SI-Biggest upset of decade

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December 18th, 2009 at 10:41 AM
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SI-Biggest upset of decade

ugh--according to SI
BIGGEST UPSET: Appalachian State 34, Michigan 32 (Sept. 1, 2007)
While parity has softened the magnitude of many upsets, there's no overstating the shock of a I-AA team (albeit the defending national champion) knocking off the nation's No. 5 team and all-time winningest program in front of 109,218 spectators. The Wolverines boasted stars Chad Henne, Jake Long and Mike Hart, but Mountaineers quarterback Armanti Edwards stole the show with 289 total yards and four touchdowns. Corey Lynch's last-second field goal block sealed it.

Horrible, horrible day! Worst day ever.

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December 18th, 2009 at 10:48 AM | Thanks for reminding us (Score:1)
those.who.stay.
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Thanks for reminding us

Hide ya kids, hide ya wife.

December 18th, 2009 at 10:50 AM | yes i remember (Score:1)
Mfan1974
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I was there. Appy state fans sitting behind me..

December 18th, 2009 at 10:24 PM | I too was there... (Score:1)
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There will never be enough liquor to make that one go away.

Thank god for the 2008 Capital One Bowl.

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December 18th, 2009 at 10:51 AM | What are they talking about? (Score:1)
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This game never happened. I am so sick of the mainstream media making up stories just to take shots at Michigan. As I remember it, September 1st, 2007 was a bye week that I filled with copious amonts of drinking. Though that would not explain the 0-1 record going into the following week. Damned media bastards again, methinks.

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December 18th, 2009 at 11:05 AM | Agreed (Score:1)
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Nothing bad happened...

They no longer call me Bisbiño

December 18th, 2009 at 10:51 AM | MAKE IT GO AWAY. (Score:1)
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MAKE IT GO AWAY.

 

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December 18th, 2009 at 10:53 AM | why did i... (Score:1)
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click on this... i guess its time to start the birthday drinking...

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December 18th, 2009 at 10:57 AM | Insert your own name (Score:1)
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http://semichigansports.com

December 18th, 2009 at 11:02 AM | ..... (Score:1)
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thanks.... hopefully i can make it another 31 years....

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December 18th, 2009 at 1:41 PM | Celebrating one today too (Score:1)
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Celebrating one today too huh? Happy Bday!

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December 18th, 2009 at 10:53 AM | THE (Score:1)
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HORROR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We will have our vengeance- Michigan football 2010 

December 18th, 2009 at 10:56 AM | I just threw up in my mouth a (Score:1)
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I just threw up in my mouth a little bit!

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December 18th, 2009 at 11:02 AM | *SIGH* (Score:1)
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The Stanford USC upset that year was a bigger "line" upset than the Michigan ASU game.

*sigh*

"A house divided against itself cannot stand"

December 18th, 2009 at 11:23 AM | Good thing we aren't talking (Score:1)
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Good thing we aren't talking about lines.

December 18th, 2009 at 11:55 AM | I mean I guess we aren't talking about lines (Score:1)
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But how else would you quantify which upset was bigger and which one is the biggest of all time?

If you want to go with public perception Michigan ASU was the biggest upset of all time.

If you want to go with what vegas puts as the biggest upset of all time it was Stanford/USC.

"A house divided against itself cannot stand"

December 18th, 2009 at 12:32 PM | I've debated this a few times...... (Score:1)
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It is very possible that ASU could have beaten Stanford in 2007 or that they could have been a middle of the pack Big Ten team. They were good, no doubt.

However, I have accepted that the Horror is without question the biggest upset. USC had no choice to schedule Stanford. It was part of the conference schedule. It is a rivalry game, at least from Stanford's perspective. It would be like Michigan losing to a bottom feeder Big Ten team in a game they were heavily favored in, which has happened. Michigan, on the other hand, went out and hand picked ASU in order to add a 12th game. You don't pick a team like that unless you are confident that it's a victory. I don't care how many consecutive championships ASU won. They were I-AA. Michigan was preseason top 5. There is no defending that loss from what it is. Worst Loss Ever.

All right Lemmings. Bring the heat.

December 18th, 2009 at 12:31 PM | Qualifying the biggest upset (Score:1)
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Qualifying the biggest upset of all time by a number that Vegas sets to get an equal number of people to bet on both teams is a stretch. I think a top 5 team losing to a DI-AA team at home with a senior laden lineup is a better qualifier.

December 18th, 2009 at 11:42 AM | Our line was not official, so (Score:1)
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Our line was not official, so technically we had no line.

December 18th, 2009 at 9:33 PM | Maybe a headline upset, but Appy State finished rated #44 rated (Score:1)
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in the final 2007 Sagarin ratings, a few spots in front of MSU, whom we beat on the late fourth quarter Henne-to-Manningham TD. In reality, it wasn't that shocking. The 2008 ~130th-rated Toledo, was much worse. That's not that far from Baby Seal U territory.

Seems to me that 2002 (season) 17 point dog tOSU's victory over Miami in the NC game was a bigger upset.

December 18th, 2009 at 10:27 PM | dammit... (Score:1)
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This thread is causing me so much pain. The only thing I could think more disconcerting would be an ongoing ufr review of games in which Brady Hoke did the playcalling.

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December 18th, 2009 at 11:02 AM | I know right (Score:1)
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unexplainable

December 18th, 2009 at 11:05 AM | Sigh....... (Score:1)
Bosch
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There are times when I would like to shoot the messenger.......

All right Lemmings. Bring the heat.

December 18th, 2009 at 11:08 AM | jeez (Score:1)
modaddy21
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it was just FYI damn

December 18th, 2009 at 11:19 AM | HMMMMM (Score:1)
bouje
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You've been creating a lot of threads lately... Is that you friend?

"A house divided against itself cannot stand"

December 18th, 2009 at 11:25 AM | I repeat stupid posts like this (Score:1)
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i repeat, stupid posts like this show just how obsessed you are with acquiring meaningless mgopoints.

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December 18th, 2009 at 11:53 AM | No I think that this is the 12th reincarnation of (Score:1)
bouje
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I forget what his name is. You know the guy who created like 50 threads a day and then had one of the most epic blow-ups ever. But no my post was just so that I could get that 1 point because I'm obsessed with MGoPoints.

Get a life dude.

"A house divided against itself cannot stand"

December 18th, 2009 at 11:57 AM | what (Score:1)
modaddy21
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are you talking about dude? Is this not a Michigan blog, was SI talking about Michigan? I believe so, thats why I posted it..jeez no big deal.

December 18th, 2009 at 11:57 AM | yeesh (Score:1)
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my comment was a quote from nick saban/em064387rgfeygf/whatevr else he called himself, that he kept repeating during his farewell parade. I was backing you up fella. Take a valium.

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December 18th, 2009 at 11:59 AM | Sorry I thought it was the "Bouje is obsessed with MGoPoints" (Score:1)
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meme

My bad. And yeah that was his name Em0

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December 18th, 2009 at 12:01 PM | No worries (Score:1)
YakAttack
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http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/ot-carson-newman-vs-grand-valley

was referencing threads like this was all.

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December 18th, 2009 at 12:45 PM | ok (Score:1)
modaddy21
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i took it the wrong way..all good..

December 18th, 2009 at 11:55 AM | I'm (Score:1)
modaddy21
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Not obsessed at all, I would like to stay above 20 so I can post if I find something interesting

December 18th, 2009 at 11:58 AM | He's talk about me... (Score:1)
bouje
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And we know who you are. We are not stupid.

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December 18th, 2009 at 11:47 AM | bouje... (Score:1)
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he also up voted himself on this thread....

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December 18th, 2009 at 12:46 PM | Mommy..mommy (Score:1)
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my god

December 18th, 2009 at 12:55 PM | you claim... (Score:1)
GOBLUE4EVR
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that you're not the person we think you are, but you act a lot like him. i just find it really odd that you have been memeber for close to 6 weeks now, but didn't start posting until about a week ago when the other person and his 12 aliases went away....

@GOBLUE4EVR

December 18th, 2009 at 12:07 PM | jeez? (Score:1)
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Relax. It was just a comment. I didn't vote on your thread if that's why you are being so defensive.

I don't think that any U of M fan will argue that the Horror was the biggest upset of the decade. Hell, it may have been the biggest upset ever. It's something I don't care to be reminded of. Hence my comment.

What did you expect exactly from sharing this info? High fives?

All right Lemmings. Bring the heat.

December 18th, 2009 at 11:27 AM | duh (Score:1)
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duh

December 18th, 2009 at 11:37 AM | Can we, as Michigan fans, (Score:1)
NHWolverine
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Can we, as Michigan fans, collectively come up with our cookie-cutter upset game to respond with when we see this stuff? For example:

"App State beating Michigan? There's no way that's bigger than the Pats losing Super Bowl XLII!"

"Well, I think I made my position clear there."
- L.C.

December 18th, 2009 at 12:17 PM | This is a good idea! (Score:1)
Blue2000
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We could also use:

"App State beating Michigan? There's no way that's bigger than the Jets beating the Colts in Super Bowl III!"

"App State beating Michigan? There's no way that's bigger than Rocky beating Drago IN the Soviet Union!"

It would be nice if we could find another college football example. Sigh.

"Come on, you Wolverines!"

December 18th, 2009 at 1:18 PM | App State? (Score:1)
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There's no WAY that's bigger than:

They no longer call me Bisbiño

December 18th, 2009 at 3:29 PM | USA Hockey... (Score:1)
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...over USSR

...and that really mattered!!

...those dudes were freaking communists...real ones!

December 18th, 2009 at 5:25 PM | It's better to just accept (Score:1)
jmblue
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It's better to just accept it. If you try to argue back, and claim that some other game was a bigger upset, the other person will just add more grisly details about the game, bringing up memories you had repressed.

Besides, it's sort of a compliment to our program that one of our losses constitutes the biggest upset ever.

December 18th, 2009 at 11:50 AM | Seriously dude, It's the Holiday Season! (Score:1)
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Be of good cheer! What's next, grandma got run over by a reindeer? Let's think happy thoughts, it's a week before christmas...

You have to play this game like somebody just hit your mother with a two-by-four. ~Dan Birdwell

December 18th, 2009 at 12:00 PM | is there a link? (Score:1)
SysMark
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Is there a link for this? Is it just a cut and paste?

This is old news regardless...we are moving on.

December 18th, 2009 at 12:08 PM | here ya go (Score:1)
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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/magazine/specials/2000s/12/15/cfb-...

December 18th, 2009 at 12:59 PM | I disagree. (Score:1)
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I disagree.

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December 18th, 2009 at 1:07 PM | Ugh. Brain should be the (Score:1)
Mattinboots
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Ugh. Brian should be the only allowed to share bad news/remind us of life altering negative events because:

a) he makes it funny
b) he runs the place

December 18th, 2009 at 1:16 PM | All hail Brain! (Score:1)
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Our overlord!

MMMMM BRAINS!

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December 18th, 2009 at 8:43 PM | Didn't 1-AA Maine beat (Score:1)
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Didn't 1-AA Maine beat Florida at home while Zook coached them? I don't think anyone knows about that somehow.

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