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With all due respect to my hockey commissioner and assistant commissioner:

MEEEECHIGAN
IS
GOING
DOWN!!!

If we don't beat USC, it will be so I told you so by the media. Ohio State and Mich 1 and 2 and vise versa, as it should be, forever amen.

Lloyd was born to be outcoached. USC 24, UM 21. But I'll be rooting for the maize and blue.

Mich 20
USC 17

Michigan: 40

USC: 17

I'm an optimist and a homer.

Michigan: 40

USC: 17

I'm an optimist and a homer.

A homer? Yeah. Only Homer Simpson would make that prediction!

You've been in Seattle too long, my friend. Time to come home.:pound:

Tater is Green with envy

I see Tater didn't actually make a prediction. And, he seems to have criticized MY prediction after the game was well underway.

But, in Sparty defense, If the game was against UM and State, I would be rooting for State.

Football belongs to the fans most willing to burn a couch, IMHO.

With all due respect to my hockey commissioner and assistant commissioner:

MEEEECHIGAN
IS
GOING
DOWN!!!

If UM loses, are you going to throw your couch in the street and set it on fire?

Michigan loses 32-18. Michigan had terrible defense giving up big plays all game long, and there secondary got exposed. Jarrett had 11 receptions for 205 yards, and Smith had over 100 yards himself for USC.

Looks like they borrowed the O line from the Lions...
They should have know that USC would be blitz happy... guess a month wasn't enough time to prepare for the Condoms (er trojans)

I see Tater didn't actually make a prediction. And, he seems to have criticized MY prediction after the game was well underway.

But, in Sparty defense, If the game was against UM and State, I would be rooting for State.

Football belongs to the fans most willing to burn a couch, IMHO.

What? I predicted both OSU and Michigan would go down a month ago.

I also predicted U of M would go down earlier in this thread AND responded to you only 4 minutes after you posted (which I do believe was prior to the start of the game).

Now you see why nobody outside of Michigan wanted to see a rematch of U M and OSU. Michigan clearly is not a #1 team. OSU may get their butts whooped too. These big ten teams cannot hang with real teams.

Yep. Including the Green boys!

If UM loses, are you going to throw your couch in the street and set it on fire?

No, I'm throwing yours in the street with YOU in it! :pound:

In a nutshell, Carr and his offensive staff were once again to conservative. The trojan staff knew that the ball would go to Hart as M never utilized the two back format the whole season and only once in the first half did they even run another body at the RB position.

They still went with the short passes instead of throwing beyond the 1st down marker and not only was Michigan's offfensive line left in Ann Arbor, the secondary must have missed the flight too.

USC came out throwing after halftime and the Wolverines came out with more handoffs to Hart???? No razzle dazzle reverses, no slant passes Breston and no long passes to Manny. Even dropping back in the shot gun may have avoided some of the sacks. I think that makes Henne 0-6 in OSU and Bowl games.

I saw doom on the wall a month ago when UCLA beat USC. I knew USC would not lose two consecutive games in the Rose bowl. Michigan would have had a better chance vs LSU. There wer still some folks out there that thought that M should be in the BCS title. Now for the next couple of weeks I have to deal with the gloating from my USC grad wife, like I did 2 years ago.

These big ten teams cannot hang with real teams.

Yep. Including the Green boys!

Including the Spartans? Et tu, Tater?

Including the Spartans? Et tu, Tater?


Hey, I'm still loyal to Sparty. I just can admit they suck! I mean, I can't even try to lie about it, can I? I can't pass the blush test.

Just the same, I guess I'll root for BSU tonight since it is the biggest game these yokels have ever seen around these parts. BSU has a nice team, but I think it's gonna be like Michigan. When they run into a real team they won't be able to hang with them.

Hey, I'm still loyal to Sparty. I just can admit they suck! I mean, I can't even try to lie about it, can I? I can't pass the blush test.

Just the same, I guess I'll root for BSU tonight since it is the biggest game these yokels have ever seen around these parts. BSU has a nice team, but I think it's gonna be like Michigan. When they run into a real team they won't be able to hang with them.


BSU 14-0 in the first 5 mins...could be a long game for the Sooners if Peterson doesn't breakout...still early though

USC looked so much better that I'm not even very upset about this game. More humiliated.

What a strange contrast between the first and second halves for both teams.

Booty and Jerrod out played Henne and whomever. Damn.
Who could we get better than Carr?

Booty and Jerrod out played Henne and whomever. Damn.
Who could we get better than Carr?

I was gonna say Ron English would be better, but his defense sucked yesterday.

How about Denny Green.? Got whacked today.

Beautiful article from Mike Rosenberg on the atrocious play-calling by UM in the Rose Bowl game. I love seeing the media take aim at that idiot Lloyd Carr and idiot-disciple Mike DeBord:

Play-calling was truly embarrassing (http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070102/COL22/701020398/1081)

Beautiful article from Mike Rosenberg on the atrocious play-calling by UM in the Rose Bowl game. I love seeing the media take aim at that idiot Lloyd Carr and idiot-disciple Mike DeBord:

Play-calling was truly embarrassing (http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070102/COL22/701020398/1081)

My sentiments exactly: USC adjusted at after halftime, Michigan came back with the same plays: handoff to Mike Hart and see if he can create. I was yelling too that either Henne drops back into the shot gun or try a reverse with Breaston and Hart or any of those other RB's that were hiding on the bench involved.

Problem with "M" is that they featured only four offensive players, Henne, Manny, Hart and Breaston. Arrington and Ecker get supporting roles in the secondary, but no one else other than Hart gets to run the ball...

That worked vs the rest of the competition, but when M came up against the big boys in USC & OSU, they had studied the tapes and knew the Wolverines playbook. Now they did score against the latter, but they didn't get it done until the second half and of course were 3 points and few minutes short of being #1. ummm wonder if they had won that game if they would be playing Florida next week or OSU again????

..better luck next season if they can get more creative in the offense, but the defense will surely suffer with the graduations...

I didn't want to blame it on Carr but blame it on Carr. Why couldn't he move Henne out of the pocket? Why couldn't we stop the Booty rollout?

Why couldn't we stop the Booty rollout? I recall one one of the local announcers here in LA saying that the long TD pass to Jarret in the third quarter was a last minute audible by the QB, in other words a Booty Call. :)

What? I predicted both OSU and Michigan would go down a month ago.

I also predicted U of M would go down earlier in this thread AND responded to you only 4 minutes after you posted (which I do believe was prior to the start of the game).

Now you see why nobody outside of Michigan wanted to see a rematch of U M and OSU. Michigan clearly is not a #1 team. OSU may get their butts whooped too. These big ten teams cannot hang with real teams.

Yep. Including the Green boys!

Well, I think you are half right! :gun1: :gun1: :gun1:

I recall one one of the local announcers here in LA saying that the long TD pass to Jarret in the third quarter was a last minute audible by the QB, in other words a Booty Call. :)
No they didn't!!:MusicBigGrin:

Tate, if Ohio State wins you go 50/50 on your Big Ten remark. That aint good enough.
Ah, Ohio State is the nuts and will ream Florida a new one. Making me 50/50 on those 2 games.
Now bite me!

Tate, if Ohio State wins you go 50/50 on your Big Ten remark. That aint good enough.
Ah, Ohio State is the nuts and will ream Florida a new one. Making me 50/50 on those 2 games.
Now bite me!

I'm not as certain on the OSU game as I was on the U of M game. I said they MAY go down.

I think OSU is a lot better than Michigan and I don't think Florida is that great. Still, the Big ten teams seem to do poorly in bowl games, so we'll see.

Looks like BSU shoulda played OSU! :stirthepot::p

If OS gets another National Champ they are a full rung better than the rest. On this issue you can't dis' the Big Ten cause we got the "Big One".
And that's hard to do because most kids like to go to warm weather schools.
As for BSU, this is their first time in the big leagues, same for Rutgers and others. Let them get a few bowls under their belt and maybe they'll get respect.

I don't know what the 'official' line is, but OSU should be spotting Florida 10. There's no way they can hang with the bucknuts.

BSU had a great year capped off by a great win. It'd be fun to see a BSU-OSU game.

btw...I've heard BSU has a new mascot for next year they call "DARTH SPUD"

If OS gets another National Champ they are a full rung better than the rest. On this issue you can't dis' the Big Ten cause we got the "Big One".
And that's hard to do because most kids like to go to warm weather schools.
As for BSU, this is their first time in the big leagues, same for Rutgers and others. Let them get a few bowls under their belt and maybe they'll get respect.

I like BSU because I have friends who live and die with them, but personally, I have no allegiance to them.

I think it kinda sucks that the small schools don't get a real shot. I think the big schools don't play them because they have nothing to gain (in rankings or financially), and everything to lose (the game). Every time they play the little guy it's on the big guys turf (larger stadiums). I think the big guys know to stay away from teams like BSU.

They actually do have a really good team (and a cool blue field).

Yeah those trick plays at the end of the game were monster. I loved that sshhiitt.
As for you being right this time about the Big Ten, it goes in cycles.
Next year try to not ruin it for Mich State.
And UoM
And Ohio St.
You're such a hoser!