Jesus, they were hitting hard out there.. Very, very excited win. Wasn't pretty, that's for sure.. but it's huge.

Good run while it lasted.

I'm feeling physically ill.

Mah na Mah na ( do do, da do do)

I knew you'd have something to say, being a Northwestern fan.. but, congrats. Any one of those three pass interference/defensive holding calls would've been nice..but, whatever. We've lived a charmed season up until this point and can't hardly complain about not getting a break.

Not much you can do. Lost our top two RBs, lost one of our best OL, lost a starting CB and a starting safety. Now we lost our QB.

Good run, but it's over now. Still control our own destiny as far as the Rose Bowl, though. Never really felt like this after a sporting event.. pretty awful.

Alumnus. I'm a Nebraska fan, I'm an NU alumnus, and any win they have is just gravy. I don't think Northwestern really has fans, just alumni. Everyone in chicago roots for Norte Dame, Michigan or Wisconsin. It's really odd how much of Iowa's number NU's had over the past few years. With Kafka hurt, I didn't think NU had much chance of winning this game at all.

I'm pretty sure the last time Purdue beat OSU and UM in the same season (and maybe the only time ever?) was the 2000 Rose Bowl year.

So, we got that goin' for us, which is nice.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHHA oh Michigan. You have to beat OSU just to make a bowl. Pzowned.

Yeah it's pretty sad.

On the other hand, this situation would make a win next week one of the greatest michigan victories ever.

Michigans spread offense vs OSU's stout D, and OSU's inept offense against Michigan's joke of a defense. There is potential for a good game.

Gross part is Michigan is one or two plays away from winning 3 of the last 5 games, sooo sad.

Don't worry, I didn't forget about our prop bet.

Your awfully slow about it, considering you were supposed to have the stuff for me right after the game. I had yours prepared, sort of.

You're.

And if me not having it immediately after the game(though I must have missed that contigency) nullifies our bet, then whatever.

You said it was supposed to start the night after the Mich/OSU game, but to be fair I haven't been around much so I'm good on waiting on you too finish it up. I got a kick out of the signature but the clown pic doesn't appear to want to work because of how big it is, better send a new one.

Brandon Graham and Daryll Clark split the Silver football award.. what?

Brandon Graham wasn't even the best defensive player in the Big Ten. Clark, sure..okay, whatever..but Graham? Really?

Weird year in the Big Ten.

pretty sure every NFL scout disagrees with you. Graham is going to be a high first round pick.

Not sure what his draft status has to do with him being the best player in the league.

The LB from MSU, the DE Schofield from Wisconsin, Odrick and Bowman from PSU were all better players, IMO.

And Bryan Bulaga, the OT from Iowa, is projected higher than Graham, so if that's your measuring stick, then Bulaga should've won the Silver Football. .

Usually the better of a player you are the higher you get drafted.

Michigan's defense was pretty shitty all year, when it got stops its because BG would make 3 huge plays in a row. He singlehandedly kept them in some games when the rest of the defense was giving up huge plays. He pulled a goal line stand vs OSU where he by himself stuffed the run for loss twice then chased down Pryor and sacked him for three straight plays that were losses. There isn't another defensive player in the big ten that could have done that.

Draft status has zero to do with college accomplishments..ask Eric Crouch or Josh Heupel.

Anyway..

So, we're rewarding him because the rest of his team is junk? Also, Navorro Bowman, Greg Jones, Sean Lee and Pat Angerer are all as productive or more productive.

And that's just talking about linebackers. He's a great player, no doubt.. but he's not the best player in the Big Ten.

And if he's better than the LB from MSU, why isn't he on anyone's All American list when Jones is? Angerer even made a few 2nd teams.

I think Denver's D was good in spite of Robinson. Everywhere he's gone since he's left worse than when he got there. The Chiefs Defense under Robinson was dreadful. They did not force a single punt in a playoff game in 2003 at home!



Yes, I am bitter. GL to Michigan though.

Nice win for the Badgers and the Big Ten.

It was a good win over a team that probably starts out top ten next year. The Miami market is blasting the Hurricanes for that game though, they are being pretty brutal.

Miami won't even win the pathetic ACC next year, book it..........

Orlando should lose the citrus bowl for allowing teh field to get in this kind of shape. Its almost too dangerous for the players to run on imo. Any speed advantage a player has is gone too

Did the Big-10 just go 4-0 in it's top bowl games? I guess so...



Wins over LSU, Oregon, GT and Miami all ranked in the top 15. 2-0 in BCS bowls...

quality wins over LSU and Oregon.......the other two are in the ACC though so....ya know


but yeah, good bowl year for the Big 10 fwiw

Roll ****ing Tide!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Did Alabama just win the SEC's fourth national title in a row!??! I THINK SO!

SUCK IT SUCK IT SUCK IT SUCK IT SEE YOU NEXT YEAR GOOD LUCK WITH MICHIGAN WINNING FIVE GAMES NEXT YEAR.

I feel sorry for you.

you talk a lot of crap for a guy who roots for one of all time/classic underachieving programs.

HAI GUYS! What's going on in here?

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Iowa and Ohio State in BCS Bowls this year. Indiana will surprise, IMO.. 7-9 wins. Michigan will still be garbage. Bring on Nebraska.

Holler.

be careful what you wish for.

OSU and no one else. Iowa isn't going to live up to expectations, they "ran good" last year scraping out a lot of really close wins. They eat the other side of variance this year.

So, last year wasnt making up for '08 when they lost 4 games by 12 points? Ahhh, who am I kidding? They did run good. They bring so much back, though..and all the tough games are at home.. and just, ahhh.. I mean, 10+ wins would be awesome, but.. man.. anyway..

So.. Denard or Tate?

No idea.

I hear the team is behind Denard because he put in more time in the off season. He was soooo inaccurate with his passing last year that scares me. I wouldn't be surprised if they split time.

Yeah, last year I was scared every time he passed. But if he actually has improved... would be great.

ESPN's 20 teams with the best shot at getting to the title game

Interesting list, which should make DDiDM happy....

1. Iowa
2. Oregon
3. OSU
4. Alabama
5. Oklahoma

Great game this weekend. I feel like we finally got to see what Rodriguez has wanted the team to look like.

I just hope it wasn't a fluke.

I think it's just as much a poor showing by UConn as it was a good showing by Michigan. That holds true on both sides of the ball, but especially when the Wolverines were on defense. Despite only scoring the 10 points, I think UConn moved the ball pretty effectively. UConn's passing game was incredibly erratic, but I couldn't help but think it had little to do with Michigan's pass rush/secondary. Even on defense, UConn just looked horrible. In part, I'm sure that was good scheming and Robinson being all fast and shifty as fuck, but it really looked like UConn's front 7 was just getting manhandled, and I really doubt that will be the case next week against Notre Dame.

But I'm a noted pessimist, and the early line on the Michgan at ND tilt -- it opened at 4.5, currently sits at 4.0, and looks, given the way it's priced, like it's more likely to fall to 3.5 than jump back to 4.5 -- is encouraging. Apparently, sharps think Michigan is pretty close in terms of talent to Notre Dame (homefield in college is generally worth 3 or 3.5 points, meaning on a neutral site, the game would be set at Notre Dame-1.5 or so), which is very good news. I think if the line had been set in the preseason, it would have been Notre Dame -7.5, give or take a half-point. At this point, the books have Michigan winning this game over 1/3 of the time, which I would have taken in a heartbeat as Michigan fan on August 1st.

Go Blue.

Yeah, our defense really scares me. I am assuming the gameplan is to just run the score up enough on offense to overcome the free scoring the other team will be granted.

Michgan/Notre Dame down to ND-3.5 across the board. I'd be shocked if it dipped to 3.0, but 3.5 is still pretty good news. Based on the moneylines floating around, it looks like Michigan can be expected to win this game a shade less than 38% of the time. I still like ND-3.5 and would take them at anything better than -180 on the ML, but this is still great news for Michigan fans.

Let's just hope it's not Notre Dame backlash moving the line.

Hey, I'm feeling like taking ND and the points too. I see almost 89% of the public on Michigan right now. But it scares me that you say the sharps are on Michigan as well. Do you think it makes more sense to take -3.5 right now for ND, or does it make more sense to wait to see if gets brought down to 3.0? Or do you think there's a better chance it goes up to -4.0?

Not sure. I think it's unlikely it gets as low as 3.0, but the difference between 3.0 and 3.5 is muuuuch bigger than the difference between 3.5 and 4.0, so buy at your own risk. My gut says 3.5 will be a good number come post time, but I'd at least wait until Friday night or Saturday morning before I move. ESPN Scouts Inc just posted something about Michigan covering the number, and I'd bet we see more of that before kickoff.

I just checked, and it looks like it's back up to 4.0 most places. Pinny's got it at UM+3.5 -104 ND-3.5-106. It looks to me like the line is going to settle around 3.75, so if you can get 3.5, you're probably safe taking it. If it gets as low as 3.0, most of the sharps who bought at 4.5 or higher are going to buy back, so there's little chance the equilibrium is going to set anywhere below 3.5

UConn...not exactly known as a football powerhouse. Is it any wonder Michigan beat them? They don't even seem to be ranked and the Big East isn't exactly the Big Ten or the PAC Ten...(except for WV)

The Buckeyes are going to creampie the rest of the division, including the Hawkeyes.

So there.

Um, no.

On all accounts.

Some dude on the Michigan team didn't even have to tie his shoes to beat the Huskies.

The only ranked team in the Big East is WV

UCONN may have only lost their 5 games last year by a combined 15 points, but how much does that mean in that conference?

Anyway, just busting nuts as this thread includes trash talking, but your reply is kind of sad. If UCONN wins the conference, I'll be pretty surprised.

You need to bash on Iowa to make this post towards him work they way you want it too.

Like tell him that Spievey sucks!

Gotcha


Amari? Isn't that a girl's name? And dosen't he play for the Lions, a girl team? And, hey, he was third in tackles for Iowa as a soph, which is pretty good, but that also means the Hawkeyes sucked tailpipe and had a leaky front line.

:-D