• Taking the Barstool Bait | S1 Ep5

    Thanks for supporting Season 1! If you like Professor and The Pundit please subscribe, share, and review - Episode 5 is brought to you by Nick Hopwood and Peak Wealth Management! In this episode we get into the origins of Steve Clarke's weekly appearance on WTKA, then over to rival fans getting on Dooley's nerves when they knock Michigan's historic wins. Last but not least, the boys discuss the athletic department getting rid of physical (paper) football tickets to the chagrin of collectors.

  • Avoid The Bammer

    We Michigan fans love our maize and blue gear and our clever T-shirts but beware: quite a few Alabama fans are on a different spiritual realm.   Take The Bammer here, as seen before the 2011 Capital One Bowl against Michigan State: Having face paint and kilt is one thing, but the tattoos are obviously around 24-7. That’s dedication. After this photo was snapped Bammer grabbed my bro, a Spartan fan, and told him, “Now ya’ll take it easy on us, ya hear?” and he winked. At that precise moment, my brother’s pregame tailgate-infused glee and optimism was wiped away and he knew his Spartans were doomed. Doomed. Avoid The Bammer. Go Blue. 2000 Orange BowlI’ve had my own run-in with Alabama fans, namely at the Orange Bowl in Miami. Bullets: Alabama fans were dang annoying (not that we Michigan fans aren’t). When we won the game on the missed extra point I got the double whammy of the euphoria of a huge Michigan victory alongside the devilish joy of schadenfreude. Speaking of winning on the missed extra point. I’ve heard a few folks, looking back, telling me something like, “Yeah, great game but too bad that game ended that way.” I totally disagree with this. I don’t feel it was cheapened by how it ended. Those extra points in overtime are…