Michigan to play inaugural lacrosse game sunday against Detroit

[Wolverine1997]

For you ND Lax fans on here, here is something for you to keep an eye on one of your future rivals.

Michigan plays their first game Sunday at 1pm against the Detroit Titans at Ultimate Soccer Arenas in Pontiac,MI.

Michigan beat Division III Denison 12-8 this past weekend at Oosterbaan Fieldhouse. 5th year senior, Trevor Yealy had 5 goals as he showed he will anchor the offense this season after his incredible season last year.

Here is how Michigan's schedule shakes out this season.

2/12 Detroit (in Pontiac)
2/18 at Penn State
2/25 at Denver
2/26 Air Force (in Denver)
3/2 at Jacksonville
3/4 Mercer (in Jacksonville)
3/7 vs Loyola*^
3/17 vs Bellarmine*
3/24 vs Mount St. Mary's
3/31 at Harvard
4/7 vs Delaware
The Battle in The Big House (Follows Spring Football Game)
4/14 vs Ohio*
4/21 at Rutgers
5/5 at North Carolina

Michigan has had a long history of lacrosse dating back to 1940 which many people are unaware of. IMO, Sunday, will be the birth of an eventual national power.

 

[NDinFL]

So Denison gave you guys a run for your money eh?

Edit: Sorry I meant DIVISION III Denison, didn't mean to leave that out

 

[Emcee77]

lol is this thread for real??

 

[Wolverine1997]

So Denison gave you guys a run for your money eh?

Edit: Sorry I meant DIVISION III Denison, didn't mean to leave that out

You do realize that Michigan is transitioning from club to NCAA D1 right? It's going to be rough for a few years until Michigan can start getting some D1 talent in. If Michigan can follow the model of the Men's Soccer program and win a conference tournament championship and make the final four by year 10, it will be a success.


Baby steps.

 

[NDinFL]

You do realize that Michigan is transitioning from club to NCAA D1 right? It's going to be rough for a few years until Michigan can start getting some D1 talent in. If Michigan can follow the model of the Men's Soccer program and win a conference tournament championship and make the final four by year 10, it will be a success.


Baby steps.

You do realize that this a Notre Dame board and no one gives two flying ****s about scUM's lacrosse.... Right?

 

[Wolverine1997]

You do realize that this a Notre Dame board and no one gives two flying ****s about scUM's lacrosse.... Right?

This particular forum title reads:

Notre Dame and general college sports, recruiting, and related dicussion.

If you don't care, you shouldn't have clicked on the thread. I posted this for people who like lacrosse and can have civilized conversations.

 

[irishog77]

Thread of the year material right here!

 

[NDinFL]

This particular forum title reads:


If you don't care, you shouldn't have clicked on the thread. I posted this for people who like lacrosse and can have civilized conversations.

I know literacy isn't your strong suit (seeing as how you consistently misspell MGoblog as Irishenvy)

But you'll notice that in that "particular" forum title... THE FIRST TWO WORDS ARE "Notre Dame" weird, I know

 

[notredomer23]

You guys are gonna get crushed this year but in a few years thts actually a pretty manageable schedule. Lacrosse is becoming huge

 

[TerryTate]

My HS team would have whooped on UM.

 

[Rhode Irish]

When you say "Ohio", do you mean "Ohio State" or Ohio? I'm sorry, but Michigan fans confuse me with this. If Ohio State University played Ohio University, how would you guys talk about that?



"Did you see that Ohio game yesterday?"

"Yeah man, that was crazy. Ohio killed them!"

"Yeah, but how much of that is Ohio being good versus Ohio just being really terrible?"

"I'm not sure. Ohio does suck pretty badly."

"Yeah, Ohio is awful. But Ohio could also be really good, too."

"I hope not. I hate Ohio."

"Yeah, me too. I can't stand Ohio. That is why I was rooting for Ohio to pull off the upset. When they play Ohio, I'm definitely an Ohio fan for that day."

"Yeah, any time anyone can beat Ohio its a good thing. Even if its Ohio."

"True. Ohio sucks."

"Agreed."

 

[NDinFL]

"who's on first"

 

[Wolverine1997]

You guys are gonna get crushed this year but in a few years thts actually a pretty manageable schedule. Lacrosse is becoming huge

Oh yeah, I'm pretty concerned with the road games against Top-20 teams in denver, north carolina and penn state.

Michigan SHOULD beat mercer. That is the one game I'm calling right now as a win.

The opener this Sunday against detroit I don't know what to expect. Hopefully Michigan has a strong showing and maybe can pull it off.

When you say "Ohio", do you mean "Ohio State" or Ohio? I'm sorry, but Michigan fans confuse me with this. If Ohio State University played Ohio University, how would you guys talk about that?

We refer to the team in columbus as ohio. The university that is in Athens,OH that competes in the MAC, we refer to as the bobcats or OU.

 

[irishog77]

Oh yeah, I'm pretty concerned with the road games against Top-20 teams in denver, north carolina and penn state.

Michigan SHOULD beat mercer. That is the one game I'm calling right now as a win.

The opener this Sunday against detroit I don't know what to expect. Hopefully Michigan has a strong showing and maybe can pull it off.

:awesomewo

We'll all keep our fingers crossed.

 

[NDinFL]

:awesomewo

We'll all keep our fingers crossed.

You forgot the italics

 

[IrishLax]

You do realize that this a Notre Dame board and no one gives two flying ****s about scUM's lacrosse.... Right?

Hey I care! Sorta... well not really.... actually, I don't care at all about a team that wouldn't even seriously compete in DIII.

As for eventual national power... it's sad that all of the half-decent prospects in Michigan are still leaving the state even with the prospect of immediate playing time and all that jazz (see: Sergio Perkovic). You already got a good kid signed up from Canada and you're recruiting some others.... but there is just no draw to Michigan for most elite talent out there. Maybe that'll change as the game continues to grow but I doubt it. Lacrosse players go to a school for the school and Michigan doesn't compare on any level with most of the top programs. The best you can hope for is the Ohio State status quo where you semi-regularly make the playoffs and every once in awhile might win a game. Kinda like a worse ND basketball.

Oh, you also have a crappy coach and just don't know it yet.

 

[Wolverine1997]

Hey I care! Sorta... well not really.... actually, I don't care at all about a team that wouldn't even seriously compete in DIII.

As for eventual national power... it's sad that all of the half-decent prospects in Michigan are still leaving the state even with the prospect of immediate playing time and all that jazz (see: Sergio Perkovic). You already got a good kid signed up from Canada and you're recruiting some others.... but there is just no draw to Michigan for most elite talent out there. Maybe that'll change as the game continues to grow but I doubt it. Lacrosse players go to a school for the school and Michigan doesn't compare on any level with most of the top programs. The best you can hope for is the Ohio State status quo where you semi-regularly make the playoffs and every once in awhile might win a game. Kinda like a worse ND basketball.

Oh, you also have a crappy coach and just don't know it yet.

Crappy coach that has been here since 1998 and has a 241-44 record, 13 straight conference titles and had a 3 peat in national titles from 08-10? I know that's at the club level, but still that is incredible. Also the fact that he was so consistent as a coach.

I'm going to give Johnny P a pass for at least three years since the program is transitioning.

No dip Michigan doesn't compare with most of the top programs, they haven't even took the field for an official NCAA game yet!

A lot of what you are saying sounds like wishful thinking to me. If Dave Brandon thought the program was going to a failure, then he wouldn't have elevated it. Of course it's going to be rough for the first 3-5 years at the most, but in the long run I think that Michigan has the resources to become a big boy in lacrosse.

 

[Irish2015]

I'd also like to agree with TT that I believe my high school team could beat Michigan's squad.

 

[NDinFL]

Crappy coach that has been here since 1998 and has a 241-44 record, 13 straight conference titles and had a 3 peat in national titles from 08-10? I know that's at the club level, but still that is incredible. Also the fact that he was so consistent as a coach.

I'm going to give Johnny P a pass for at least three years since the program is transitioning.

No dip Michigan doesn't compare with most of the top programs, they haven't even took the field for an official NCAA game yet!

A lot of what you are saying sounds like wishful thinking to me. If Dave Brandon thought the program was going to a failure, then he wouldn't have elevated it. Of course it's going to be rough for the first 3-5 years at the most, but in the long run I think that Michigan has the resources to become a big boy in lacrosse.

 

[irishog77]

Crappy coach that has been here since 1998 and has a 241-44 record, 13 straight conference titles and had a 3 peat in national titles from 08-10? I know that's at the club level, but still that is incredible. Also the fact that he was so consistent as a coach.

I'm going to give Johnny P a pass for at least three years since the program is transitioning.

No dip Michigan doesn't compare with most of the top programs, they haven't even took the field for an official NCAA game yet!

A lot of what you are saying sounds like wishful thinking to me. If Dave Brandon thought the program was going to a failure, then he wouldn't have elevated it. Of course it's going to be rough for the first 3-5 years at the most, but in the long run I think that Michigan has the resources to become a big boy in lacrosse.

What type of cleats does the team wear? Which player yells, "middie back" the loudest? What's the graduation rate of the team? Do any players on the team have a 3rd nipple? If the Michigan lacrosse team were a tree, what type of tree would it be?

Please provide more insight to the team. We're enthralled.

 

[IrishLax]

Crappy coach that has been here since 1998 and has a 241-44 record, 13 straight conference titles and had a 3 peat in national titles from 08-10? I know that's at the club level, but still that is incredible. Also the fact that he was so consistent as a coach.

I'm going to give Johnny P a pass for at least three years since the program is transitioning.

Yeah, that's the guy. Except all of those statistics are at the club level... so really he's 0-0 with 0 conference titles and 0 national championships. A smart AD would've tried to go after the myriad of reallllllly talented coaches that were available... or tried to lure away someone like Presseler from Bryant.

As I said, you don't have a DI quality coach... you just don't know it yet.

No dip Michigan doesn't compare with most of the top programs, they haven't even took the field for an official NCAA game yet!

I mean as an actual school, not as a sports team. Want a great education? Duke, Ivies, etc. Catholic school? Georgetown/ND. Native American? Syracuse. There is just no draw for Michigan as a school to grab kids. The only reason why ND signs talent is that we have the #1 business school (you have no idea how much of a factor this is) + Catholic school lacrosse + the best facilities of any school by a mile to show we take it seriously. If we didn't have all 3 we'd be screwed. Michigan has no draw for anyone who has a better offer. Right now you're taking kids whose offer sheets read something like Drexel, Quinnipiac, Michigan.

A lot of what you are saying sounds like wishful thinking to me. If Dave Brandon thought the program was going to a failure, then he wouldn't have elevated it. Of course it's going to be rough for the first 3-5 years at the most, but in the long run I think that Michigan has the resources to become a big boy in lacrosse.

You have to define Big Boy. Dominating a hypothetical Big Ten? Yeah, I can see that. I can see Michigan consistently being in a 3 or 4 horse race for a conference title battling Penn State (sleeping giant... slowly awakening) and maybe Ohio State/Northwestern when they finally add a program. Michigan being a Big Boy as in consistently Top 10 year after year? No, not in the foreseeable future.

I'd bet you any amount of money at any odds that Michigan doesn't put up three straight top 10 seasons at any point in the next 15 years. That's what ND does... and we're still not considered a "big boy" by a lot of people.

 

[NDinFL]

^ and logic shows it's face again!

 

[Wolverine1997]

Yeah, that's the guy. Except all of those statistics are at the club level... so really he's 0-0 with 0 conference titles and 0 national championships. A smart AD would've tried to go after the myriad of reallllllly talented coaches that were available... or tried to lure away someone like Presseler from Bryant.

As I said, you don't have a DI quality coach... you just don't know it yet.



I mean as an actual school, not as a sports team. Want a great education? Duke, Ivies, etc. Catholic school? Georgetown/ND. Native American? Syracuse. There is just no draw for Michigan as a school to grab kids. The only reason why ND signs talent is that we have the #1 business school (you have no idea how much of a factor this is) + Catholic school lacrosse + the best facilities of any school by a mile to show we take it seriously. If we didn't have all 3 we'd be screwed. Michigan has no draw for anyone who has a better offer. Right now you're taking kids whose offer sheets read something like Drexel, Quinnipiac, Michigan.



You have to define Big Boy. Dominating a hypothetical Big Ten? Yeah, I can see that. I can see Michigan consistently being in a 3 or 4 horse race for a conference title battling Penn State (sleeping giant... slowly awakening) and maybe Ohio State/Northwestern when they finally add a program. Michigan being a Big Boy as in consistently Top 10 year after year? No, not in the foreseeable future.

I'd bet you any amount of money at any odds that Michigan doesn't put up three straight top 10 seasons at any point in the next 15 years. That's what ND does... and we're still not considered a "big boy" by a lot of people.

Are you really trying to say you don't get a good education at the University of Michigan? Seriously? I am not even going to touch that one because I would probably be typing a novel on here on how ridiculous that statement was.

As for lacrosse, look, I have been saying this for awhile now. If Michigan follows the model of the Men's Soccer program, by winning the conference tournament and making the final four in the program's 10th year at NCAA level, they will be fine.

There are plans currently in development for MiS (Michigan Indoor Stadium) which will seat around 5,000. The university is showing their commitment to lacrosse and also having the official home of the team being Michigan Stadium until MiS is built. I think The Showdown in The Big House after the Spring Game, and trying to break the NCAA regular season attendance record for a game is a great way to start showcasing the program.

I noticed you mentioned ND basketball earlier. The reason ND has a bad basketball program, is it's lack of commitment and promotion by the university and average at best fan support.

 

[Sherm Sticky]

I mean as an actual school, not as a sports team. Want a great education? Duke, Ivies, etc. Catholic school? Georgetown/ND. Native American? Syracuse. There is just no draw for Michigan as a school to grab kids. The only reason why ND signs talent is that we have the #1 business school (you have no idea how much of a factor this is) + Catholic school lacrosse + the best facilities of any school by a mile to show we take it seriously. If we didn't have all 3 we'd be screwed. Michigan has no draw for anyone who has a better offer. Right now you're taking kids whose offer sheets read something like Drexel, Quinnipiac, Michigan.

I'd bet you any amount of money at any odds that Michigan doesn't put up three straight top 10 seasons at any point in the next 15 years. That's what ND does... and we're still not considered a "big boy" by a lot of people.

Hey hey hey, don't hate on Quinnipaic.

ND isn't a big boy...ACC, Syracuse, Ivy league, Johns Hopkins those are the big boys.

 

[kmoose]

We get it, now knock it off. This is an ND board, and ND fans are nothing, if not respectful. Try to remember that.

 

[NDinFL]

We get it, now knock it off. This is an ND board, and ND fans are nothing, if not respectful. Try to remember that.

Look at the timestamp moose.

Appreciated.

 

[BGIF]

This particular forum title reads:

Notre Dame and general college sports, recruiting, and related dicussion.

If you don't care, you shouldn't have clicked on the thread. I posted this for people who like lacrosse and can have civilized conversations.

Yes it mentions general college sports but it doesn't say CLUB SPORTS, does it?

This is an ND board not mgoblue. You could have PM'd a link to the LAX fans instead you chose to come here as usual to troll.

 

[BGIF]

Are you really trying to say you don't get a good education at the University of Michigan? Seriously? I am not even going to touch that one because I would probably be typing a novel on here on how ridiculous that statement was.

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Yes, there are astronauts and Rhodes Scholar that have graduated from UM. Your always ready to spout that. Yet a real Michigan Man one with some ethics, something sparse among UM coaches, went on the record about the abysmal graduation rates for athletes at UM particularly for black athletes. And those that do get a degree, don't get one in something that will take them through the next 40 years of their lives.

You come here to troll be it through text or graphics.

 

[BGIF]

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I noticed you mentioned ND basketball earlier. The reason ND has a bad basketball program, is it's lack of commitment and promotion by the university and average at best fan support.

ND has a "bad basketball program"? Because ND hasn't won a Basketball NC? Perhaps if ND paid their players like UM and played academic games with the live of student athletes like UM does ND would have a better program, right?

You keep your bought and paid for "Fab 5". ND does things the old fashioned way having bona fide students that attend class, take real course, have majors, and graduate with meaningful degrees. IF they don't they don't play athletics at ND.

And once again your trolling is BS. For the record:

List of teams with the most victories in NCAA Division I men's college basketball - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Most All-Time Basketball Victories - #8 Notre Dame 1701 wins, 8 wins behind UCLA's play for pay program. BTW I don't see UM on the list. I see OSU at #37 and MSU at #38 but no Michigan.


List of teams with the highest winning percentage in NCAA Division I men's college basketball - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Winningest Percentage All-Time Basketball - #14 Notre Dame Once again, NO Michigan


Here's another list, Winningest Football AND Basketball Programs

College sports all time win percentage « College Courtside

ND basketball #25 Not too bad for a "bad basketball program", is it? Once again I must be overlooking Michigan. Couldn't find them on the list. Matter of fact, Illinois is the only Big 10, or whatever number you use this week, program ranked higher. And that's all of 1 slot higher.

As I noted earlier, you come here only to troll.

 

[returnofthemack]

Are you really trying to say you don't get a good education at the University of Michigan? Seriously? I am not even going to touch that one because I would probably be typing a novel on here on how ridiculous that statement was.

As for lacrosse, look, I have been saying this for awhile now. If Michigan follows the model of the Men's Soccer program, by winning the conference tournament and making the final four in the program's 10th year at NCAA level, they will be fine.

There are plans currently in development for MiS (Michigan Indoor Stadium) which will seat around 5,000. The university is showing their commitment to lacrosse and also having the official home of the team being Michigan Stadium until MiS is built. I think The Showdown in The Big House after the Spring Game, and trying to break the NCAA regular season attendance record for a game is a great way to start showcasing the program.

I noticed you mentioned ND basketball earlier. The reason ND has a bad basketball program, is it's lack of commitment and promotion by the university and average at best fan support.

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
try to find a non-preseason Big East ND game where the student section isn't packed. Try again. Honestly couldn't give less of a damn about michigan lax, but I hate michigan so much that I take the time to just wish them ill in general so it's not too much of a stress to hope your team gets annihilated in every game they play. And if not, I still won't care. michigan blows