December 5th, 2010 at 6:03 PM ^
We know per the 5 other threads
December 5th, 2010 at 6:06 PM ^
I thought a new thread was warranted now that it has been officially confirmed
December 5th, 2010 at 6:33 PM ^
Eh, you are fine I am just being a dick. Great news though. Pretty pumped to be back playing on New Year's day again.
December 5th, 2010 at 6:44 PM ^
Now we just have to pick up where we left off in our last New Year's Day game
December 5th, 2010 at 6:04 PM ^
Death to the Bulldogs. That is all.
December 5th, 2010 at 6:08 PM ^
They had a player die of cancer this season.....
December 5th, 2010 at 6:08 PM ^
Don't think any ill intent was there. I'd forgotten about that until you mentioned that. Sure most people have as well.
December 5th, 2010 at 6:13 PM ^
I don't think he meant it maliciously either, but I just wanted to remind the board about it as we all put together our piss and vinegar posts for the game.
December 5th, 2010 at 6:17 PM ^
I don't think so, I mean, yes, it's a tragedy that he died. But I don't think that instantly means his was in bad taste, especially considering it was "death to the Bulldogs" without anything in reference to an individual player or making light of cancer.
If you still disagree, I think you may be a little too sensitive and should beware of most blog websites. Just MHO.
December 5th, 2010 at 6:55 PM ^
and blogs- you can have your opinion and I can have mine. I just wanted to make people aware if they didn't already know or were unaware of it.
Go Blue and beat MSU-any and ALL forms!
December 5th, 2010 at 7:35 PM ^
does not approve this message... he swears
December 5th, 2010 at 6:05 PM ^
Haha Just kidding.
I'm just grumpy the chegelis thread got deleted.
December 5th, 2010 at 6:07 PM ^
other sites, it was potentially possible, so thanks UM09. Some of these posters think they are 'all that'.
December 5th, 2010 at 6:09 PM ^
I just got served.
December 5th, 2010 at 6:18 PM ^
I honestly have no idea what to expect of this match-up. I was happy to see Miss State doing well this season, but I never watched em play. I saw some stats on here earlier that suggested they were pretty solid against the run, but with 5 weeks to heal up here's hoping that Denard and co. can blow right past them.
December 5th, 2010 at 6:32 PM ^
The only time I saw them on TV was when they played Florida in Gainseville. I watched the second half of the game and both teams were really having trouble moving the ball. Florida missed a couple field goals, one of them on the final play of the game and MSU won 10-7.
December 5th, 2010 at 6:40 PM ^
Miss State is a very good team. Yes, they have four losses, but look who they are to: Auburn, LSU, Arkansas, Alabama. All of those are teams currently in the Top 15 in the AP Poll (Top 18 in Coaches). They lost by a TD to Arkansas and only a FG to Auburn. This will be a true test to see just how well the coaches can prepare the team with a month to do it. We saw Michigan play great against UConn, I hope they can do the same come New Year.
December 5th, 2010 at 6:23 PM ^
I think Miss State is a lot like UConn. They aren't a flashy team they don't get a lot of national recognition, not a good offense, defense gets the job done. Now that we can get some guys healthy, hopefully we can handle them like we did to the Huskies earlier in the season. Go Blue!!!
December 5th, 2010 at 6:24 PM ^
Dang it!!!! I wanted them to come out here to AZ so I could watch them.
December 5th, 2010 at 6:25 PM ^
I don't recall any bowl games against them. Any regular season games?
December 5th, 2010 at 6:29 PM ^
Michigan has never played Mississippi State before in football. Here's a link to the football team's record by opponent.
http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/042109aaa.html
December 5th, 2010 at 6:43 PM ^
Mississippi State has very little history with our conference. In the last 60 years, they have played a Big Ten team just once: They beat Illinois 28-21 in 1980. Before that, they had a few matches with Indiana and Michigan State in the 1930's and 40's.
They have never played Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio State, Purdue, Penn State and Wisconsin.
December 5th, 2010 at 6:27 PM ^
Can't wait.
December 5th, 2010 at 6:32 PM ^
Beat MSU
December 5th, 2010 at 6:32 PM ^
They stole our "M" logo, thus causing a lot of frustration for every Michigan fan in the south when people ask if they went to "MSU" (NNTMSU) and they have to explain that it's the Michigan Block M! It's the Battle of the "M" Logos!
December 5th, 2010 at 6:37 PM ^
we are right back exactly where Lloyd Carr left things. 7-5, in the Gator Bowl. Except that in 2007, Lloyd Carr's powerful senior class was departing, leaving much doubt about where things might be going.
Now we're 7-5, back in the Gator Bowl, with huge promise, especially on offense, for much more improvement in the years to come. Next year's team will be older, stronger, more experienced, and in all likelihood much more settled. We're losing very few players to graduation. We might be bringing in a 2011 freshman class that is better than the 2007 or 2008 freshman classes.
This is improvement; this is progress. This is movement in a positive direction.
December 5th, 2010 at 6:41 PM ^
While I agree with most of what you have to say, Lloyd Carr left us at 8-4 in the Capital One Bowl.
December 5th, 2010 at 6:57 PM ^
One of my best-intended, and dumbest-ever posts. Posting while working on something else on deadline at the same time. Bad. Just, guh.
December 5th, 2010 at 7:08 PM ^
friends don't let friends mgopost at work. Tend to get amazing ideas in your head that you just can't articulate into a pos-bang filled post because you are preoccupied with less exciting things.
December 5th, 2010 at 7:26 PM ^
We'll be right here waiting for you!
December 5th, 2010 at 6:43 PM ^
Carr finished off in the Capital One Bowl, though.
Edit: Dang got beaten to it. But still, a New Year's bowl is still good. A lot better than doing nothing on New Year's.
December 5th, 2010 at 8:08 PM ^
Plus, Carr left us with three offensive cornerstones (Mallett, Boren, Arrington) who bolted because they didn't want to play in RR's offense. These three, like them or not, were all-league talents. The baby went out with the bathwater.
December 5th, 2010 at 6:51 PM ^
What did Carr do against Michigan State and Penn State in 2007?
It is progress mostly if Rich's year 1 is considered year 1 of entire program's history. Otherwise, it isn't really.
December 5th, 2010 at 6:58 PM ^
He gets plussed for getting everything wrong. Haven't played in the Gator Bowl for 20 years, he has our 2005 record, not our 8-4 to become 9-4 record, but YAY the future is bright. +1.
December 5th, 2010 at 7:06 PM ^
The '08 class had 17. This class has 3. No way is it going to be better. In fact, it us not even going to come close to equaling it.
December 5th, 2010 at 7:31 PM ^
Learn grammar to become the troll your mom knows you can be.
December 5th, 2010 at 7:40 PM ^
Because if there was ever a barometer to judge a player on after their playing days it is his star value at 17, NOT what he did while on campus.
December 5th, 2010 at 7:14 PM ^
and we did a number on them. Yeah, just go with that and save face. Sorta.
December 5th, 2010 at 8:09 PM ^
It was at least a team from Mississippi...so, close.
December 5th, 2010 at 6:39 PM ^
If you would have asked rational UM fans before the season, even before Woolfolk's injury, if a New Years Day bowl would be enough to save RR's job, im guessing 95% would have said yes. And that is without even taking into account the rash of other injuries that occured.
This is a fantastic accomplishment by Rodriguez and the team.
December 5th, 2010 at 6:49 PM ^
"This is a fantastic accomplishment by Rodriguez and the team."
Just because people were predicting 7-5 doesn't mean it was considered acceptable,
December 5th, 2010 at 7:08 PM ^
Is it was UNACCEPTABLE(!)?
December 5th, 2010 at 7:02 PM ^
are automatically irrational?
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<br>I think a reasonable argument can be made that this season is a disappointment just as one can be made that it was successful.
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<br>I am so tired of fanatics both ways. Both sides have widen the gulf with their extremist rhetoric.
December 5th, 2010 at 9:30 PM ^
I never said that.
I would love to hear how you think this season was a disappointment considering expectations and everything else that went down...
December 5th, 2010 at 6:41 PM ^
get to work. I expect an amazing wallpaper by the end of the week.
Please?
December 5th, 2010 at 6:45 PM ^
Lawrence Taylor cheap-shotted Wangler, blowing out his knee, and I've despised Taylor ever since. I've wanted nothing but bad things to happen to that jackass.
December 5th, 2010 at 7:01 PM ^
LT injuring Wangler; I don't remember it as a cheap shot.
I DO remember the Selmon Brothers, at least one of them, piling on a downed and out of bounds Rick Leach, to knock him out of the 1976 Organge Bowl.
December 5th, 2010 at 9:20 PM ^
LT wound up so happy and well adjusted.