Open Thread - AFC/NFC Championship Games
January 18th, 2015 at 7:14 PM ^
January 18th, 2015 at 6:54 PM ^
That was about the biggest choke job I've ever seen. Giving up a TD on a fake FG (at a really obvious moment), giving up the onside kick, giving up a TD, giving up a 2-pointer, and then gagging in OT . . . amazing.
January 18th, 2015 at 6:57 PM ^
January 18th, 2015 at 6:54 PM ^
Play the NE game early (EST) and Seattle late (PST)
You would've been talking 3:30-4pm starts in each time zone.
Would've loved to see that Seattle/GB game turn into a night game and get crazy loud.
January 18th, 2015 at 6:57 PM ^
January 18th, 2015 at 7:03 PM ^
Thanks for clarifying.
January 18th, 2015 at 6:57 PM ^
As for the AFC game, this is win-win for Michigan. Either our alumnus Tom Brady gets a shot at a fourth ring, or Harbaugh's guy Andrew Luck goes to the Super Bowl. Nice for recruiting either way.
January 18th, 2015 at 7:04 PM ^
Now I have to see which one everyone is in...when we were all just fine in this thread.
January 18th, 2015 at 7:05 PM ^
January 18th, 2015 at 7:10 PM ^
I suppose.
But if Kevin Hogan transferred here, once he left, wouldn't he still be more "former Stanford QB" than "former Michigan QB?"
January 18th, 2015 at 7:18 PM ^
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January 18th, 2015 at 7:07 PM ^
I wonder how many Tom Brady fans became fans of him after he left Michigan... Wasn't he underappreciated here since Henson was the "rockstar"?
January 18th, 2015 at 7:12 PM ^
but some wanted Brady to start in front to Griese in 97 too
January 18th, 2015 at 7:16 PM ^
They were just obsessed with Henson. Similar to Shane Morris now, just times 100.
Brady was appreciated when he won that Orange Bowl over Alabama.
Henson had a solid year the year after though, we were 7 points away from being undefeated that year. People forget how good that 2000 team was and how they were so close to greatness.
We went out west and lost a bad game to UCLA, lost to fucking Purdue by 1...some kid named Drew Brees beat us his senior year. Then we lost that wild game to Northwestern 54-51.
Henson beat OSU with David Terrell and A-Train then beat Auburn in the Citrus. Tied for a B1G championship that year. Should've went to the Rose Bowl...but Purdue got to go.
January 18th, 2015 at 7:18 PM ^
If we kept Brady in all the games as the permanent starter, we would have won that MSU game that Henson botched in 1999. Coulda had a chance at the National Title instead of the Orange Bowl... Only Illinois would be the question mark that year.
January 18th, 2015 at 7:32 PM ^
I think people forget how close we were to national championships from 1997-2006.
1997: won it.
1998: 3 big losses - no chance
1999: May have won it with Brady the entire season
2000: Couldn't finish close games and lost 3 games by 7 points
2001: Lost close games in the regular season, but wasn't a championship calibur team
2002: Should've been a Rose Bowl team
2003: See 2001
2004: Could Braylon drop any more passes? Talented enough to get to a national championship game. 3 tough losses.
2005: Lost a TON of close games. Henne's sophomore year. The Nebraska lost was the epitome of the entire season --- pitch the damn ball!!! Didn't lose 1 game by more than a TD, yet lost 5 games.
2006: Chris Graham covering an NFL calibur slot receiver. FAIL! Could've been in the national championship game.
Carr's tenture was filled with 3-4 loss teams, but damn, he was closer than many realized.
January 18th, 2015 at 9:02 PM ^
January 19th, 2015 at 1:36 AM ^
Yep, the 2003 team was great and very talented. Better than the 2004 team IMO. 2003 outscored opponents by 255 points in regular season (+21 ppg) while 2004 won a lot of close games and only outscored opponents by 92 points (+8 ppg) during the regular season. That's two TDs/game better, pretty big difference. Atrocious special teams and occasional turnovers were the cause of losses against Oregon and Iowa that we definitely should have won. USC outclassed us but USC was clearly the best team that year and was robbed by not getting to play an LSU team that they would have killed.
The 2001 team was much different. Defense was quite good and the offense was just meh. Although they lost close games in a similar way to 2003, the level of competition was much worse as the B1G inferior to that of 2003. OSU was crappy in their first year until Tressel, PSU sucked and fricking Illinois won the confernce. And we just did not have the level of QB play as well as the playmakers at skill positions in 2001. Senior Navarre was so much better than sophomore Navarre. Love Marquise Walker but him + Ronald Bellamy + BJ Askew <<<< Braylon + Breaston + Avant + Chris Perry.
January 19th, 2015 at 1:34 AM ^
January 18th, 2015 at 7:21 PM ^
After he finished his career with comeback victories against PSU, OSU and Alabama, there wasn't a Michigan fan who didn't appreciate him.
January 18th, 2015 at 7:15 PM ^
As a Michigan/49ers fan this season of football, pro and college, has been pretty much the worst ever. Thank god for Jim Harbaugh or I'd be done. Can't wait to watch the bitter rivals of both my teams holding championship trophies.
January 18th, 2015 at 7:18 PM ^
Brady and the Pats will beat the Seahawks.
January 18th, 2015 at 7:24 PM ^
Bad luck with that onside kick, but Packers have no one but themselves to blame. Wilson was playing a shitty game and they let him come back and win it. But hey, Seattle must've deserved it.
The mark of a great team is one that can have a bad game and still win.
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