What a night. While a gameday experience can't cover for a loss, that's about as close as you could come. But of course, we won. Well done by the students who are bringing it two games in. And the fans who bothered to wear maize. And the athletic department for arranging all the accouterment. And to the team: had we lost this one it would be remembered as a crap sandwich with extra maize mustard. But this night, this event, these tributes, this party, was about as close as it gets. The sights and sounds were aplenty, here are a few:
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Denard’s Message to U-M Fans
A quick clip from postgame from Outback Bowl 2013, a message to U-M fans: [display_podcast] Follow MVictors on Twitter From the Outback Bowl: Denard’s Message to U-M Fans Crumbled Cookie – South Carolina 33, Michigan 28 Outback Bowl 2013 – 2nd Half Photos Outback Bowl 2013 – Postgame Outback Bowl 2013 – First Half Photos Outback – Pregame Shots
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60 Meh-nutes (Michigan 63, Massachusetts 13)
Bright sides: I’m glad it was a perfect day out there. I was happy to see Treezy get in the endzone (so we he obviously), Gardner looks like he’s getting better including his blocking, and the legend of D Funch took another step forward. My biggest concern: Beyond Denard’s inconsistency tossing the ball, Fitz couldn’t seem to get many yards with the play that was called—he had to bounce it outside often to create space. That’s not This-is-Michigan-Fergodsakes football, fergodsakes. The D-line is still a big question mark. Elsewhere: * Ron Kramer: #1000SSS did a nice job once again on the Legends ceremony and the #87 hype video was well done. I got to meet a few of the family members before the game including Ron Kramer’s granddaughter Kelsey who was rocking #87’s ring as promised: L-R Ron Kramer’s granddaughter Kelsey, daughter in law Dawn, son Kurt One disappointment of course was that, unlike Jake Ryan and the #47, we didn’t get a chance to see the #87 on the field as TE Brandon Moore was dinged up. I’m not sure what could have been done about that. * Good sign. The game was effectively over UMass squad gathered at midfield prior to suiting up and formed the Radish of Rage (formerly known as the Turnip of Terror): * Tay…
