In the next day, I’ll post my latest edition of “Buckeye Hotspots”, and I’ll look back at my disastrous week of picks (my worst single week ever). Plus, there’s a little article heading that will discuss how I feel that Saturday’s win may have been the most disappointing win I have seen Ohio State churn out in 20 years.
But first, let’s pick on Michigan!!!!
In case you missed it (and if you did, shame on you), Ohio State is no longer the only team in Ohio that owns Michigan. Toledo defeated the Wolverines 13-10 on Saturday afternoon. At the Big House. Yes, that Toledo…the same team that lost to Florida International by 19 points.
So let’s laugh!
This afternoon, a very sternly-worded letter was sent to Toledo’s University President on behalf of the student body from Appalachian State. They want their notoriety back.
On November 22nd, Michigan will travel to Ohio State to play in their annual rivalry game. On the way home from what is expected to be another Buckeye win, the Michigan team bus has to drive back north to Ann Arbor….through Toledo, Ohio. That’s gonna sting. I think we should all chip in a few bucks and pay the bus driver to take a detour through campus and past the Rockets’ stadium.
Michigan starting QB (this week) Steven Threet threw two TD passes. One of them was even to his own team! He had 55 yards passing to Michigan players, and 100 yards passing to Toledo players.
Just a mere two months ago, Michigan blogs were wetting themselves over kicker K.C. Lopata’s 56-yard FG. No word from them now, as he missed a 23-yarder at the end of the Toledo game. But, hey…he made a 56-yarder! In practice. We talkin’ about practice. Not a game. Practice. We talkin’ about practice.
The game upset Brian at MGoBlog so much, that he threw things and actually struck an old man, just because he was sitting near another guy who dared to boo. Mind you, he wasn’t throwing things at the players who lost the game…he threw things at a guy who didn’t like watching a MAC team beat Michigan. Using 4-syllable words doesn’t make assault legal, Brian.
Toledo WR Nick Moore had 20 catches for 162 yards. In ONE GAME. That’s 5 more catches and 42 more yards than the ENTIRE Michigan team had on the day. Didn’t anybody tell Moore that Michigan has Morgan Trent in their defensive secondary, and that he runs a 3.28 40-yard-dash?
Oh, yeah….Morgan Trent. I nearly forgot!
I won’t even get into the entire “Mike Barwis is God” arguments that were being pushed during pre-season. OK, yes I will. Mike Barwis turned out to be Ron English all over again…all talk, no proof. We in Buckeye-land heard nothing but how it was all doom-and-gloom for us because English was going to single handedly crush Ohio State. That turned out well. We heard the same thing about Barwis. Again, the proof is in the pudding-thighs.
The long knives are out amongst the Michigan faithful (and the semi-faithful) and the blogs are lit up with pure anger and frustration. They’re actually promoting their punter for offensive MVP. No, I’m not kidding.
Bowl games are highly unlikely for this team, and let’s remind everyone that this was the team that would be unbeatable because of Rich Rodriquez. He was geeeeeenius, and he was going to make Ohio State quiver with fear. Note to Michigan fans – you can’t win with the spread offense when you don’t have a spread-offense QB. He’s wearing scarlet and gray, remember?
And now Michigan fans have to travel to Happy Valley, one of the toughest places to play a game. And they have to face the most confident Penn State team I have seen in 15 years….and they have themselves a Lions crew looking for buckets full of blood to quench their resentment for having dropped 9 in a row to Michigan. This will not be pretty.
Well, it will be for me.
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