007 - someone up there hates this state

[whatwolverines]

[Few things in life make Griffin truly upset. Economic problems and Ohio, mainly. Today, one of those problems seems to have taken a new step in making him extremely upset, as with recent football announcements. Now, Griffin loves football a lot, and even his calendar has a countdown to opening day (same with hockey, and you're going down, Anaheim) with a cute little blue and gold 'M' on opening day's date. And for a long while, he was waiting for the news of when 'The Game' was going to be, being the infamous one day event where Ohio State and University of Michigan faced off and determined 364 days of either misery or happiness.

And then he got the news.

Like receiving news that a relative has died, Griffin is curled up on his couch (which somehow moved from one side of his living room to the other, but he doesn't care) and pissing and moaning like the world is going to end. It pretty much is, for him anyway. So what's this god-awful news? Well, thanks to some terrible decisions regarding football divisions...

Michigan and Ohio are playing two games.

That's two instances of fans nearly killing each other and people peeing in gas tanks and vandalism and two chances at being miserable for a year. Even the U of M-MSU rivalry hardly compares to U of M-OSU. This is a tragedy.

And so he sits, crying and raging in the midst of a temper tantrum. Any other decent year, he would probably be excited but he's had a losing streak to OSU lately, so this is devastating.]

Comments

[devilwentdownto.livejournal.com]

He stuck his head in the door, staring at the man.
Um...
Griff?

[fourlakes.livejournal.com]

[ Meanwhile little miss competitive here is thinking someone hates her too. And it’s not about getting a tougher draw vs easier – it’s not just whining. Wisconsin’s biggest rivalries are Minnesota, Michigan, Iowa and Northwestern, probably in that order (though many might swap Michigan and Iowa). These are natural rivalries that interest her in in the larger sense – irrespective of the ebb & flows of win/loss records.

Given the addition of Nebraska, that looked to be an attractive match up for a variety of reasons as well. She got exactly none of those top 5 rivals in the same division. Even if Minnesota got the protected status in order to preserve the most played rivalry in D-I football, that’s it. One out of five – no other team lost that many rivalry games or even close to it. Minnesota although a tradition to go against? Is pretty damn sad to beat into the ground after a while. She is very disappointed and pouting majorly.

As it currently stands, Wisconsin will play Iowa and Michigan at Camp Randall only 2 times over the next 10 years. This is making her miffed. Along with the politics, but she won't go on about that. Football is serious business with her. ]

Why are you so glum?

[hoosier-state.livejournal.com]

What's your deal?

[mickeyears.livejournal.com]

[ excuse you. better check yourself before you wreck yourself. ]

[aviational.livejournal.com]

[ Kit is not sure how to feel about this whole thing except that it's clearly not right. The whole point of having the game is that it is the maker-or-breaker, the point where the winners are seperated from the losers, no second chances -- until next season, of course. Having two games kind of defeats that purpose. And even though two chances to win would be like an ego boost times 1.5, then there might always be the risk of losing twice (god forbid), or worse, a win and a lose. What kind of ultimate rivalry is supposed to end in a draw? That's just terrible. ]

So... you heard?