Would NU over OSU be a bigger upset than App St. over Michigan?

[NUCat320]

The answer is Yes.
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[Catslash]

it would be bigger than David over Goliath.

 

[stpaulcat]

It would be a bigger upset than NUCat320 over the Detroit Lions

 

[TheC]

It would be bigger than HungryJack landing Salma Hayek

 

[AdamOnFirst]

Also worth noting that it turned out that was a very disappointing Michigan team overall that was at the start of its decade-long down-slide, so it ended up retroactively being a little less crazy.

 

[stpaulcat]

It would be bigger than HungryJack landing Salma Hayek

Can HJ find the landing strip?

 

[Hungry Jack]

It would be bigger than HungryJack landing Salma Hayek

That’s not an upset. It’s a miracle.

 

[nickcat4]

That’s not an upset. It’s a miracle.

ESPN HAS a 1.6 % chance of NU winning😫

 

[GECat2]

No.

 

[ohiovalleycat]

Also worth noting that it turned out that was a very disappointing Michigan team overall that was at the start of its decade-long down-slide, so it ended up retroactively being a little less crazy.

Also, I don't think App State over Michigan was as huge of upset as people make it. App State was a perennial FCS championship contender defeating a Top 10 FBS. Yes, it was an upset, but a Top 10 FCS school is probably equivalent of a top MAC team or a middle-of-the-pack Power 5 school. The point spread reflects and the season performance reflects that we are a low-level Power 5 team that has lost to a lower level MAC team and an unranked FCS team. Us beating Ohio State would be bigger upset like an unranked FCS team defeating the #2 FBS team. While App State beating Michigan back then would be like an FCS team like North Dakota State beating somebody like #10 LSU today, which would be an upset but not an earth-shattering upset.

 

[ashley0623]

Appalachian St was in the midst of back-to-back-to-back national titles with a stud senior QB (Armanti Edwards).

A number of years later, North Dakota St (another national champion) beat top-15 Iowa.

Those top end App St/NDSU teams were about the equivalent to 25-40 in FBS.

 

[phatcat]

Yes, because App State was a good team

 

[ashley0623]

Also worth noting that it turned out that was a very disappointing Michigan team overall that was at the start of its decade-long down-slide, so it ended up retroactively being a little less crazy.

Michigan finished #18. If they hadn’t lost to Appalachian St, they would’ve finished around #10.

That Michigan team won 8 in a row and beat #9 Florida in the Citrus Bowl

 

[AdamOnFirst]

Michigan finished #18. If they hadn’t lost to Appalachian St, they would’ve finished around #10.

That Michigan team won 8 in a row and beat #9 Florida in the Citrus Bowl

They also finished 9-4, Carr left, and they really ended up on the wilderness for the next ten years. It was a disaster year by Michigan’s standards. They were decent, but not actually a top 5/10 team.

 

[WestCoastWildcat]

To quote the beginning scene of the “Say My Name” episode of “Breaking Bad”……

“It’s grade school t-ball verses the New York Yankees.”

 

[ohiovalleycat]

Ohio State beating the Wildcats on ESPN's Friday Night Halftime show as a "Virtual Lock"

 

[CatManTrue]

ESPN HAS a 1.6 % chance of NU winning😫

To put this into context: if our 2022 team played this OSU team 125 times, ESPN projects that we would win twice. Not once - twice!

I like them odds. Listening to our fanbase, they act as if we have no shot despite playing in a virtual tornado.

 

[StreamCat]

Prediction: The nasty wind today will miracously blow a Buckeye pass right into an NU defender’s hands. The bewildered defender will hack at the ball and bat it into waiting Buckeye hands. Said Buckeye will run the ball into the end zone for the score. This will happen several times. We will be wailing and gnashing our teeth and crying to the heavens to rain fire upon our heads to end our agony.

 

[rrdd2021]

Prediction: The nasty wind today will miracously blow a Buckeye pass right into an NU defender’s hands. The bewildered defender will hack at the ball and bat it into waiting Buckeye hands. Said Buckeye will run the ball into the end zone for the score. This will happen several times. We will be wailing and gnashing our teeth and crying to the heavens to rain fire upon our heads to end our agony.

The definition of a true fan.