Who missed the last 20 seconds of Minnesota NEGBANG

Submitted by MGoGrendel on

The State of our Threads just got posted, but it does not contain at least one, loud, F-bomb eminating from my family room last night.  With the last 7 years of roller coaster expectations and thundering disappointment from what used to be our football team, I turned off the game and threw down the remote after the Minnesota “touchdown”.  I went to bed mad - like so many times before.

Then I wake up to the Seth’s write up, the two (!) POSBANGS, multiple replay videos, and this:

 

Great win for the team and a building block for their progression.  It’s fantastic that we got the Jug back!

Shame on me for doubting.  Who else missed the end -- on purpose?  Post your confession and take your down votes!

 

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moetown91

November 1st, 2015 at 11:38 AM ^

How do you do that as a fan?  Even when the outcome is misery...I just can't do it.  I have to watch till the bitter end, and than watch the replays, over analyse the outcome...what coulda, shoulda happened.  I dont know...is it just me?

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Jonesy

November 1st, 2015 at 2:45 PM ^

I think the only game I've turned off (or rather left the sports bar with no ability to watch at home) was the Rich Rod Wisconsin game where we had something like 5 turnovers and 17 yards of total offense in the first half.  I learned my lesson there!

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Mabel Pines

November 1st, 2015 at 11:39 AM ^

I walked out to the balcony of the hotel room and discussed with myself why I need therapy because I'm too emotionally invested in Michigan football. Came back in to my family telling me the jug is coming home.

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Clarence Boddicker

November 1st, 2015 at 11:41 AM ^

I missed seeing only the Minnesota touchdown that wasn't live. I was so stressed just before that I needed to step out for half a cigarette. When I came in I heard the cheers before I could see the screen but knew what happened. The first thing I did see was a "Sad Michigan Fan" close-up. Then...the review, the play is over-turned. And Minnesota derps. Glad I did hang in and keep watching.

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MGoFoam

November 1st, 2015 at 11:41 AM ^

Why would you do that? IIRC, there were about 17 seconds left. Did ya happen to turn your TV back on for the Miami game? They don't even have Jabbrill or Jehu.

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MGoBlue Eeyore

November 1st, 2015 at 12:28 PM ^

I turned off the 2011 UTL game right before Michigan's comeback began, and was shocked to see the slew of text messages on my phone the next morning. I was about to go storming around the house after the Minnesota catch on this game, but regained (slightly) my composure after seeing the replay and the receiver being just short. That said, that 3rd and 17 conversion prior to the big catch was just brutal.

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M-Dog

November 1st, 2015 at 11:46 AM ^

I never stop watching until 0:00.  Experience has told me that.

It does not happen that often, but when I add it up over years of watching Michigan, I come up with a double-digit number of surprise wins or losses.  That's a lot to miss if you turn it off early.

Here are some just off the top of my head.  These are not close games, ala Penn State 1995, these are games where you were sure the outcome was determined, good or bad, only to be surprised:

 

1995 vs. Virginia.  W

1999 vs. Illinois.  L

2000 vs. Purdue.  L

2003 vs. Minnesota.  W

2004 vs. MSU.  W

2008 vs. Wisconsin.  W

2011 vs. Notre Dame.  W

2015 vs. MSU.  L

2015 vs. Minnesota.  W

 

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EGD

November 2nd, 2015 at 3:04 PM ^

I don't remember exactly who missed which kicks, but yeah--M had missed three fairly easy FGs to that point in the game, and I believe Brabbs had been pulled for another kicker who also missed one or two.  Had we simply hit a couple of those kicks, we wouldn't have needed the game-winner at the end--which was pretty long (44-yards, IIRC).  But I remember the post-game press conference when somebody asked Brabbs why he had missed the earlier kicks, and he said "because I wanted to hit the game winning kick at the end."  Bam!

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turtleboy

November 1st, 2015 at 11:46 AM ^

You could see it happen on the blog. When he caught the pass on the 1/2 yard line the mgotraffic disappeared and pages suddenly loaded really fast, then 5 minutes later when everybody found out what happened and logged back on the page loads took forever again.

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umfan323

November 1st, 2015 at 11:47 AM ^

Honestly I missed it, I turned it off soon as Clark was beat.. then I checked mgoblog this morning and was excited to see we somehow won...

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flashOverride

November 1st, 2015 at 11:51 AM ^

We were going from bar to bar in Lansing, my girlfriend had a pretty awesome Halloween costume so she was all about getting to the places that had contests. Because of this I had grudgingly accepted that I was just going to miss a lot of the game. Of course, every place we went was douchey State fans cheering on the Gophers so I was pretty much just like whatever. Walked out of one bar just as they overturned the TD when Stribling got burned, the State fans were going nuts and I didn't want to be in there if Minnesota punched it in on the next play so I was like OK we can bounce. Walked into the next place just as the final attempt was stuffed, State fans were pissed and it was beautiful.

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Number 7

November 1st, 2015 at 11:54 AM ^

1) ESPN -- and only ESPN -- vanished from my cable choices around the end of the first quarter.  (I was DVRing it, too -- but my DVR goes to a blank screen then).

2) WatchESPN works reasonably well, but for a few moments when the action freezes and resumes mid-play.  Then, just after halftime, it cuts out.  Figuring it might be a Chrome issue, I try my luck with Explorer or Edge or whatever the MS browser is called.  

3) That works great -- except for no sound.  (Had BTN been broadcasting, I'd have viewed it as a feature, not a bug).  Meanwhile, I have no idea why Speight is in there, as I missed the Rudock injury play and I have no sound to fill me in.

4)  I end up watching the last 10 minutes, including the last play, on my phone.  Thanks god for that, although my 45-y.o. eyes are just a little bit more squinty this morning.

Morals of the story:

  • I hate Comcast.  Seth should add a few more offline F-bombs to his chart, if their is a tag for "anti-cable provider rant."
  • Back in the simple days of there being 4 possible games to watch on TV for the whole country, all day, none of this would have ever happened.  (And I probably would have missed the game entirely).

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umchicago

November 1st, 2015 at 11:56 AM ^

i've seen too much shit, good and bad, to leave sporting events early.  even in blowouts, you never know if you may miss one of the greatest plays you'll ever see.

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mrkid

November 1st, 2015 at 11:58 AM ^

I watched but got pissed at my wife. We're both watching it on the couch, as Minnesota is driving she says the dreaded words "Why are you worrying? You're winning. You're going to win". The same words she said in the MSU game. I turned to her and said "I can't believe you just said that again".

Minnesota allegedly scored, I looked at her with such disbelief she cursed us again. I say "See, this is why you never say that! Two weeks in a row you jinxed us!". She replies, "No, you will win. You will see". I reply "You love to torture me".

I was pleasantly surprised and now owe her one hell of an apology present. 

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