What the Hell!?!?!?

[tazmac]

How does Michigan drop 6 spots while State drops only 2 when both lost to unranked opponents over the weekend? Favoritism in sports sucks ass.

 

[wheels002]

Well MSU has looked better and we lost to an Iowa team that had been getting shellacked

 

[biggunsbob]

Well I agree with both of you if that is possible.. The fucking media hates Michigan..

 

[michlady77]

northwestern had a much higher rpi and they weren't blown out

plus we actually struggled with northwestern last week too even if we won - put it all together and we drop more - i do think it was a big drop but that is life

 

[wlvrnstlr4life]

It doesn't matter, it's bs plain and simple. Michigan beat Northwestern, Sparty did not. There is no excuse for dropping that many spots, especially when you play in the best conference in college basketball.

 

[uofm06marine]

I think there is a lot of doubt in the media whether or not U of M is a legitimate top 20 team. The loss to the Iowa validated a lot of critics' thoughts on the team. Simply put, U of M basketball just has to win. Big game on Tues!!

 

[greenandwhite95]

It doesn't matter, it's bs plain and simple. Michigan beat Northwestern, Sparty did not. There is no excuse for dropping that many spots, especially when you play in the best conference in college basketball.

We crushed Iowa, you did not.

 

[TheVictors]

who gives a shit? It's january 16th.

 

[wlvrnstlr4life]

It doesn't matter, it's bs plain and simple. Michigan beat Northwestern, Sparty did not. There is no excuse for dropping that many spots, especially when you play in the best conference in college basketball.

We crushed Iowa, you did not.

You're quite observant, does that mean we drop 6 and you drop 2? We lost one guy from a team that beat you guys twice last year, yet we can't get the benefit of the doubt this year. It doesn't mean we'll do the same thing against MSU this year, but you have to see where we are coming from.

 

[greenandwhite95]

We crushed Iowa, you did not.

You're quite observant, does that mean we drop 6 and you drop 2? We lost one guy from a team that beat you guys twice last year, yet we can't get the benefit of the doubt this year. It doesn't mean we'll do the same thing against MSU this year, but you have to see where we are coming from.

I do see it, in football. It happens.

 

[deathroh]

We crushed Iowa, you did not.

You're quite observant, does that mean we drop 6 and you drop 2? We lost one guy from a team that beat you guys twice last year, yet we can't get the benefit of the doubt this year. It doesn't mean we'll do the same thing against MSU this year, but you have to see where we are coming from.

I doubt the voters were thinking much about how UM and MSU match up against each other when filling out their polls. Also, it was MSU's first loss in what, two months? It was Michigan's second in just over a week. Cumulative effect. Watch IU tumble because of the same.

 

[wlvrnstlr4life]

You're quite observant, does that mean we drop 6 and you drop 2? We lost one guy from a team that beat you guys twice last year, yet we can't get the benefit of the doubt this year. It doesn't mean we'll do the same thing against MSU this year, but you have to see where we are coming from.

I doubt the voters were thinking much about how UM and MSU match up against each other when filling out their polls. Also, it was MSU's first loss in what, two months? It was Michigan's second in just over a week. Cumulative effect. Watch IU tumble because of the same.

Listen i'm not saying we are world beaters. I was trying to make the point that the BIG10 is best conference top to bottom and a loss shouldn't mean you tumble friggn 9 spots. Ohio loses 3 times within a month and their still at #6. Again, we aren't on that level yet, but 9 spots is huge.

 

[deathroh]

I doubt the voters were thinking much about how UM and MSU match up against each other when filling out their polls. Also, it was MSU's first loss in what, two months? It was Michigan's second in just over a week. Cumulative effect. Watch IU tumble because of the same.

Listen i'm not saying we are world beaters. I was trying to make the point that the BIG10 is best conference top to bottom and a loss shouldn't mean you tumble friggn 9 spots. Ohio loses 3 times within a month and their still at #6. Again, we aren't on that level yet, but 9 spots is huge.

We keep fudging the numbers I think, it was a 7 spot drop in AP, 6 in the Coaches, but yeah, that's healthy drop. I just don't think it's that shocking, again, considering it was their second loss in about a week, and it followed up a home OT win against a lesser team.

Also, Michigan is the 2nd highest ranked 4-loss team in the country. The world is not out to get us.

 

[wlvrnstlr4life]

Listen i'm not saying we are world beaters. I was trying to make the point that the BIG10 is best conference top to bottom and a loss shouldn't mean you tumble friggn 9 spots. Ohio loses 3 times within a month and their still at #6. Again, we aren't on that level yet, but 9 spots is huge.

We keep fudging the numbers I think, it was a 7 spot drop in AP, 6 in the Coaches, but yeah, that's healthy drop. I just don't think it's that shocking, again, considering it was their second loss in about a week, and it followed up a home OT win against a lesser team.

Also, Michigan is the 2nd highest ranked 4-loss team in the country. The world is not out to get us.

I agree, it's just that with the end of the season football rankings(most of the season for that matter) coupled with this, it leaves a bad taste for some of us.