Maybe a bit of a stretch, but is the widespread dislike of Michigan in the Harbaugh+ era possibly…

Posted on September 25, 2026 at 11:14:26 AM by Craig (edited September 25, 2026 at 11:15:13 AM)

…an extension of the bizarre times in which our recent FB success occurred?

A time when our national life is dominated by stupid, cruel bullies who hurt ppl because they can?

Do ppl hunger even more than usual for wholesome nobodies like Western Michigan or Iowa to beat up the bully? Do ppl have less patience than usual for the perpetually powerful? Do people associate “cheating” Michigan with our lying, cheating bully-in-chief?

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Maybe a bit of a stretch, but is the widespread dislike of Michigan in the Harbaugh+ era possibly… - By Craig September 25, 2026 at 11:14:26 AM
- Stalions maximalists and MAGA are 100% overlap fwiw. Every anti-Michigan conspiracy theorist has a right wing lunatic Twitter page * - By Nikos September 25, 2026 at 12:31:00 PM
  - the crazy tweet about ____ that goes back to an OSU avatar account is nearly undefeated. It's uncanny* - By Daytripper September 25, 2026 at 12:34:19 PM
- Certainly there is a social media and maga-type-fan influence on all of it. lol at Iowa being wholesome. tampering, gambling investigation, racial discrimination lawsuit all very recent, plus the 2011 rhabdomyolysis incident* - By mtb September 25, 2026 at 11:45:09 AM
  - oh I see this was covered below and thus your comment likely sarcastic* - By mtb September 25, 2026 at 12:18:19 PM
- hmm, in my limited experience... - By Dunder September 25, 2026 at 11:34:26 AM
- Possibly. I think Michigan is among a handful of teams / universities (Bama, ND, OSU, PSU to an extent) that people love to hate - By BigLake September 25, 2026 at 11:18:27 AM
  - Right. Just based on success alone, there should be a ton of hate amongst the rest of the Big Ten for Ohio State. - By dnvrblue September 25, 2026 at 12:27:56 PM
    - there is with fans but not so much with media - By Adamantiumblue September 25, 2026 at 01:27:08 PM
- Sports has the same problem has politics and everything else. Tribalism, the media isn't serious anymore, everyone thinks their opinion matters and counts as facts.* - By gbmcq September 25, 2026 at 11:17:42 AM
  - The Western Michigan business is a great example of people believing what they want in spite of facts with click-whore media whipping up the resentment instead of reporting the facts. - By hurryup September 25, 2026 at 11:25:29 AM
  - Well said*** - By Craig September 25, 2026 at 11:22:07 AM

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Maybe a bit of a stretch, but is the widespread dislike of Michigan in the Harbaugh+ era possibly…