A Cleansing Rain

David Guralnick, Detnews

Rain can be a symbol of something bad.  It can ruin your day to the beach, a baseball game, your tee time, or picnic.  Rain was hard and strong on Saturday night in Ann Arbor.  If you were smart it was the perfect night to order in and watch Netflix.  If you are a Michigan fan, you put on your best rain gear and headed to the Big House to watch a football team that had rewarded your loyalty this year with two road loses and poor home performances against teams like Army and MTSU.   Heading out in that cold, wet, rain probably makes you wonder if your making the right sane decision.   You did.

The rain on Saturday night was not just a climate effect, it was a sign from Bo, President Ford, and other former great Wolverines looking down on the Big House, that they had enough.   They had enough losing to rivals, had enough with terrible game plans, had enough not being physical enough, and had enough with watching bad football.   The message was heard loud and clear the Wolverines played one of their best games in the Harbaugh Michigan era.

The cleansing rain, washed away all the issues of the past games and for 4 glorious hours things were right in the world again.

Cheers 

• 300 yards on the ground 
• HH could be more famous then Hugh Hefner with Michigan fans!
• Don Brown's game plan was perfect
• Keeping ND under 100 yards total offense for 3+ quarters
• Not losing a fumble! 
• Michigan fans for filling the wet Big House 
• McGrone is a grown man!
• Michigan's defensive line gets an A+
• Michigan's offensive line gets an A+
• Senior Stephen Spanellis playing until the whistle

Jeers

• Roughing the punter could have been a game changer, it wasn't 
• Shea's left handed backwards throw, no thanks!
• Big Ten officials are just awful
• Mystery PI that led to a ND TD 
• Final possession at half-time, just take a knee! 

Shea wasn't perfect in this game but he did keep the ball more.  In the 2nd half, he kept it too often looking to score a TD.  He struggled again with ball security but this time it didn't hurt the Wolverines.  

This was a great team win in terrible conditions and one Michigan fans can smile about for the next 14 years as these teams don't play again until 2033.   Michigan now needs to take care of business against Maryland, a down MSU, and a surprisingly good IU team before what looks to be the #1 ranked OSU Buckeyes come to town.

from The BIG HOUSE Blog http://mbighouse.blogspot.com/2019/10/a-cleansing-rain.html