Hey, Michigan fans. Have the Wolverines driven you to drinking yet this season?
They apparently did just that to one fan who was arrested on a drunken-driving charge in Dearborn, Mich., around 2:30 a.m. on Nov. 3, about seven hours or so after his favorite football team got humiliated by instate rival Michigan State.
The Dearborn Press & Guide reported that the 25-year-old man from Wolverine Lake, whose name wasn’t released, admitted while being booked that he had gotten drunk because he was so upset over Michigan’s 29-6 loss to the Spartans.
He also mentioned he was particularly annoyed with the play-calling of offensive coordinator Al Borges after the Wolverines got sacked seven times and were held to minus-48 yards rushing, the worst total in school history.
Michigan (6-3) has lost three of its last four entering Saturday’s game at Northwestern.
According to the newspaper, the diehard Wolverine drinker was found sleeping in his car at a gas station with the engine running. He had slurred speech, bloodshot eyes and smelled of alcohol. He admitted to police that he also had urinated on himself.
A blood-alcohol level of 0.24 far exceeded the state’s super-drunk mark of 0.17. His vehicle got impounded - kind of like his football team the previous day.
In college football, where fans are so passionate, drinking their sorrows away is nothing new.
Just don’t do it and drive.
