Spanning the Empire: Your Sugar Bowl Open Thread
by Bama Hawkeye on Jan 3, 2012 7:00 PM CST
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PrintIt's Michigan! It's Virginia Tech! It's the Sugar Bowl!
It's a return to the national stage for Michigan. Win, and they can dream about bigger things for next year. Lose to a meh Virginia Tech team, and the critics will declare that the Wolverines only won 10 because of a soft schedule. This is a big game as you look forward to the 2012 season. The drink of choice? Something as classic as a winged helmet. On the rocks for me. Neat for my wife.
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Bowl title should be lack of merit ball.
Both teams are here for pure financial reasons.$$$
MIchigan played 8 games at home. VTech lost twice to Clemson. To prevent games like this we should have a playoff system
Congrats on your bowl win yesterday, and agreed on the playoff system. Michigan is here because they’re actually a pretty darn good football team this year, though and beat some solid teams. On the other hand, VTech beat no one of consequence, and is in fact there for financial reasons.
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yeah I forgot they beat a solid who...
Neb at home, OSU at home, ND a home.
solid NW on road. solid Illinois on road.
Nebraska.
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by Bama Hawkeye on Jan 3, 2012 7:30 PM CST via iPhone app up reply actions
That’s a pretty big stretch. Blown out by Wisky, woulda been blown out by OSU if not for Brax going down, beat by a crappy NW team, barely beat a crippled PSU. Not to be a jerk, but they were a pretty average Big 10 team IMO, which isn’t saying much.
They beat a team that beat the mighty MSU Spartans
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by babaoreally on Jan 3, 2012 7:36 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
There wasn't a lot above average
in the conference this year.
"Go hard. I mean, like relentless. I want a bunch of coaches that coach like their hair’s on fire, and I want a football team that goes for four to six seconds (per play) with relentless effort." OSU Coach Urban Meyer.
Wow, Molk is out for MICH
That’s a huge loss for them, and it’s showing early.
"Go hard. I mean, like relentless. I want a bunch of coaches that coach like their hair’s on fire, and I want a football team that goes for four to six seconds (per play) with relentless effort." OSU Coach Urban Meyer.
Dude, we're 4 minutes in
If Molk doesn’t play at all that could have a huge influence on the outcome, but it’s way early.
"Go hard. I mean, like relentless. I want a bunch of coaches that coach like their hair’s on fire, and I want a football team that goes for four to six seconds (per play) with relentless effort." OSU Coach Urban Meyer.
LOLOL
-22 yards on 1st and goal, and then a delay of game. It’s like Indiana combined with Minnesota, with a dash of the Zooker thrown in for good measure.
"Go hard. I mean, like relentless. I want a bunch of coaches that coach like their hair’s on fire, and I want a football team that goes for four to six seconds (per play) with relentless effort." OSU Coach Urban Meyer.
Well at least they got something. BTW, anybody read that article VA Tech’s long snapper wrote about how ridiculous bowl week is? Worth a read.
HJAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA ARM PUNT
by Revenge of the Fallen on Jan 3, 2012 7:55 PM CST reply actions
I wonder if Thomas can see over the defense?
Some guy at Penn State Hershey just discovered a virus that eats cancer. Where were the CNN trucks for that? Now Someone at PSU found something that could cure Leukemia. Coverage? None. THON will probably break $10 mil this year. Put that on "Outside the Lines" you sanctimonious pricks!
Wisconsin lost to MSU on clock management in basketball tonight. Two clocks showing different time
“It’s a good time to be a Badger fan.” -Bret Bielema
by spartynation on Jan 3, 2012 8:29 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
Fuck Bret
Some guy at Penn State Hershey just discovered a virus that eats cancer. Where were the CNN trucks for that? Now Someone at PSU found something that could cure Leukemia. Coverage? None. THON will probably break $10 mil this year. Put that on "Outside the Lines" you sanctimonious pricks!
by ICEICETHATGUY13 on Jan 3, 2012 8:30 PM CST up reply actions
It is clear...
…that Crazy Old Testament God has decided to smite Wisconsin with a glorious clock plague. My prayers have apparently been answered. =)
Mike Martin should do a Mutumbo finger wave right now.
by GCS on Jan 3, 2012 8:33 PM CST via Android app reply actions
Man, watching Denard struggle like this
just pisses me off all the more that OSU couldn’t stop him at all, all day long.
"Go hard. I mean, like relentless. I want a bunch of coaches that coach like their hair’s on fire, and I want a football team that goes for four to six seconds (per play) with relentless effort." OSU Coach Urban Meyer.
Well for what it's worth
You only had a week
they had nearly a month. Big difference
Some guy at Penn State Hershey just discovered a virus that eats cancer. Where were the CNN trucks for that? Now Someone at PSU found something that could cure Leukemia. Coverage? None. THON will probably break $10 mil this year. Put that on "Outside the Lines" you sanctimonious pricks!
by ICEICETHATGUY13 on Jan 3, 2012 8:44 PM CST up reply actions
Whatever result you get
depends on which Denard Robinson shows up.
Wild Denard = Probable win over Michigan
Good Denard = Probably loss to Michigan
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by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Jan 3, 2012 10:08 PM CST up reply actions
WHAT
That’s some Notre Dame shit there
Some guy at Penn State Hershey just discovered a virus that eats cancer. Where were the CNN trucks for that? Now Someone at PSU found something that could cure Leukemia. Coverage? None. THON will probably break $10 mil this year. Put that on "Outside the Lines" you sanctimonious pricks!
WOW.....
Some guy at Penn State Hershey just discovered a virus that eats cancer. Where were the CNN trucks for that? Now Someone at PSU found something that could cure Leukemia. Coverage? None. THON will probably break $10 mil this year. Put that on "Outside the Lines" you sanctimonious pricks!
What do they put in the water in Ann Arbor?
Because they are luuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucky
Yea I thought it would be a false start
i think they got lucky with that one (like a lot of other things this game)
So many crazy crazy B1G events this year
-Touchdown-fest between ND and UM
-Both MSU and OSU hail mary TD against Wisconsin
-Leaping sack by MSU on OSU
-Backhanded, one-hand catch by McNutt
-Incredible B1GCG
I know there have been so many more!
How does Denard have the ability to literally lob it up in the air
and have a receiver catch it? It’s just incredible.
It’s like he closes his eyes and just heaves it
It's the damndest thing I've ever seen
But hell, it works.
"Go hard. I mean, like relentless. I want a bunch of coaches that coach like their hair’s on fire, and I want a football team that goes for four to six seconds (per play) with relentless effort." OSU Coach Urban Meyer.
I just like the disclaimers
“Trucks cannot snowboard. Do not attempt”
“Trucks cannot do barrel rolls. Do not attempt”
That was absolutely the correct call. Hosley grabbed Gallon’s just and threw him backwards to gain position.
by GCS on Jan 3, 2012 9:37 PM CST up reply actions
Only one of them had a fistful of the other’s jersey.
by GCS on Jan 3, 2012 9:39 PM CST up reply actions
That was a good call
Bad throw, but that was PI all the way.
"Go hard. I mean, like relentless. I want a bunch of coaches that coach like their hair’s on fire, and I want a football team that goes for four to six seconds (per play) with relentless effort." OSU Coach Urban Meyer.
SUBJECT LINE
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Whatever holds the image of an angel IS an angel. The eyes are not the windows of the soul, they are the doors.
Yes, I am on twitter.
by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Jan 3, 2012 10:09 PM CST up reply actions
Honestly, this is embarrassing
for both teams.
Someone, just play like a D1 football team.
right down the middle
"Go hard. I mean, like relentless. I want a bunch of coaches that coach like their hair’s on fire, and I want a football team that goes for four to six seconds (per play) with relentless effort." OSU Coach Urban Meyer.
And that sign just made every MSU fan switch their support to VT.
by Revenge of the Fallen on Jan 3, 2012 10:01 PM CST reply actions
Spartan Fans tears taste like Sugar.
by Revenge of the Fallen on Jan 3, 2012 10:05 PM CST up reply actions
So it looks like all the KUM-BAY-AH
stops at the Ann Arbor city limits?
Cold blooded, man. Cold blooded.
"Go hard. I mean, like relentless. I want a bunch of coaches that coach like their hair’s on fire, and I want a football team that goes for four to six seconds (per play) with relentless effort." OSU Coach Urban Meyer.
Arm punt has 0 rush yards.
Impressive VT D.
by Revenge of the Fallen on Jan 3, 2012 10:15 PM CST reply actions
DR's throwing motion
is freaking awful. Pryor’s looks textbook in comparison.
"Go hard. I mean, like relentless. I want a bunch of coaches that coach like their hair’s on fire, and I want a football team that goes for four to six seconds (per play) with relentless effort." OSU Coach Urban Meyer.
Hemingway will be a big loss for them next year
He’s their only big receiver and he’s been great on winning jump balls from Denard.
Dodd just tweeted
that Attendance is 12,000 below capacity.
Michigan sold out their allotment, correct?
"Go hard. I mean, like relentless. I want a bunch of coaches that coach like their hair’s on fire, and I want a football team that goes for four to six seconds (per play) with relentless effort." OSU Coach Urban Meyer.
And that's the announced (which includes the seats "bought" by Va Tech).
Bet the actual is even lower.
What just happened on that 2nd down play?
Did they say Wilson’s forward progress was stopped at the line of scrimmage?
DERP Formation on 4th down
Holy Christ, that was epic.
"Go hard. I mean, like relentless. I want a bunch of coaches that coach like their hair’s on fire, and I want a football team that goes for four to six seconds (per play) with relentless effort." OSU Coach Urban Meyer.
(prays for massive kickoff derp)
I don’t even care who wins at this point, I just want to see something ridiculous happen.
Oh snap.
That dog just won't hunt.
by Bush League All Star on Jan 3, 2012 10:55 PM CST reply actions
Big miss
MI is going to luck into a win after getting their butts kicked all game long.
No way
He made 4. Blame the offense for letting it get to OT.
Most fans, I think
He’s 3rd string. They outgained MI 372 to 179. Blame the TOs.
What about ...
MI getting blown out by an ACC runner up that didn’t beat anyone all season and hearing about it from ESPN ad infinitum for the next 12 months?
The B1G could go 10-0 and we'd still be slow
and this would be a fluke.
"Go hard. I mean, like relentless. I want a bunch of coaches that coach like their hair’s on fire, and I want a football team that goes for four to six seconds (per play) with relentless effort." OSU Coach Urban Meyer.
True
By try losing to the ACC in the BCS and see what happens.
We'd never hear the end of that...
This Hokie team is what, 1-27 (1-19 in the Beamer era) against top 5 teams? I think their wins against ranked teams is equally dismal.
"There is a force that makes us all brothers, no one goes his way alone." --Woody Hayes
Grady Hoke really sounds like that?
That dog just won't hunt.
by Bush League All Star on Jan 3, 2012 11:00 PM CST reply actions
After the interview...
I was expecting him to fall over a coffee table and tell his players that they may live in a van down by a river.
That dog just won't hunt.
by Bush League All Star on Jan 3, 2012 11:02 PM CST up reply actions
It's Michigan
that sort of thing is generally assumed, isn’t it?
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Whatever holds the image of an angel IS an angel. The eyes are not the windows of the soul, they are the doors.
Yes, I am on twitter.
by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Jan 3, 2012 11:16 PM CST up reply actions
And it's good
Thank you, Michigan, for proving that our conference can still beat the ACC.
I got the impression from this game that the ACC can beat itself
and Michigan can stand there and collect the benefits.
by DoubleB on Jan 3, 2012 11:11 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
As an aside
predict Michigan only wins 8 or so next year. Can’t get this lucky again.
I was rooting for UM
til I saw the sign about MSU and tears tasting like sugar. Then I went VT the rest of the game.
Congrats UM. You won, though it wasn’t pretty. I just don’t want to hear about it for the next 12 months.
And let me make one point perfectly clear, before the UM trolls stumble in
UGA (SEC) >>> VT (ACC)
Congrats on your victory (no sarcasm).
Maybe not >>>
I’d say > or maybe >>. But the point stands otherwise.
Yeah, right
I just don’t want to hear about it for the next 12 months.
What are the odds of not hearing about it? At least MSU also won.
I don't have a real dog in this
fight, but what the hell does Michigan brag about? The TWO national championships they’ve won in the wire service era (1936). Talk about doing so little with so much. Losing more Rose Bowls than anybody else?
I’ve never, ever understood the Michigan hype. All advantages and little results.
Seems like a large part in losing more Rose Bowls than anyone comes from going to a shitton of them.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
by U-God on Jan 3, 2012 11:24 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
We won in '97
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by Alex Cook on Jan 4, 2012 12:02 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
You and your facts.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
Congrats, Junior
His first game was Appalachian State. His last game he gets the Sugar Bowl MVP. What a long strange road.
Don't try to block Holly Rowe from her interview target. Just don't.
Author at Acme Packing Company, a Green Bay Packers blog, and Editor at BT Powerhouse, a Big Ten Basketball blog
Whatever holds the image of an angel IS an angel. The eyes are not the windows of the soul, they are the doors.
Yes, I am on twitter.
by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Jan 3, 2012 11:10 PM CST reply actions
This made me strangely turned on.
“OUTTA MAH WAY, BIZCH!!”
"There is a force that makes us all brothers, no one goes his way alone." --Woody Hayes
There's no way you hear about it for 12 months...
The next UM/MSU game is in ten. In any case, I don’t think this is a game Any UM fan will willingly watch again.
Both UM and MSU benefitted from the other team’s fuckups. As a UM fan, the only thing I have say about the win is this: It’s official, Brady Hoke shits horseshoes.
And, by the way, is Beamer a great coach or what? VT wasn’t as talented as past VT teams, but even with every possible break going against them they hung in, played hard, played smart, and nearly came away with a win. Impressive.
On the contrary...
I felt that his team played very sloppily and lacked discipline. The number of crucial penalties was face-palm-worthy, and clearly players took risks on questionable personal decisions rather than play safe, sound fundamentals. True, they showed a ton of heart, but I think that smarter coaching could have sealed this one.
Not to take anything away from UM taking advantage of these things and executing where they should. We OSU fans know a thing or two about being given awesome opportunities and squandering them.
"There is a force that makes us all brothers, no one goes his way alone." --Woody Hayes
My take:
2 signs you are a horrible coach:
1. You get every ounce of bad luck possible (bad luck follows poorly prepared teams)
2. Your name is Frank Beamer.
I thought it impossible until last night that someone could make Bret Bielema look like a smart jock, but old Frank did it with ease.
As a Spartan fan, this wolf team doesn’t scare me in the least. Horrible O line play by them tonight.
Lucky, favorable schedule, hype, media bias, bad refs, blah blah blah...
Before this season who thought Hoke would lead Michigan to 11 wins? Nobody.
The fact that he and Mattison fixed the defense and got a BCS win with this team is a major accomplishment no matter how it happened.
(And don’t worry Sparty fans. Everyone knows your team is the best!)
What a way to end the season
I can’t really think of any way that Hoke gets off to a better start. He’s established himself as a coach on the rise, and there will be a lot of talk about Michigan going into next season.
And you guys that rooted for all the B1G schools except Michigan can kindly go fuck yourselves (but thanks for the few heart-felt congrats).
If the call in the end zone hadn't been overturned...
Or if either of the fourth down plays had worked, Beamer would be a genius. And being aggressive, given the way his quarterback played, was the right thing to do. Even the running into the kicker penalty, dumb as it was, was the result of playing to win.
Their defense played great. Maybe Molk was hurt. Maybe Robinson had a bad game. But you don’t hold Michigan’s offense to 184 yards without staying in your lanes. That’s what I was referencing.
College football is maddening because some days “the better team” means nothing more than “the team that made fewer mistakes.” And some days, in all sports at all levels, the ball just bounces your way. I’m happy my team won, but I know what I saw last night. Michigan made plays, especially on defense, and they got a lot of help from the football gods.
Now excuse me, I have to go sacrifice that goat I promised Moloch at the beginning of the second quarter.
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