Camp was meant to be read as the Athletic Directors and former players. For the record I am [censored]ed off hearing Gene Smith's comments after the fact that he was for this thing from "jump street" if that's true that's pretty bad. However the Michigan camp has been all over this since it first came out, from interviews that Dave Brandon has done, to the UM vs OSU player debate on college football live. The thing that most befuddles me is that you have an actual former Michigan player as your AD right now. If we had a former Ohio State player as AD right now I'd be even more angry. I'm sure you're aware Gene is a Notre Dame guy and I hate to say it but as an Ohio State AD he isn't showing me that he gets "it" I would think the nike pro combat uniforms were a gimmick we had no use for no matter when we wore them but I for one could stomach it much better for any other game. One of the absolute coolest things about the Ohio State Michigan game is watching those helmets hit each other. Maybe the two most iconic helmets in college football wings vs buckeye leaves.
Again I never said the fans wanted it this way and I never meant it to be read that way, sorry you did. I don't know who those Ohio State fans are but they can [censored] off too. I don't want Michigan down forever. That's not me saying that I ever want to lose to a good Michigan team, but like i said in another post if any Michigan fan didn't enjoy beating us during the Cooper years that's not our fault. We were good, you beat us, you should have reveled in that not spouted off how Michigan State was your real rival. I'm not saying you specifically did that but I listened to it so many times it might as well have permeated your entire fan base.
What the hell are you talking about? When did I diss their fan bases? I feel bad for them, I think they got screwed. So you're telling me that in a year when Purdue or Iowa sucked and they played each other and there was another good game on you watched it because it is such a great Big Ten rivalry?
Here are some quotes from Iowa fans:
Not sure what the Big 10 was thinking on this one? It should have been Wisky.
I thought it would of been Minny, but honestly I didn't realize that Iowa and Purdue was a rivalry
IMO, just another reason to HATE nebraska............they stole what SHOULD HAVE BEEN our protected rival.
I believe Iowa/Purdue were likely the proverbial "last kids picked on the playground" when it came to selecting the protected rivals.
Is Purdue, still in the Big Ten ???
The ones that are in favor of the game aren't even because they like the rivalry aspect, they just think it will be easy:
I am think it's great that it's Purdue. It makes our schedule much more manageable.
In case you haven't noticed ,but not having PSU as a protected game is in our favor. It makes Nebraska's schedule tougher ever other year.
Iowa playing Purdue & Indiana while Nebraska plays Ohio State & Wisconsin is an enormous advantage.
This is the best thing that could have happened to Iowa. We get Nebraska in our division,and a great game at the end of the year. Nebraska gets PSU every year which makes there chances of winning the dvision less then ours.
So:
A. That's weak from Iowa fans but...
B. You want to try that one again?