Awesome Millen Quote
Ok, we all have our issues with Matt Millen. Hate him if ya want, but this quote cracked my shit up (following Tate The Stud Bolt's stunning TD run):
"If you look real close, there's a jockstrap on the field... and it belongs to Darius Fleming."
I had to laugh.
GO BLUE!!!
September 12th, 2009 at 9:50 PM ^
my favorite was something to the effect of "had Tate broken that one we'd be looking at his armpits...because his arms would be in the air."
September 12th, 2009 at 9:53 PM ^
"If he had broken that one, we'd be looking at the REFS' armpits, because his arms would be in the air."
September 12th, 2009 at 9:59 PM ^
i'm glad somebody else remembered that
September 12th, 2009 at 10:19 PM ^
I remember it was then followed by a nakward pause
September 13th, 2009 at 12:27 AM ^
IIRC, it was actually like "Forcier can run a little, but if Robinson had been in for that play, we'd have seen the ref's armpits..."
September 12th, 2009 at 9:53 PM ^
I really don't have any ill feelings towards Millen. He tried to do a job that the Lions kept paying him to do. Would you do anything different than he did?
I enjoyed him as a commentator and hope we see/hear him again. Funny the lions go like 15-43 (just guessing) with Millen and Michigan is 1-0 thus far.
September 12th, 2009 at 11:01 PM ^
Have You Gone Crazy!!!
Worst record in the history of the NFL and you think "he tried".
September 12th, 2009 at 9:53 PM ^
I loved the one where he said Charlie should have declined the delay of game penalty on the field goal. Then when he missed it he said it was a good thing Charlie accepted it. I think he should learn football before he announces another game.
September 12th, 2009 at 9:58 PM ^
Well, he said he thought the odd angle made the field goal harder to hit. As it turned out, it was missed on the odd angle anyway. So he really wasn't wrong.
September 12th, 2009 at 10:09 PM ^
I'm not quite sure, but I don't think you get the option to decline. Just like if it was a dead ball encroachment like ND had later in the game, its just automatically assessed.
September 12th, 2009 at 10:43 PM ^
I thought last week I saw a game where the ref announced the penalty and said something like, "five yards.... Correction penalty is declined."
It might have been a false start though. I don't remember. Just that it was a penalty that is pretty much never declined.
September 13th, 2009 at 12:15 AM ^
It happened this week in the OSU/USC game. You can decline the penalty
September 12th, 2009 at 9:57 PM ^
There was a play Craig Roh got held on the outside run and the UM coaches were yelling at the refs to make the holding call. They showed the replay and Millen acknowledge that it looked like holding. He then went ton to berate Roh for not making the play and playing like a freshman. How the hell is that Roh's fault??? He did his job and drew blatant holding. It's the ref's fault for not throwing the flag
September 12th, 2009 at 10:06 PM ^
I think the whole "minor is major" exchange stood out the most to me. In play by play etiquette you're supposed to go with whatever your booth partner is yammering about, but you could tell that one tested some patience.
September 12th, 2009 at 10:30 PM ^
Yeah! Me and my friends all noticed that testing of the patience at one time or another.
MM sounded like he was having fun and is kind of a UM homer, but he needs to bone up on college football a bit.
September 12th, 2009 at 10:11 PM ^
hate to say it but Millen was very good today, interesting to listen to
September 12th, 2009 at 10:50 PM ^
I loved that he did what a color guy is supposed to do...explain the game. He was talking about different gaps and where plays broke down and what not. I was very happy with what we got out of him. He can add color to any Michigan game as far as I'm concerned.
September 12th, 2009 at 10:17 PM ^
Horrible GM, but he's a good announcer, who is pretty interesting.
September 12th, 2009 at 10:19 PM ^
He did do a good job, but the "jock strap" and "armpit" lines or derivatives of these are old school and in no way origianl.
September 12th, 2009 at 10:21 PM ^
very played out, especially last week during those USC replays where mcknight broke that long run and juked 7 people
September 12th, 2009 at 10:24 PM ^
old, but that is the first time I have heard someone drop that on national television. It was perfect especially since it was ND.
September 12th, 2009 at 10:30 PM ^
Mickey Redmond has been using that line during Wings games as far back as I can remember.
September 12th, 2009 at 10:46 PM ^
He was all over Tate's dick today.
September 12th, 2009 at 10:55 PM ^
He didn't sound irritating to me and had some good insight
September 12th, 2009 at 11:07 PM ^
Listening to Millen "analyze" football is like listening to a child psychologist who has one of their own children who is a drug addict and another child who has flunked out of high school.
He has no credibility.
September 13th, 2009 at 12:30 AM ^
His fawning over Tate was awesome because he plays for us, but I'd have hated it if I were a non-UM fan watching. Having said that, on the whole he did a decent job. It's got to suck working with Sean McDonough and his perpetually deadpan delivery.
September 13th, 2009 at 12:41 AM ^
"shank you very much" from Millen, when Olesnavage missed the field goal.