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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.
Michigan 21
State 14
Michigan rushes for 264 yards led by Denard who breaks out against state,
28-7 Michigan 267 yards rushing
"When your team is winning, be ready to be tough, because winning can make you soft. On the other hand, when your team is losing, stick by them. Keep believing."
-Bo
...enough with the "little brother" name calling, plz?
KThxBy
Michigan 49
state 7
Frank: A little housewarming gift. To new beginnings.
Me: I actually gave this to you for your wedding.
Frank: This model?
Me: This exact one
M 34
S 13
Harvard: The MICHIGAN of the East
We're not arrogant, we're just better.
Michigan.
not just "douchey" MGoBlog user, but now TRUSTED MGoBlog user
28-18 michigan
"It would be a travesty, it would be ridiculous to all of a sudden come back and get the feeling back, get the health back, feel good again and then all of a sudden go throw some other colors on my shirt and go coach."
27-13 Michigan...and I said that at the beginning of the year. Give me my damn t-shirt.
“True loyalty is that quality of service that grows under adversity and expands in defeat. Any street urchin can shout applause in victory, but it takes character to stand fast in defeat. One is noise — the other, loyalty.”
284 yards rushing.
"He played the trombone. Did you know he played the trombone? That's a tough one to picture." --Kovacs, on Denard "Shoelace" Robinson
38-0 Michigan. Revenge!
I hate ohio. Thats all you need to know.
Michigan wins 27-10.
MSU's only touchdown coming from a pick six. Denard will pass for over 200 yards.
19-11 Michigan Wins
Because I'm late and all the realistic scores are probably taken.
Staee - 24
Michigan - 17
176 Rushing Yards for M.
Now closed.
(Blogger alias: "Misopogon") This team is under construction. We thank you for your patience.
I think I won! Woooo
I guessed 14-10. Another guy on the first page guessed 13-11, but since I was the only one to get a score dead nuts right, I think I should get the nod
Double woooooo
"the Spirit of Michigan...is based on a deathless loyalty to Michigan and all her ways....and a conviction that nowhere is there a better university, in any way, than this Michigan of ours" - Fielding Yost
Crap, I just went through the entire thread trying to keep track of the scores so that I could come up with something original, and I finally came up with 73-11, but now it's too late.
12-10 Michigan, with 163 yards on the ground. Keith Stone kicks the game-winning field goal with 4 seconds left. Everyone gripes about Borges, and Dileo has 92 yards receiving.
Wait, that was too specific, wasn't it? Darn, cover blown.
"The straightest line from A to B is straight: From A to B"
"When you have Denard Robinson, you can have everything"
~George Walden








24-16 M. 178 rushing yards.
-- Hot ice!