The Weekend Roundup: The Aftermath Edition: 12/3/08

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So, there's a house for sale in Barton Hills then, right.

Herbstreit's fault says Terry Foster.

Here is the sad thing. Miles wanted Michigan. Michigan wanted Miles. But somehow an Ohio State man ruined it. I just don't understand how this could happen.

If Herbsteit did not report this story Athletic Director Bill Martin would be speaking to him today about coming to Michigan.


Impartiality from ESPN's analyst? I think not. Here he is trying to defend himself (from WDFN via MLive):

All I can tell you, at the end of the day," he said, "what happened was I really believe that he was going to be announced as Michigan's coach and LSU felt that they were tired of hearing about this, and the fact that it was on national TV, and their players were sitting around, and there's all this speculation. They needed to do something quickly, and they did."

Ya, thanks. You'll probably get a fresh set of gold pants for that one.

The rest of the internets on this BCS weekend:

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The Wrath of Carr

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​MLive has a play-by-play recap of the day's events, which includes this little gem:

A source close to the situation said what was always a close call was pushed the breaking point by the two-week interval between Carr's retirement and the SEC title game, and the combination of LSU's hefty contract offer and the ESPN report on game day made Miles opt to stay.

The source would not comment when asked if Carr's silence on Miles candidacy - widely interpreted as a sign of animosity between the two men and Carr's opposition to Miles succeeding him - was a factor in the decision.


CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

Eating It

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​Dumping gasoline on the fire...it's time for me to eat a little crow.

Back on 11/13, in the weekend roundup, I called out this post for being ridiculous, or in my words, "the definition of grasping at straws." Ohio State at the time had to A) Beat Michigan and B) Move up 6 places in the BCS...in 3 weekends of college football. Nuts right? Ya, Bucknuts.

A nod to the BBC for his ballzy prediction. My apologies.

GOD DAMMIT THIS SUCKS.

Worst Day Ever.

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As you can see, my Saturdays are now open to blogging.

Anyway, losing a coach that may be on his way to the National Championship game is one thing, losing to the coach you fired in basketball is another, and watching as not one, but both, of the teams that you were rooting for to win lost....thereby sending your arch enemy to New Orleans for back-to-back BCS Championship appearances.

Les Miles has all but signed on the dotted line, and the court of public opinion blames Michigan for the way things were handled. This, among other things, makes it look like Kirk Herbstreit, former QB of THE ENEMY somehow speaks on behalf of people in prominent places in our program. On Monday it will probably be announced that good ol' Kirk is on our selection committee. Maybe he can replace Mike Debord at OC.

All kidding and hatred aside...I would probably take him over Mike Debord.

Then, as everything became somewhat official, and you made your peace with the fact that the next coach would not be a Michigan Man...you thought you'd glance in on the Michigan-Harvard basketball score online...since it's televised on ESPNU, and of course there's no ESPNU in this college town. Only slightly phased by a 28-22 halftime deficit, you think it will all turn out all right. It doesn't. Michigan basketball's new era falls to it's old era. Amaker's Army, consisting only of non-scholarship, ivy-league "athletes," takes down the Wolverines.

Okay, okay...at least Ohio State's heart will be broken by an unstoppable West Virginia offense and an upstart Missouri program out for revenge for a previous loss. Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. No. And instead of one of them losing, they both lost. Laurinaitis gets to dine with Emeril. You get breakfast with Mickey Mouse.

The bathtub is full. The toaster is plugged in.