UM vs MSU 2010 Game Predictions (or Opportunities for you to look silly on Saturday)
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I predict that as the game wears on, MSU will commit more and more guys to the line trying to stop Denard, resulting in either Roy Roundtree or Junior Hemingway putting on a show to be titled, "2004, a retrospective" in the fourth quarter. This will result in Braylon Edwards making an appearance on Sports Center to announce that Michigan has found a "Worthy Successor". My money is on Hemingway, though I don't know why.
October 6th, 2010 at 8:58 AM ^
Gentlemen, please shower me with pity. It's time I come clean... a relative had the sheer blind audacity to schedule a wedding in October, and... *sigh* ...I will be attending it. I will be unable to watch the game live... I keep expecting to suddenly wake up out of a dream to realize that this isn't actually happening....
October 6th, 2010 at 9:04 AM ^
Unbelievably, my niece has her 1 year birthday party at noon until 3, and then we have to race from Detroit back to Toledo for my in-laws 40th anniversary celebration all evening. I'm debating between recording and NOT following on my phone or recording and following anyway.
500 to 1 says there's no way I can resist, and I will in fact know the score before I watch.
October 6th, 2010 at 9:10 AM ^
Record and follow on the phone. I'll probably be the one yelling "DAMMIT!" in the middle of the church during the candle lighting ceremony.
October 6th, 2010 at 9:35 AM ^
win or lose.
October 6th, 2010 at 11:33 AM ^
People will understand. If that does not go over well, then make it known in advance not to mention the game to you.
But definitely set the recorder before you leave the house just in case you're able to make it home without knowing the score.
October 7th, 2010 at 12:14 AM ^
That's terrible. As a pastor, one perk is that I can generally schedule weddings so as not to be an unbearable conflict with a game. (Sorry, I have another commitment late afternoon that day. The morning is free, or let's find another weekend that works.)
BTW . . . how could your sibs and wife allow this to happen? Where are their priorities?
October 6th, 2010 at 9:44 AM ^
Same here.....family wedding on Saturday....I feel your pain.
October 6th, 2010 at 9:49 AM ^
Who are these guys that agree to get married on football season? Yeah, I know that the halls get booked, yadda yadda yadda... but isn't that a direct suspension of their man card or something?
October 6th, 2010 at 9:58 AM ^
October 23 is obviously the perfect date for a fall wedding!
October 6th, 2010 at 1:16 PM ^
I got married on a Sunday in September. Saturday was spent at Mich/Wisc '06.
Alas, 2 fellow alums are getting married on Saturday during the game. They planned it knowing full well what game was on that day claiming that they "didn't care". The Michigan Football fan part of them is dead to me.
October 6th, 2010 at 10:35 AM ^
the wife and I have always had the agreement that nothing is scheduled during Michigan football...nothing, it can be before or after...NOT DURING. Thats our thing and it works for us. I figure there are 40 other Saturdays to do just about anything...Michigan Football Saturday is just that...have fun at the wedding.....hahahaha.
October 6th, 2010 at 12:05 PM ^
You could do what my buddy did and stream the game on his blackberry (if you or someone you know has one). He also got so angry (it was UMass) that he walked out of the church about 5 min before halftime, saw what happened when he started watching and determined the wedding was cursed. He got in trouble for skipping the rest of the ceremony but Michigan got the win so he didn't care.
October 6th, 2010 at 12:37 PM ^
That was me last weekend during the Indiana game - the entire wedding party, pretty much, were UM grads and all throughout photos everyone's smart phones were out and we were following along. It was agony. Photos ended and we raced back to someone's house just in time to see Junior's catch and Denard's touchdown. Exhilarating, but also horrible.
October 6th, 2010 at 12:53 PM ^
I have 3 kids under the age of five, all Michigan football fans. Go figure.
October 6th, 2010 at 8:59 AM ^
I predict that MSU gets the ball first and fails to score after picking up a first down or two. Then we take the lead on the first drive, putting us in a good position for the rest of the game.
October 7th, 2010 at 9:12 AM ^
I am not sure, but do they even have 3 picks all year?
1 pick tops this game...quit dreaming
October 6th, 2010 at 9:00 AM ^
gets 3 interceptions, one we return for a pick 6. Michigan ultimately wins with special teams play
October 6th, 2010 at 10:18 AM ^
Time to wake up from your dream.
October 6th, 2010 at 10:51 AM ^
but at least I didn't start a thread about my dream. Ha
October 6th, 2010 at 11:01 AM ^
Unless it involves Michigan winning and a Woodsonesque play from Denard in the game followed by naked women then all dreams should be kept to yourself.
October 6th, 2010 at 12:41 PM ^
Snowy Owl throws at least 3 picks, one going the other way for 6 (JTF jumps a route), as he tries to do to (sp?) much to keep pace with Lace.
October 6th, 2010 at 9:04 AM ^
that MSU will have a couple of big plays, one passing and one rushing that will keep the game somewhat close.
Michigan's defense will have a couple of big third down stops and get a turnover or two due to intense pressure on Cousins.
Craig Roh and Mike Martin will have at least 2 sacks each.
Denard will run for 150 and pass for 300.
Michigan will put on the gloves of green and pick Mark Dantonio clean, beating the jolly green giants 45-31.
October 6th, 2010 at 9:06 AM ^
One on a pick in the endzone. The other a fumble on a Mike Martin thunder sack. This makes up for the one possession we don't score when Denard goes out for two plays on his obligatory "omg he's down how bad is it?!??!" injury and Rich Rod keeps the reigns on Forcier. The game plays out largely like Indiana except MSU shows slightly more balance. We still win by a touchdown on drive late.
October 6th, 2010 at 9:05 AM ^
Denard gets his first 300 yard passing game.
October 6th, 2010 at 9:06 AM ^
My original guess was 49-35 M. However, I had a dream last night that we won 26-20 in single overtime so that's my new prediction.
October 6th, 2010 at 9:08 AM ^
Why should this game be different than any other? We get the ball back in a close game with under a minute to go and score with :07 seconds to go to win, game over.
October 6th, 2010 at 9:10 AM ^
...that the weather is going to be awesome. 65 and sunny. The beer will be cold, drinks will be strong, pulled pork will be tasty and the tailgating will be great!
October 6th, 2010 at 9:18 AM ^
I will predict three things:
- Sparty will try to own the clock Chappell style. They'll have far more TOP than us, but it won't be as one-sided as Indiana.
- Denard will break one for 60+ yards. It'll be in the first half.
- Call this a horrible thing to say or whatever, but I sincerely believe they're going to do everything they can to hurt Denard and take him off the field, even if it includes taking some late hits or roughing the passer. Those are some dirty birds over there in East Lucifer.
October 6th, 2010 at 9:40 AM ^
I too think that some MSU players will take cheap shots to try and seriously injure Denard. I truly believe that Dantonio is not above that when it comes to this game.
October 6th, 2010 at 9:14 AM ^
Michigan will shut down MSU's running game early and will take an early 14-0 lead. MSU will then start to abandon the run and become one dimensional, to marginal success. They will make it a one score game late in the third quarter before Michigan slams the door shut with a long TD drive. Final Score: Michigan 42, MSU 31
October 6th, 2010 at 9:14 AM ^
I'm too nervous to predict anything.
/pansy
October 6th, 2010 at 9:17 AM ^
I'm not sure that's a universal tag anymore-- I think you have to use [queer] for the same effect in IE.
October 6th, 2010 at 9:19 AM ^
It's raining today. That is all.
October 6th, 2010 at 9:34 AM ^
S 52 M 42. Two punts by either team on the day--one by Hagerup and one by Forcier.
October 6th, 2010 at 9:35 AM ^
MSU will go into full conservative "we can run the ball against a 3 man line mode" early on, Martin Hulks up and almost single handedly stops the MSU run game. By the time MSU turns to a passing offense, it's too late as we're already up 3 TDs. We match TD for TD in the second half.
October 6th, 2010 at 11:41 AM ^
If we are up 3 TDs and then go TD for TD how does the score end up at a 14 point difference?
October 6th, 2010 at 1:06 PM ^
Lean back in chair. Finger mustachio. Puff on pipe.
October 6th, 2010 at 9:37 AM ^
a period when they bottle him up and we go oh noes, and a royal, well-deserved stomp-fest by us over them from the late third through the fourth quarters.
October 6th, 2010 at 9:41 AM ^
The only prediction thread that matters is THE KNOWLEDGE'S weekly protege contest, where a humble mgoblogger gets the chance to soar and leave others in the dust. So I submit this under protest: M 31, MSU 30
October 6th, 2010 at 9:43 AM ^
Sparty will riot after the game.
October 6th, 2010 at 9:46 AM ^
That's a guarantee.....win a game, riot......lose a game, riot.....doesn't matter.
October 6th, 2010 at 9:59 AM ^
at about 7PM Saturday.
October 6th, 2010 at 9:47 AM ^
Greg Jones, while making a few plays on our running backs, will record no more than one tackle on Denard.
October 6th, 2010 at 9:53 AM ^
Make me anxious. I've been knocking on wood like a mother effer.
October 6th, 2010 at 9:55 AM ^
This one has me fit to be tied.
The dreamer in me says Michigan 35, MSU 30.
The pragmatist in me says MSU 30, Michigan 28.
God, how I hate the pragmatist in me!!!!
October 6th, 2010 at 10:00 AM ^
is clearly a spartan and is not to be trusted.
And also may be high.
October 6th, 2010 at 10:11 AM ^
Know any good exorcists?
October 6th, 2010 at 10:23 AM ^
Sit in a chair opposite a nice fluffy, cloth couch with a lighter in hand. Once you're managed to abstain from lighting it on fire for more than 20 mins it's quite clear the Sparty-ness has left and moved on!
October 6th, 2010 at 10:06 AM ^
MSU will have a fairly significant TOP advantage, albeit not as much as Indiana had. The game will be close throughout, with no team in complete control. With the game tied at 28, Cousins will throw a 4th quarter interception, that will result in a big Denard to Roundtree TD pass with 3-4 minutes left in the game. MSU gets into Michigan territory, before our "D" steps up and stops them on 4th and 3, allowing us to run the clock out. Michigan wins, 35-28.
October 6th, 2010 at 10:12 AM ^
Now I won't have to bother watching the fourth quarter!