DSU game: Should I be embarrassed or not?

Based on your other affiliations, you get an exception from this embarrassment. I mean, it was William and Mary? You lost to William and Mary.

considered running up the score with the 3rd stringers in the game. Also, would you have felt better if we beat say Montana St. by 41 like MSU did? Does it really matter?

You should not feel embarassed about victory at anytime. If THE HORROR and 3-9 taught us anything, we should embrace every victory we achieve and never be sorry for it. The NCAA set the rules of the game, and we followed them. There's an example every year of a I-AA team that gets emotionally up for a game and challenges the I-A team they're playing. We just happened to ACTUALLY SCHEDULE A CUPCAKE CORRECTLY FOR A CHANGE (see: Utah '08, THE HORROR, etc etc).

The goal ultimately is to win a Big Ten title and challenge for a National Title consistantly. The occasional cupcake is important to build depth at the back-up slots, allow a pseudo-bye week when one isn't available, and while not as altruistic, yes, fill the coffers so that Barwis can buy a completely new gym, the women's water polo team can exist, et al.

In short, DO NOT FEEL EMBARASSED. This over-the-top holier than thou shit is what got us to 2007-8 to begin with.

Wofford
Towson
Eastern Illinois
Norther Iowa
Illinois State

It's just the way things are done now-a-days.

And, we won 63-6 with class... no running up the score. Scout team TB getting two TDs. blocked punt for td (you try to tell special teams players not to do their job). 84 players seeing time.

There are countless examples every year of 56-7 games where teams are still piling on. Not our fault Del. St. was this bad.

I would be embarrassed/unhappy if:

1. we lost/failed to win by a large margin.
2. we played the 1st team for a significant amount of time.
3. we had significant injuries come from a meaningless game (on either side).

Outside of that, I like seeing Michigan win, regardless of opponent. I did say okay in the 2nd quarter when the guy at the bar wanted to switch to the OSU-Purdue game because it was more competitive. That was an all-around win.

That said, I'm sure I would have felt a little bad for DSU if I had kept watching. Kinda like I felt bad when Georgia killed Hawaii in the Sugar Bowl 2 years ago. I don't think that we injured anyone on DSU (besides their pride). The same can't be said for Georgia who seemed to be injuring Warriors left and right in the second half of that game.

I don't like these games for several reasons but there's no need to feel ashamed of anything. Delaware St. knew they were walking into a very tough situation in exchange for a lot of money. I'll only be embarrassed if Michigan doesn't give them the money.

The Florida Gators schedule these type of opponents every year, and no one complains down here. I guess it's because they're in the SEC, the toughest conference known to man, according to all the "experts."

and this was the only time you ever got to see your child play in the Big House in their career would you be embarrassed? I believe it was AnnArbor.com that had an article on Jack Kennedy and his parents (Dad celebrated 60th at DSU game).
In summary, Jack didn't make the team last year and his parents couldn't figure out why he asked for 4 footballs for his 19th Bday. He made the team this year and probably made his dad's Bday one he will never forget!
I don't know if I have ever seen first stringers so interested in a blowout. They were cheering on guys who work their butts off trying to make the team better and were getting a moment in the spotlight. Bravo to RR and staff for making sure everyone who isn't going to redshirt got in the game and got to play. That was a true display of family.

"Don't forget about App. State!" before the 1st kickoff. We should have scored more IMO.

You should not feel embarrased.

If you look up the "Wild Card U" in Howells ratings you will find it has a record of 5-80 this year. Wild Card U simply represents non 1-A competition this year to date. So in other words 85 games have been played between 1-A and lower subdivisions this year. It is no longer a reasonable position to establish some sense of "high ground" in scheduling when there isn't such a thing anymore. There are several examples of schools who schedule two non 1-A teams in just the last decade (this year = Mass + Tenn Tech). Miami has played FAMU for years and never gets raked over the coals like we do for 1 or 2 such games.

You should have more self esteem than that.

But really--why be embarrassed? Teams like Penn State and Ohio State played Michigan last year.

Too soon?

Being at this game...I can honestly say that it was a lot harder trying not to score than to score. We could have easily won by 80.

However, the athletic department should for scheduling a game like this.

Who's going to mock us? Most other schools have played an FCS team or eight. I'm not thrilled to have played them, but whatever. We did at least play Notre Dame in one of our other OOC games.