Lurker since mid-90's

Posted on August 4, 2026 at 03:31:11 PM by Vanderlyle

I started with the old Bitter Rivals site, run by two erstwhile friends, one an M diehard and the other for MSU. Some of my fellow old guys may remember it. I think they had a rudimentary message board at one point, but my memory fades (unlike some of you!). Think I found the old VV through the BR Site in '96ish. The '97 season burned in reading the board as a lifelong habit.

Since other lurkers are outing themselves today, here's my story. LS&A '85. Wife is Ed '86. Both MI Natives. We met at Bursley, we were brother / sister hallmates (3rd Hamilton / Sanford). Daughter graduated from LSA&A in 2014. Football season ticket holders since 2003. Currently mostly based in Philadelphia area, bought a condo in downtown AA in '22 so we spend most of the fall there.

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Seems like a good time for a community roll call - By Paul August 4, 2026 at 02:26:55 PM
- I'm always late to these things - By MR August 4, 2026 at 07:55:27 PM
- Lurking since early 2000’s - By Lizard August 4, 2026 at 07:03:07 PM
- Low volume, mainly sports (and estate tax, hi ftb) poster that found the old VV board during the 1997 championship run. Have met a few of you guys along the way.* - By jim4blue August 4, 2026 at 06:47:05 PM
- Started during the RR search and was TDK for many years.* - By Rags August 4, 2026 at 06:34:38 PM
- ‘05ish* - By ameriKa August 4, 2026 at 06:02:07 PM
- Started lurking around 2004-2005, posting infrequently since 2015ish* - By wolvalum August 4, 2026 at 04:44:34 PM
- Lurking in early 2001, began posting after 9-11. Saw a reference to the board on Rivals, which had become dreck. Fun fact: I have known MHoops1 since our UM days.* - By UMdad August 4, 2026 at 04:40:54 PM
- 1996 start, lurked for maybe 6 months before a post stuck me as “oh man, I have to reply that that” * - By plug August 4, 2026 at 04:36:43 PM
- Probably started visiting in '97 or '98. Largest memories - lots time here during the 2000 Florida recount and then 9-11* - By BigAppleBucky August 4, 2026 at 04:34:55 PM
- Spring/Summer of 1997. - By jukebox August 4, 2026 at 04:05:43 PM
- I think during the 2001 season. I was following recruiting and occasionally posting on BlueCheeseHead's board, and found this board linked there at some point.* - By jfitz August 4, 2026 at 03:53:13 PM
- Think I started in the late 1990s although I had a different name then, which I have forgotten.* - By Frank3 August 4, 2026 at 03:52:17 PM
- 2008. Same year I got married. Thankfully my marriage is more enduring than the boards.* - By Wil August 4, 2026 at 03:43:47 PM
- A few months before Harbaugh signed on. Was sent the link by poster mreddy* - By mtb August 4, 2026 at 03:37:34 PM
- 1996 sounds like the year I got on this ride. 30 years. 2 football and one basketball title. averages 1 every ten years. I'll take it.* - By Josh August 4, 2026 at 03:35:45 PM
- Can't remember exactly but after 1997 and before 2000. Have always felt at home here, even though I don't post all that often. (nfm) - By WolvBlue August 4, 2026 at 03:33:26 PM
- Alerted by a friend to it during the Les Miles/RR/Citrus Bowl winter* - By brick August 4, 2026 at 03:33:02 PM
- Sometime in '97. Had been here for a period before FJ's Altar Call.* - By GoBrew August 4, 2026 at 03:32:32 PM
- January 1998. New to the internet. Searching for some kind of news re recruiting, I think re T'J. Duckett.* - By hurryup August 4, 2026 at 03:32:03 PM
- Lurker since mid-90's - By Vanderlyle August 4, 2026 at 03:31:11 PM
  - very cool. I used to get into arguments with the Bitter Rivals MSU guy. One of the first things he asked me... - By mtb August 4, 2026 at 03:41:07 PM
- Maybe a year or two before funkygate but didn't give it a ton of attention. More consistent following and posting only over the past 3-4 years. Not even sure exactly.* - By LewisBullox August 4, 2026 at 03:29:58 PM
- Some time in 1996 or 97 - By GregN August 4, 2026 at 03:25:14 PM
  - Wow, long time no see. - By GoBrew August 4, 2026 at 04:10:49 PM
    - Re: Wow, long time no see. - By GregN August 4, 2026 at 08:18:31 PM
- long time lurker, started during the coaching search for Harbaugh* - By freonboy August 4, 2026 at 03:24:24 PM
- Was a lurker from 2000 until Harbaugh got hired. Signed up to talk football and CL soccer while waiting for a delayed flight out of GRR* - By Arctic August 4, 2026 at 03:19:38 PM
- Caught the tail end of the VV board - By lvckyme August 4, 2026 at 03:19:32 PM
- Joined in 2001 after knee surgery, while hopped up on percocets & lamenting a bad breakup. Former Pitchforkmedia music critic, former public defender (for 15 yrs, 7 1/2 as chief), and primarily responsible for decriminalizing jaywalking in Virginia. As of 2026, all past board beef has been squashed* - By Brad August 4, 2026 at 03:13:17 PM
- 2003 for me. Or maybe it was 04* - By rndm August 4, 2026 at 03:12:21 PM
- Lurking since the 90s - This is first post ever . . . might be my last - By bluesully August 4, 2026 at 03:11:54 PM
- Didn't register until today. Lurking for 10+ years. - By Alias August 4, 2026 at 03:11:40 PM
  - I'm not reading all these but I cherry picked a few - welcome to the board!* - By jjwalker August 4, 2026 at 05:23:17 PM
- Mostly a lurker since early 90's but once in a while chime in on politics, corporate america, sports, food and Cincinnati - By Cincywolve August 4, 2026 at 03:07:52 PM
  - Also just to be clear I live in Cincinnati (burbs)* - By Cincywolve August 4, 2026 at 03:29:19 PM
- somewhere around 1998* - By ajs August 4, 2026 at 03:07:19 PM
- Starting lurking during December of 2014 because of Harbaugh, joined around that time. Was called Brian almost immediately.* - By gbmcq August 4, 2026 at 03:05:39 PM
- Been a lurker and very rare poster for a long time, but cannot remember when. - By KeithW August 4, 2026 at 03:03:51 PM
- Started lurking in ‘97-98 and started posting around 2000 or so.* - By crumbs August 4, 2026 at 03:03:44 PM
- I know it was before my oldest was born in 2003, but don't recall specific dates. Used to post with ny1995 on a different board and migrated here after that one fizzled out* - By TBW1 August 4, 2026 at 03:02:57 PM
- Since the days of Sandeep’s board — 1995* - By Roscoe August 4, 2026 at 02:59:38 PM
- '98 or '99. I was definitely in law school and this place was way better than the Rivals board. (nm) - By GritsGoBlue August 4, 2026 at 02:59:32 PM
  - Story that I heard in vegas - By tem August 4, 2026 at 03:06:21 PM
    - I have no idea who that would be. - By GritsGoBlue August 4, 2026 at 03:43:46 PM
      - He is - By tem August 4, 2026 at 03:53:51 PM
- Not sure of the timeline, had to be near the beginning.... - By IMFERBLU August 4, 2026 at 02:58:02 PM
- And obviously don't know how to delete replicate posts* - By IMFERBLU August 4, 2026 at 02:57:47 PM
- Started on rivals sometime around 97 ish, migrated to the blue cheesehead board - By tem August 4, 2026 at 02:56:19 PM
- Lurker since the late 1990s, low volume poster now - By Marc August 4, 2026 at 02:55:50 PM
- 2001 - shortly before 9/11, just kind of stumbled upon this place...* - By CBusBlue August 4, 2026 at 02:55:32 PM
- I posted at least a few times on the original Sandeep board in 1996. Jesus, that was 30 years ago...* - By wingedvictory August 4, 2026 at 02:55:11 PM
- Occasional poster/half lurker since early 2000s - By Bender August 4, 2026 at 02:53:16 PM
- 1996. Sandeep recruiting. The WTKA morning show (Doug Karsch at the time) referenced the countdown and mentioned Weston by name. - By bluejohn August 4, 2026 at 02:51:11 PM
- Around the 2002 Citrus Bowl* - By maestro August 4, 2026 at 02:50:47 PM
- 2010 during the end of RR. I can’t eveni remember how I found the board. I covered late period Lloyd for the Daily* - By Bologna August 4, 2026 at 02:49:38 PM
- I want to say 1998/99 when ever the board moved from the VV Board to the Victors Board... - By TomMcC August 4, 2026 at 02:48:31 PM
- 2000 when Michigan and Washington had a home and away. 9/11 at the same time. * - By Rabbit August 4, 2026 at 02:47:08 PM
- 2007 - Les Miles/RR search** - By xcheck August 4, 2026 at 02:45:55 PM
  - Same, Terrelle Pryor recruiting* - By mwild August 4, 2026 at 02:47:16 PM
- Since late 2014 - By el fuego August 4, 2026 at 02:45:01 PM
- 2014, the edge of the internet. - By weebay August 4, 2026 at 02:44:15 PM
- Around January/February/March 1998 (nm) - By danny August 4, 2026 at 02:44:01 PM
- Found VV in the aftermath of the Tom Osborne going away present debacle. Managed to follow all the iterations, lurking mostly posting some. * - By Mark II August 4, 2026 at 02:43:54 PM
- Re: I suppose I found the board in the early 2000s. - By Kevin August 4, 2026 at 02:43:54 PM
- Found this community in 2000 via Ask Jeeves - By JoeMama August 4, 2026 at 02:43:47 PM
  - That is good stuff. Lots of good memories. Other stuff you left out.... - By Rich August 4, 2026 at 03:18:46 PM
  - Lol. great post.* - By mattb August 4, 2026 at 02:48:14 PM
    - Only one of those sentences is a lie* - By JoeMama August 4, 2026 at 02:55:22 PM
  - * - By Bologna August 4, 2026 at 02:48:09 PM
- 2010 in the waning days of the RR fiasco.* - By Asquared August 4, 2026 at 02:43:36 PM
- lurker since 2014 - By Deezy August 4, 2026 at 02:43:32 PM
- since early 1996, starting at a recruiting site (forget the guy's name); have mostly lurked for long stretches. ** - By Mark August 4, 2026 at 02:43:00 PM
  - Sandeep's board in 1995, but there was also a listserv board with some of the early posters. I was working for Carnegie Mellon University and stumbled on it * - By Spirit August 4, 2026 at 02:50:17 PM
- I think started around 2017 or so? Maybe longer? I really have no idea. I tried to find my initial email request for a login and couldn't find it. I am always impressed when people remember the year.* - By mattb August 4, 2026 at 02:42:48 PM
- I was on the VV board in some incarnation. I remember the brouhaha surrounding the Henson/Brady debate - By GlassOnion August 4, 2026 at 02:42:47 PM
  - I don't remember the details (really), but I was a huge Brady guy and got into it with a number of posters, including Craig * - By Spirit August 4, 2026 at 02:52:00 PM
- I joined the board in December 2014 or so, during the Harbaugh search* - By Frigz August 4, 2026 at 02:42:37 PM
- No idea. - By BL August 4, 2026 at 02:41:31 PM
- ‘04 or ‘05 here. too long** - By kal August 4, 2026 at 02:40:16 PM
- Started lurking in September 1998 in anticipation of my trip to Ann Arbor for Syracuse game - By syrfan August 4, 2026 at 02:34:30 PM
- It was either a week or two before or after you did... - By Rich August 4, 2026 at 02:32:01 PM
  - Did Dreisbach get hurt? I don't remember him ever getting in, even in garbage time - By Paul August 4, 2026 at 02:47:09 PM
    - I think he got bypassed and then maybe hurt? He reappeared in 98 as a goal line option QB - By Rich August 4, 2026 at 03:22:48 PM
- Summer 2017. fun fact: my dad is allegedly responsible for the Slippery Rock score * - By Nikos August 4, 2026 at 02:30:21 PM
  - My grandmother went to Slippery Rock, but she didn't play football (nm) - By danny August 4, 2026 at 02:43:24 PM
  - I remember the Slippery Rock score from games in the early 1970s and believe it started not too much before then* - By Paul August 4, 2026 at 02:36:20 PM
    - yes. story below * - By Nikos August 4, 2026 at 02:36:52 PM
      - Very cool!* - By Paul August 4, 2026 at 02:50:57 PM
  - story - By Nikos August 4, 2026 at 02:35:12 PM
    - Excellent story. Any idea who was doing the WUOM games at that time?* - By GoBrew August 4, 2026 at 03:40:46 PM
- Re: Seems like a good time for a community roll call - By suede August 4, 2026 at 02:29:11 PM

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