Death of a College Football Team today

Raistin · Post by **Raistin** » September 1, 2007, 4:49 pm

RIP: University of Michigan.

With the lock down on Refs being paid off no more, Michigan decides to hand in the season and cancel football for the next 20 years. Long Live Appalachian State!

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » September 1, 2007, 5:03 pm

Losses like these kept coming up in NCAA 08 for Michigan as well. Except, the scores were lower since the defense is actually good.

masteen · Post by **masteen** » September 1, 2007, 5:13 pm

Boogahz wrote:Losses like these kept coming up in NCAA 08 for Michigan as well. Except, the scores were lower since the defense is actually good.

Like always, Michigan's defense only looks good on paper.

Sabek · Post by **Sabek** » September 1, 2007, 5:31 pm

Man the "cream of the Big Ten" crop just lost to I-AA.

Lloyd Carr can't be real popular there now.

Sueven · Post by **Sueven** » September 1, 2007, 6:33 pm

aahyahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahaha

eagerly anticipating Sylvus' participation in this thread

Sueven · Post by **Sueven** » September 1, 2007, 7:08 pm

ps: sorry sylvus, that sucks

Kilmoll the Sexy · Post by **Kilmoll the Sexy** » September 1, 2007, 7:47 pm

Note to Lllllllloyd Carr: when you schedule cupcakes for your 10 home games, you are supposed to actually win. Enjoy all the time off you are going to get when you get canned this week

on a related note,

hhahahahhahahahhahahhahahahhahahahahhahahahahahhahah

Kilmoll the Sexy · Post by **Kilmoll the Sexy** » September 1, 2007, 7:49 pm

I don't think Sylvos will be able to post here regarding this since I am certain he killed himself 7.4 seconds after he saw that kick get blocked.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » September 1, 2007, 8:23 pm

With one loss to a 1-AA, Missagain might still be able to win the 1-AA championship if their program is demoted before half the season is over.

Zamtuk · Post by **Zamtuk** » September 2, 2007, 12:13 am

Man, that was good stuff. Thankfully, my friend had the Big Ten channel so I could watch every excruciating moment.

And I thought Superbad was the comedy of the year.

Sueven · Post by **Sueven** » September 2, 2007, 2:23 am

Man, that was good stuff. Thankfully, my friend had the Big Ten channel so I could watch every excruciating moment.

And I thought Superbad was the comedy of the year.

A+ would read again

Post by **Sylvus** » September 2, 2007, 10:23 am

I refuse to acknowledge that that actually happened. I think I was literally in shock yesterday. I'm not entirely surprised though, coming in we knew they were a fast team that ran a spread offense, which has been Michigan's Achilles heel since time immemorial.

Congrats App State, they're a good team and it's evident why they've won their division championship the last 2 years in a row. They're certainly better than any MAC team we've ever played.

Oh well, that sucks but there's still a lot of football to be played. Hopefully that loss will server as a motivator rather than terrible blow to the spirit.

Maybe your Nittany Lions can squeak out their first win against Michigan in the last 13 or 14 years, now that we've canceled the season, Raistin.

Wulfran · Post by **Wulfran** » September 2, 2007, 12:21 pm

A poem for Sylvus:

Mustard and Blue
played like poo
now the state's hopes
are with MSU

I don't have a lot of interest in college ball but I love a good upset... esp when the "ego schools" like Michigan, OSU, Florida get beat. Goooo Underdogs!!!

Raistin · Post by **Raistin** » September 2, 2007, 12:47 pm

I sure in the fuck hope so,8 wins in a row vs us is plenty. At least we've won more than 1 time out of 6 last bowl games.

Kilmoll the Sexy · Post by **Kilmoll the Sexy** » September 2, 2007, 12:49 pm

At least you can say you have never lost to a division 1-AA school at home.

Raistin · Post by **Raistin** » September 2, 2007, 7:00 pm

That is true!I knew I had forgotten something....

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » September 2, 2007, 7:50 pm

Can 1-AA teams receive national ranking votes? I'd stick Appalachian State around #25 and see how they did from there although their schedule gets a lot harder from here on out.

Spang · Post by **Spang** » September 2, 2007, 8:12 pm

Xatrei · Post by **Xatrei** » September 4, 2007, 3:41 pm

Michigan dropped out of the top 25 entirely in the coach's poll. The AP poll hasn't been released yet.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/rankingsi ... nYear=2007

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » September 4, 2007, 4:24 pm

Xatrei wrote:Michigan dropped out of the top 25 entirely in the coach's poll. The AP poll hasn't been released yet.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/rankingsi ... nYear=2007

Others Receiving Votes
Clemson 145, Michigan 132, Miami (FL) 61, Brigham Young 49, Oregon 41, South Carolina 34, Missouri 29, TEXASTECH 25, Oregon State 24, Alabama 21, South Florida 20, Southern Miss 16, Florida State 14, Kentucky 4, Arizona State 3, Iowa 1, Wake Forest 1, Washington 1.

Oh that's just not right. Arizona State beat (crushed 45-3) a real football team this weekend. Michigan shouldn't be ranked ahead of them! We'll get our boost when we beat #1 USC!

Leonaerd · Post by **Leonaerd** » September 4, 2007, 4:32 pm

And MSU's nowhere near the board. =(

Post by **Sylvus** » September 4, 2007, 4:43 pm

Xatrei wrote:Michigan dropped out of the top 25 entirely in the coach's poll. The AP poll hasn't been released yet.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/rankingsi ... nYear=2007

That's not unexpected, nor is it unreasonable. I've never put much faith in pre-season polls and think they should be done away with entirely. The first polls shouldn't come out until after the first week, or at some point after there is enough data on each team to actually rank them against the other teams.

Xatrei · Post by **Xatrei** » September 4, 2007, 5:15 pm

Sylvus wrote:That's not unexpected, nor is it unreasonable. I've never put much faith in pre-season polls and think they should be done away with entirely. The first polls shouldn't come out until after the first week, or at some point after there is enough data on each team to actually rank them against the other teams.

Yeah, any poll before everyone's played at least 3 or 4 games is pretty much just for grins. That's why it has pissed me off so much the last few years with the affect that a high early or preseason ranking has on the BCS. Even so, I was still kind of curious to see how badly Michigan would be punished in the polls after that loss. I have to believe they're a better team than they showed on Saturday.

BTW - the AP is out now at the same link above. Michigan is a lot further out of the AP than the coach's poll (33rd vs. 27th).

Sabek · Post by **Sabek** » September 4, 2007, 5:16 pm

This is a sad day for all of Buckeye nation.
This lost may just cost Carr his job, and no one in Columbus wants that.

Any more than the Wolverines wanted Cooper to be let go.

Carr has been Tressel's whipping boy and we would like him to stay.

Post by **Sylvus** » September 4, 2007, 6:30 pm

Sabek wrote:This is a sad day for all of Buckeye nation.
This lost may just cost Carr his job, and no one in Columbus wants that.

Any more than the Wolverines wanted Cooper to be let go.

Carr has been Tressel's whipping boy and we would like him to stay.

Feh! Feh, I say! Carr isn't Tressel's whipping boy, Carr just apparently can't coach against a mobile QB. Carr was Troy Smith's whipping boy, get it straight!

I would have said the same thing last week when I thought we might be undefeated national champions as I''ll say right now: Carr will not get fired, and will retire after this year. I'm almost certain that was the plan all along.

Tyek · Post by **Tyek** » September 4, 2007, 7:23 pm

I say ban Sabek!!

BAN HIM!

Use your mighty Fnord powers and Ban all who taunt the Might Wolverines. They are at least the second best team in Division 1AA or whatever they call it now. How can Sabek not recognize that kind of greatness.

BAN!

Sabek · Post by **Sabek** » September 4, 2007, 7:53 pm

Tyek wrote:I say ban Sabek!!

BAN HIM!

Use your mighty Fnord powers and Ban all who taunt the Might Wolverines. They are at least the second best team in Division 1AA or whatever they call it now. How can Sabek not recognize that kind of greatness.

BAN!

To be fair they were defeated by the two time defending national champs of Div I-AA.

That means they have been beaten by the 120th best team in the country.

Zamtuk · Post by **Zamtuk** » September 4, 2007, 11:28 pm

Also, App State was a d1 school less than 5 years ago.

Raistin · Post by **Raistin** » September 4, 2007, 11:50 pm

Appalachian State won the Division I-AA National Football Championship over the University of Northern Iowa 21-16 on December 16, 2005. It is the first NCAA Football Championship by any college in North Carolina. On December 15, 2006 Appalachian defeated the University of Massachusetts 28-17 to claim the Division I FCS National Championship, their second consecutive NCAA national title. The Mountaineers have also claimed seven Southern Conference football titles in 1986, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2005 and 2006.

No it wasn't.

Zamtuk · Post by **Zamtuk** » September 5, 2007, 12:23 am

I thought that was the reason they had to stop playing Wake Forest every year. It was a pretty big in state rivalry in football and they had to stop because of that. I tried googling it but just by typing in Appalachain State opens up the floodgates of sites covering that (glorious) upset.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » September 5, 2007, 3:03 am

Quit trying to defend the Big Ten!

Kilmoll the Sexy · Post by **Kilmoll the Sexy** » September 5, 2007, 8:50 am

you can shut up until you stop ruining every fucking sports thread with a billion fucking useless arizona (insert team without championship here) comments.

Zamtuk · Post by **Zamtuk** » September 5, 2007, 12:32 pm

how is talking about a SoCon team and an ACC team any sort of defense for the big ten?

the only thing arizona is good for in football is having other teams play thier championship games there.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » September 5, 2007, 12:34 pm

It's all about the SEC and Pac Ten these days.

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » September 5, 2007, 1:31 pm

Winnow wrote:It's all about the SEC and Pac Ten these days.

Pac who?

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » September 5, 2007, 1:47 pm

Boogahz wrote:
Winnow wrote:It's all about the SEC and Pac Ten these days.
Pac who?

Back when conferences were combining and teams were switching in the 90's, there was talk of adding Texas and Texas A&M to the Pac Ten (Pac Twelve). That would have pretty much wrapped up the recent National Titles besides Florida and the one that USC was robbed of.

Sabek · Post by **Sabek** » September 5, 2007, 3:37 pm

Winnow wrote:
Boogahz wrote:
Winnow wrote:It's all about the SEC and Pac Ten these days.
Pac who?
Back when conferences were combining and teams were switching in the 90's, there was talk of adding Texas and Texas A&M to the Pac Ten (Pac Twelve). That would have pretty much wrapped up the recent National Titles besides Florida and the one that USC was robbed of.

And that pesky one that OSU won back in 2002.

Asheran Mojomaster · September 6, 2007, 4:14 am

Auburn nearly lost to Kansas State over the weekend as well. Worst game since...last years Georgia game lol. Gah, I hate Brandon Cox so much. Supposedly our new quarterback is really good but hes a freshman and they want him red shirted for the year. He can throw AND run.

Asheran Mojomaster · September 6, 2007, 4:14 am

Oh, and Michigan sucks.

Zamtuk · Post by **Zamtuk** » September 6, 2007, 9:42 am

Hail to the Victors. It just sounds better when we play it.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=7ZlDKs7dKaU

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » September 6, 2007, 8:03 pm

Kilmoll the Sexy wrote:you can shut up until you stop ruining every fucking sports thread with a billion fucking useless arizona (insert team without championship here) comments.

How the hell did T.O. get in this picture? Now it's ruined!

Nash, Leinart, TO, Marion

Phoenix Mercury are in the WNBA finals! AZ could be adding yet another championship!

D'Backs are back in first place after scoring 8 runs on Peavy last night!

PHOENIX (AP) -- The Arizona Diamondbacks took it as a challenge when Jake Peavy asked to face them on three days' rest.

The eight earned runs matched a career high for Peavy, who lasted only four innings, his shortest start since July 21, 2006.

"OK, he wants to pitch with three days off, we've got to make him pay," said Diamondbacks catcher Miguel Montero, who homered twice, once off Peavy.

Conor Jackson added a home run and Chris Young drove in three runs as the Diamondbacks restored the one-game lead they carried out of San Diego a week ago, when the Padres beat them three out of four.

"I picked a bad night to have a bad night," Peavy said.

That's a great quote from Peavy.

Sueven · Post by **Sueven** » September 6, 2007, 10:36 pm

Good job by Steve Nash sporting the hairy chest

Ashur · Post by **Ashur** » September 8, 2007, 12:25 am

Got this in email today. Seemed appropriate for this thread...

Bud Light presents Real Men of Genius (hum it in your head...)

(Reaaaaaal Men of Genius)

Today we salute you, Mr. Delusional Michigan Fan (Mr. Delusional
Michigan Faaaaaan!)

Season after season, year after year, you try to justify your
absurdly high preseason ranking (clutching at straws!)

Season after season, year after year, you scramble to make futile
attempts at damage control when the Wolverines lose to a grossly
inferior opponent (How’d Appalachian State score Thirty Fouuuuur?)

Inevitably, ! you’ll bring up the past, boast of National
Championships won 40 years before you were born (those were the
daaaaaays!)

You will point out that you have more wins than any other program as
though that is relevant to the current season (been playing since
the 1870’s)

Go on, ignore that loss to Ohio State in the regular season finale
and continue to believe that you’ll defeat your bowl opponent with
striking ease (we’ll win by thirteeeeeey!)

So crack open an ice cold Bud Light, oh Emperor of Excuses, and take
comfort knowing that when you finish ranked number twenty, you’ll be
back to number five when the preseason polls come out next year (Mr.
Delusional Michigan Fan!)

Ashur · Post by **Ashur** » September 8, 2007, 12:27 am

wtf, how did Arizona become the topic...

Zamtuk · Post by **Zamtuk** » September 8, 2007, 12:28 am

Animale · Post by **Animale** » September 8, 2007, 6:26 pm

Not looking good at halftime for poor ol' Michigan. Go Ducks!

Animale

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » September 8, 2007, 7:10 pm

ESPN radio commentators were talking about how bad it could be for ND to start the season 0-3...I think they forgot that Michigan was going to be their third game of the season

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » September 8, 2007, 7:58 pm

Quack,quack.... I thought Oregon didn't stand a chance...

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » September 8, 2007, 8:28 pm

Pac Ten 39
Michigan 7

roflcopter!

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » September 8, 2007, 8:47 pm

I was reading the recap and saw many stats...2nd most yards against, worst this, worst that..ouch

And what a performance by UO's Dixon, eh? Nike must be pleased.