Second set of categories for Mike Madness

1 older

2 more socks in their personal sock drawer

3 higher zip code

4 lives further south

5 fewer pairs of shoes by your entrance

6 tv on higher channel

7 better celebrity that shares birthday (make your case)

8 longer street name

9 higher percentage of vowels in first and last name

10 higher sum of SSN numbers

11 higher number of phone chargers currently plugged in

12 more pets

13 fewer lights on

14 fewer social media accounts

15 more clocks still set to standard time

16 home with more windows

17 lives closer to a national park

18 more recently took a bath

19 closer to an outdoor basketball hoop

20 more house plants

21 more tp rolls (packaged)

22 more bottles of gin

23 number of books out - not in bookcases - in the room you're in

24 more juice containers

25 more American cheese slices

26 first name contains later letter in alphabet

27 fewer umbrellas in the home

28 more pictures of Mom and dad ON DISPLAY

29 lives closer to a named body of water on Apple Maps

30 has seen more of the competitors in person in 2020

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Mike Madness

No NCAA tournament this year means no family pool. What should we do instead? 40 family members battle in random bracket with ridiculously random determinants for the winner:

follow along on the bracket here:           

Table capturing the determinants here:

Round	Location	Participant 1	score	participant 2	score	question
1	Rosemont Horizon	Kara	3	Sebastian	1	16 Who has lived in more states
1	Cow Palace	Augie	0	Andrew	650	5 Better finish in 2019 family basketball pool
1	Hinkle Fieldhouse	Caroline	2	Laura	2	18 age with the most factors
	overtime	Caroline	-81	Laura	-120	21 Further east
1	Carmichael Arena	Mary Jo	4	Paula	3	12 More couches via expert Cam
1	Carnesecca Arena	Amiya	1	Brandon	5	15 Has been to more countries
1	Pauley Pavilion	Maya	0	Sarah	0	14 More broken bones
	overtime	Maya	-65.3	Sarah	-78	25 closest to State Capital (capitol)
1	The Pit	Ethan	-49	Kathy	-66	4 Shorter
1	Frost Arena	Alastar	-147	Mike	70	8 closest to birthday to 11/24
2	Rosemont Horizon	Tara	-2	Kara	-1	27.1 fewer umbrellas
2	Rosemont Horizon	Anna	45	Melissa	42.3	19 Further North
2	Cow Palace	AJ	2	Andrew	2	24.1 more juice containers
	overtime	AJ	27	Andrew	31	16.1 more windows in home
2	Cow Palace	Andy	30	Aria	20	23 more teeth -disputed made into best of 3
	best 2 of 3	Andy	-169	Aria	-81	9 Birthday closer to 2/1
		Andy	-45	Aria	-3	13 age closer to shoe size
2	Hinkle Fieldhouse	Paul	-1	Caroline	0	14.1 fewer social media accounts
2	Hinkle Fieldhouse	Alyssa	85.1	Josh	89.5	22 Further West
2	Carmichael Arena	Sean	7	Mary Jo	65	1.1 who is older
2	Carmichael Arena	Jana	28	Matt	28	24 Fewer teeth
	overtime	Jana	5	Matt	6	6 longer middle name(s)
2	Carnesecca Arena	Kyle	30	Brandon	30	10.1 sum of SSN digits
	ovetime	Kyle	0	Brandon	8	28.1 more pics of mom and dad on display
2	Carnesecca Arena	Sue	68	Elliott	25	3 Taller
2	Pauley Pavilion	Noa	23	Maya	8	21.1 more packeged tp rolls
2	Pauley Pavilion	Jan	-66	Lizzy	-27	2 Younger
2	The Pit	Mason	4	Ethan	4	19.1 closer to outdoor hoop
	overtime	Mason	7	Ethan	3	30.1 seen more family in person
2	The Pit	Ann	0	Nick	309	17 higher finish in bowl pool
2	Frost Arena	Cameron	5	Mike	4	11.1 more phone chargers currently plugged in
2	Frost Arena	Charlotte	344	Ryan	177	10.1 higher house number
3	McNichols Arena	Kara	1452	Anna	NA	6.1 - higher TV channel
	false start	Kara	19	Anna	14	26.1 - first name contains a later letter
3	McNichols Arena	Andrew	0	Aria	1	7.1 - Better celebrity who shares birthday
3	Chicago Stadium	Caroline	0	Josh	1	12.1 - More pets
3	Chicago Stadium	Mary Jo	15	Matt	16	25.1 - more american chees slices
3	The Omni	Brandon	42.7	Sue	42.0723	4.1 Lives further south
3	The Omni	Noa	9	Lizzy	22	13.1 Fewer Lights on
3	Hartford Civic Ctr	Mason	0	Nick	0	22.1 More bottles of gin
	overtime	Mason	6	Nick	10	23.1 More books out in current room
3	Hartford Civic Ctr	Cameron	0	Charlotte	1	18.1 More recently took a bath
4	McNichols Arena	Kara	50	Aria	38	2.1 More socks in personal sock drawer
4	Chicago Stadium	Josh	53716	Matt	60115	3.1 Higher zip code
4	The Omni	Sue	45	Noa	44	9.1 Higher percentage of vowels in first and last name
4	Hartford Civic Ctr	Nick	2	Charlotte	3	29.1 Lives closer to named body of water
5	Old Gym, Old GHS	Kara	4	Matt	11	More houeplants
5	Old Gym, Old GHS	Sue	9	Charlotte	7	more letters in street name
6	Old Gym, Old GHS	Sue	3	Matt	1	best of 5

M vs Alabama prediction

As much as I would love for Michigan to beat Alabama tomorrow, I just don't think it's going to happen.

M 27
Alabama 45

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Quick Trophy Update

Clemson was victorious over Ohio State Saturday evening in the Fiesta Bowl and will take the jiMpossible-sarcasMike Trophy with them to the National Championship game against LSU.

The trophy had been held by Big Ten teams since Penn State defeated Pitt last September, 27 straight wins within the conference.

Clemson has not held the trophy since losing to Syracuse in October of 2017.

LSU has not been in trophy possession since losing to Arkansas in November of 2007.

Alabama Prediction

Michigan 20

Alabama 40

The Game for the Trophy - again

As with the Game last year, Michigan vs. Ohio State also battle for the jiMpossible-sarcasMike Trophy
The Buckeyes dominated Michigan in Columbus last year and have rattled off 12 more wins since, bringing their trophy game record to 68-15-1.
Michigan is 25-26-1 when vying for the trophy.
One thing in Michigan's favor, the Wolverines are 2-0 in trophy games when jiMpossible and I are in attendance.

Go Blue!

M vs. Ohio State Prediction Based on Historical Data

M is 224-63-1 in all games I have attended
M is 137-43-1 in conference games

M is 9-9 vs. Ohio State

M is 13-10 vs. schools from Ohio

M is 19-9 in the 7^th game I have attended in a season

M is 105-24-1 in noon or 12:30 starts

M is 19-10-1 in games that I have noted the weather in the spreadsheet – rainy weather is expected Saturday

M is 47-9 in games with Jim Harbaugh playing a leading role on the team

M is 24-2-1 when Juwan Howard is a player or coach of the M basketball team

M is 5-2 when ranked 10th

M is 61-38 against ranked opponents

M is 2-1 vs. teams ranked #2

M is 10-13 vs. schools with non-human or animal based nicknames

M is 80-18 vs. schools with mascots deemed lighter than a Wolverine

It’s easy when you look at the numbers,

But not easy on the heart…

M 19

OSU 31

Prove me wrong #GoBlue

My Mom and Uncle Jim at the 1939 M-OSU game (M 21 - OSU 14)