I guess it explains much regarding me, personally. I did--for reasons unknown--grow up in a household that loved the University of Michigan. I can remember watching Michigan play in the Rose Bowl (what seemed like) every single year; my father going on and on about how great Bo Schembechler was and how what a great academic school UM was.
"The Berkeley of the Midwest," he called it.
Something must have stuck. Because here I am; almost 30 years later and 2500 miles away. But you know what; turns out I didn't grow up in an isolated household. In fact, it turns a lot out people in San Franscisco love the University of Michigan.
How much?
According to Deadspin, more than any other college competing in this year's NCAA basketball tourney. More than longtime powers Duke, UNC and Kansas. More even than local entrants St. Mary's (from nearby Moraga) or UC Berkeley, who's main campus is only a jaunt across the Bay Bridge away.
Here's Deadspin regarding teams that failed to win the popular vote of their local surrounding areas.
"That leaves Cal as the most baffling: the prestigious public university didn’t manage to snag even one of the eight counties that make up the Bay Area. One went to also-local Saint Mary’s, six went to Kansas, Duke, or UNC, and San Francisco, for some reason, went to Michigan."
HAIL.
