Re: Michigan @ MTU 10/31-11/1: Mel, Red & Stanley - A threesome 30+ years in the mak
Re: Michigan @ MTU 10/31-11/1: Mel, Red & Stanley - A threesome 30+ years in the mak
chain pull 101.
lets hope the game is as easy!
Yours is a fun chain to rattle, alfablue.
Someone is floundering and splashing near the surface . . . it's just going to draw sharks.
Looking forward to being at John J. MacInnes Student Ice Arena tomorrow night!
It's a landmark day when Tech fans have reached the heights of being called "arrogant." Either the hockey team has a winning record for the first time in ever, or our teasing is paying off.
It's all in good fun, alfablue, we love all you Michigan fans. And we think it's quite noble that you let Red keep standing behind the bench, it's really very kind of you.
Since you all were the first to admit to this, I WILL CLAIM VICTORY!!!!
Hah!
Seriously, I've been a fan of Tech longer than I can remember, and have been at your rink quite a bit. Not much for actual hockey. But I was doing my best to turn most of the common anti-UM stuff back onto you. So there.
Nobody I know thinks of Tech as a rival, so you really have to forgive us for that. The only person I know who might dislike Tech went to Lake State, and that reason should be obvious.
None the less, my Tech Alumni dad has always been a big fan of UM, as were my grandparents- living in Tapiola (how many of you have been there? used to be some great fishing in Otter Lake) So it was an easy choice to come to UM when they offered me a good position to do a masters.
It's not rocket science to understand that a good or bad football team will always be #1 here, even if the hockey team strings together 3-4 NC's in a row, that won't change. And with BB becoming relevant again, hockey has been pushed to #3. As much as other schools have that in a more hockey centric order, I'm still ok with that. Just one more thing to deal with.
This, and the GLI, are my only opportunity all year to root against Tech. So I'm hoping for some good games. What sucks is that we probably won't be able to see them....
As much as I'd love to have Mel back here, I'm also quite happy for him to bring back such a historic progam as Tech. You guys have as much history in your alumi as we do.
So there you go.
edit- re-flying in Hancock in a storm- back in 1990, when I was a student down here, I flew up there to spend Christmas with my grandma. We were delayed both stops out of Chicago up to there. And the pilot decided to go on even with the storm.... Horribly bumpy approach, which freaked out a few other passengers. All of a sudden it all smothed out- best landing ever. Great Lakes Air. Still had to spend the night in Hancock since I could not make it to Tapiola that night. A few days later a big storm and a flat tire meant we were 4 hours late leaving. Grandma told me to never fly up again in the winter.....