Michigan Wins Big Ten Championship!!
Hail to the Victors!

A 42 to 3 win over Iowa that tells the world that Michigan football is back.   But there is more to this story than great football for us to understand.

The Michigan team wore a maize colored patch in the shape of a “Block O” to represent Oxford High School, the scene of this week’s most horrific of school shootings.   The patch featured the initials “TM” and the number 42 with four blue hearts below it.   The “TM 42” pays tribute to Tate Myre, a  football player at Oxford  who was one of the four students killed, and has been reported to have rushed the gunman in attempt to end the carnage.  The other three victims being honored through the four hearts on the patch are Hana St. Juliana, a basketball and volleyball player; Madisyn Baldwin, an aspiring artist; and Justin Shilling, a member of the bowling and golf teams.

They had the family of Tate Myre at the game for the coin toss…  It was a good reminder that there are more important things and greater heros than those that play a game for a championship.

As Michigan scored for the final time, and the scoreboard turned to 42, I have no doubt that many saw the poetry of the moment.