The Rematch/No Rematch Thread

[osugrad21]

LA Times

Blitz package

? Yeah, but what did he know?

A former coach was asked five days before Ohio State played Michigan whether he thought the loser of the game deserved a rematch in the national title.

"I don't think of it as a possibility at all," the coach said. "They are not going to do that. Of course it's not fair. Once you beat a team it's over. If you're a loser, of course you want to play those guys again. But I would not be in favor of that under any circumstances."

The former coach was Bo Schembechler, who died at 77, the day before the game.

Schembechler didn't get a chance to cast his final vote in the Master Coaches poll, conducted by former college coaches, but would be happy to know Michigan finished second in that survey.

"A rematch would be totally unfair to Ohio State," Master voter and former West Virginia coach Don Nehlen said. "If Michigan won the rematch, which of the two games would determine which team was the best? That being said, I still believe Michigan is a better football team than Florida."

 

[osugrad21]

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No way that Wolverines deserved to play for title

January 3, 2007
The drama was taken out of this Rose Bowl long before it was even played. So when yet another beautiful California day turned to dusk on Monday, only one thing was really settled in the Granddaddy of them all.
The computers were right after all. Michigan didn't belong in a national championship game.

 

[osugrad21]

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Another sad ending for Wolverines
Larry Lage
Associated Press

ANN ARBOR ? Michigan restored pride in its football program by winning 11 games and competing for a shot at the national championship after having its worst season in two decades.
The Wolverines, however, also were left wondering what went wrong ? again ? at the end of the season.

 

[ScarletBlood31]

Is it just me, or was it nice seeing Michigan get shut up on monday by USC? I know it makes tOSU look better to see a team they beat do well, but the fact of never having to hear Michigan fans whine about how they should have been in the title game makes it worthwhile.

 

[Saw31]

Is it just me, or was it nice seeing Michigan get shut up on monday by USC? I know it makes tOSU look better to see a team they beat do well, but the fact of never having to hear Michigan fans whine about how they should have been in the title game makes it worthwhile.

I just don't understand this...It is supposed to be fun listening to TSUN fans whine. Come on now, if they would've won the Rose Bowl, we get a lifetime's worth of listening to them embarrass themselves. We missed out on something good here people...I'm extremely disappointed TSUN...well...acted like TSUN in the Rose Bowl.

 

[Big Papa]

Is it just me or is it almost impossible to bring yourself to root for scUM in any game? I know the purists would tell you that you root for Big Ten teams, but no matter how hard I tried, I just can't do it. Pete Carroll should be sending JT a thank you note for showing them how to beat them. Besides, if scUM would have won, we wouldn't have been able to get the classy Mike Hart post game comments!

 

[Dryden]

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Another sad ending for Wolverines
Larry Lage
Associated Press

ANN ARBOR ? Michigan restored pride in its football program by winning 11 games and competing for a shot at the national championship after having its worst season in two decades.
The Wolverines, however, also were left wondering what went wrong ? again ? at the end of the season.

From that article ...

"People are going to say what they want," Hart said. "They're going to say we can't beat the best teams. But that's not true at all."

Jesus H Weis, Hart ... Shut. The Fuck. Up!

 

[BuckPride]

I never took Mike Hart to be a "I'm a soldier" type guy, but recently the guy can't shut his big yapper!!!

The Winslow of the Big 10 Conference!