After-Math

Well I hope everyone is enjoying this season as much as I have so far. The wolverines currently sit at a very promising record of 3-1, with their one loss coming from Duke, which is nothing to be upset about, Coach K doesn't lose before December. Its time to talk about that important game, that game that left us with a sense of pride for about 10 hours before we realized football season had not officially ended yet and Ohio State did another horrific job of reminding us, yes I am talking about the win over UCLA. Now I know it is very early in the season, and they were number 4 in the nation based on preseason rankings, but this is how I choose to look at the game. What fills me with hope for the future, is that in the last 2 minutes of the game, Michigan had every opportunity to to lose. They could have had the mentality of simply being satisfied for proving they could run 38 minutes with one of the better teams in the nation, and not be able to finish those last few, vitally important minutes. Teams of the past would have lost that game, but I have to hand it to Beilein, his players did everything right down the stretch. Although I may have thought some obscenities when I saw the ball leave Douglass's hands for that deep three ball, late late in the game, I have to hand it to that freshman and Beilein for that moment clearly explaining to me why he was in that late in the game. In a way it was a reminder of why Beilein is the coach, Douglass plays ball, and I am left to talk about it. It was a fun game to watch, but I hope it just was not a one time occurance, we need to send a message that this was not something that should not have happened, yes the Duke loss hurt us a bit, but I truely beleive these guys have the talent to win some big games when the Big Ten Season picks up. They have the shooting; three point, overall fg%, and free throw shooting are up from last year. But we need to rebound, both offensively and defensively. Its getting rough. Hopefully we can see some improvement against Norfolk State

GO BLUE
Sean