I’m still pissed about the Michigan game this weekend, and really can’t bring myself to write a post about it right now. It was utterly pathetic and disgraceful. How in the hell do you not have a viable backup quarterback? It is literally inexcusable that Devin Gardner hasn’t taken snaps there in weeks.
In a relatable way, so are some of these polls for this week. And while Jon Wilner again had a decent poll, there were plenty of other morons that stepped up their game for him.
This game was ugly for both teams on offense. I mean, both teams have pretty good defenses, but both were pretty bad on offense. Sure, I’m concerned that Michigan was kept out of the end zone. But, in the grand scheme of things, it doesn’t matter. A win is a win, and since the only thing that Michigan has left to play for is a Big Ten Championship, ranking and margin of victory mean nothing to me. As the late Al Davis said, “Just Win Baby.”
I’ve been waiting for this week for a while now. The week where some writer steps up his game and bursts onto the scene for not having a clue in the world about College Football. Now I’ll admit everyone makes mistakes. I severely underestimated Kansas State and completely ignored the fact that West Virginia has no defense. I figured that WVU would just outscore everyone and it wouldn’t be a big deal, but man their offense has looked pathetic. I’m plenty happy to admit that mistake, that being said, these guys were riding the struggle bus when they turned in their polls.
I’ve been waiting to write a post on the Detroit Lions because they’ve been incredibly frustrating to watch and last night was obviously as frustrating as usual. The special teams have been nothing short of embarrassing, and they were quite honestly, very lucky to beat the Philadelphia Eagles last week.
The loss against the Vikings prior to the bye week, following the loss to the Titans was purely crippling. Back-to-back weeks giving up a kick return touchdown and a punt return touchdown was the first time it had ever happened in the NFL. The defense has looked good, but the offensive play calling has been utterly pathetic. Titus Young has been nothing short of bad so far this year, and has contributed to the underachieving on offense.
This philosophy that I have actually ignores academics and athletics altogether. It’s documented that Michigan is a better school and that Michigan leads them in every major sports Win-Loss record. Yes, even in Basketball.
No this philosophy is something a bit deeper, it’s because of a mindset. I consider Michigan State to be Michigan’s little brother because at least 50% of the Spartan fan base cares about nothing other than beating Michigan year in and year out. They would sacrifice Big Ten and National Championships to beat Michigan ever year. If Michigan State went 1-11, and the win was against Michigan, they would be content.
I would like to personally thank the South Carolina Gamecocks and the West Virginia Mountaineers, along with the referees in South Bend and the media for allowing Notre Dame fans to think that they are relevant again, and for having the results allow them to be ranked disgustingly high.
For the last time, I will not consider Notre Dame relevant again, until they make it to a BCS game OR if they win a bowl game against a RANKED opponent. And this is at the very LEAST. Going around and beating bad teams does not make you relevant. Think about this for a second, Michigan turned the ball over 6 times, three times in the red zone, and they only won by a touchdown, at home. Notre Dame went to overtime, and beat a terribly overrated Stanford team without Andrew Luck on a controversial call, also at home. Beat Oklahoma or USC on the road, or do what I said above, and we’ll talk.
Some people will never cease to amaze me. The sheer ignorance and stupidity that radiates from them is damn near impressive. And between sports and politics there is never a shortage of it either.
Bronze Medal: Cecil Hurt, Tuscaloosa News
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Second off, these are the types of weekends that are great. Michigan has a nice easy win, the Lions were on a bye week so I couldn’t get upset by them losing, and the Tigers won both their playoff games.
The Michigan offense should be run like that every week; it’s just the way it has to be. Fitzgerald Toussaint has been nothing short of awful this year. I mean, 18 carries for 20 yards? Sure he had two touchdowns, but those were short goal line carries. I’m fairly certain that most of the people I know could get 20 yards on 18 carries; for all the math wizards that’s 1.1 yards per carry. Fitz is way better when he is a downhill runner, but there aren’t any holes open on the inside of the line. Then, he tries to bounce the ball outside and loses yards, it is becoming a vicious cycle. This is what happens when you lose the best center in the country.
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