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1 day 11 hours ago Field condition

It was a long time ago, but I was on the field and don't remember it being particularly slippery, although it wasn't in top shape either. I couldn't find any game film, but the half time show is on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huv06-KwQzs

When will we ever learn?
1 day 16 hours ago Well, no...

I hate to step on your childhood memories, but the 1972 Rose Bowl was played on a hot, dry day. The field may have been sun-parched, but there was no mud anywhere.

Your memory of the final field goal being a total bummer is accurate, however.
1 day 17 hours ago Brings back memories

This brings back fond memories of my days in Ann Arbor, while painfully reminding me that I am getting too damned old!

As a member of the MMB that year, I do have to correct that part of your historical perspective. William D. Revelli retired in the summer of 1971 and this was George Cavender's first football season as Director. Come Rose Bowl time, the band was oddly more in the news than the football team, in part because of controversy over the all-male composition and in part because of an injunction filed by the student council to keep the band off the field at the Rose Bowl. They were demanding that we perform an anti-war themed show of their design. They lost in court. Ah, the seventies.
3 days 18 hours ago Good Points

I didn't mean to suggest that Michigan had recruited badly. It just goes to show that things happen and the best laid plans to have an elite 11 quarterback be a multiyear starter often times go astray.
3 days 19 hours ago Elite not always so elite

The historical statistics are a sobering reminder of how difficult it is to project future success. Of the 95 "Elite 11" QBs between 1999 and 2006 (every year since 1999 has had 12 QBs - go figure), only 14 went on to be picked in the first 4 rounds in the NFL draft. More than half (52) never even got a sniff of the pros. 35 wound up transfering.

Of the three Michigan commits, two transfered (Gutierrez, Mallet) and one (Clayton Richard) never got significant playing time.
7 weeks 1 day ago Sorry to see this

He seemed like a quality guy, was hyper-energetic, and had a good head for basketball.

The only knock might be an inability to land top recruits. This puzzles me in general with respect to B1G women's basketball. Why are there no  Big Ten schools among the top 25 recruiting classes? I would think that with the current strength of men's basketball within the conference, there would be a few prominent programs on the ladies' side.
9 weeks 17 hours ago Yale is no threat

Yale is no threat to pass Michigan in all-time wins. They used to be number one (counting all divisions) until Michigan passed them in 2001. In the future, they are likely to keep dropping down the list, since they only play a 10 game schedule, do not participate in bowl games, and have averaged less than 6 wins per year over the past 15 years.
9 weeks 4 days ago Second Half

Hopefully Borseth gave them a rousing speech at halftime to put an end to some horrendously ill-advised pass attempts.

No local cable coverage for me, but it is available via ESPN/Xbox Live, for those with that option.
9 weeks 4 days ago Long Snapper

In addition to Taybor Pepper, Michigan also has Tyler Tokarsky walking on as a long snapper in 2012 (link). He is from Fenton. All your long snappers belong to us.
10 weeks 2 days ago Unbiased Semi-Random Bracket

Just for the heck of it, I entered a bracket where I assigned a probability to each game based solely on historical records of seed posiitions, then generated a random number (flipped a lopsided virtual coin) to determine each winner. The outcome had Michigan, Ohio State, and Michigan State all in the final four. No way that happens, but weird it came out that way (I swear I didn't cheat).
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