Mark Snyder

Detroit Free Press

The Michigan football team's resident Chicago Cubs fan, defensive line coach Greg Mattison, finally got his wish Wednesday night.

After the Cubs' 108-year World Series title drought ended with an 8-7 Game 7 win over the Cleveland Indians, Mattison dropped a rare tweet to celebrate.

It was an old photo of him wearing a Cubs shirt and holding hands with a little boy, presumably his son Bryan, wearing the same shirt and a Cubs doll.

The tweet: "A long time waiting! But there has never been a doubt!! Go Cubs Go! #CubsNation"

Mattison, who grew up in Wisconsin, dropped his eighth tweet ever and first since April 3, saving it for a special occasion. On Wednesday, before Game 7, he was too nervous to discuss the possibility of a championship.

“I don’t want to jinx ‘em," he told reporters in Ann Arbor. "I just know, last night in the seventh inning (of Game 6), my wife tried to talk to me, and I wouldn’t speak to her. Let me concentrate on it."

U-M coach Jim Harbaugh has also claimed a tie to the Cubs, throwing out the first pitch at a game at Wrigley this summer and attending Sunday night's Game 5 at Wrigley.

Michigan long snapper Scott Sypniewski, from Ottawa, Ill., was similarly thrilled.

Sports writer George Sipple contributed.

Contact Mark Snyder at msnyder@freepress.com. Follow him on Twitter at @mark__snyder.

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