Who do you want UM to play in the Insight Bowl?

Submitted by jtmc33 on

So, after UM's upset on Saturday, the 6-6 record pretty much guarantees they will be in the Insight Bowl (a Minnesota loss to Iowa makes them 6-6, and since they went last year Insight would take the Wolverines, 6-6 Sparty would be picked to go to the ChampsSports over UM because of better conference record and head-to-head).

The Big 12 has a log jam of to be 7-5/6-6 teams that include Kansas, Kansas St., Missouri, Texas A&M, Iowa St., Texas Tech.

So, who do you want to play, and why?

NOTE: For those that want to take this thread as an invitation to bitch about the team, guarantee a loss to OSU, or call for coach firings can go scratch and move on.... Optimists don't want to hear it when we are planning our New Year's Eves around UM's bowl game!

The King of Belch

November 16th, 2009 at 2:17 PM ^

I want a rematch with Michigan State. I want to settle the argement over who is the best 6-6 team in the country. Settle it on the field, as I always say.

The 6-6 National Championship.

Crazy, you say? Not so fast.

First, who you gonna put UM up against? (I admit I don't know the tie in, but also admit that the 47th place team from the Big 12 or SEC doesn't excite me at all)

I say you have THIS matchup and sell packages to both sets of fans, have a "green Out" a "Maize Out"--and take this rivalry to the next level.

Who's All In?

hailtothevictors08

November 16th, 2009 at 2:22 PM ^

thx for that ... i really needed a little bit of optimism after the last month ... i had forgotten how to do it ... first I want the alamo bowl to give state the middle finger and pick us over them ... but if it is the insight bowl, I don't care who we play, a bowl would be sweet enough

st barth

November 16th, 2009 at 2:29 PM ^

a bowl game would be awesome...unless it's central michigan beating us in the pizza bowl. we'd never hear the end of that debacle.

detMIman

November 16th, 2009 at 2:40 PM ^

Im gonna agree with "hailtothevictors08"...to have the Alamo bowl pick us over state, and then have state play in the hot and ready bowl would be hilarious.

jvblaha

November 16th, 2009 at 2:39 PM ^

If at all possible, I want the Alamo bowl. I have family there who works for the bowl game every year. Free tickets and a free place to stay, plus getting to go to the coaches' dinner.

Blue in Yarmouth

November 16th, 2009 at 2:57 PM ^

If we get to a bowl game I will be beyond happy for two reasons. 1) we actually made it to a bowl game after a terrifying season. 2) The season must have ended with a victory over OSU. Regardless of our record or the outcome of said bowl game, I would consider this season a success if we could pull off the upset this saturday.

UMphd

November 16th, 2009 at 3:21 PM ^

The most valuable part of any bowl game (esp. for a young team) is all of those extra practices you get.

That will be the biggest upside of this Saturday's victory, IMHE.

maizenblue92

November 16th, 2009 at 3:56 PM ^

I would choose to play Iowa State because that is the most winnable game and there wouldn't be many ISU fans there.
But I'd rather go to the (ugh) Pizza Pizza Bowl, because then I could go to the game.

michman79

November 16th, 2009 at 4:27 PM ^

Just think: we are only 132 plays/bounces of the ball from being undefeated and playing Florida for the NC. But I guess I would prefer to play ther worst possible team imaginable to get a win. That is what I have been reduced to.

Refoveo

November 16th, 2009 at 6:31 PM ^

I would like to see miami play notre dame

EDIT: Woops read the title without reading the actual post. If UM makes it, it won’t matter to me who they play. I’ll just be happy they are there. I don't want to see a mac school though.