The Victors
The only way to test oneself is to compete against the best; beating up on lesser opponents demonstrates naught. The sad reality is that in 2008 Michigan played no lesser opponents, we were on an equal footing with or underdogs to every single team we played, such was our ineptitude. Today the valiant Wolverines face the vile Fighting Irish of the University of Notre Dame, one of our three traditional rivals. Under their curious long-tenured coach, The Whale, the vile Irish have lived in a purgatory that makes our '08 seem like a stroll through parkland. But just as the valiant Wolverines seem much improved in '09, so do the vile Fighting Irish. The aren't the best, but this will still be a vital test of hos much of '09's improvement is real and how much is the product of smoke and mirrors. And no matter how inept The Whale has proven to be, this is still the Notre Dame game. Let's go, Wolverines, make Jimmy Clausen's mother cry!

Go Blue!