OT: At least we aren't Florida Appreciation Thread
Florida has lost 26-20 to Georgia Southern (7-4 4-4Southern Conf.). Florida has now lost 6 straight and have #3 Florida State left to play.
Will Muschamp's Gators haven't scored over 20 points since scoring 28 vs Kentucky on September 28th. I guess it always could be worse.
November 23rd, 2013 at 5:24 PM ^
Give Hoke another year or two. We can lose to Appy State again.
November 23rd, 2013 at 5:25 PM ^
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November 23rd, 2013 at 5:55 PM ^
And you're a coaching staff apologist who can't take off your rose colored glasses for one second. Being snarkily critical of a poor team doesn't lessen someone's fandom.
November 23rd, 2013 at 6:44 PM ^
SalQ: Just wanted to remind you that you are the best Lions fan EVAR!!!
November 23rd, 2013 at 5:31 PM ^
Im already on the edge and you drop this shit on me? Come on dude. Thats not even funny.
November 23rd, 2013 at 5:33 PM ^
I can't believe Arizona is beating Oregon 28-9 right now.
November 23rd, 2013 at 5:44 PM ^
Sadly, you are correct
I am not sure what the Hoke apologists have to say, but there are no excuses.
Hoke needs to be fired
November 23rd, 2013 at 5:24 PM ^
November 23rd, 2013 at 5:35 PM ^
November 23rd, 2013 at 5:25 PM ^
But it's nice to know that Muschamp is available.
November 23rd, 2013 at 5:52 PM ^
Because he really got that Florida offense up and humming tout de suite.
November 23rd, 2013 at 6:21 PM ^
Maybe he can take over for GM after he retires?
November 23rd, 2013 at 7:51 PM ^
I like Muschamp. I'd be more than happy with him taking over for Mattison, but I doubt that would ever happen. It'll be interesting to see how his career plays out; I think he can be a big time head coach.
November 23rd, 2013 at 8:09 PM ^
November 23rd, 2013 at 8:28 PM ^
I feel like "Will in Philly" would make for a fantastic fish-out-water sitcom.
November 23rd, 2013 at 11:46 PM ^
I don't know if Matt Rhule's implosion this year gets him a second season but thinking that Pres. Theobald's focus (new hire former Indiana guy) on actual success in athletics (Temple basketball is usually great/football not so much) puts a ton of pressure on him.
I suspect Jeremy Foley releases Muschamp from his contract this year (though hard to say what that does to their recruiting/transfers as Florida becomes UM 2007). If Muschamp were to become available he'd want a head coaching gig and need to rehab somewhere (preferably major market and with a large university where he could immediately impact)...Temple is in the 3rd largest market and winning there would earn anyone a "lifetime achievement award" (looking at you Al Golden).
Will in Philly would be rather awesome to watch on about 50 levels...I'd have to seriously think about balancing my seasons at Michigan vs. TU tix (which can sometimes be a problem at present).
FWIW, he'd be a hell of a lot better post Florida fit than Addazio.
November 23rd, 2013 at 5:26 PM ^
Don't forget we have the horror part II next year. How hilarious would it be if we lost to them TWICE?
November 23rd, 2013 at 5:28 PM ^
Remember when we were laughing at MSU's offense at the beginning of the season?
If you're feeling like shit about the team, just continue to feel like shit. Nothing you do to rationalize it will make you feel better. Just take a break and try again some other time.
November 23rd, 2013 at 5:33 PM ^
November 23rd, 2013 at 5:50 PM ^
November 23rd, 2013 at 5:58 PM ^
+Whatever you want.
November 23rd, 2013 at 6:01 PM ^
November 23rd, 2013 at 6:42 PM ^
Well said.
November 23rd, 2013 at 8:13 PM ^
I'm glad the internet lets you search back so in two years when the offensive line is seniors, Shane Morris is killing it and Jabrill Peppers is dominating I can write a god damned revisionist diary.
November 24th, 2013 at 7:38 AM ^
Except I didnt root for them to lose. I wanted them to win very much and If you go back and reviewe my posts you'll see I predicted them to WIN because I actually thought Borges would call a good game. I'm sorry if I cant be blindly supportive of incompetence as you seem to be with zero accountability for absoulte failure cause that's what this has come to. This is worse, IMO, than 2008 cause this level of offensive suckitude is occuring in year three, not year one, of a regime change.
What blows my mind is that in 45 plus years of watching Michigan football I cannot remember seeing team regress as badly as this one has and yet you and others seem completely blind to what myself and most posters and almost all local and national media are seeing, that Borges is unable to complete the job he was hired to do. And you lash out at me for using the one and only option I have to send my message of disgust to Brandon as if sitting in the seats and cheering failure will someone initiate change.
We both love the same thing very much. I am watching someone destroy it and I'm trying to do something about it. You think blind, unconditional support (like a parent to a wayward child) is the proper avenue to take and will someone yield better results. I do not.
By the way - I DO apologize for saying "wouldnt be hilarious" if we lost to Ap State. That was more directed at Brandon and no, it would not be hilarios at all if it happened. I was there for the first one and remember clearly the national humiliation we took because of it. I do NOT want that repeated.
November 24th, 2013 at 2:16 PM ^
The defense has been excellent bailing out offensive failings left and right (UConn etc.) but Mattison is not a miracle worker.
Half the team.
November 23rd, 2013 at 8:47 PM ^
and you know it. Where is that /s ?
November 23rd, 2013 at 5:26 PM ^
It's hard to laugh when you remember the UConn and Akron games and think how close we are to their fate,
November 23rd, 2013 at 5:27 PM ^
November 23rd, 2013 at 5:44 PM ^
Usually it is. Don't let Borges trick you out of it.
November 23rd, 2013 at 6:21 PM ^
Usually? I don't know how old you are, but for most of my adult life Michigan has been a rather middling team... nothing more special than Michigan State in terms of accomplishments and wins. Sad to say but I think it's a fair assessment.
November 23rd, 2013 at 8:19 PM ^
And no, it was never like Sparty. Don't forget for all Spart's "success" over the last ten years no top tens, no Rose Bowls, no BCS.
That's the narrative for my adult life. If you don't think that kind of tradition and excellence can come back my Temple Owls always looking for new supporters.
November 23rd, 2013 at 5:28 PM ^
Well there's one way to get mentioned in TWIS
November 23rd, 2013 at 5:28 PM ^
is actually a really good program... Would beat a good % of FBS teams. They will succeed in FBS next year.
November 23rd, 2013 at 5:41 PM ^
They're really not that good. They were 6-4 this year.
November 24th, 2013 at 1:19 AM ^
November 23rd, 2013 at 5:39 PM ^
...hollow solace. That's all.
November 23rd, 2013 at 5:39 PM ^
Florida's having a down year but they won the NC in '06 and '08 and recently 2006-2012 they have gone 74-20. I'd take that.
November 23rd, 2013 at 5:57 PM ^
Florida is Florida. They'll make a coaching change instead of dicking around. They'll get an elite Urban Meyer type coach, because they are Florida, end they'll be right back in the fray.
I'm not crying for Florida. I'm crying for Michigan for our self-inflicted wounds.
November 23rd, 2013 at 5:41 PM ^
We could look at it this way, I suppose. Statistically, we are not Florida. The only area in which Florida seems to shine for some reason is fourth down conversions - they are successful 61.54% of the time, which is 25th in the nation. Sample size, quality of the defense lining up against them, and other qualifiers apply here.
November 23rd, 2013 at 5:42 PM ^
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November 23rd, 2013 at 8:20 PM ^
November 23rd, 2013 at 5:43 PM ^
We aren't Florida...When they lose to a subdivision team it is during a shit year with an injured starting QB, in a game nobody will remember 3 years from now. When we crap our pants, we make sure the whole world will remember it forever, losing in what is considered the greatest upset in colloege football history (at least in terms of perception), as the #5 team in the polls losing to a subdivision team.
Oh, and there's the whole, they have 2 national titles in recent years and can still recruit a talent rich state and will probably be a top 10 team in a year or 2 with a bunch of NFL talent and still play in the SEC....
So, yeah, we're not Florida.
November 23rd, 2013 at 5:44 PM ^
Only question left to ask is...
Would you rather be playing FSU or OSU?
I'd rather play OSU. Seem more beatable...though very very slim.
November 23rd, 2013 at 5:47 PM ^
Florida is 4-7
Michigan 7-4
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November 23rd, 2013 at 5:48 PM ^