3 Losses before October thing
This little nugget of info was passed around freely this weekend undoubtedly to cause more pain and embarrasment for the football program.
Here is the truth. Prior to the war years football's first game was almost always the first week of October. Michigan's first year playing 3 games in September was 1944. They did it again the following year in 1945. The next time they played 3 games in September and regularly since was 1971.
This is pretty much faux outrage over something that wasn't even possible to accomplish for over half of the football progams existance.
September 29th, 2014 at 12:25 AM ^
really? 60-70 years is still a long time
September 29th, 2014 at 12:27 AM ^
for 2 years 70 years ago, its really only a 40 year thing.
You can view the schedule dates yourself, its really a nonsense thing.
September 29th, 2014 at 12:34 AM ^
oh, youre right. i read it wrong. i didnt finish reading the whole post. my bad
September 29th, 2014 at 12:48 AM ^
Can you come coach the OL, Mr. Kenn?
I don't even care if it isn't the real Mike Kenn. Anything is better than this.
September 29th, 2014 at 12:55 AM ^
I'd take an average professional Korean StarCraft II player with no American football knowledge coaching the OL over Funk any day. I'm confident in my hypothetical pro gamer's ability to break down game film and imitate what the competition is doing in order to refine his OL strategies.
September 29th, 2014 at 2:09 AM ^
I like your thinking. I say we fill the entire staff with the winner of the next Dota 2 WC.
September 29th, 2014 at 2:38 PM ^
Would probably hire StartCraft players. Pre Brood War because who needs modern stuff like medics and things that might reduce the effectiveness of rushing attacks.
Or, since the kids these days are talking about that Warcraft World thing, maybe they'll find someone who is a master of that. Like this guy.
Clearly has angry skills and will pown Ohio.
September 29th, 2014 at 1:00 AM ^
im not the real mike kenn. i should probably make a new account. i have gotten that reaction a couple times. i dont want people to think that this is him.
but hey, im open to coaching the o-line lol
September 29th, 2014 at 12:28 AM ^
isn't a very good point of comparison to today's football anyway.
September 29th, 2014 at 12:32 AM ^
Don't you dare say that. We have the most wins. It doesn't matter if a quarter of them came before the average American home had electricity, they still count!
September 29th, 2014 at 12:36 AM ^
There's a nug of perspective.
September 29th, 2014 at 1:02 AM ^
we will always be the best program ever before the forward pass. that can never be taken away. stupid forward pass.
September 29th, 2014 at 1:05 AM ^
was 6'1", 230 lbs. The starting takle, Tom Mack, was 6'3" 220 and was the 2nd pick in the 1966 NFL draft and played for the LA Rams for 13 years (at 250 lbs).
September 29th, 2014 at 12:41 AM ^
Ok, so they have never in their History still applies, it's just more relevent to the last 40+ years!
September 29th, 2014 at 12:27 AM ^
September 29th, 2014 at 12:35 AM ^
This cracked me up. Well done.
September 29th, 2014 at 7:43 AM ^
No Hoke.
September 29th, 2014 at 12:29 AM ^
Yup Hoke Sucks! Not only did he lose 3 times in September but he did it in a year that our non-conference schedule was weak.
September 29th, 2014 at 12:32 AM ^
Well, then.
Pitchfork Upvote, OP.
September 29th, 2014 at 12:38 AM ^
This was something I wanted to tweet annoyed about but I was too busy being angry with the dipshits in charge of the program.
But while I'm here, a random stat from the SuperGuide.
Michigan is 65-34 all-time in games not played on a Saturday. This includes 15-14 record on Thursdays.
Michigan opens the 2015 season on a Thursday night with the new head coach. It will be exactly 110 years since their last game on a Thursday in the regular season.
September 29th, 2014 at 1:32 AM ^
that record in non-saturday games seems a bit surprising. i imagine a lot of those are bowl games.
September 29th, 2014 at 12:49 AM ^
So 1971 is...43 years? We didn't lose 3 games before October in 43 years.
Rich Rodriguez in 2008 and 2009 didn't enter October with 3 losses. Now, is this team as bad or worst than the 2008 team? Probably not, but we will see the rest of the way. How they've looked against big conference teams doesn't give me much hope for wins 3 and 4.
September 29th, 2014 at 12:37 AM ^
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September 29th, 2014 at 12:40 AM ^
I still think it's pretty impressive to be 2 - 3 before October 1st. Takes some seriously awful football.
September 29th, 2014 at 12:42 AM ^
September 29th, 2014 at 12:48 AM ^
present it.
Saying Michigan hasn't lost 3 games in September in 135 year history is accurate but extremely misleading.
Its just like saying dumb things like this was so and so teams first win at USC since 1952, when in fact they've played like 2 games there. Its dumb and misleading.
September 29th, 2014 at 9:12 AM ^
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September 29th, 2014 at 1:04 AM ^
so we are only the worst in the past 40 years. whew. that's much better.
September 29th, 2014 at 1:05 AM ^
September 29th, 2014 at 1:19 AM ^
I have been on mgoblog most of the day, and now morning. I can't stop checking. After the 11-2 season I thought everything was going back to normal - shots at B1G titles, beating rivals, bowl games. Somehow it's all come crashing down. RR had epic bad defenses and now we've got the opposite - epic bad offense, and we're going through another coaching change, most likely, at the end of the season. I can't stand it. I have stuff to do and I am glued to this site because I cannot express my disbelief at how badly this team is doing enough.
Start of the year I was thinking 8-5, maybe better. Now it's more like 2-10. You can't win if you can't score, and you can't win if your offense gifts the other team with great field position or pick-sixes. At this point it may be best for my mental health to just focus on other things.
September 29th, 2014 at 1:20 AM ^
Nebraska and Ohio State are the only two top 10 wins programs that haven't done it, all have the same general 40 year window.
Michigan 2014
Notre Dame 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2010
Texas 1993 (2 losses, 1 tie)
Nebraska
Ohio State
Oklahoma 1996
Alabama 1984, 1990, 2000, 2003
Tennessee 1978 (2 losses, 1 tie) 1988, 1994, 2008
So. California 2001
Georgia 1979, 1993, 1995, 2010
September 29th, 2014 at 1:40 AM ^
in 43 years is better than 135 years.
The stat I find more remarkable is that the 30 points Minnesota scored was the largest point total the Gophers have put up in Ann Arbor since 1937, when they scored 39.
It's also only second time the Gophers have scored 30 or more on Michigan since 1937 either in Minneapolis or in Ann Arbor.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan%E2%80%93Minnesota_football_rivalry
September 29th, 2014 at 2:05 AM ^
Fire everyone!
I didnt even read the OP post. But whatever it is it must lead to firing everyone.
September 29th, 2014 at 5:31 AM ^
September 29th, 2014 at 6:48 AM ^
Yeah. Since 1982 our only B1G opening losses are in 2005 and 2014.
September 29th, 2014 at 6:42 AM ^
While your at it, why don't you tell us the number of times, prior to 1944, the program lost 3 times in October.
I'm not expecting there to be many, if any, otherwise I'm sure you would have told us.
September 29th, 2014 at 8:46 AM ^
I thought the same thing as soon as I saw this stat. It's not like Michigan has never been 2-3 before, although it hasn't been frequent. It's just there haven't always been opportunities to be 2-3 this soon. There's plenty to be upset about right now, no need to go digging for meaningless items.