Maize n Brew: ‘This Is What Winning Looks Like’

Much of the chatter around the Michigan sanctions situation has revolved around the near-certainty that the Wolverines only got caught doing what every other major program does to be successful when the cameras (and vengeful newspapers) aren’t around. Now that the hand-wringing over the self-imposed penalties is dying down, one of SBN’s Maize n Brew bloggers is of the strong opinion that Block M faithful need to live in the now and join the rest of us in accepting the shadiness inherent in big-time college athletics:

We’ve been sanctioned for the first time in our history, and all of the sudden our little ivory tower has a little smudge on it. But guess what? That ivory tower never meant anything anyways because while we were holding our heads high on some kind of faux moral supremacy, those schools who already were pushing the limits were winning championships and building sustainable programs that would compete nationally well into the future. The sanctions on Michigan - as ridiculous as the circumstances that brought them about are - have brought Michigan down into the mud with the rest of them, and maybe - just maybe - we can start holding our heads high about winning football games rather than holding our heads high because our tower is whiter than yours.
I’m not saying that you can’t have it both ways, but ask Notre Dame how that’s going. What I think I am saying is that....the sanctions don’t bother me. It doesn’t bother me in the least that our “good reputation” was besmirched because no amount of NCAA rulings will take down our reputation faster than 3-9, 5-7 which have both already happened.I hate to say this about any Michigan man, but he’s got a very valid point here. Winning is forever. Sanctions just live on in internet jokes. (Auburn players cannot read! Good night!)