The Victors | Project OSPREY
In just a few short hours the valiant Wolverines will play the epithetless Cardinals of Louisville for all the marbles, the 2013 N.C.A.A. Men's Basketball national championship. Can the valiant Wolverines prevail, bringing home only the second men's basketball title in school history? Yes, they can. Will they? Heaven alone knows. The University of Michigan does not have a particularly inspiring record in this game, having played in five N.C.A.A. Tournament national championship games (1965, '76, '89, '92, & '93) & won one national championship ('89). At the same time, three weeks ago I'd have smiled at the loyalty of any fellow Wolverine who predicted a berth in the title game for the Maize & Blue & then patiently reminded than of our numerous & ignominious defeats outside the friendly confines of the Crisler Center. (School spirit compelled me to pick Michigan to make the Sweet Sixteen, but in my heart of hearts I did not believe the valiant Wolverines would triumph over the epithetless Rams of V.C.U.) So, can Michigan prevail? Yes. Will Michigan prevail? Let me answer this way: Michigan's fight song isn't really a fight song; "The Victors" is not an exhortation to victory, to greater effort, it is a celebration of a victory already won. "The Victors" is a celebration of a victory already won & we play it before every contest. That tells you most of what you need to know about what it means to be a Michigan Wolverine.

Go Blue!

The Rebel Black Dot Song of the Day: SKApril
Skankin' Pickle, "Thick Ass Stout" from Sing Along with Skankin' Pickle (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary: "Thick Ass Stout" would be just short of perfect without the quasi scat/quasi rap sections, but its darned good even with them. The whistling section is especially boss.

The selection of Skankin' Pickle so close on the heels of The Chinkees & The Bruce Lee Band means that the R.B.D.S.O.T.D. has shot its Mike Park bolt for the rest of SKApril. Have no fear, intrepid readers, there is plenty of grand non-Park ska still awaiting you. "Ska, ska, ska…"