Way Back When-sday Pic of the Week
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October 20, 2007: The Winnebago setup in Champaign, Illinois before Michigan's 27-17 victory over the Fighting Illini.
Weekend Roundup, Homecoming Edition: 10/9/2012
/Purdue was about an hour further away than I remember. And the time zone doesn't change there anymore. Maybe it never did, I don't know. Also, the away fans were not in the bleachers, at least I wasn't. Plus, Michigan kicked Purdue's ass. Denard didn't throw an interception. Maybe it was all a dream?
Here's what happened around the internets while the coaches decided to make the Big Ten into the Big East:
- Nearly two weeks old, but certainly a good read, John U. Bacon talks of the Irish taking a dump on the rivalry and selling out. My opinion? They sold out long ago. Don't let the door hit you in the ass.
- Michigan lives and dies by the turnover, not just game to game, but season to season. What you saw on Saturday was the exact same game you saw at Notre Dame, only without an egregious amount of turnovers. At Purdue...the Michigan Daily states...the turnovers went our way.
- Touch the Banner gives out the Purdue awards. It's become obvious, not just on TTB, but in many other outlets, that the shine has worn off of Fitz. Looks heavy, lost a step, etc, etc. Also, Rawls had some nice mop up time. There's about to be a shift in playing time.
- A Romney ad in Ohio via the M-Zone. I don't really like to get into politics on this blog....wait, just kidding. I'm voting for Romney. The vast majority of the members of UMTailgate are voting for Romney. And you should vote for Romney. Go Blue!
- Boiled Sports cleans up the mess at Ross-Ade.
- UMHoops helps introduce the freshman class for basketball.
- "Why should we have to go to class if we came here to play FOOTBALL, we ain't come to play SCHOOL classes are POINTLESS," said Cardale Jones of Ohio.
- MGoBlog Recap channels the 70's.
- And a recap of recaps and other recaps at Maize and Brew.
Staff Predictions for Purdue
/Hey, a bye week is a bye week. Bite me.
Tuba says:
Back to the drawing board coming off the bye. I can't imagine 1. going 2-3 to start the season, 2. losing to Purdue more than once every 10 years and C. the offense not getting their shit together.
Plus, if Romney can struggle to get his own party's nomination and then obliterate the incumbent, Michigan can surely turn things around despite what appears to be a bleak outlook.
Michigan 31 Purdue 21
The Webmaster Says:
We don't lose Big Ten openers coming off a bye week (just a guess...not sure if we have even ever opened the Big Ten season coming off a bye). But we also never play well in Ross-Ade. However, we should be able to get some kind of offensive rhythm going against a defense that is susceptible to a halfway decent offense, which is what we have when we're not being stupid. Purdue will find a way to keep it close for a while, but barring any hook-and-laterals and assuming Denard will not be given the option to throw five passes let alone five interceptions...I think this is where we announce our intention to compete in this shitty league.
Michigan 38 - Purdue 16
What's Up This Weekend? Cripple Fights!
/What a great week for a bye week! Because I really want to sit and marinate on that loss from last week. It deserves a proper breakdown. 5 passes, 5 interceptions....and we're done.
Well, the rest of the Big Ten is in action this weekend, and 10 have in-conference games...so after getting beat up by the MAC for three weeks, they've reached the easy part of their season:
- Minnesota at Iowa (noon, ESPN...the ocho?) The Gophers are looking to make it 3 straight against the Hawkeyes and remain undefeated. The Hawkeyes are coming off of loss to Central. Ferentz is on the hot seat. Must see TV.
- Indiana at Northwestern (noon, ESPN) Indiana looks to take on that bend-don't-break Northwestern defense. Northwestern tries to keep pace with Minnesota as the toast of the conference.
- Penn State at Illinois (noon, ESPN) All of these games are on ESPN? How will the nation watch them all? Penn State is looking better. Illinois is looking like they hired the wrong coach. This is a home-at-home for Illinois, who travelled to Penn State just a couple of months ago....not to play, but to poach their players. Fun.
- An elusive 3:15PM kickoff for Marshall at Purdue on the BTN. Just in case you wanted to miss the 4th quarter of all the noon games, you can switch over to this one. Once Marshall sees the abomination that is Ross-Ade Stadium, they'll wish McConaughey wouldn't have convinced them to continue the program.
- Ohio at Michigan Agricultural College (3:30PM, ABC) Gather the family in the living room to watch what is sure to be a classic Big Ten matchup between a team that shouldn't be ranked...and a team that is banned from being ranked in one of the polls.
- Wisconsin at Nebraska (8PM, ABC) You won't even have to change the channel to enjoy more Big Ten conference action. Unconfirmed rumor is that since Tom Osbourne is retiring from his athletic director position, Nebraska is in line for a National Championship!
Okay, what you really should watch...
- Noon, FX - #25 Baylor at #9 West Virginia: Channel your inner RichRod
- 3:30PM, CBS - Tennessee at #5 Georgia: This used to be big, and you miss Vern Lundquist
- 6PM, ESPN - #4 Florida State at South Florida: Because FSU might actually be back
- 8PM, FOX - #12 Texas at Oklahoma State: Because "I'm a man" and Texas has scored 148 points in its three games.
Enjoy your week off. Refocus. #wintherest #roadtoindy
