Official: Michigan vs Kansas State in the BWW Bowl
December 8th, 2013 at 9:00 PM ^
December 8th, 2013 at 9:00 PM ^
copper bowl.
December 8th, 2013 at 9:02 PM ^
December 8th, 2013 at 9:21 PM ^
The "easy win" crowd has not watched UM football this year. The only easy wins we had were in September.
KState lost to ND State (LOL) but lost to Texas by 10, Ok State by 4, Baylor by 10, and Oklahoma by 10. Throw out the ND State game (aka throw away the UM game vs Akron) and those are pretty decent losses.
If UM played Baylor would we lose by 10? OK state by 4? Depends which UM shows up - if it was the ND or OSU Michigan yes. If it was the Nebraska, Iowa, NW UM not even close.
This looks like a pick em game or KSU favored by 1-2. Due to brand name the money will come in to michigan I am sure whatever the line is but this is no easy win.
December 8th, 2013 at 9:49 PM ^
how many games did we lose by double digits?
December 8th, 2013 at 10:17 PM ^
Seconded. We thought Akron would be an easy win, UConn too. This will be a challenging game.
December 8th, 2013 at 9:03 PM ^
December 8th, 2013 at 9:03 PM ^
Your very preliminary "Where does Kansas St. stand in FBS play?" preview courtesy of TeamRankings:
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KSST Offense
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Value (rank) | KSST Defense | Value (rank) |
| Points/Game | 34.5 (#25) | Opp Points/Game | 23.6 (#33) |
| Yards/Game | 408.6 (#62) | Opp Yards/Game | 366.8 (#28) |
| Points/Play | 0.519 (#11) | Opp Points/Play | 0.318 (#32) |
| Yards/Play | 6.1 (#25) | Opp Yards/Play | 4.9 (#24) |
| 3D Conversion % | 49.65% (#12) | Opp 3D Conv % | 39.18% (#58) |
| 4D Conversion % | 60.00% (#28) | Opp 4D Conv % | 45.45% (#47) |
| RZ Scoring % | 86.05% (#40) | Opp RZ Scoring % | 91.89% (#117) |
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KSST Offense
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Value (rank) | KSST Defense | Value (rank) |
| Rush Play % | 62.16% (#12) | Opp Rush Play % | 49.33% (#22) |
| Yards/Rush | 4.7 (#40) | Opp Yards/Rush | 3.8 (#32) |
| Rushes/Game | 41.4 (#41) | Opp Rushes/Game | 36.6 (#36) |
| Rush Yards/Game | 193.2 (#33) | Opp Rush Yards/Game | 139.0 (#29) |
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KSST Offense
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Value (rank) | KSST Defense | Value (rank) |
| Pass Play % | 37.84% (#114) | Opp Pass Play % | 50.67% (#104) |
| Completion % | 60.31% (#49) | Opp Completion % | 59.44% (#66) |
| Yards/Pass | 9.2 (#5) | Opp Yards/Pass | 6.4 (#22) |
| Passes/Game | 23.4 (#116) | Opp Passes/Game | 35.6 (#99) |
| Pass Yards/Game | 215.5 (#80) | Opp Pass Yards/Game | 227.8 (#52) |
| Int Thrown % | 4.28% (#114) | Opp Int Thrown % | 3.83% (#24) |
| QB Sacked % | 7.22% (#90) | Sack % | 5.31% (#73) |
December 9th, 2013 at 5:11 PM ^
Sounds like it could be a shoot out- or Borges vs. Borges (who will win?)
December 8th, 2013 at 9:03 PM ^
December 8th, 2013 at 9:04 PM ^
December 8th, 2013 at 9:04 PM ^
December 8th, 2013 at 9:05 PM ^
This better serve as motivation for the players and staff next season. Laughable with the expectations they had and have every year.
December 8th, 2013 at 9:08 PM ^
this is fucking pathetic
December 8th, 2013 at 9:25 PM ^
I mean I guess
if you're 4 and don't remember what being 3-9 and losing to Toledo felt like maybe
December 8th, 2013 at 11:53 PM ^
That was pathetic as well.
December 8th, 2013 at 9:08 PM ^
in this game at all..Was planning on Going to Gator Bowl if we went but have No interest in this game what so ever...seems like a fitting end to a disastorous season...Team 134 will go down as one of the bigger disappointments ...I really feel like we have regressed for 2 years in a row and am no longer optomistic about Brady Hoke...
December 8th, 2013 at 9:39 PM ^
Also, "whatsoever" is one word.
December 8th, 2013 at 10:22 PM ^
So gettng selected in a different bowl game would have changed this opinion? I get that you aren't a fan of the bowl game Michigan got put in, but this is still the 7-5 team we saw all year. Whatever bowl game we arbitrarily get put into shouldn't change how you view the season. Also, you may have wanted the Gator bowl, but Michigan being what it is usually gets selected over other comparable win-loss teams and hence why we got selected ahead of Nebraska. It may have given us a less than 'sexy' match-up for this bowl pick, but this type of bowl slotting is also what helped Michigan secure the Sugar bowl bid a few years ago. Take the good with the bad.
December 8th, 2013 at 9:09 PM ^
December 8th, 2013 at 9:10 PM ^
December 8th, 2013 at 9:11 PM ^
December 8th, 2013 at 9:11 PM ^
December 8th, 2013 at 9:14 PM ^
You work on Saturday nights?
December 8th, 2013 at 9:58 PM ^
Based on his avatar I would guess he is in healthcare and they don't have weekends like us reuglar folk do
December 8th, 2013 at 9:11 PM ^
Two other games stand out to me.
8-4 Notre Dame going from the Championship game to playing 6-6 Rutgers in New York in the winter. Suck on that Domers.
Oregon vs Texas - have fun Gerg
December 8th, 2013 at 9:38 PM ^
Texas is so fucked.
December 8th, 2013 at 9:11 PM ^
December 8th, 2013 at 9:12 PM ^
/obligatory csb
December 8th, 2013 at 9:13 PM ^
Shows you that this bowl game can be a launching pad to better things. Now, if we can only leave Al and Darrell out in the desert was a loooooooooooon walk after the game.
December 8th, 2013 at 9:16 PM ^
and time to think about putting his players in the best position to win and not single handedly losing 2 games for his team.
December 8th, 2013 at 9:28 PM ^
December 8th, 2013 at 9:41 PM ^
Horrible argument...how do you pull one year out of all the years we've been in bowls.
Why not pull whatever bowl we were in after the 96-97 season? That springboarded us to a national championship.
Very selective data.
2008? It was Lloyd Carr's last game and we got a new coach with a completely new system and lost our entire team from the year before.
Next year we return 90% of our team, have a solid recruiting class and the same coach will return. How in ANY way does that compare to 2008?
December 8th, 2013 at 9:15 PM ^
December 8th, 2013 at 11:15 PM ^
lol josh freeman
December 8th, 2013 at 9:19 PM ^
I wanted the SEC.
December 8th, 2013 at 9:20 PM ^
If it's UGA, that's just going to be the icing...
December 8th, 2013 at 9:21 PM ^
Georgia vs. Nebraska II
December 8th, 2013 at 9:21 PM ^
it's the least the athletic department can do. . .
December 8th, 2013 at 9:22 PM ^
Does this mean Brandon can have his meeting with Hoke on the 29th?
December 9th, 2013 at 10:02 AM ^
Go root for someone else.
December 8th, 2013 at 9:22 PM ^
December 8th, 2013 at 9:23 PM ^
Well, MSU played in the 2012 Outback bowl, 2012 BWW Bowl, and are now going to the 2014 Rose Bowl. We played in the 2013 Outback bowl, now playing in the 2013 BWW bowl, and so clearly we should book our tickets to Pasadena next year.
December 8th, 2013 at 9:24 PM ^
This bowl slate figures to have some enormous blowouts: Alabama v. Oklahoma, UCF v. Baylor, Iowa v. LSU, Duke v. A&M, and Oregon v. Texas.
December 8th, 2013 at 9:25 PM ^
December 8th, 2013 at 9:34 PM ^
It's the last Michigan football game for nine months. Also the last game for seniors like Lewan, Gallon, Dileo, Thomas and Cam Gordon, and others. I think you can make the sacrifice.
December 8th, 2013 at 10:03 PM ^
December 9th, 2013 at 12:55 AM ^