As for Me, I?ll be Rooting for Sparty

[tinselwolverine]

Always have.

Wikipedia provides a little history about what I see as an overlooked college football rivalry.

I remember the Spartans rocking the Buckeyes world a few times as I was growing up during the 1970s.

 

[hungry]

Whatever happens, happens. Come game time, I might find myself rooting for one team or the other. I don't know at this time. Good could come from either outcome and so could bad.

Like said in the other post, it doesn't matter who we root for.

 

[tinselwolverine]

Whatever happens, happens. Come game time, I might find myself rooting for one team or the other. I don't know at this time. Good could come from either outcome and so could bad.

Like said in the other post, it doesn't matter who we root for.

Nope.

Don?t matter as far as a NC or final four playoff slot.

Well of course, it also doesn?t matter who we root for because who we root for doesn?t matter.

By all appearances Michigan is in control of its own destiny.

For whatever reason, this season is bringing back memories of Michigan football from my childhood.

And that includes rooting for the Spartans against the Buckeyes.

 

[wheels002]

I just want to beat Rutgers. If MSU wins so be it! Of OSU wins then great everything will be on the line in Columbus.

 

[thewolverines24]

I'll be rooting for them to tie and then play so many OTs that they all pass out from exhaustion.

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[thewolverines24]

My inner monologue as I watch these two teams play:

 

[Michlady]

I just want to beat Rutgers. If MSU wins so be it! Of OSU wins then great everything will be on the line in Columbus.

There is a game before that

 

[bphillips4gg]

If sparty wins that basically guarantees a berth in the championship game for Michigan. I hope they win.

Obviously I'd rather see Michigan just win out, but I'll take an appearance by default over no appearance at all.

Oh, and fuck them both.

 

[Gulo Blue]

Definitely rooting against Ohio State. As always.

 

[tinselwolverine]

If sparty wins that basically guarantees a berth in the championship game for Michigan. I hope they win.

Obviously I'd rather see Michigan just win out, but I'll take an appearance by default over no appearance at all.

Oh, and fuck them both.

Right.

Once upon a time it was all about the conference championship, and then coming out where I am now and winning the Rose Bowl.

As for the national championship, well that would be fine and dandy, but it was an arbitrary decision in the hands of people who actually didn?t do anything on the field.

Oh-wait a minute?

 

[byco42]

Always have.

Wikipedia provides a little history about what I see as an overlooked college football rivalry.

I remember the Spartans rocking the Buckeyes world a few times as I was growing up during the 1970s.

1974. Levi Jackson with the 88-yard run late in the 4th quarter. Buckeyes on the MSU's goal line with 20 some seconds left and ran two plays. First was repulsed and Cornileus Greene ran a sneak and scored but it was deemed time expired, after commissioner Wayne Duke talked to the officials after the game. And the Buckeyes were not set at the LOS anyway, but no flags were thrown, either. It was a wild ending that would never happen in this age of scrutiny. For a long while, noone knew who was the winner for almost an hour after the clock hit 0.00.

 

[Michchamp]

1974. Levi Jackson with the 88-yard run late in the 4th quarter. Buckeyes on the MSU's goal line with 20 some seconds left and ran two plays. First was repulsed and Cornileus Greene ran a sneak and scored but it was deemed time expired, after commissioner Wayne Duke talked to the officials after the game. And the Buckeyes were not set at the LOS anyway, but no flags were thrown, either. It was a wild ending that would never happen in this age of scrutiny. For a long while, noone knew who was the winner for almost an hour after the clock hit 0.00.

I'm kinda surprised even as late as 1974 a high-profile game like that would have such a wild ending.

 

[tomdalton22]

Right.

Once upon a time it was all about the conference championship, and then coming out where I am now and winning the Rose Bowl.

As for the national championship, well that would be fine and dandy, but it was an arbitrary decision in the hands of people who actually didn’t do anything on the field.

Oh-wait a minute…

I kind of liked those days better.

 

[byco42]

That was the age of mobbing the field and tearing the goal posts down before the players even got to their locker rooms. One year Buckeye fans tore down Michigan's goal post DURING the game and the question was how Michigan would attempt an FG if the occasion came to pass.

 

[TheVictors]

Hey, byco!

 

[byco42]

Right.

Once upon a time it was all about the conference championship, and then coming out where I am now and winning the Rose Bowl.

As for the national championship, well that would be fine and dandy, but it was an arbitrary decision in the hands of people who actually didn?t do anything on the field.

Oh-wait a minute?

And few if any cared or disputed the final tally, and even if two champions were determined in the same year. Oh-wait a minute...

 

[Michchamp]

Hey, byco!

Byco only posts when we hit a winning percentage greater than 87.5% with a minimum of 6 games.

 

[byco42]

Byco only posts when we hit a winning percentage greater than 87.5% with a minimum of 6 games.

Oddly, I've not watched a single game this season.

 

[Michchamp]

The sport of college football has consistently been enjoyable and extremely popular, regardless of what the post-season arrangement was.

I do think the nadir was probably the 1-vs-2 BCS. The current arrangement is better, and a 6 team playoff would represent a level plateau of stability where it would be hard for anyone to have a legit gripe if their team didn't get in. But through it all, we all still watched Michigan play.

 

[Michchamp]

Oddly, I've not watched a single game this season.

?!?!?!?!!?!?

Why not? they're kicking ass, and are fun to watch!