October 5th, 2015 at 11:22 AM ^
October 5th, 2015 at 11:35 AM ^
October 5th, 2015 at 11:22 AM ^
BTN. Matt Millen can suck a fat one.
October 5th, 2015 at 11:23 AM ^
ABC, ESPN, or ESPN2
October 5th, 2015 at 11:40 AM ^
will be a Nessler-Blackledge call if both teams win next week. It either team loses this week(sorry Rutgers, but if Michigan loses this week) than I think we get Mike Patrick. I would not mind a break from McDonaugh - he has been doing a lot of Michigan games.
(I don't think that Millen is a bad color guy though, a quite good one actually)
October 5th, 2015 at 11:43 AM ^
Millen was awful Saturday. He repeated the same obvious crap over and over.
October 5th, 2015 at 11:45 AM ^
when neither team makes a first down for like an entire half any color guy is scrambling for material. I thought he was just fine, and you should probably get used to him because that is the BIG networks A crew.
October 5th, 2015 at 11:49 AM ^
October 5th, 2015 at 11:53 AM ^
I don't have that kind of money.
Millen is not a bad color commentary. It is entirely possible to be good at that and a terrible NFL GM. I think Millen is fine and I think the BTN is a good landing spot for him. It may be because I could not give a shit less about the Lions so he does not have that stigma for me.
October 5th, 2015 at 1:16 PM ^
so bad that I turned into the radio broadcast. It took a few tries to sync the radio to the video due to the TV delay; however once completed, it was very nice.
I had to stop reading the thread to avoid knowing the next play. Overall, a good choice by me.
October 5th, 2015 at 1:24 PM ^
Matt Millen sucks
October 5th, 2015 at 11:53 AM ^
You also grew tired of his analysis about Rudock being limited to half of the field?
October 5th, 2015 at 12:12 PM ^
October 5th, 2015 at 4:31 PM ^
Loves Michigan too. Doesn't Nessler usually do ESPN prime time games, though? I could be wrong
October 5th, 2015 at 7:13 PM ^
With Herbie joining Fowler down in Columbus after gameday in Ann Arbor.
October 5th, 2015 at 11:57 AM ^
Yes, thank you. Plus BTNs camera crew are a bunch of monkeys, seems like they can never follow the ball even when Millen is screaming "FOLLOW THE FULLBACK" on every play.
October 5th, 2015 at 12:21 PM ^
since he'll be covering Michigan-Northwestern for BTN at the Big House starting at 3:30 pm. I think Michigan has seen it's last noon game for awhile this season.
October 5th, 2015 at 11:25 AM ^
Good news. Could have seen that coming a mile away. But still, good news. Wouldn't want a night game against MSU, wouldn't want the Admin to go against what they've already said. And this allows the heavy drinkers and party animals to have several more hours to get hammered that Saturday. Without getting hammered for a 10 hour period.
October 5th, 2015 at 11:38 AM ^
Stop worrying about drunk people. Every game has them. Alcohol is great.
October 5th, 2015 at 11:44 AM ^
Although the Campus PD is paranoid as fuck about something really bad happening on game day, I think they can handle a few drunken assholes covered in green paint, shame, and vomit.
October 5th, 2015 at 11:47 AM ^
night game against State is just a matter of time. Won't happen against OSU because of the weather, but there will be a MSU UTL. My guess is that it will be the 2017 contest. I don't see Michigan State fans/students as being any more human-like at 3:30 than 8:00 so it really would not make that much of a difference.
October 5th, 2015 at 12:04 PM ^
The weather has nothing to do with scheduling night games. If the two football programs want it to happen, it will be scheduled that way.
October 5th, 2015 at 12:16 PM ^
the two teams don't want it that way because it takes place in almost-December and night time temps are usually in the teens. Michigan v. OSU at night would be a stupid idea and will never happen.
October 5th, 2015 at 12:47 PM ^
Then I suppose the NFL schedule should not be played past November, too, then. Right?
October 5th, 2015 at 1:05 PM ^
have issues.
October 5th, 2015 at 1:29 PM ^
uuuhhhh, OK....
October 5th, 2015 at 6:02 PM ^
Because he brings up a legit point?
They have been playing football night games for 123 years:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1892_Wyoming_Seminary_vs._Mansfield_State_Normal_football_game
They have seen it all. In fact, they had seen it all before any of us were even born.
If they don't want a night game, then the AD should just say "We just don't want a night game. We don't need an excuse, we just don't feel like it. Too bad if you don't like it. We brought you Harbaugh, so shut up."
They don't need to hide behind lame excuses like the town or the police dept can't handle it. They do it just fine in places that are hardly role models of decorum and mental stability like Baton Rouge.
And they have been doing it longer than any of us have been alive.
October 5th, 2015 at 8:27 PM ^
since when do MSU people have any shame?
October 5th, 2015 at 11:52 AM ^
Lighten up, buddy. Not worried about alcohol at all. Seriously, drunk people are not my concern, and they can do what they want, and drink as much as they want. In fact, I thought that wanting more drinking and partying time was the main reason many people want a later start time. I'm good with that . . . party on!
October 5th, 2015 at 4:30 PM ^
There's something like triple as many alcohol related incidents for MSU than any other weekend. I would link to the article I read that in, but I'm having finding it because googling "Michigan State" "alcohol" "arrests" etc comes up with a exactly the type of hits you'd expect.
October 5th, 2015 at 11:29 AM ^
Damn, I have a wedding to attend at 4pm.
October 5th, 2015 at 11:32 AM ^
Fall weddings are this country's leading epidemic. Fact.
October 5th, 2015 at 12:09 PM ^
I think weddings in resort areas really far away from where I live suck harder.
October 5th, 2015 at 11:32 AM ^
October 5th, 2015 at 11:33 AM ^
It's radio silence for you, buddy. Good luck with that. At least the wedding will be over about the same time as the 1st quarter. If you're lucky, you won't be in the wedding, and you can watch most of the game at a hotel bar.
October 5th, 2015 at 6:06 PM ^
I was in a wedding during a Michigan - Michigan State game. We tried to sneak a peak on a TV in the limo and the bride freaked out on us.
Fortunately this was in the Sparty NO! era and the game wound up being an easy, no-drama Michigan win.
October 6th, 2015 at 1:24 AM ^
Oh my goodness. Assume you don't have any more contact with her. She needs to lighten up too.
October 5th, 2015 at 11:34 AM ^
Your wedding should hopefully only last 30 mins or so and you can pick up the 2nd half... I have a wedding at 6p Central :(
October 5th, 2015 at 11:39 AM ^
Damn, those are the worst. Autumn weddings should seriously be illegal.
October 5th, 2015 at 11:40 AM ^
What's more important? A wedding or Michigan football? I think we all know the answer to that question.
October 5th, 2015 at 11:42 AM ^
Friday wedding in the fall (get all the color/splendor w/ a significant price discount), watch Michigan football on Saturday as an "afterparty", honeymoon on a bye week. Worked for me.
October 5th, 2015 at 11:47 AM ^
Plus, the Friday wedding stopped a lot of the "I have to invite them but I really don't want them there" guests from showing up. Saved a ton of money. Which was promply spent on our honeymooon.
October 5th, 2015 at 12:12 PM ^
I got married on a Saturday in November last year. The wife always wanted a fall wedding. I told her i had 2 conditions, 1. Our vests and everything had to be navy blue and 2. It had to be a Saturday when Michigan was on a bye. Won both of those arguments and had a great time.
October 5th, 2015 at 12:30 PM ^
October 5th, 2015 at 6:10 PM ^
The problem with that is that weekend will not always be a bye weekend. Now your anniversary is forever in November. Sooner or later it is going to collide with a big game: "You're watching football . . . on our Anniversary?!!"
October 5th, 2015 at 11:51 AM ^
you are in that wedding you should not be there.
October 5th, 2015 at 11:58 AM ^
Maybe it's the same one.
October 5th, 2015 at 12:02 PM ^
I got married (the first time) on a Michigan/Notre Dame game day. Had the ceremony late morning, and had the reception starting at 3:00. Since we were in Tahoe City, the timing was perfect for a viewing party between events. Though, since my first wife was a Nevada grad, that accommodation for Michigan football may have been the first chink in the armor.
Married a U of M alum the second time, and we got married on a Friday night just to avoid any complications. See, one can learn as one gets older.
October 5th, 2015 at 12:09 PM ^
I am skipping a good friend's wedding. He knew it before asking too.
#deathtofallweddings
October 5th, 2015 at 12:39 PM ^
All jokes aside, that seems like a really crappy thing to do. I'm a huge football fan, but this is the biggest event of his life. You're skipping it to watch college kids play a game.