will be michigan's highest pick in a while
Guess the Score, Win Stuff: Little Brother
Welcome bloggers to the second installment of a new regular MGoFeature, and the only one that gives you free stuff. Usually it'll be something from the MGoStore; occasionally someone will donate or sponsor a different item. It works like thusly:
- Wednesday mornings I put up a winnable prize that consists of a desirable good.
- You guess the final scores of this weekend's designated game (football or hoops, depending on the season), and put it in the comments. First person to post a particular score has it.
- If you got it right, we contact you. If not, go to (5)
- The desirable good arrives at the address you give us.
- Non-winners can acquire the same desirable good by trading currency for it.
This Week's Game:
The Michigan State Dorm Vikings, presented by Capital One vs. the Michigan Wolverines: 2012 football edition.
This Week's Prize:
MANBALL T-SHIRT!
Let's be honest, you're a ground man. The things in life you appreciate are the crunch of a pulling guard, a well-orchestrated veer, a perfectly executed ISO that gets five yards; let's get up and do it again. You have outgrown and abandoned such boyish pursuits as squirtguns, LEGOs, and long bombs to Devin Gardner, and prefer instead a leisurely Saturday of Denard breaking ankles, Lewan breaking donkeys, and Rawls breaking everything. Do not feel ashamed, for there are other men like you out there, identifiable only by their firm nods, their set jaws, and their MANBALL t-shirts. Join us, friend of the running game.
Bonus Contest:
GUESS MICHIGAN'S TOTAL RUSHING YARDS ON SATURDAY
If you're going to be around Ann Arbor at, oh, 7:30 p.m. on Friday, November 16, we also have two free tickets to the premier of PERSEVERANCE-The Story of Billy Taylor.
For those who don't know their MANBALL history, "Touchdown" Billy Taylor was an All-American running back who broke Michigan's career rushing record (and ended second to Harmon in TDs) while playing for the early Bo teams. Personal tragedies sparked a downward spiral that ruined his pro career and sent him through 25 years of hell. Then he got back up. If you go to the event you'll get to meet Taylor and several other Michigan luminaries. Note: whether you've got our tickets or just wanna go, make sure you get to the Michigan Theater at least a half-hour early or risk losing the seat.
Closest to the pin wins (tie goes to the over).
Notes: If you win the shirt and prefer another shirt, that's cool; pick an MGoShirt.
Rules: One entry per user. First user to choose a set of scores wins, determined by the timestamp of your entry (for my ease I prefer if you don't post it as a reply to another person's score--if you do it won't help or hurt you). If nobody gets the score, this week's prize carries over to the following week's. Deadline for entries is 24 hours before the start of the game (since I won't have time to pull them on gamedays). MGoEmployees and Moderators--anyone else with moderator priveleges--are exempt from winning (because you could change your timestamp). If you choose the score that Brian published in the official preview and it actually ends up the final score, well, that would be pretty amazing because Brian picks scores like 29-11 all the time.
Us 25
Them 13
196 rush yards
If I tell you it's Easter, you better start looking for eggs.
Some folks call it a sling blade, I call it a kaiser blade.
29-22 Michigan
243 rush yards
Catholepistemiad of Michigania 31
Agricultural College of the State of Michigan 8
Fr. Gabriel Richard's boys will run for 223 yards
288 yards rushing
"close your mouth and open your mind" - Al Borges
59-0 Michigan
/not taken
Because I'm old and grouchy
Michigan wins 43 - 10
Mr. Hart! That is the most intelligent thing you've said all day. You may take your seat.
Michigan 28 msu 24
Michigan rushes for 247 yards. (xxl)
Hail to the Victors
3 TD's, 1 FG, and a safety. heard it here first.
Bonus: 200 rushing yards, even.
Big gulps huh? Alright! Well, see ya later.
rushing yards 333
Every man at some point is gonna lose a battle. He's gonna fight and he's gonna lose. But what makes him a man, is that in the midst of that battle he does not lose himself. This game is not over, this battle is not over. So let's hear it .
Hey if we win the rushing battle 24yds to 9 yds, that's a victory in itself. And will be a pretty terrible game to watch. Talk about a defensive struggle!
/s
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
On the Rushing Yards, 297.
'Cause I Bleed Blue...
Sparty yields 259 rushing yards
Regards,
Cleveland Wolverine
26-3 235 yards rushing
How many times have you been on the freeway and had someone fly by you at 100 mph then end up 2 cars ahead of you at the off ramp? What's the point? -Mark Harmon
273yds rushing.
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
24-6
Total Rushing yards 297.
-The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.
29-11. Michigan. 276 yds rushing.
Brewer. Wolverine.
Rushing for 188 yards.
Where's Charlie Bauman when you need him?
21-10 UM. MSU can't score, but they'll ride Bell into the endzone once. But the rest of the offense just isn't any good. If Maxwell struggled against a meh Iowa team at home, how's he going to do in an extremely hostile environment against a team hungry to make his life a living hell? Jake Ryan will go Danny Bateman all over Maxwell (for the Replacements fans out there), and with the state MSU's offensive line is in, I'm thinking multiple sacks in order. Denard will still struggle at times, but he'll make enough plays to win. I'd be shocked if he gets over 100 yds rushing, but with MSU selling out to stop the run, he'll hit Gardner/Funchess for several big throws.
It's been a lot. Its been a roller coaster that for some reason seemed like it would never get good. But you know what? We kept fighting. It's like that old saying goes, "Those Who Stay Will Be Champions." -David Molk
Didn't get it last time, but this time it's a lock. Michigan 24 Little Brother 10.
31-13 UM
237
Like a blind man at an orgy, I was going to have to feel my way through
Michigan - 42
MSU - 17
38-0. Michigan.
Yep, that's Simba made out of a pineapple.
Oh, and 312 rushing yards.
Yep, that's Simba made out of a pineapple.
New answer.
Yep, that's Simba made out of a pineapple.
M 26 Moo U 16
202 rushing yards
"Better to have died as a small boy than to fumble this football" -- John Heisman
Michigan 26 - MSU 21
Total rush yards: 191
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45-14 Michigan wins