Drums Of Doom Along The Huron

DRUMS ALONG THE HURON

Yes, fans, you've been able to sense them all week, the sounds of booming percussion in the background, slow and growing faster, louder, more syncopated, metaphorical tympanis of gourd and sinew. Booming in your mind's ears. Yes, the forces of misery have been on the march, and the drums are driving.

The spirit of Mudville, the Town of Two Ann's, at least the football spirit, has grasped our nation. Washington senses a losing season as surely as do the men, or should we say boys in blue. Hear them. Listen...one thunderous crash and then another, lightning and storm. Woe is on the wind, and I don't think Michigan's coming loss to Wisconsin, while insignificant to the big picture, is going to do much for the spirits of the little town upon the river.

And it does not help that Roxbury Fleet will be nowhere to be found, still trapped in Two Creeks, confused by the possibility of fatherhood and the predictions of Supply-Side Economics, a subject he just cannot seem to pass. We can only hope! He was almost through his textbook. It stopped at Ronald Regan, but he's been bollixed up by theory, and he's wondering where the money's went. So next week maybe...Perhaps, but it grows ever more doubtful he will arrive this season.

Meanwhile the Scourge is in Denial predicting victory, and when asked about the coming crash this reporter has heard the rumor of his speech... "What crash there will be no crash in the land of Bo. The last few losses where just a little bump". So, the coach, the scourge, with all his millions is out of touch, but we heard earlier in the week that he was seen wandering here and there about Ann Arbor with a shovel and map, and bags of Krugerands... Better than a mattress.

It is not going to be good, or so the rumors say. And recently it was suggested in Ann Arbor that Michigan might just as well cancel the season. It would be good for the environment, so much less driving to the Big House, so much less frivolity on the highways. And possibly the suggestion is a good one...That the economy might be a good eclipse, and reason to just stop, just quit, to avoid the coming losing season.

Wisconsin 24
Michigan 13 1/2

News Alert

Roxbury Fleet breaks all records. Yes, the one-eyed quaterback phenom has done it again. Rushing, passing, leaping, jumping, and even field goals. Fleet now holds All Records for a single game of high school ball in Tennessee. The local paper put it this way

"Roxbury has done it. In a night so magic and pristine, a night that will be spoken of silently, reverently,and boisterously in the bars and worshiped in the churches... for perhaps a hundred years. Roxbury Fleet from Two Creeks High, put the big kaboom on the boys from Frog Hollar. Never has this reporter seen the likes of it, never! It was a dream of football, a wizadry of the grid iron, and a monumental moment when..."

This goes on for eighteen pages, but you get the idea. So hope, all you Michigan fans and supporters. Hope, that soon, Roxbury will get out of High School and make it to the Big House. Hope.

On a sadder note, Dna tests of the placental membrane prove that the Seductress Jenny Swindle's belly is filling up with, yes, a little Roxbury or Roxburyette. We can only hope this works out for the best and does not keep our man from attending Michigan.

Every Cloud holds a lightning bolt.

So much for now-The Haunted Wolverine

IF ONLY.......WE HAD BEATEN NOTRE DAME

Yes folks, if only. If only we had kept our coach, Loyd Carr. If only we had not hired a bumb like Rodriguez. If only the press box had been finished before the next great depression, (hello..it is almost here..just round the corner). If only.

So much of life is this it seems. IF ONLY I HAD NOT PURCHASED ALL THAT AIG..Dam

And Dam... if only we had had Roxbury Fleet on hand last weekend we might have won the game, rain or not. Because, the Cyclops has one mighty-mystery of an arm, a steller eye, and a history of playing heroicly in soggy, sloppy, weather. IF Only. But dam we didn't.

And Rodriguez... what a disaster, not only is the man a stumble mouth like George W, but he seems to be having a tough time- Fleet or not. Any coach could have done better, but maybe he should not have fired all the old coaching staff... there we go again. Maybe and If Only.

Yes, I am afraid that will be the season's mantra.. folks... unless, Roxbury shows up in time. If he excapes the clutches of the seductress Jenny Swindle, and if he finishes up the century before the Christian Right burns his books... And if, if, if he is still willing to attend our University... because the rumors out. That Michigan is done for. More to follow... If Only!!

Bozo Ball In The Fall

One more week goes by and still no Roxbury Fleet. But the Blue's new coach is busy trying to save his bacon. And this week Rodriguez sent a special agent to help Roxbury through the Great Depression and Pearl Harbor, to help him study up, and to look into this pregnancy thing with the seductress, Jenny Swindle. However; it seems clear, without a miracle, the Cyclops will not make it to South Bend.

All in Ann Arbor hope against hope... yet sadly, it's a hope that's fleeting.

Because, it hardly matters, for years now Notre Dame has been a joke, and the Wolverines should have seen the future on the fading frauded frescoe of their Touchdown Jesus. So goes South Bend, so goes Ann Arbor.

This Big Game is no longer Big. The teams are no longer Mighty. It seems that even the bands have lost their pitch. It matters not which team wins when the contest is between two has beens, two second rates, two marginals of the past.

So hope, yes hope, for Roxbury Fleet and a brighter day, a time, a new age-born again, when Michigan football gets a newer, better, kinder, gentler, brighter coach, and returns with one great quarterback to lead them. Look to the future and Roxbury Fleet, who maybe by Ohio, perhaps by Michigan State, will arrive to put things right, crummy coach aside, to return the team once again to greatness.

Sadly it may take until next year. But, if Rodriguez does anything, before his departure back to high school ball, we hope it is one fine quarterback to lead the team, the Men in Blue, once more to victory.... In the immortal words of the Great Leader, when it goes to s***, blame the coach... especially if you are paying him millions.

HAUNTED

Prediction Notre Dame by 10. Note Dame 24 Michigan 14

Roxbury Fleet Still In Michigan's Headlights.

Well, fans, it appears the conventional wisdom is the boys in Blue (after their dismal loss to Utah last week we cannot call them men) will defeat Miami of Ohio on Saturday Sep 6... I should hope so. And with an easy-cakes game coming up; the Scourge, coach Rodriguez, has kept his eyes pierced towards Tennessee and the Cyclops.

Yes, Roxbury Fleet played what we hope will be his final game for Two Creeks High- passing for 250 yards and rushing for 150. And, he did this scampering and leaping, arm cocked and passing...dashing with euphoria. The field was his and so was the Victory.

"Two Creeks Two Creeks
Knows the way
Roxbury Fleet Just
Saved the day"

This was the cheer that resounded through the valleys, and hopefully, someday, and soon, it will resonate with mighty passion in the town of two Anns and an Arbor.

Because Fleet is moving ahead in his attempt to get out of High School. Just last week he passed by the Civil War in his studies and next week he is about to turn the corner on the last gasp of the Sioux nation. Soon, with coach Rodriguez's help, he will be moving into the twentieth century, and a few wars and troubles later, we anticipate that Tennessee will be history for Fleet, and Ann Arbor his new home. Can we hope for Notre Dame, unlikely, but we can pray.

There is one large fly in the ointment, news reports this week said that Roxbury's best gal, Jenny Swindle, was pregnant. It seems that abstinence was not the way to go no matter what Jesus said. How this plays out is up in the air, but Haunted hopes it will not keep Roxbury from attending Michigan. The men in blue may need to host a baby shower

All for now: The Haunted Wolverine.

We Recieved This From Coach Jimbo Burck

The Question One Must Ask Is This
Could Young Tate Forcier Possibly Be As Good As
Roxbury Fleet?

But seriously- Jim copied this from rivals.com see the link at the top of the page

See below. This is the best thing that happened over the weekend. No worries at all from the loss on Saturday. I expected it. Michigan will be back - big time within 2 years.

Jim

San Diego (Calif.) Scripps Ranch quarterback Tate Forcier said he had no plans to make a decision on his college future heading into this weekend's visit with Michigan, but after experiencing a game weekend in Ann Arbor, the four-star signal caller did in fact make a decision.

The 6-1, 190-pound Forcier chose Michigan over Arizona State, Penn State, Oregon, Texas A&M and others on Sunday.

"It was pretty overwhelming when I did it," Forcier said. "I've always liked Michigan a lot. I've been a fan of Michigan since I was a little kid."

Following the decision, Forcier spoke about what led him to choose the Wolverines and how that commitment came about.

"I met with Coach (Rich) Rodriguez about 10 a.m. and I must have talked with him for about an hour and a half," Forcier said. "They were going to watch film and have meetings, but he continued to sit with me even though the coaches were waiting for him. We were talking, he was seeing how I liked it and he was explaining why they need me so much and the opportunity that I have to come in and play.

"We went to get something to eat and we told him, 'Me and my dad are going to talk this over and if I can't give you a decision, I'll definitely give you a top five and let you guys know where you stand.'"



Forcier committed to Michigan head coach Rich Rodriguez Sunday afternoon
While away getting lunch, Forcier called up someone who knows a thing or two about being a quarterback at Michigan – his older brother, Jason Forcier, who played for the Wolverines before transferring to Stanford in the spring of 2007.

"I was talking with my brother and telling him how much I liked it and I talked with my dad about it. They both asked me the same question, 'Is this the place?' I've been to several schools and you feel good after you visit every school, but they both said it's not that type of feeling, it's a different feeling. The feeling that you know this could be the place for me.

"I told my brother that's the feeling I got and he said, 'Don't second guess it, go with your first thought.' I listen to my brother. He went through the same decision himself, so I walked into Coach Rodriguez's office and gave it to him - a full-on commitment. All the coaches heard it and came running in and were congratulating me. I felt real comfortable and I think that's the place for me."

Forcier had the opportunity to watch Michigan's top two quarterbacks, junior Nick Sheridan and freshman Steven Threet, struggle in Michigan's 25-23 loss to Utah on Saturday. Where they were not able to get the job done, though, Forcier is confident he can step in and accomplish the task.

"I thought the quarterbacks did pretty good for it being the first game," Forcier said. "There's a lot of things I saw from the sideline even though I know it's not the same from the sideline. All I can say is that offense isn't for them, but it's tailor-made for me."

From his relationship with Coach Rodriguez to the opportunity he sees at the quarterback position, the cards lined up right for Forcier's commitment. He even had the opportunity to spend time with friends of his brother from his time in Ann Arbor.

"I actually hung out with Tim North and he is one of Jason's old buddies. I know him and he took me around, went to dinner with me," Forcier said. "I hung out with Brendan Lodge who I think throws the discus in track. I saw David Cone and we were hanging out with whoever we ran into. I felt I got along with them really well."

Forcier is ranked as the No. 6 dual-threat quarterback in the country by Rivals.com. He was also ranked as the most accurate passer of all quarterback prospects in the country by the site. He is Michigan's 17th verbal commitment in the class of 2009 and the third of the weekend for the Wolverines.