Hype Train: SI picks UM for Playoff and puts Peppers on regional cover
http://www.si.com/college-football/2016/08/09/sports-illustrated-cover-michigan-clemson-ucla-houston
"Michigan, UCLA, Clemson and Houston each have their own cover, with SI’s experts projecting two of those programs to reach the College Football Playoff.
The Michigan cover, featuring Jabrill Peppers—who is profiled by Andy Staples in the magazine—will be sent to in Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Delaware, Connecticut, Maryland, Washington DC, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin, South Dakota, Nebraska and Eastern Missouri."
August 9th, 2016 at 11:28 AM ^
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August 9th, 2016 at 11:40 AM ^
I wish all you powder puffs would stop with the dumbass jinx shit. Oh I hope this doesn't jinx us. I wonder if the Alabama fans say the same thing? Doubt it.
August 9th, 2016 at 11:48 AM ^
And the last few times Michigan has been on the cover, dissapointment has ensued. I don't believe in curses either, but dismissing the existence of a trend isn't fair.
August 9th, 2016 at 12:46 PM ^
It may not be fair. but it's logical.
August 9th, 2016 at 12:03 PM ^
We shouldn't be on the cover of TV Guide until we beat OSU and MSU.
August 9th, 2016 at 12:01 PM ^
negative x negative= positive
that was after the fact. It's the before things that get people nervous. Like talking about a no hitter in the 7th or something. Not saying I agree or give a shit but...
It was before the Rose Bowl, where we met disaster after disaster over the years. I know I was nervous.
^^This is why I posted that SI Cover. Believing in jinxes and lucky uniforms is silliness. It's part of sports culture, sure, but to think that the cover of a magazine (or your underwear) has a bearing on the outcome of a game is... odd.
MGoBloggers are always 100% serious in everything they write.
You're taking an off the cuff remark about the widely known "SI cover jinx" a lot more seriously than the person who made the comment is actually taking the jinx.
August 10th, 2016 at 12:08 PM ^
Great mind-reading skills there, Professor X.
August 12th, 2016 at 3:32 PM ^
August 9th, 2016 at 11:29 AM ^
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August 9th, 2016 at 12:36 PM ^
August 9th, 2016 at 11:30 AM ^
August 9th, 2016 at 11:30 AM ^
One person's hype train is another person's "Sports Illustrated Curse"
August 9th, 2016 at 11:31 AM ^
August 9th, 2016 at 11:31 AM ^
One one hand, don't love the SI cover story curse & the over-hype risks. On the other hand, this can't hurt at all for recruiting, plus I figure almost every team that ends up getting into the playoffs have to play through the hype machine/expectations game anyway.
I suppose this falls under the category of "high class problems."
August 9th, 2016 at 11:36 AM ^
It doesn't matter if we get overhyped. Harbaugh will not allow it to get to the player's heads.
August 9th, 2016 at 11:32 AM ^
20 years old with a magazine cover. Cannot relate.
Should have been Jordan Lewis, but I understand why they picked him.
Am I the only one that doesn't get the Jordan hype?
Oh, wait . . .
August 9th, 2016 at 11:32 AM ^
What was the last time we had a cover boy? 2007 with Mike Hart?
August 9th, 2016 at 11:35 AM ^
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August 9th, 2016 at 11:44 AM ^
That cover worked well for Ronda Rousey.
and her body paint pictures worked well for the rest of us.
August 9th, 2016 at 11:35 AM ^
I picked Michigan too.
August 9th, 2016 at 11:36 AM ^
Not sure I understand how his likeness is cool on SI, but not on the cover of video games or even his number and I guess skin color and home state being inside a video game.
Sorry for unneccessary rant. I'm just having a moment as I look at my copy of NCAA '14.
August 9th, 2016 at 12:44 PM ^
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August 9th, 2016 at 11:45 AM ^
Didn't this:
lead to this:
[Edit]: Please neg away for bringing up (WITH PICTURES) the game that shall not be named.
August 9th, 2016 at 12:03 PM ^
I'm negging away because you brought up the mentality that just because Michigan was highly ranked in 2007 that we will lose to an App State equivalent again. The only reason that evens crosses peoples mind is because of how terrible we've been for the last decade (hence no other top 10 starts to really compare to)
August 9th, 2016 at 12:59 PM ^
I'm just sick of everyone in the "There are" threads going on and on about "Whooping Hawaii", "63-0, by halftime". I mean have some humility. The team gave OSU a first half (first 3/4?) scare last year. THEY ARE A D1 OPPONENT. They have an extra week of prep, will have played a first game, thus not have the jitters, mental mistakes/rust that most teams enter that weekend with.
I hope you guys are right! But I've been through the App States, the Akrons, and UConns. Seen OSU almost lose to Northern Illinois. Watched MSU get taken to the brink by WMU.
I also was just pointing out that SI curses suck. It has nothing to do with being highly rated and owning a large point spread heading into the game. Last two times we were on a college preview cover, Alabama spanked us and App State happened. Maybe we can tone down the crazy for a minute and respect that 1 out of 100 chance Hawaii could do the same thing.
I will grant you that 'any given Saturday'... But not really. App St was the most trap game a trap game could be, and none of us saw it until afterwards. Including the entire coaching staff! (That App St team would roll this Hawaii team without even breaking a sweat...) The rest you can chalk up to Rich Rod/Hoke... This coaching staff is not that, and there is zero chance Akron ever happens again while Harbaugh is on the sidelines.
I kinda want to agree with you, but I just can't. Hawaii is going to get rolled.
Appalachian State was the three-time defending FCS champion at the time and they won again in 2007. They were easily an FBS bowl team.
Hawaii has gone 10-40 since 2012 and we're kicking off against them at 3 am their time. Five days prior to our game, they'll play Cal in Australia. They will be small and slow and exhausted.
If it has ever been safe to assume that Michigan is the windshield and the opponent is the bug, it's this game.
I wouldn't be surprised if Michigan doesn't cover the spread (currently -41) because I could see Harbaugh subbing the starters out early and running power with walk-ons all second half, resulting in something like 38-7. That's what he did in the UNLV game last year. But I agree that there's very little chance of being in danger of losing this game.
That extra week of prep involves traveling to play a game in Australia. The only place I'd rather have them play a game a week ahead of us would probably be the moon.
Well aren't you just a ray of fucking sunshine!
August 9th, 2016 at 11:38 AM ^
Hey SI, while you're at it, Harbaugh for swimsuit calendar.
August 9th, 2016 at 12:00 PM ^
something wrong with you.
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nobody is allowed to think of our coach that way except for his wife.