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gelinas
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Fall is here, can Football be far behind?
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Sep 27 19:34 UTC 2003 |
Fall and Football, Football and Fall. Can't have one without the other.
So who are you are watching, and how are they doing?
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gelinas
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response 1 of 78:
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Sep 27 19:36 UTC 2003 |
I watched a fair part of the Indiana-Michigan game. Michigan's offense was
_really_ bad: seventeen points, only seven in the second half, and none before
both the special teams and defense had racked up touchdowns. They have got
to get better if they want to go to Pasedena.
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jep
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response 2 of 78:
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Sep 27 22:06 UTC 2003 |
Michigan State did just fine today, beating 9th or 13th ranked Iowa,
20-10. The Spartans weren't supposed to be very good this year, but
are 4-1. Their lone loss was a pathetic loss to Louisiana Tech by a
point. I don't know if my team will compete for a Big Ten
championship this year but they're doing fine so far.
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krj
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response 3 of 78:
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Sep 28 00:44 UTC 2003 |
MSU is only two seconds short of an undefeated season. :/
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jep
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response 4 of 78:
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Sep 28 02:30 UTC 2003 |
Yep. I heard very little about that game because I was on vacation
then. I heard they almost held but lost it at the end. You can't get
it back, unfortunately.
However, by beating Iowa, the Spartans doubtless earned their way into
the top 25. Good for them. No one expected they'd ever crack the top
25.
Next week they play Indiana, the weakest team in the Big Ten.
(Michigan and Michigan State swap opponents; Michigan plays Iowa.)
MSU will probably struggle. But if they win, their next opponent is
weak team Illinois. If they win that one, too, they're bowl eligible,
which was probably their team goal for this year.
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furs
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response 5 of 78:
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Sep 29 12:15 UTC 2003 |
(link to sports?)
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jep
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response 6 of 78:
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Sep 29 14:44 UTC 2003 |
(Good idea.)
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jep
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response 7 of 78:
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Sep 29 14:46 UTC 2003 |
This is item #37 in the Fall 2003 agora, and 125 in sports.
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albaugh
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response 8 of 78:
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Sep 29 18:08 UTC 2003 |
We shall see if U-M can get it back in gear - they'll need to on the road in
Iowa City. Then the following week in Minnesota. BTW, that game has been
moved up to Friday night, since the Twins are in the AL playoffs, and might
need the dome to host a baseball game Saturday.
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furs
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response 9 of 78:
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Oct 4 02:51 UTC 2003 |
That's going to be quite an interesting UofM/Iowa game.
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gelinas
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response 10 of 78:
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Oct 4 03:54 UTC 2003 |
I hoping so. I'm also hoping to watch it. On television, as usual.
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albaugh
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response 11 of 78:
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Oct 6 18:03 UTC 2003 |
I tuned in on radio just before the end of the first half, and "saw"
Michigan's lead shrink from 20-10 to 20-17 after a long punt runback.
I tuned in with about 7 minutes left in the game, hearing that UM was
now down 30-20, meaning that they had not scored at all in the second half.
They got a long TD pass to pull within 30-27, and the defense held and forced
an Iowa punt. The offense stalled around midfield, and that was the ball
game. You can blame it on me, I guess... ;-)
I don't want to be a John Navarre basher, but the memories that I am going
to have of him are failing to deliver in the clutch when the opportunity was
there, especially Notre Dame & Ohio State last year, Oregon & Iowa this year.
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gelinas
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response 12 of 78:
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Oct 6 18:36 UTC 2003 |
I failed to be impressed by John Navarre at the beginning. He's gotten
more mobile over the years, but yeah; he doesn't deliver in the clutch.
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jep
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response 13 of 78:
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Oct 7 13:47 UTC 2003 |
John Navarre is the 2nd rated QB in the Big Ten right now. To hear
people bashing him, I'd have thought he was 8th.
Navarre is not the problem with Michigan, in my opinion. I think
Braelin "Brick Hands" Edwards is more of a problem. Saturday, the
punting game was much more of a problem.
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albaugh
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response 14 of 78:
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Oct 7 17:01 UTC 2003 |
You can certainly spread around the blame for why Michigan gets behind. They
don't seem to handle that well, only seem to thrive when playing with the
lead. But all that doesn't matter when you get the ball back late in the game
with a chance to pull it out. I would like to see UM / Navarre actually do
that for once.
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albaugh
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response 15 of 78:
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Oct 7 17:01 UTC 2003 |
(since this sports conf. doesn't get a lot of traffic, you may want to request
that this item be linked to the new fall agora...)
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gelinas
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response 16 of 78:
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Oct 7 17:51 UTC 2003 |
(I started it in agora, Kevin. ;)
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albaugh
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response 17 of 78:
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Oct 7 21:46 UTC 2003 |
(see what "forget" gets you? ;-)
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gelinas
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response 18 of 78:
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Oct 19 06:34 UTC 2003 |
So Michigan just missed scoring a point a minute against Illinois today.
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albaugh
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response 19 of 78:
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Oct 20 17:34 UTC 2003 |
Those were the days...
Michigan "catches a break" by having Purdue *at* Michigan next Saturday.
Actually, in general, things have gone Michigan's way re: the Big 10 race,
pretty much. If they just win their games, their destiny is in their own
hands...
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senna
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response 20 of 78:
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Oct 22 20:52 UTC 2003 |
Mostly. Wow, a football item still on grex. This might actually get
interesting next week, with all the Michigan State folks floating around (some
of whom actually care about football)...
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gelinas
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response 21 of 78:
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Oct 26 00:35 UTC 2003 |
Michigan looked good today, beating Purdue. I think this takes Purdue out
of the race for the national championship.
I watched the end of the Tennessee-Alabama game. *Really* close: five
overtime periods. I saw a touchdown, two field goals, and another touchdown,
with a two-point conversion. Alabama's last chance at a touchdown fell
incomplete.
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jep
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response 22 of 78:
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Oct 26 00:45 UTC 2003 |
Michigan looked *awesome* beating Purdue. Remember, Purdue was ranked
#8 in the country in the BCS ranking. Michigan beat them 31-3,
completely dominating the game in every way.
Next week is the Michigan-Michigan State game. They're both going to
be ranked between #10 and #15 most likely. They play at noon, at
Spartan Stadium. As a Spartan fan, I had started to settle into the
idea that Michigan State ought to win the game, but if Michigan plays
like they did today, no team in the country could beat them.
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jep
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response 23 of 78:
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Oct 26 00:49 UTC 2003 |
On the other hand... Michigan had one other game where they played
that well. They played that well against Notre Dame. They then lost
two straight games, to Oregon and Iowa.
Still, today's game was *amazing*. I expected Michigan to win, but I
didn't expect them to win like that.
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gelinas
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response 24 of 78:
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Oct 26 00:49 UTC 2003 |
Isn't MSU the only undefeated team in the Big Ten? That should change next
weekend. ;)
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