We are now bowl eligible! I am officially excited.
In 2001, I watched a November game with a bunch of Michigan grads and we all joked about how brutal it is to get pumped over "bowl eligibility." One of the gals said "I will kill myself if I ever get excited over being bowl eligible." Of course we laughed, told her she was awesome, and never thought about it again.
Until 2008. And again in 2009. And again in OT against Illinois in 2010. After we won that game 700-698, I told myself I would never scoff at bowl eligibilty ever again.
This thread is an offering to the Bowl Eligibility gods. I understand that religion is taboo on this site, and I respect that. But I respect bowl eligibility more. Huzzah!
November 3rd, 2012 at 4:43 PM ^
Rose Bowl.
November 3rd, 2012 at 9:14 PM ^
November 4th, 2012 at 1:24 AM ^
good sir. Roses are definately Blue. I still have my reservations.
November 3rd, 2012 at 4:44 PM ^
OT, but Johnny Manziel = a more focused, more motivated Tate Forcier. They are almost exactly the same player.
November 3rd, 2012 at 6:37 PM ^
November 3rd, 2012 at 4:44 PM ^
Super Bowl.
November 3rd, 2012 at 10:17 PM ^
"Super Bowl?" Michigan already played in MSU's Super Bowl. Does that count?
November 3rd, 2012 at 4:45 PM ^
WOOOO!
November 3rd, 2012 at 4:45 PM ^
Senior Bowl
November 3rd, 2012 at 4:47 PM ^
Rawls got a lot of work today and Fitz broke a big run at the end of the game. Maybe I'm not a complete idiot.
November 3rd, 2012 at 4:51 PM ^
November 3rd, 2012 at 5:01 PM ^
November 3rd, 2012 at 5:11 PM ^
Woooooooo!
This is the only instance in which I like roses more than pizza.
November 4th, 2012 at 1:20 AM ^
Nice gif.
November 3rd, 2012 at 5:11 PM ^
3 years in a row. Only a couple more decades to get back to the earlier streak!
November 3rd, 2012 at 5:33 PM ^
Three more decades.
November 3rd, 2012 at 5:17 PM ^
BEAT OHIO
November 3rd, 2012 at 5:17 PM ^
I had erased that former trauma from my memory.
November 3rd, 2012 at 5:21 PM ^
I expect to be bowl eligible every year but I love going to bowl games so I'm not taking that for granted.
November 3rd, 2012 at 5:43 PM ^
November 3rd, 2012 at 6:01 PM ^
Apples and Oranges at this point sorry. Nobody is taking the Rose Bowl for granted. If the Taxslayer.com bowl and the Idaho Potato Fight Hunger Bowls were around back then, nobody would be sitting home at 10-0-1.
November 3rd, 2012 at 6:38 PM ^
November 3rd, 2012 at 7:31 PM ^
Michigan went to the Rose Bowl in January of 1970 (i.e., 1969 season) and 1972. Lost both games, unfortunately, but we were there.
http://bentley.umich.edu/athdept/football/bowls/index.html
[And the 1976 Orange Bowl would also be for the 1975 season.]
November 3rd, 2012 at 8:08 PM ^
From 1972 to 1974, Michigan was 30-2-1. Freshmen didn't play varsity in those days, so an entire class of Wolverines that didn't lose to any teams other than Ohio State never got to go to a bowl.
November 3rd, 2012 at 8:15 PM ^
Nevermind me then, I don't know what the hell I'm talking about. I could have sworn that after the '69 season, we didn't play in a bowl game until the Orange Bowl, but I guess I'm wrong
November 3rd, 2012 at 6:01 PM ^
My dad was 8 at the time.
November 3rd, 2012 at 8:39 PM ^
November 4th, 2012 at 12:47 AM ^
Should I have spelled it out?
November 3rd, 2012 at 6:26 PM ^
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November 3rd, 2012 at 6:27 PM ^
that's either a lot of degrees or you've changed majors one too many times
November 3rd, 2012 at 6:44 PM ^
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November 3rd, 2012 at 11:28 PM ^
November 3rd, 2012 at 6:09 PM ^
...for the gang bang?
November 3rd, 2012 at 6:49 PM ^
While I am always cheering for Michigan to win the Big Ten and head to Pasadena, I wouldn't be terribly disappointed this year if they end up in the Outback or Capital One bowl as I think we may not quite be there yet to take on Oregon. Plus living in central Florida both of those bowl games are very close by. :)
November 3rd, 2012 at 8:03 PM ^
November 3rd, 2012 at 7:41 PM ^
It seems appropriate for this thread, so let us review the kindness of the Bowl Eligibility gods in the past:
- 20 Rose Bowls
- 3 Gator Bowls
- 3 Citrus Bowls
- 2 Sugar Bowls
- 2 Alamo Bowls
- 2 Outback Bowls
- 2 Orange Bowls
- 2 Holiday Bowls
- 2 Hall Of Fame Bowls
- 1 each of the Fiesta, Capital One and Bluebonnet Bowls
They have been kind to us through the years. Hopefully, they are kind to us again.
November 3rd, 2012 at 9:11 PM ^
Citrus and Capital One are the same bowl, just with different sponsorship. Ditto for Outback/Hall of Fame.
November 3rd, 2012 at 8:17 PM ^
November 3rd, 2012 at 8:26 PM ^
This might be one of those years when I say "screw the February vacation, we need to go to Michigan's bowl game." It might not be the Rose Bowl, but there's something about seeing Denard in the Winged Helmet one more time.
November 3rd, 2012 at 11:40 PM ^
I am selfishly hoping for a Florida bowl game as it's only a few hours away for me and would love to continue my streak of bowl games seen live at 3.
November 4th, 2012 at 1:00 AM ^
You are excited.
To me, bowl eligibility is the absolute minimum expectation.
November 4th, 2012 at 11:40 AM ^
OOrah!