Where to begin? I came to the University in 1971, looking to design spacecraft. I quickly learned that my academic strength was mathematics, got an Applied Math degree from the Engineering College, followed by a Master's and Ph.D. from Carnegie-Mellon in Pittsburgh, where my doctoral advisor was a prof I had met (and taken several classes from) at Michigan.
12/2/2023 – Michigan 26, Iowa 0 – 13-0, 9-0 Big Ten, Big Ten Champs Two years ago this game was a coronation, a delight, a confection. Michigan broke out a halfback pass in the first half, and a reverse that went a billion yards, and sort of exuberantly leaned on Iowa until they capitulated in the second half. Michigan's lead at halftime in that game: 11. Michigan's lead at halftime in this game: 10. It wasn't more largely because Colston Loveland dropped a pass at his facemask while a couple yards clear of the coverage, set to run a great distance down the sideline. But things felt different. I believe it was Matt Hinton who said that Michigan fans almost didn't care about getting shredded by the Georgia buzzsaw because everything after Ohio State was gravy. As someone who attended that game and was in largely Georgia section, the "almost" is doing some work in that sentence. But it is largely correct. The disappointment faded quickly, replaced with a
12/2/2023 – Michigan 26, Iowa 0 – 13-0, 9-0 Big Ten, Big Ten Champs Two years ago this game was a coronation, a delight, a confection. Michigan broke out a halfback pass in the first half, and a reverse that went a billion yards, and sort of exuberantly leaned on Iowa until they capitulated in the second half. Michigan's lead at halftime in that game: 11. Michigan's lead at halftime in this game: 10. It wasn't more largely because Colston Loveland dropped a pass at his facemask while a couple yards clear of the coverage, set to run a great distance down the sideline. But things felt different. I believe it was Matt Hinton who said that Michigan fans almost didn't care about getting shredded by the Georgia buzzsaw because everything after Ohio State was gravy. As someone who attended that game and was in largely Georgia section, the "almost" is doing some work in that sentence. But it is largely correct. The disappointment faded quickly, replaced with a
Essentials WHAT #2 Michigan (12-0) vs #18 Iowa(10-2) WHERE Sharon's Heating and Cooling Stadium Indianapolis, IN WHEN 8:17 Saturday THE LINE M –21.5 (Vegas) M –23 (Bill C) TELEVISION FOX PBP: Gus Johnson Color: Joel Klatt TICKETS from $60 WEATHER no Overview Well, it's Iowa again. Except this time they're the Most Iowa. They are not content with being regular Iowa, a very good defensive team with a plodding offense. No. They're going to get their starting quarterback injured. And then they're going to get their top two tight ends injured. They're going to have the #1 defense in America, per SP+, and the #124 offense. And they're going to win ten games by exactly three points each when they get a punt return touchdown with four seconds left on the clock. This game will either be a slow-motion blowout, a la Penn State, or a deeply annoying meatgrinder that terrifies you to within an inch of your life. Probably the former. [AFTER THE JUMP: "n