When was our last upset?
November 22nd, 2016 at 11:28 AM ^
Self medicate with alcohol. It makes everything better.
November 22nd, 2016 at 11:50 AM ^
drink all day unless you start in the morning.
November 22nd, 2016 at 11:58 AM ^
Self medicate with alcohol and medication. It makes everything better and then way worse.
November 22nd, 2016 at 3:58 PM ^
Alcohol: The cause, and solution, to all of life's problems!
November 22nd, 2016 at 12:19 PM ^
I'm sure your life is going swimmingly.
November 22nd, 2016 at 12:23 PM ^
November 22nd, 2016 at 11:37 AM ^
Just hope for the best and prepare for the worst. That is the best way to handle shit like this. I have had butterflies in my stomach since Sunday. Happened last year this time, but those were promptly removed in the second quarter of the 2015 game as soon as I realized how that was going to end. I hope I can finish watching this year's version of the game. So many recent times I stopped because I knew we were going to lose. It sucks, but I cannot stand to watch OSU beat my football team.
November 22nd, 2016 at 11:56 AM ^
I just can't imagine Michigan winning with O'Korn at QB. I'm thinking of going to a movie if/when it's confirmed that Speight is out.
November 22nd, 2016 at 12:06 PM ^
So you'll never come back.
Not watching The Game, Bo haz disappoint.
November 22nd, 2016 at 1:58 PM ^
November 22nd, 2016 at 3:05 PM ^
I'm certain he will play much better this week than last. Lots of kinks and rust to knock off and he sure seemed like he had much to knock off. A full week of practice coupled with the PT he got last game and I think he will be a much better QB. His 2nd half was better than his first half which means he is on the uptick. Feel better now?
November 22nd, 2016 at 2:35 PM ^
Prepare for the worst, hope for the best.
But like you said, i just want to watch the full game...going down to the last mintue to decide the winner, or whatever. Last year i think i stopped very early.
But of course would love a 17 pt win as well and proceed to just get happy wasted drunk.
November 22nd, 2016 at 12:55 PM ^
Feel exactly the same way.
November 22nd, 2016 at 1:15 PM ^
I was at Best Buy on my lunch break checking out the early deals and spotted a guy rolling around in all M gear so I stopped to talk to him about The Game. His buddy is on the training staff, and he said Speight is playing.
Since this was a guy who I've never met obviously I know this isn't threadworthy, so take it here for what it's worth.
November 22nd, 2016 at 11:24 AM ^
November 22nd, 2016 at 11:43 AM ^
says that ND was a 3 point favorite.
November 22nd, 2016 at 11:25 AM ^
Michigan was a 3 point underdog in Evanston in 2013. Won 27-19.
Before that? 1 point underdog to Illinois in 2011. Won 31-14.
Then the previous 3 Notre Dame games in 2011, 2010 & 2009. 3 point underdogs in each.
November 22nd, 2016 at 11:26 AM ^
against Virginia Tech?
November 22nd, 2016 at 11:44 AM ^
Just barely actually. I think the ending line right before the game was something in the 1.5 to 2 point range in favor of Michigan - someone can correct me on that though. Actually, when betting open on this one, I don't remember it wildly favoring either team actually.
Oh well, they get to see if they can perhaps get their own back in 2020, right? I think that's when the home-and-home with Virginia Tech starts anyway.
November 22nd, 2016 at 12:05 PM ^
Best I can find had us favored by 1.5.
November 22nd, 2016 at 11:26 AM ^
November 22nd, 2016 at 11:43 AM ^
+1 Insightful.
November 22nd, 2016 at 11:26 AM ^
11/16/2013 - Northwestern -2.5 - This was the game where the field goal team made it onto the field in a few seconds at the end of regulation
11/12/2011 - Illinois -1 - Hoke's first year, the week after we lost to Iowa.
9/10/2011 - Notre Dame -3.5 - Under the Lights 1
9/11/2010 - Notre Dame -3.5 - Denard had 258 yards rushing
9/12/2009 - Notre Dame -3 - Forcier TD pass with 20 seconds left
November 22nd, 2016 at 11:43 AM ^
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November 22nd, 2016 at 11:35 AM ^
It astounds how difficult the internet is for some people.
November 22nd, 2016 at 12:05 PM ^
This is kind of a difficult question to google. Is there an online database of the line from every Michigan game over the last 10 years that I don't know about?
November 22nd, 2016 at 12:45 PM ^
November 22nd, 2016 at 11:38 AM ^
Was UM favored when Hoke got his lone victory against MSU?
November 22nd, 2016 at 11:45 AM ^
Yes. We were favored by much more than 2 points as well. So MSU actually won against the spread in that game.
I don't think we've won against the spread against MSU since 2006, but I could be wrong.
November 22nd, 2016 at 11:47 AM ^
November 22nd, 2016 at 11:46 AM ^
The last major upset we had against Ohio State was 1996.
The year before in Ann Arbor, they did not take us seriously enough and Timmy B ran all over their asses, and a rookie named Woodson shut them down.
In 1996, they took us too seriously. They were like 17 point favorites but they played us very tight. When Springs slipped and Streets hit the end zone you knew it was over. They absolutely cracked under the pressure and we won a game we had no business winning.
Then in 1997, we rubbed it in even further by having the tables turned - we were the undefeated favorite this time - and stepping up in the same situation they couldn't.
November 22nd, 2016 at 11:43 AM ^
I think that we were slight underdogs in all three Notre Dame games between 2009 and 2011.
November 22nd, 2016 at 11:56 AM ^
Isn't it the Buckeyes turn for once in this god damned and foresaken series?
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November 22nd, 2016 at 12:04 PM ^
Michigan football is rarely a huge underdog to anyone unless we're talking about the Rich Rod years. Wisconsin 2008 is the biggest underdog win for Michigan that I can remember. I don't know what the point spread was on that game but it must have been at least 8 to 10 points.
November 22nd, 2016 at 10:57 PM ^
Wisconsin was only favored by 5 according to oddsshark.
I was thinking that was a lot less than it should have been, but I'd forgotten how bad Wisconsin turned out to be that year. That was the beginning of a 4-game losing streak, Cal Poly took them to OT and their best win per Massey was over #68 lllinois.
November 22nd, 2016 at 12:06 PM ^
The last time Michigan won a game in which it was this much of a dog or larger was the 2008 Capital One Bowl vs. Florida (+10.5).
I.E. Allowing that U-M just isn't an underdog very often, even when we weren't very good at football, no significant "upset" wins under Messrs. Rodriguez and Hoke.
(HT: Drew Hallett)
November 22nd, 2016 at 12:56 PM ^
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November 22nd, 2016 at 12:11 PM ^
November 22nd, 2016 at 12:12 PM ^
That actually feels quite close since OSU gets 3 simply for being at home and we are either playing our 2nd string QB in his 2nd game since early 2014 or our banged up starter.
November 22nd, 2016 at 12:44 PM ^
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November 22nd, 2016 at 12:13 PM ^
Had to be one of those ridiculous ND wins.
November 22nd, 2016 at 12:18 PM ^
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November 22nd, 2016 at 12:43 PM ^
November 22nd, 2016 at 12:22 PM ^
Not sure that I buy the argument that Michigan is an underdog in this game. Nope, not one bit.
November 22nd, 2016 at 12:36 PM ^
I think this game is winnable, but unless we get above average quarterback play, I think we're an underdog. With a healthy Speight at the Big House, I think we're 14 point favorites, but with a quarterback question at the Shoe, it's winnable but tough.