That #17 USC team looked really good losing to unranked Washington at home last night.
Let's talk Michigan vs. Northwestern...
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That #17 USC team looked really good losing to unranked Washington at home last night.
Did you know that Northwestern actually BETTER than Michigan the past 3 years even though we lost?
http://myteamisbetterthanyourteam.c...orthwestern&loser=Michigan&year=2014&method=2
http://myteamisbetterthanyourteam.c...orthwestern&loser=Michigan&year=2013&method=2
http://myteamisbetterthanyourteam.c...orthwestern&loser=Michigan&year=2012&method=2
Tomorrow guys. We all get to find out who's better tomorrow.
As long as Utah keeps winning, Michigan fans will proudly wear that loss as a Red Badge of Legitimacy. After losing to NU, they can add that proudly to their growing list of losing to top teams.
I could care less. Duke in 2015 (and 2014) would be a middle of the pack Big Ten team.
Like I said earlier just take it easy on us, we're hanging tenuously on to the all-time series lead. I just hope we don't get lost going to the stadium and break triple digits in total yards, scoring a field goal and holding you guys to below 30 puts would be a bonus against the ascendant power by The Lake. Call off Bo Jr. when he hits 250 yds okay?
Exactly! This ain't your daddy's MICHIGAN. They're proud of losses now. Bo must be rolling over in his grave. Michigan is an also ran now, just like ND. "We almost beat a good team!" That sounds incredibly like the crap I used to hear from NU fans in the Dark Ages. How the mighty have fallen ...
I am sure Michigan has a strong defense, but they have yet to face a top tier offense (measured by yards per game). Utah would be the highest ranked, at 76, then BYU (81), UNLV (87), Ore St (111) and Mayland (114).
The Cats have achieved comparable results against better offenses of Stanford (31), BS (61), and Duke (62).
Defensively, this sure looks like a draw to me.
The Cats have achieved comparable results against better offenses of Stanford (31), BS (61), and Duke (62).
Defensively, this sure looks like a draw to me.
If it weren't for your incredibly awesome moniker, I'd belittle you. But I can't because you like KISS and there is honor among KISS fans...
Not to mention, they did not ALMOST beat Utah. They were losing 24-10 midway through the fourth quarter. They had a nice little comeback at the end but the game wasn't really that close.
Some would say this is a loser's approach to redeeming losses, but whom am I to argue?
Bo is dead and the Big Ten is far better than is was in the 70's. Good luck attempting to get back to your past "glory" days.
Slightly OT but I didn't think it deserved its own thread: the line opened at Michigan -12 then immediately dropped and settled at -7.5 for the past couple days. Then tonight it jumped back up to -10 all at once. Either a HUGE bet was made or Vegas got some news. Like a key suspension or injury for the Wildcats. Anyone know anything?
http://www.vegasinsider.com/college-football/odds/las-vegas/
http://www.vegasinsider.com/college-football/odds/las-vegas/
Well since you've managed 4 wins vs UM since the inglorious 70s, maybe NU has some ways to go to recapture your own glory, I'm feeling great about UM's chances of returning to the glories of 10 years ago. But hey good luck tomorrow, though if your play matches the rhetoric here I guess you won't be needing it
Not certain if Rudock is better than Leidner. There is a reason he is no longer the QB at Iowa....
Got you the first time. No need to repeat. As far as draftable Michigan players (once they are eligible) I'd say Peppers for sure, Lewis for sure, both Glasgows, Willie Henry, Butt for sure, Wormley, Hill. Too soon to say on a few others. We are missing Joe Kerridge, our starting FB and captain. Hoping to have Deveon Smith back and Stribbling at corner. I like Northwestern's team, but they didn't look that great against Ball State. It's tough to compare records. Michigan lost to #5 Utah at Utah by a TD in our first game with a new coach and QB. Crushed everyone since, including #22 (at the time) BYU. Northwestern's signature win was Stanford, of course. Duke was nice win, too. I expect a close game.
Yeah, it is just that Vegas was counting on the Mojo Moose to show up. With the Northwestern defense playing as well as it is the Mojo Moose didn't see the need to come raid my raspberry patch once again to add karma for this week's win.
Quote of the night~
Every truth passes through three stages before it is recognized. In the first, it is ridiculed, in the second it is opposed, in the third it is regarded as self-evident.
~Arthur Schopenhauer
Yes, the magical Harbaugh Wolverines are back!!!!!
BTW, your "glory years" were back in 1940's. That was the last time um was ranked in the top 5 in back to back seasons. 1/2 of a national championship in 66 years isn't very much "glory". Yeah, your glory years certainly weren't a decade (ten years) ago. And if you want to point to the 1970's, only OSU, and occasionally MSU was any good that decade. um started each season with 9 guaranteed wins. Golly,um has been quite the powerhouse.....except in bowl games and vs quality teams. Vs. teams with losing records? Yep, um might be the best.
I didn't even make it through the first sentence before realizing you don't know what the hell you're talking about...here's your primer and homework: Michigan was 3 pts away from the NC game in 2006 and had plenty of close calls before that and a truck load of Big 10 championships in the 80s and 90s. Sorry Eric, my conclusion is your moniker must represent your HS graduation year, because you don't know a damn thing about UM.
Look up the following seasons in the last 50 years, note UM's within a hair's breath most times of a NC, and see what you see...
1971
1973
1976
1980
1985
1986
1988
1992
And why in the world do you bring up the 1997 season, when UM did everything necessary to obtain (beating the snot out of a top 5 Penn State at Happy Valley, beating a very good Ohio State team, and defeating Washington St. in the RB) and keep the number one ranking only to have half it taken away as a retirement gift for Tom Osbourne as a knock-down argument of incompetence or irrelevance or whatever you're blathering about.
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Did you say "lowly Northwestern". They certainly are playing that way.
Thank God your resume is better, because your football team SUCKS! 38-0!!!!!
It will be fun watching you be embarrassed this year. MSU=most overrated team in the country
Shakes! Dang, you guys suck. Your predictions are the worst! I'm not sure you could have sucked more than you did. Maybe you want to follow another team?
Shakes and Eric I think you owe this thread some retractions 
, I simply tried to make the point that this is the best coached UM team I've seen in two decades. They're not the most talented (I sure wish we had Harbaugh when we were loaded in the mid-00s) but the most disciplined and intense team under an outstanding coaching staff I've seen at Michigan for decades.
Having said that I love Fitzgerald and I hope you guys don't get impatient and send him impetuously out the door. Great hanging with you guys this week, I hope we see you again in Indy
, I simply tried to make the point that this is the best coached UM team I've seen in two decades. They're not the most talented (I sure wish we had Harbaugh when we were loaded in the mid-00s) but the most disciplined and intense team under an outstanding coaching staff I've seen at Michigan for decades.Having said that I love Fitzgerald and I hope you guys don't get impatient and send him impetuously out the door. Great hanging with you guys this week, I hope we see you again in Indy
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And the big loser in this thread was shakes3858 -- will his ego ever recover from the drubbing it took here?
Good luck this season -- I like Fitz -- but make no mistake, NU is not in UM's class.
Good luck this season -- I like Fitz -- but make no mistake, NU is not in UM's class.
Lol enjoy your win. We got our butts kicked today! The saddest part is that you're still here talking trash though...
Obviously not. I don’t think the outcome of the game has any relevance. Let the debate continue as if there were no Saturday 10/9/15. It was just a figment of our collective imaginations.
The sun came out this morning, my mother still loves me, I'm still gainfully employed, and am in good health.
I'd like to see this game again without us spotting you guys 14 points. We're not a team that is designed to play from behind. But yesterday, we got down and you took it to us for every bit of 60 minutes and dominated every phase of the game.
Shakes and Eric I think you owe this thread some retractions
Having said that I love Fitzgerald and I hope you guys don't get impatient and send him impetuously out the door. Great hanging with you guys this week, I hope we see you again in Indy
I am trying to figure out how you guys lost to Utah. Impressive show on Saturday, to say the least.
Good luck the rest of the way. Enjoy the ride!
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