OT-Richt-How many ways did he blow this game?
I imagine the Georgia boards are melting down right now with Richt hate. He pulled a classic Lloyd snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Here are my favorite calls.
1. 3:30 left up 7 he decides to give up and run 3 in the line and give MSU the ball with 2:00 to go(an enternity in college) when 1 1st down wins you the game. Way to trust your stud qb. Bad
2. Ok so you have a pretty good defense and decide to be conservative. I don't like it but not indefensible. So what do you do to your defense that has dominated most of the game? Prevent. Of course you go prevent. I'm not a anti prevent guy but in this situation(plenty of time, worst case is tie) it was stupid.
3. Go to OT and set up your eratic kicker for a 43yd fg. Just brutal.
4. My favorite. 3rd and 10 vs an aggressive MSU defense you go under center and run a PA pass when you are on the edge of FG range. Shockingly he is sacked and MSU blocks the low kick. Play action on 3rd and 10 has to be my most hated call in football.
Richt I hate you and it has nothing to do with you blowing my under bet which had a 99% win probablity with 3 minutes to go in the 2nd qtr.
Do you have any other Richt beauties I missed
January 2nd, 2012 at 9:59 PM ^
Great win to send a number of Spartans out on a high note.
In terms of dumb calls, I also thought running into MSU's strength (the D-line) with a slow developing play on 4th & 1 inside the MSU 10 in the 1st qtr was also stupid.
January 2nd, 2012 at 7:03 PM ^
Not to subtract from the hatred, but when you calculate the o/u probability, does that take in the possibility of multiple OTs? Just wonderin'
January 2nd, 2012 at 7:03 PM ^
Mark richt gets his play calling from Carr
January 2nd, 2012 at 7:18 PM ^
January 2nd, 2012 at 7:38 PM ^
What kind of Spartan assmuncher celebrates a Sparty victory on a Michigan fansite? Even after your most important win in years you can't get us off your mind? Jesus... Little broseph forever. Enjoy our BCS victory tomorrow night.
January 2nd, 2012 at 8:07 PM ^
January 2nd, 2012 at 9:23 PM ^
January 2nd, 2012 at 8:29 PM ^
...unfortunately stands as evidence that celebration and trolling are not mutually exclusive.
January 2nd, 2012 at 8:40 PM ^
they get upset b/c Denard is a good football player, a great athlete, cool, and popular (with us and the media). Hence their made up nicknames.
they get upset with Hoke b/c he's a good coach, cool (he can actually smile comfortably), great recruiter, great leader (see his coaching staff) with great potential. Hence more nicknames.
they get upset with their current streak b/c they know they're so far away from ever tying up the series, much more taking the lead. Hence their arbitrary timeframes (a logic that contradicts their bragging of basketball).
This is why they will always be little brother, and still struggle to recruit well (of course, they'll use sparty logic to tell you recruiting rankings don't matter, until they sign Se'von Pittman--oh wait . . .)
January 2nd, 2012 at 9:04 PM ^
Little did they know, Hoke would change the nature of the rivalry. Never in a million years did I think that the Spartan Stores would change their name to Wolverine Stores.
January 2nd, 2012 at 10:48 PM ^
January 2nd, 2012 at 7:49 PM ^
Good troll job, Sparty! You even spelled a whole bunch of words right!
January 2nd, 2012 at 9:25 PM ^
January 2nd, 2012 at 7:28 PM ^
I detest Sparty as much as anyone here, but they certainly looked like the superior team in the second half. I'll give Sparty credit for playing a great half and a decent overtime. As much as it pains me to say it, they deserved to win.
But I still hope it all starts to crash down for them next season.
January 2nd, 2012 at 8:28 PM ^
I thought their defense looked pretty good, but they managed 10 points on two gifts from Murray. If he doesn't implode early in the second half, this one isn't even close. Cousins did not have a good game (27-50, 1 TD, 3 INTs) and they managed only 73 yards on the ground.
Then of course Richt handed them the game with his fetal playcalling after Cousins would-be soul crushing interception.
January 2nd, 2012 at 7:42 PM ^
go out on a bowl win is good for them. gives em confidence and will make the rivalry we have with them that much better. unlike FOSU, who should be like an italian in pergatory. St. Patricks day for eternity.
January 2nd, 2012 at 7:41 PM ^
I really hate when Michigan fans badmouth our HOF former coach. No class. I also hate when Michigan fans cannot find it in their hearts to support our B1G brothers. I hope you do not hurt yourself climbing down off that very tall horse.
January 2nd, 2012 at 8:07 PM ^
January 2nd, 2012 at 9:55 PM ^
^^^This.
January 2nd, 2012 at 10:04 PM ^
But then why not take Michigan to the MAC and win twelve games a year? Personally, I like having Michigan play in a prestigious conference, and one way conference prestige is measured is bowl game performance.
I love beating OSU as much as the next poster, but I'd rather that was a more exclusive experience that couldn't be replicated by a 6-6 SEC East team; not to mention that conference difficulty is a big part of the BCS computers. It would be a sad day if a 13-0 B1G team was left out of the BCS title game for SEC and BXII teams.
January 2nd, 2012 at 7:59 PM ^
January 2nd, 2012 at 8:14 PM ^
No matter how you feel about Carr, he was notorious for pissing away games by being too conservative. He coached like he always had the 1997 defense and a can't-miss kicker, even when he had neither.
January 2nd, 2012 at 9:13 PM ^
January 2nd, 2012 at 9:57 PM ^
Henne could barely throw the ball 10 yards in that game. To question how injured he was in stupid. And Hart was always hurt like it or not, and also didn't even look like himself in the OSU game, not to mention 2 solid RB behind him that had very good games that year in Brown and Minor. Carr didn't just throw in the towel by sitting them against Wisc., he was giving his team the best chance they had at winning games. Throwing in the towel would have been putting two injured players out on the field to get even more hurt.
January 2nd, 2012 at 11:19 PM ^
The 1996 team managed two road victories over end-of-season Top 5 teams Colorado (20-12) and Ohio State (13-9).
Turnovers in the four losses cost the Wolverines a special season.
From most frustrating/gift-worthy to somewhat gift-worthy
Five turnovers in 9-3 loss to lowly Purdue
The winning drive was set up when linebacker Chris Koeppen sacked Scott Dreisbach and recovered his fumble at the Michigan 33.
(snip)
Michigan missed a golden opportunity for points late in the first half (at the Purdue goal line). Short-yardage fullback William Carr, who is normally a nose tackle, fumbled after a handoff as Purdue clinged to its small lead at the intermission. Koeppen again recovered the fumble.
Griese throws blind pick six jump pass near 'Bama 10 for 10 point gift
Gene Stallings went out a winner in his final game at Alabama as linebacker Dwayne Rudd returned an inteception 88 yards for the go-ahead score to give the 16th-ranked Crimson Tide a 17-14 victory over 15th-ranked Michigan
(snip)
...Lloyd Carr said. "We needed three points there and when they blitzed we expected them to blitz. Brian pumped a couple of times and then made a bad throw."
Blocked punt returned for TD and five turnovers doom Mich vs PSU
Freshman David Macklin blocked a punt and Ahmad Collins returned it two yards for the go-ahead touchdown with 3:45 left in the third quarter as number 11 Penn State rallied for a 29-17 Big Ten victory at 16th-ranked Michigan.
(snip)
Michigan turned the ball over five times in the second half, including free safety Kim Herring's interception of a Scott Dreisbach pass late in the fourth quarter. On the next play, Curtis Enis broke loose for a 38-yard scoring run that salted the game away.
4th qtr fumble deep in Mich territory keeps NW comeback alive
<PosterComment>OK, in this one, there were plenty of opportunities for the D not to give up 17 4th quarter points</PosterComment>
Northwestern (4-1, 2-0) scored all its points in the final 13 minutes of the game
(snip)
Northwestern pulled within 16-6 on a three-yard run by Levelle Woods on an inside handoff. Schnur found Bates in the back of the end zone for the two-point conversion.
Michigan fumbled on its first play from scrimmage, giving the Wildcats back the ball on the Michigan 21. Three rushes by Darnell Autry moved the ball to the Wolverines' 6-yard line, but the drive stalled on two incomplete passes by Schnur. Gowins kicked a 21-yard field goal to pull the Wildcats within 16-11 at the 10:46 mark.
Had Michigan taken care of the ball in 1996, we would have won at least 10 games. I think that year colored Lloyd's glasses for the remainder of his career, whether the the risk/reward ratio was the same as that of the defensively stalwart 1996 team.
January 2nd, 2012 at 8:28 PM ^
for some things and praise for others. As for who else gets praise, you're the only one talking about him. He's a part of Michigan's history and recruited much of team 132. So, again--why are you thinking about him or why are you so butthurt about him?
January 2nd, 2012 at 9:11 PM ^
January 2nd, 2012 at 9:25 PM ^
in regards to recruiting players on the team.
January 2nd, 2012 at 9:27 PM ^
January 2nd, 2012 at 9:55 PM ^
If Georgia had lost by giving up a million points because they're defense was awful, then maybe RR would be a better comparison.
But Georgia had the game in the bag and lost because they played far too conservatively. Regrettably, that does sound like a Lloyd Carr type loss.
January 2nd, 2012 at 11:23 PM ^
goddamned moran.
January 2nd, 2012 at 8:02 PM ^
And Richt and Bobo shat the bed. way to call the same dumbass plays you have called all season that everyone and their mothers have seen tape of. They deserved to lose. Too many knees, too much up the middle bullshit, not enough passion, no determination. Blargity.
January 3rd, 2012 at 10:41 AM ^
Yeah, Richt. You should have called plays you never ran all season so that your players, who never practiced them, could execute them perfectly.
Or better yet, just draw stuff up on the turf and tell your boys to run it. "You go here, you go here, you run here, turn around, then go there. You guys block these guys. On 6." No team can have tape on plays you've just invented.
And who runs the up the middle play in that situation? We all know there is only one running play that is designed to go up the middle, so you should have picked the other running play, the one designed to go outside. Or even the other, third, and final play in football, the pass.
I may have just overdosed on sarcasm, but you deserve it.
January 2nd, 2012 at 8:57 PM ^
At Michigan, an Outback Bowl win is like a ho-hum thing. In East Lansing it's time to troll Michigan boards and brag about winning a 3rd place big ten bowl game.
January 2nd, 2012 at 9:08 PM ^
January 2nd, 2012 at 9:06 PM ^
January 3rd, 2012 at 12:56 AM ^
Coaches call the plays. Only so much you can do on 3rd & 7 running an obvious HB Dive into Jerel Worthy.
January 3rd, 2012 at 10:47 AM ^
How can you compare Carr and Richt if neither of them has ever done anything to win of lose any games?
Also, by using the term 'competitive sports', you seem to be comparing individual games (golf) with team games (football), non-contact sports (baseball) with contact sports (football), free-flowing games (soccer) with intermittent-action games (football). Those are all stupid comparisons.
And it's obvious that players win games, but they must be taught how to play (practice), they must be coordinated in their efforts (scheme), and they should be put into the best situation to showcase their game-winning ability (play calling). Everything in parentheses is done by coaches. And a lot of it is hugely important.
January 2nd, 2012 at 9:22 PM ^
It's good that Sparty won. Improves the reputation of the B1G.
Lord knows a win was needed against the SEC today, with everyone else in the B1G losing.
January 2nd, 2012 at 9:23 PM ^
I don't see what the big freak-out is. I watched part of the game, but I had barely any vested interest so and when the Rose Bowl came on I changed the channel and watched that. I get that MSU is our rival and we hate them and they've beaten us for a while, but they won a bowl game against an SEC team which looks great for the BIG seeing how we as a conference have done pathetic recently. Give credit where credit is due and don't act all bitter, cause quite frankly it isn't worth your time. Michigan plays tomorrow, that's what I care about.
January 2nd, 2012 at 9:37 PM ^
hate to be repitive but seriously i dont give a shit about the outback bowl, we have the sugar bowl tomorrow cant we make some threads on that.
January 2nd, 2012 at 10:01 PM ^
Richt completely screwed this game late in the 4th quarter and in OT.
Beyond what you mentioned, I can't believe the playcalling on the last series where one more first down would have sealed the deal. MSU had been dominating (to say the least) the line of scrimmage with something like 17 TFLs, and yet GA called three straight running plays (which of course, resulted in 4 total yards). While this got the clock down to about 2 minutes with no TOs, that's plenty of time for any offense, particularly MSU that has some playmakers, to throw the ball down the field.
I don't understand coaches who turtle up when the game is on the line. If Georgia's QB throws an incomplete on 2nd and/or 3rd down, MSU gets to keep a TO - so what? It's rare that with 2 minutes left a team is going to run out of time - either they will score (which MSU did w/ easily enough time left) or they will get stopped on downs, which makes whether they had 1 or 0 timeouts meaningless when you kneel on it 2 or 3 times. At least by throwing it, GA would have given themselves another chance or two to win the game, instead of completely relying on your D.
It's good the Big 10 won one game, but man, what an ugly slate of games this afternoon. As a football fan, I don't know why anyone would watch the Big 10 unless your from that set of schools.
January 2nd, 2012 at 10:29 PM ^
Richt will be gone soon
January 3rd, 2012 at 12:02 AM ^
He coached a lot like coach Carr in this game. Taking a knee with time on the clock before the half and the ot. Running the ball when it was apparent that only the pass was working. Pretty much trying to milk the clock from the first possession of the second half. Very hard to watch. State is the luckiest team I've ever seen too. Unreal the calls they continue to get. That strange pass interference / drop call was just plain weird. Oh well, sun even shines on a dogs ass sometimes.
January 3rd, 2012 at 1:38 AM ^
I agree that Richt made some questionable decisions, but I would hate to see him get fired. He's the only decent human being amongst the SEC coaches. He's also the opposite of Dantonio in that regard. MSU was the only B1G team I was rooting against.
January 3rd, 2012 at 2:33 AM ^
January 3rd, 2012 at 5:53 AM ^
I think "blowing the game" is pretty harsh phrasing - it was more a systemic collapse based on a series of counterintuitive decisions.
In all reality, I think it has a little more to do wit the fact that MSU played a much more aggressive game in the 2nd half. It seems to me that, as the 2nd half wore on, Georgia decided to go to a more formulaic and less aggressive style on both sides of the ball and let MSU back in that game (the climax for me was the knee in the 1st OT). Of course, MSU eventually won, and I fear that Richt might pay the price for it - I would hate to see him go out like that honestly, for he coached what was an otherwise great season for them (well, there was also the SEC Championship Game, but they are 10-4 on the season, which isn't too shabby for the SEC, especially the weaker division).
January 3rd, 2012 at 8:07 AM ^
on his back,in the shower,etc...
January 3rd, 2012 at 10:20 AM ^
in that fourth quarter, everyone giving a visible extra, very dogged effort. Kill me, but I admired that.