Football Forever

This game ran the gamut, from the depths of despair to the pinnacle of happiness. All in about 20 minutes.

NOW GO PENN STATE!!!!

Michigan was going to lose. Check my twitter timeline @phunkymarco>>>Patience,was the key with todays win.

Seriously though, that ball spot was damn close and I understand it. However, before their go-ahead touchdown, did they not give NW an extra half yard after we had them totally stopped? Or am I crazy? And if so, why wasn't that one reviewed instead of the later one?

equivalent to dieing of cancer but this is how i am feeling about today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIr1VrgZHd0&t=1m3s

I'm just so happy how that game ended. We clinched victory from the depths of defeat. Incredible win and the best part of the game was the experiences that our players will gain for the remainder of the season and going into next year. 

This team stood together and made me as proud as a new daddy. That win had to be the hardest fought win I have ever seen but I knew NW was in trouble in OT. They were looking forward to that OT like I was my 4th hip replacement surgery.   

Congratulations to the Michigan defense for making the plays when it counted most.

You've captured the collision of arbitrary events and raw emotion very well.

The anti-Colorado hail mary loss.

Many happies are haz'd.

Ace, you just effing nailed it.  Perfect.

This describes my thoughts during the game perfectly. 

Beautiful words. Now for a husker loss.

I think we should start a tradition similar to Wisconsin where they jump up and down to "jump around" after the third quarter. Instead we will jump up and down exactly like Fitzgerald while showing his antics on the jumbotron.

Thoughts?

I'm still buckled up. Anyone know the status of that? Should I stay buckled for the rest of the day just in care?

Ace, I congratulate u for translating my thoughts into the most beautiful poetry.. Michigan poetry.. Boy now I understand why I love Michigan football.. Go Blue

That is all!

...Catalina Wine Mixer

I think that last defensive play is going to be big RPS+. Defensive ends playing very wide, only 3 down linemen, basically begging NW to do the one thing we can confidently stop: run up the middle. They did exactly that and Demens got a free release on the runner. Great call, especially given how we were giving up the edge all day

FACES!! WOO-HOO!!

Really captured the last 15 minutes of the game.

Incredibly written piece.

On a football note... I'm extremely glad that the defense that had me frustrated to the point of not cheering all game long is the group that had the chance to, and eventually won the game.

Seriously, how did they fool us with the pitch all game long?

As everyone has already said, this was a great piece of writing and spot on.

I am looking forward to the Mathlete's graph of winning probabilities minute-by-minute for this game.  I think it will be almost UTLish.  (Not quite, but almost.)

Was the anti-Colorado.

Per the comments, Fitz might have had an odd reaction today. When I was at NU Fitz was D coordinator. He was always very polite to my teammates and I. Many football people would ignore other athletes but Fitz always said a genuine hi. I had an issue with my otherwise excellent roommates (FB players) paying their share of the cable bill and Fitz went out of his way to know about it and made certain they paid immediately. I didn't even have to raise the issue with them. Fitz was quality.

This encapsulates all that keeps us coming back.  I accidentally scared my young children who were adorably reading on the couch when Roundtree did what he did.  They recovered sufficiently to help me sing a few minutes later.

OP summed up the day perfectly. Well written/done. I've been down on both Demens and Roundtree, yet both did their best when it mattered most. Hail!

I love when they measure for the first down. The referee arbitrarily determines where the ball is placed, and then they attempt to make it precise by measuring. Except they trot the whole chain gang out on the field, which means the spot where the chains are placed may be off an inch or two from the comparison set on the sideline. Every time they try to measure, I laugh. So much depends upon a referee spotting.

Obviously we need to move to a radiofrequency chip implanted inside the ball with sensors in the field that can triangulate the exact position of the ball and so therefore determine forward progress perfectly on review. WE HAVE THE SCIENCE TO DO THIS!

This reminds of so many reasons why we love and hate this sport. It is the greatest sport on earth.

Also penn state just got screwed. That was a touchdown.

This reminds of so many reasons why we love and hate this sport. It is the greatest sport on earth.

Also penn state just got screwed. That was a touchdown.

Thank you Ace. I'm driving home to Cleveland now from the game and you have eloquently and beautifully captured my emotions in prose.



That's what great writers can do.

of the last play of the game... i was in the adidas suite watching even though i was technically working...

Your recaps are almost better than watching it live my friend.



Many, many thanks for memorializing another great victory.

The leaping Devin Gardner touchdown was a thing of beauty, and it reminded me of the Marquise Walker touchdown in the 1999 Michigan/OSU game.

at 5:30am local I fell asleep after they got the 4th and 1 conversion.  I'm shocked.  Amazed.  And alabama lost?! WOOOOOO FOOOTBAAAAAAAALLLLL!!! It's 10am now, and this is awesome. 

Roundtree catch from behind

For 59 minutes and some-odd seconds, I was frustrated by this game. Then, in less than the final minute, and through several plays in overtime, everything suddenly jelled. Difficult to understand? Absolutely. But I'll take it, no question about that.