Michigan 27, Northwestern 19
via @cjzero, obviously
I can't. I just... I can't. Thank you, Northwestern, for being Northwestern.
Consider this an open thread to celebrate(!) a victory(!!) featuring multiple touchdowns!!!
(Shhhhhhh, don't ruin it by mentioning the multiple overtimes part.)
Bryan Fuller/MGoBlog
November 16th, 2013 at 8:41 PM ^
November 17th, 2013 at 8:51 AM ^
That's not true. The rule:
While in the process of substitution or simulated substitution, Team A is prohibited from rushing quickly to the line of scrimmage with the obvious attempt of creating a defensive disadvantage. If the ball is ready for play, the game officials will not permit the ball to be snapped until Team B has placed substitutes in position and replaced players have left the field of play. Team B must react promptly with its substitutes.
Defenses are given the chance to substitute. Though in this case, I think the refs did the right thing because our kicking team wasn't rushing to the line to gain an advantage on the defense, we just wanted to get the snap off.
November 17th, 2013 at 1:21 PM ^
November 16th, 2013 at 8:11 PM ^
that this is the best game writeup that i have ever read. it is inspiring. it should probably nominated for awards. i want to personally thank the writer for allowing me a moment into his obviously creative mind.
November 16th, 2013 at 8:12 PM ^
November 16th, 2013 at 8:14 PM ^
What a great first post. I look forward to more posts from you.
November 16th, 2013 at 8:22 PM ^
November 16th, 2013 at 8:42 PM ^
negative yardage.
November 16th, 2013 at 8:11 PM ^
November 16th, 2013 at 8:18 PM ^
November 16th, 2013 at 8:33 PM ^
is totally jealous of that smooth FG execution.
November 16th, 2013 at 8:35 PM ^
November 16th, 2013 at 10:10 PM ^
November 16th, 2013 at 8:29 PM ^
My favorite part was that Gibbons NAILED it. No wobbly duck that just made it over the crossbar, no clanging it off the post, just a cannon shot straight and true.
Maybe we should run our field goal unit like that every time? Don't give Gibbons time to even think about brunette girls out there...
November 16th, 2013 at 8:40 PM ^
November 16th, 2013 at 9:31 PM ^
WHAT ARE YOU CRAZY
November 17th, 2013 at 4:58 AM ^
He only had time to think of little fast ones like Alex Morgan.
November 17th, 2013 at 5:24 AM ^
5'8" isn't little for a woman.
November 16th, 2013 at 8:14 PM ^
We defeated America! What next, beat up grandma and take her apple pie? Commies.
November 16th, 2013 at 9:03 PM ^
a while ago. It's all manball from here on in.
November 16th, 2013 at 9:58 PM ^
#MANBALL2015
November 16th, 2013 at 9:50 PM ^
Yea ... those uni's were a hot mess, not to mention being derivative of Air Force.
November 16th, 2013 at 8:19 PM ^
Question for the board: after the win, a Facebook friend (who is usually a Michigan fan, but lives in Evanston) posted a negative comment about the slide, and alluded to us being no better than an SEC team. I know nothing about the rules regarding setting up for a field goal or sliding into place. What gives with this?
November 16th, 2013 at 8:30 PM ^
November 16th, 2013 at 8:31 PM ^
November 16th, 2013 at 9:56 PM ^
I thought Dileo aquitted himself well after the heinous dropped pass earlier with that nifty slide-and-set. What puzzles me is why has it been that he's seen the ball only twice in the last month, each on occassions late in the fourth quarter with the game hanging in the balance?
November 16th, 2013 at 10:22 PM ^
He's been slowed by injury.
November 16th, 2013 at 8:32 PM ^
November 16th, 2013 at 11:25 PM ^
I don't think we were actually set on the right side of the line. (Williams, maybe?) Don't you have to be set for a full second?
November 16th, 2013 at 8:33 PM ^
November 16th, 2013 at 8:35 PM ^
Yes, he does tend to....pound 100 beers on football Saturday. I was just curious because in his drunken rage, he usually doesn't pick on Michigan.
November 16th, 2013 at 8:33 PM ^
is that your friend is being whiny and dumb.
November 16th, 2013 at 8:35 PM ^
November 16th, 2013 at 8:41 PM ^
there was nothing worng with the slide, if you look he actually lost his footing and slid in. It's not a penalty or anything so no idea what exactly the problem he had with it. I'm just happy That Smith and Green ran the ball aggressively.
November 16th, 2013 at 9:31 PM ^
I think that was a deliberate move that put him at the spot Gibbons was marking with the least possible delay.
November 16th, 2013 at 8:22 PM ^
Watching NW beat Michigan for most of the game the way they did was like watching someone take three hours to kill a baby seal by clubbing it with a soup spoon. But then Michigan un-botched its last drive with its almost oddly well-prepared last-second field goal, and the spoon now belonged to the seal.
It's hard to think of a similar Michigan win. RR's victory over Wisconsin in '08?
It wasn't pretty, but I'll take it. I love that the players didn't walk into the game hanging their heads. DG is a tough guy, whatever his flaws as a QB.
November 16th, 2013 at 8:35 PM ^
I wouldn't compare this to Wisconsin '08. That was an ass-kicking that turned into a close game. This was a game we were never out of, but it looked like NW was going to scrape by. NW only scored nine points in regulation, and never led by more than six. Our D played a hell of a game for four quarters. It just needed the offense to step up, and finally it did.
November 16th, 2013 at 8:23 PM ^
Pat Fitzgerald is probably preparing a noose somewhere
November 16th, 2013 at 8:26 PM ^
I'm happy for those kids. Good for them.
November 16th, 2013 at 8:31 PM ^
November 16th, 2013 at 8:36 PM ^
We win after a miracle finish (basically the opposite of the PSU game) and your only reaction is that it was "shameful"? Come on man. It's just a game - enjoy it when we win.
November 17th, 2013 at 1:39 AM ^
I seriously think a lot of people are pissy that we won because it might undercut the FIRE BORGES movement.
November 17th, 2013 at 5:15 AM ^
on third down conversions .
Al Borges in another effort to come up with depressing documentary titles. 9 points in regulation. This did not undercut the fire borges movement at all. I think it undercut the fire Funk movement. I never supported(/still don't support) the firing of Funk btw.
November 17th, 2013 at 10:45 AM ^
@reshp1 - 9 points in regulation against the worst team in the B10 will ensure the FIRES BORGES movement continues unabated.
9 points!!
November 17th, 2013 at 8:28 PM ^
November 16th, 2013 at 8:33 PM ^
What is this feeling? Happiness? No. It cannot be.
November 16th, 2013 at 8:33 PM ^
November 16th, 2013 at 8:33 PM ^
Can you guys be HAPPY for a minute about anything? I thought the guys on Mlive were morose enough even when things started turning around...
it was a BEAUTIFUL win. And I need to find a replay of that field goal and watch it a few hundred times. Have any of you, ever, ever seen anything like that in football, ever? EVER!?
They practiced for it!! I NEED TO USE MORE CAPS!! BEAUTIFUL!!
It's OK to be happy, really, promise!
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