While I was rummaging through the channels last week, I stumbled upon the Big Ten Network and their attempts to spin the Michigan loss at home to Appalachian State.
I believe it was the Detroit New's beat writer for the Wolverines, Angelique S. Chengelis, who said in a TV interview with the BTN that this loss showed her just how much Michigan is hated around the country.
I disagree. Don't confuse the joy of the underdog shocking one of the perennial powers with hatred. You want hatred? Try Notre Dame. These guys have the cash, the history, their own TV network and they dictate terms to the Big East for all the other sports due to their name, yet the Irish are the one truly independent team in college football. Go ahead and call them the Yankees of college football. Unfortunately, the Wolverines are much more like the Boston Red Sox--- lots of cash, some great names, media love galore, sell a lot of uniforms, a great stadium, etc.
But no one really HATES the BoSox or for that matter, outside of Columbus,OH or East Lansing very few really hate Michigan.
This wasn't about 'hating Michigan' but more so the American Dream-- anyone can do anything with their life. If doesn't matter if you're the smallest guy going against the biggest. People mistake rooting FOR Appalachian State with rooting AGAINST Michigan. It could have been Miami, Alabama, USC, Texas, Oklahoma, Notre Dame and the roar of approval would have been just as loud-- a matter of fact, it was just as loud last year when underdog Boise State took down OU in the Fiesta Bowl.
Sadly, Michigan fans are coming across like the Royal Family in the movie "The Queen"--sadly out of touch with just how spoiled they are and harboring an entitlement complex that makes the Blue out to be more of a villain than noble example.
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