jmblue

October 16th, 2018 at 7:08 PM ^

They've lost TEN games in a row?  Whoa.

To put that into perspective, Michigan's longest losing streak in the last 50 years was five, in 2008. 

jmblue

October 16th, 2018 at 8:41 PM ^

I just spent a productive 15 minutes on Wikipedia looking up old Michigan football seasons.  It turns out we also had a five-game losing streak in 1967, a six-game losing streak in 1958-59, and a couple of seven-game streaks in the 1930s.  That was as bad as it's gotten for a 139-year-old program.

Nebraska has surpassed our worst-ever streak by three games.

M-Dog

October 16th, 2018 at 7:31 PM ^

When reached for comment, Delany confirms the league is planning to pay top dollar for two of the trophies.  "We'll send the 1994 trophy to Penn State and 1997 to Michigan," the Big Ten commissioner said.  He added, "How's that for restoring the order?" before cackling like a movie villain, throwing a smoke bomb, and disappearing from the press conference.

 

Cruzcontrol75

October 16th, 2018 at 10:47 PM ^

Best part:

Moos did have some good news, though.  "I asked Jim Delany if the Big Ten could help," Moos said.  "And I think the league is going to buy the trophies."

When reached for comment, Delany confirms the league is planning to pay top dollar for two of the trophies.  "We'll send the 1994 trophy to Penn State and 1997 to Michigan," the Big Ten commissioner said.  He added, "How's that for restoring the order?" before cackling like a movie villain, throwing a smoke bomb, and disappearing from the press conference.

edit: damnit, just scrolled up and saw that MDog beat me to it. :o

 

Maximinus Thrax

October 16th, 2018 at 11:49 PM ^

Man my favorite thing lately is how sports media constantly defer to Scott Frost.  

"It's going to be a long, hard, painful road for Nebraska under Scott Frost, filled with humiliation, losses and roster and staff attrition for the foreseeable future.  But you know he's going to turn it around soon."

 

jmblue

October 17th, 2018 at 6:46 AM ^

Yeah, people seem to overlook that he's only a third-year coach.  He doesn't have a long history of success to fall back on.  He has one season.  

He will get more time than Riley did, and I expect him to make them a regular bowl team again, but whether he can get past the Pelini level (9-4 every year), or even match that, is anyone's guess.

GoBlueBill

October 17th, 2018 at 10:53 AM ^

Love this :

Unfortunately for Nebraska, one marshal ran to the right, prompting all eleven defenders to follow him.  While the entire defense was doing that arm-crossing throw-the-bones thing in celebration of catching the decoy marshal, the ten other agents took the trophies without being touched.