedule I decided to delve into the OOC schedules of recent years to find any trends. The schedules are often times made years in advance, as seen with our home and home scheduled as far out as 2013 with UCONN. Follow me into the shit after the jump. Continue Reading “Michigan Scheduling Getting Weak?” »

Well that was… unexpected. Michigan just announced that they will open up the newly renovated Big House with the UConn Huskies. There was much anticipation as to what team would open the monumental 2010 home season against the Wolverines and… well… fuck it ended up being UConn.  With this news I will kindly go back to my slumber.

NOTE: As CGB kindly posted I will be on the pot all weekend . Email me if you want to chat about the Obama beer party fiasco or if you have anything to share kid.k.keith@gmail.com

Gregg Doyel should probably write less and think more. In a recent article at CBSSports.com Doyel types:

They are joined, this coach from Michigan [Rich Rodriguez] and that quarterback for Ohio State [Terrelle Pryor], because it is time for both of them — in their own way, at their own school — to live up to the hype. Or to recede into the background while the rest of us move onto the next big thing.

Why should a coach have to prove himself in year two (!!!) of his contract or “recede into the background” as Doyel puts it?  Any reasonable employer is going to allow its newest high profile employee time to succeed before riding him out of town. I have attached a part of Rodriguez’s contract to show Doyel just how much time Michigan plans on offering Coach Rodriguez. Continue Reading “Rich Rodriguez will be Given Time to Succeed at Michigan” »

I am Magglio Merkin. CGB asked me to chime in on the BigTen, Michigan Athletics or basically anything on his blog. I usually curse often, but I will try to hold back until I get the lay of the land. I don’t want to come off as an asshole. Let me know what you think in the comments. kthankbai.

1.Will Rich Rodriguez turn it around at Michigan in year two?

Good God I hope so. I have never known how long the off season is when you don’t make a bowl game. 1999 must have really sucked for the buckeye faithful.

2. Is Juice Williams going to do something, anything in ‘09?

When the Juice is on it is spectacular. I think the team will be decent. They lost some talent at wideout, but Juice is a special player if he can gain consistency.

3. What’s the final score of tOSU v USC?

Unfortunately this will not be another 35-3 satchel pounding. The buckeyes will be more mature at QB and they tend to reload at RB and LB so those key off season losses may not be as important as they seem. TP will pressure the defense and open it up for heir apparent Brandon Saine. I fear the young QB USC is going to run out there may be a bit intimidated in the shoe. USC goes down fighting 24-21.

4. Is Danny Hope going to turn around Purdue?

Has anybody “turned around” Purdue in the history of ever? On the other hand the guy could go 5-7 and it would be considered a turn around… so… no.

5. Will he put on 200lbs to complete the Joe Tiller impersonation.

There is nothing more salty and fat than a depressed Midwesterner throwing on pounds in the dead of winter after losing twice as many games as they win. Absolutely.

6. Will Wisconsin start fast and die slow?

I don’t see Wisconsin starting fast or dying slow. They will start slow and die fast. That line is looking weak as all hell this season and, shit, we beat them last year so they have to suck right?

7. Is Terrelle Pryor ready to become the big man on campus?

Eff him. Yes, eff him, he is. Eff him, he is a solid QB, eff him. And eff him, he is going to be a menace, eff him for two more years, eff him, in the Big Ten, eff him.

8. The Heather Dinich Bowl, Indiana @ Virginia, who wins it?

I googled Heather Dinich and this came up:

followed by this:

There is a Seinfeld “she only looks good in certain lighting” joke in there somewhere. I am going withVirginia becauseIndiana seriously sucks at football. At leastVirginia has not sucked in the recent past.

9. Will Northwestern be able to fill C.J. Bacher’s shoes?

Uhhh…2009 stats: 60% completion percentage, 17 passing TDs, 14 INTs. I hope so, but we are talking about the purple Wildcats here. No.

10. Will TCF Bank Stadium raise Minnesota’s profile?

I think so. The dome was a curse and really elevated the risk of injury to their players. I think they will get better recruits in the new digs, but they had better reel in Seantrel Henderson (2010 National #1 overall recruit from Minnesota) or else they are in trouble. If you can’t sell a home grown kid on that new stadium in year one then you have issues a new stadium isn’t going to change.

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