September 1st, 2011 at 1:24 PM ^
if you would not have scheduled the rematch for three years from now, this game would have ceased to exist!
September 1st, 2011 at 10:16 AM ^
It's what Dave Brandon would have wanted...
September 1st, 2011 at 10:36 AM ^
a media whore?
September 1st, 2011 at 10:57 AM ^
Yes, yes he is.
September 1st, 2011 at 10:59 AM ^
Dave Brandon is Al Herrington.
September 1st, 2011 at 1:17 PM ^
DB AH should strap a few of those bitches onto the new scoreboards.
September 1st, 2011 at 10:17 AM ^
What highlights?
September 1st, 2011 at 2:00 PM ^
It's "highlights" that should be surrounded by quotation marks, not the Horror, which it truly was.
September 1st, 2011 at 10:20 AM ^
Selective amnesia helps...what "horror"?
September 1st, 2011 at 10:29 AM ^
This whole thing sucks. Now I have to re-convince the Buckeye fans around here that App State is a better program than Akron, YSU, etc. Doesn't Brandon realize it's impossible for us to get "revenge" on a DI-AA program. I'm sorry "Division I - Football Championship Subdivision".
September 1st, 2011 at 10:33 AM ^
There has been talk of App. St. moving to 1-A in the near future, so by the time we play them they could be at least out of 1-AA.
September 1st, 2011 at 10:43 AM ^
They will always be the 1-AA team that beat us in our own house.
September 1st, 2011 at 10:33 AM ^
i wasn't going to drink this early in the morning but you've now given me a reason
September 1st, 2011 at 10:35 AM ^
It's 5 o'clock somewhere, right? I'm there with you, but I'm at work so not so much.
September 1st, 2011 at 10:42 AM ^
Wait we played football for the past 4 years? When did this happen, where was I?
September 1st, 2011 at 10:44 AM ^
there are no highlights from the horror.
September 1st, 2011 at 10:46 AM ^
When just the announcement that we will play App State 3 years down the road kicks off the flood of "classic" replays, you know it will be a long 3 years, and especially a long 3 months in 2014.
September 1st, 2011 at 10:46 AM ^
of that game was when the team started to get "pumped" after halftime. I remember M. Trent getting that interception and strut running to the sidelines after flipping the ball and jawing a little bit. I remember thinking that the very fact that we need to be engaging a comeback was embarrassing enough. Had no belief they would actually lose at the time, but was already pissed.
September 1st, 2011 at 10:50 AM ^
It's time we got over the whole Appy State thing. It happened.
I'm actually loking forward to playing them again. Hopefully this time we will smoke them out of the building and restore order to the world. I think it will be cathartic.
September 1st, 2011 at 10:58 AM ^
Nothing good can come of that rematch. Even if we win by 50+ points the media and the haters will ask "remember when you lost to them in 2007?"
September 1st, 2011 at 11:14 AM ^
If we do we should have but we also look like dicks. If we don't we look weak and could have lost again. It's a lose , lose situation if you ask me.
September 1st, 2011 at 10:53 AM ^
September 1st, 2011 at 10:55 AM ^
ESPN will show "The Horror" to start College Football season for at least the next 10 years and will probably show clips of it during pregame for Michigan's first game every year for the next 15-20 years.
September 1st, 2011 at 11:03 AM ^
Holy mircroscopic font size Batman!
September 1st, 2011 at 11:02 AM ^
Why on Earth are they showing highlights of that game? It's 20freaking11, people. Some folks just can't get over that.
For example, a friend of mine text me earlier today and said, "Does anyone recall what happened on this day in 2007?" I honestly could not remember. Of course I remember The Horror happening, but didn't know the date. This friend is a PSU fan, too. Some people just can't let it go.
September 1st, 2011 at 11:10 AM ^
I have no further use for Brandon. The only question is how much he will degrade the M football product, not if he will.
September 1st, 2011 at 11:19 AM ^
The "M football product" has been degrading rapidly for three, perhaps four, years, to the point where it almost became nationally irrelevant. Brandon, Hoke, et. al. can only help that product, on-the-field, in stadium, and otherwise. But don't let me stand in the way of your personal (irrational) hatreds.
September 1st, 2011 at 2:24 PM ^
It's irrational to think that he won't hurt the program.
September 1st, 2011 at 2:55 PM ^
What has Dave Brandon done (Note: Not rumored to be thinking about, etc) that has hurt the program one iota? I can think of several amazing things he's done already, first and foremost finding an amazing man to coach the Wolverines football team despite "fans" wanting other candidates (Miles, Harbaugh, etc.) who would have brought baggage and/or NFL aspirations. Dave Brandon has helped to restablish relationships with people who matter (i.e. the media, alumni, former players) to the long term success of the program.
So please tell me, why does Dave Brandon suck? I expect you to provide a better repsonse than "Brian Cook told me he sucks and there was "the Process" and curly fries so I just believe him no questions asked."
September 1st, 2011 at 11:19 AM ^
when did this happen? the last thing I really remember is losing in the rose bowl to USC and then there's brief memories of beating Florida I think and then humiliating Notre Dame a few times...but I don't remember any "Horror". Strange
September 1st, 2011 at 11:35 AM ^
So it begins...
September 1st, 2011 at 11:47 AM ^
We can all agree that those years never happened, and thus move on......!!!!
September 1st, 2011 at 12:24 PM ^
2007 Notre Dame, Penn State, Michigan State, Illinois, Florida, 2008 Wisconsin, 2009-Notre Dame and 2010-Notre Dame, I'd still like to keep those.
But if everything else didn't happen, yeah. I'm fine with that.
September 1st, 2011 at 11:57 AM ^
Put fingers in ears. Then, go, "LALALALALALA CAN'T HEAR YOU" over and over.
September 1st, 2011 at 1:25 PM ^
These horrors you refer to must have happen on a different plane...not in this lifetime!
September 1st, 2011 at 2:21 PM ^
I always just own it. Yes, it happened. Yes, it sucked, and still sucks. But everytime an OSU, ND, or MSU fan brings it up they're just looking for a reaction. when confronted with the "DER APP STATE!" I usually say, "Yeah, I remember it. It happened. I don't let one game define my view of a program that has been around for 132 years. If you do, that's your choice." When I don't get worked up into a frothing, bumbling mess, they usually shut up or move on.
September 1st, 2011 at 3:22 PM ^
September 1st, 2011 at 3:34 PM ^
I think some people on these threads are abusing their ability to rank posts up or down. I have been noted to be trolling when I clearly haven't been (and why would I troll a blog about my favorite team?) and in this thread, my post was marked as "overrated." I just don't get it sometimes.
September 1st, 2011 at 5:03 PM ^
best not to fret.
September 1st, 2011 at 4:09 PM ^
Sceduling App State isn't a media ploy it's a chance to even the score.
September 1st, 2011 at 4:29 PM ^
Neg away, but it's astounding how much better posts tend to get after 5:00 eastern time when it isn't just a bunch of youngins and/or unemployed folks who have nothing but fond memories from the last few years. Reading this crap is more painful than the back surgery I'm home recovering from.
Not intended as a slam on the OP, the original post isn't my target here.
September 2nd, 2011 at 3:18 AM ^
Don't hate on us daytime/early-morning posters who happen to have a few hours of soap operas to catch every afternoon. We have to stay fresh and current with all the developments. Plus there's "Ellen" on at 4, and she's perfect for doing our knitting, petting our cats, and posting on MGoBoard.