I was born about five minutes from The Big House in '58. Growing up between Detroit and Ann Arbor, I endured "M Go Blue" way too much to where I wanted to gag each time I heard it. When I reached an age of accountability, I became a fan of the Huskers just because it got under the skin of the Michigan fans, grads, friends and family. I wore the Big Red N almost everywhere I went. I wasn't as big of a Husker fan as I was a hater of U of M.
That all took place up to the time after college and I moved to Oklahoma in 1980 and finally actually became a huge fan of a great school and athletic program. Yeah, yeah, I didn't go to OU, but the arrogance of little brother fans up in The Stool helped drive me toward becoming a Sooner fan. All that time, and up to last year, I STILL could not stand Michigan. Whenever Ohio State played them, I could never root for the Buckeyes and wanted a bottomless sink hole to swallow both teams during the games.
So here it is, the day Texas goes to Ann Arbor. Kick off is just 2.5 hours away. And for some odd reason that seems surreal and like a weird dream, I'm thinking
PLEASE LORD, LET THE MICHIGAN WOLVERINES KICK THE LIVING CRAP OUT OF THE WHORNS TODAY AND SHUT THEIR MOUTHY, ARROGANT PIE HOLES.
Thank you very much.