Michigan Releases Stake Statement
WE CLAIM THIS FIELD IN THE NAME OF COMMITMENT AND HARD-TO-SEE OBJECTS
This is a real thing.
October 26, 2014
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Below is a statement from University of Michigan head football coach Brady Hoke:
“I want to publicly apologize to Coach Dantonio as well as the players and supporters of Michigan State for our act of poor sportsmanship displayed pre-game yesterday. I spoke with Mark earlier today and expressed to him that we meant no disrespect to his team. During our regular Friday night team meeting, one of the topics presented to motivate our team was a history lesson addressing commitment and teamwork in a tough environment. A tent stake was presented to the team as a symbol of this concept. The stake was brought into our locker room as a visual reminder, and one of our team leaders chose to take it out on the field. As the leader of our football program, I take full responsibility for the actions of our team. We believe in displaying a high level of respect at the University of Michigan and unfortunately that was not reflected by this action prior to kickoff.”
We're very sorry a thing meant to be driven into a field was driven into your field.
October 26th, 2014 at 2:12 PM ^
What's next, Dantonio takes Hoke's lunch money?
October 26th, 2014 at 2:17 PM ^
October 26th, 2014 at 3:28 PM ^
Mike Weber.
October 26th, 2014 at 3:35 PM ^
Yes, in a sense they did take Hoke's lunch money- what the team failed to realize was that Hoke said "Please bring me a STEAK, I will be at midfield"
October 26th, 2014 at 5:30 PM ^
Is "The Stake" going to be remembered the same way as RichRod's Josh Groban moment?
October 27th, 2014 at 10:05 AM ^
For artistic content.
October 26th, 2014 at 5:51 PM ^
October 26th, 2014 at 9:56 PM ^
October 26th, 2014 at 10:22 PM ^
When he punched a rival kicker?
October 27th, 2014 at 10:27 AM ^
October 26th, 2014 at 2:13 PM ^
Sadly...that was the most aggressive this team was the entire day in EL.
October 26th, 2014 at 2:13 PM ^
Fucking moron...
October 27th, 2014 at 1:02 PM ^
Umm..well..Mark, Mark you know we talked..but for everybody else..
I would like to sincerely state, "I am so sorry my team came in your house and displayed an act of agression before the game. We don't coach that crap."
'Just when you thought there was no more humiliation to endure...
October 26th, 2014 at 2:13 PM ^
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October 26th, 2014 at 2:43 PM ^
No. He still sounds like a douche.
October 26th, 2014 at 2:44 PM ^
maybe; or he could be trying to send a message to bolden about leadership. or both.
October 26th, 2014 at 3:00 PM ^
should be that he and the offense didn't live up to their end of the game. Michigan wins and The Don looks like an idiot whining about the stake. Michigan lost, The Don is righteously indignant and Michigan looks like a bowl full of quivering jelly.
October 26th, 2014 at 3:43 PM ^
I may be an idiot, but judging from what Jamie Morris said on the radio this morning, it sounds as though more than a few alumni players from Michigan teams that actually beat Michigan State without having to resort to sophomoric histrionics have the same view of this as I do.
And if we'd won I'd still think it was histrionic bullshit more suited to Michigan State.
October 26th, 2014 at 3:53 PM ^
"Can't think of a bigger lose/lose decision than driving a stake into Sparty field. This was planned & people thought this was a good idea?"
Of course, what does Bennie know about football? All he did was play on teams that beat OSU and MSU two times each.
October 26th, 2014 at 4:26 PM ^
I personally don't give a sh** what the former players think. I hold many of them responsible for this mess. I don't know why you do.
It's not something that I like. If I were the coach, I'd make Bolden run steps until he pukes---not because of the stake, but because of the stake and that they lost.
October 26th, 2014 at 5:19 PM ^
"It's not what you did, it's that you did it and we lost."
October 27th, 2014 at 12:56 AM ^
October 27th, 2014 at 1:19 AM ^
October 26th, 2014 at 2:14 PM ^
Why let them do the darn stake in the first place and second why say sorry? I mean they had the last word when they ran the ball down our throats to end it and Brady just makes us look like little babies now. Sorry Big bad Spart for making you mad....
October 26th, 2014 at 4:18 PM ^
...Coach Hoke looks like he has abdicated his responsibility for winning football games in favor of just issuing apologies. The stake incident is embarrassing, but once your players have done it, would this not have been a better opportunity for him to come out and say "Damn right we put a stake in the field, and shame on us for not backing it up"?
October 26th, 2014 at 4:44 PM ^
Finally someone who calls out both Hoke and Dantonio! Dantonio is just a big cry baby and one of the dirtiest coaches around. You take the 'little stake' incident and turn it into a lesson of pure unsportsmanlike conduct at the end of the game. If my opinion of him could get lower, it would. Hoke on the other hand is now seen as a weak, doddling, fool...which would be accurate.
October 26th, 2014 at 2:15 PM ^
Now if only Dantonio would apologize for his lack of sportsmanship at the end of the game. That TD was totally unnecessary/uncalled for.
October 26th, 2014 at 2:17 PM ^
He didn't pass the ball, ran it for three straight possessions and Michigan couldn't stop them.
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October 26th, 2014 at 4:18 PM ^
Carr was our "nice guy" and too many rally around that term as if it means anything in football. Get the hell over it already. Dantonio means business. He's out to win national championships. He doesn't need to hug us after a blow out and our fans should be tough enough to take it. That was an emphatic FU-K YOU!! to UM and a HELL YES to the playoff selection. I personally hated when Carr would take a knee in the red zone just to "be nice." Screw that. You play to win. Every play is a chance to showcase your talent. 28 points ain't all that many for a #8 against a bottom-of-the-barrel unranked. He did the right thing.
October 26th, 2014 at 2:19 PM ^
Gotta make sure all the MSU money got paid off.
October 26th, 2014 at 2:19 PM ^
October 26th, 2014 at 2:51 PM ^
I disagree whole-heartedly. Dantonio is looking for a playoff spot and a 35-11 win over Michigan looks better than a 28-11 one.
He wasn't passing, just running the ball.
Maybe our defense should've stepped up and stopped them.
October 26th, 2014 at 3:57 PM ^
Watching it live, I thought 'Well, Michigan is down by 17 points exactly so technically they covered the spread- smart to make sure and cover." Then I thought "They need every point they can get if they want to be in the playoff." Then I thought "It's Michigan, they have it coming." And that settled it, even before I heard about Spike-gate.
"I think I was aware that something happened, but I'm not fully aware." WTF dude?
October 27th, 2014 at 3:11 AM ^
your internal dialogue has instantly made me dumber and fearful of clouds
October 27th, 2014 at 8:42 AM ^
and somewhat coherant.
A for effort! Good job! Gold star.
October 26th, 2014 at 4:48 PM ^
October 26th, 2014 at 9:09 PM ^
I think it was risky to leave his starters in, but we had it coming because of what we did before the game.
October 27th, 2014 at 8:34 AM ^
October 27th, 2014 at 9:04 AM ^
He ran his offense, we could not stop it.
He made more of a point running it sown our throats than a pass. He basically pulled it out, slammed it on the table, and said yeah we are men.
October 26th, 2014 at 2:16 PM ^
Monkey Rodeo?
Monkey Rodeo.
October 26th, 2014 at 2:31 PM ^
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October 26th, 2014 at 2:40 PM ^
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October 26th, 2014 at 3:03 PM ^
Clownshow.
October 26th, 2014 at 3:30 PM ^
No monkeys please
October 26th, 2014 at 4:13 PM ^
It is clownshows all the way down.
October 26th, 2014 at 2:16 PM ^
October 26th, 2014 at 2:20 PM ^
All we had to do was stop the run. Seven times. And we didn't.
If this pissed them off and the way they took it out on us was to run the ball, we got what we deserved.
October 26th, 2014 at 3:00 PM ^
Their manners have actually improved tremendously. Three years ago they tried to take it out on us by removing Denard's head after a tackle.
I can live with a few off-tackle runs.
October 26th, 2014 at 3:57 PM ^
...thing about this program is that it has trained us to believe that the best chance we have at stopping another team's offense is to hope that they stop trying to score.
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