How Bad?
That's the question football fans are forced to ponder, early in the season, when there isn't much data on how good or bad certain teams are. So, when the Michigan Wolverines fall to Appalachian State (Div. I-AA!) and then Oregon (Ducks!) in consecutive weeks, both losses at home, it leads the inquiring football fan to ask, "How bad are the Wolverines?"
The same goes for Notre Dame, to a great extent. After getting embarrassed by GT, Penn State pretty much thumped them Saturday. "How bad are the Irish?" My guess is that the Wolverines win the upcoming "How Bad" Bowl, because the Irish have a much bigger question mark at QB (not that Michigan doesn't, after last week).
Btw, you have to feel for the frosh Notre Dame quarterback, who went something like 46-0 in high school before meeting defeat in Beaver Stadium. Joe Pa and Penn State gave him a useful lesson this week--how it feels to lose. Kind of a Max Cady moment, if you will.
When the Detroit Lions score 36 points, on the road (West Coast!), on natural turf, and beat the Raiders . . . the inquiring football fan has to ask, "How bad are the Raiders?" Seriously. And with respect to the Browns, I'm actually afraid to look at the box score.
posted by Number Three @ 6:13 AM
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Yeah, Michigan really sucks. Hey, did you see that Radar Magazine did an America's Worst Colleges issue and Michigan State won (beating out Chico State, Liberty U., etc.)? Good year for your state.
The big news around here is the Titans grinding out 282 yards on the ground at Jax, where the Jags hadn't allowed a 100 yard rusher all last year and had one of the top rush defenses in the league. Chris Brown, who signed a cheapy, last minute deal to return to the Titans after a bust year in 2006 had 175 of those yards. Vince Young was only so so, but the game was reassuring b/c it looked like Young would be the Titans' only offensive weapon this year. We still have some big question marks at receiver, however.
I saw that Troit won but I wasn't impressed. It seems to me that they've won one game before. I mean, haven't they?
As for the Wolfpups - oh it is so sweet. They truly are hated by everyone everywhere in Big Ten country outside a small enclave in Michigan. Even their non-traditional rival schools have students sporting t-shirts declaring Ann Arbor is a Whore.
It's hard to pick between ND and UM (it's just nice when they both lose), but I do think Michigan will win. First, someone has to. Second, they've got better players. Third, it's at home. Fourth, someone has to.
CL--You're right. Given the "new" overtime rules (they still seem new to me, een if they are . . . 10 years old?), either Michigan or Notre Dame has to win the "How Bad" Bowl. One reason to dislike the new overtime rules--how sweet would it be to have both Michigan and Notre Dame at 0-2-1?
I find this much worse: Bad Pats
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