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First, you stated that Appy State was an off the radar team that was nothing until they beat M. That's just false. Completely wrong. Appy State was the premiere D-1AA team and well on their way to D1 when they beat M. Nothing about that win changed the arc of Appy State's progress. Nothing. That's the path they were on.
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That game said a LOT more about the path that Michigan was on than it did about the path of App State.
It's 14 years later, and we're still waiting for them to get off of it.
Yep. It exposed how soft that Carr was treating his players. He was closing in on retirement and he let a lot of stuff slide that he normally would not have.
Since then the coaching only got worse. The jury is still out regarding 2021.
The funny thing about that season is that we still beat Notre Dame 38-0, #10 Penn State, a thriller over MSU in EL, and Florida the year Tebow won the Heisman and finished #18.
App State was a good FCS team. 13-2 and 5-2 in conference. They scraped by their first two tourney games and cruised. Strong team, but probably not even best App State team.
You can call them champions all you want. They were FCS! And M was top 5. M should never lose to an FCS team. Ever.
Dan Patrick: What was your reaction to [Urban Meyer being hired]? Brady Hoke: You know.....not....good.
App State had some talent, they could play and M obviously wasn't ready. To me it wasn't much different than losing to a B1G team that is borderline bowl eligible, like say Maryland.
In 2007, us M fans didn't realize losing to Ohio State was the norm. Carr goes 1-6 vs Ohio State in his last 7? That's unacceptable!!!
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College Football Week 8 (What to Watch)
Friday:
- 7pm. Memphis vs UCF. Meh. Would have been a good game two years ago.
- 10:30pm. Washington vs Arizona. Slightly more watchable because Don Brown is Arizona's DC.
Saturday:
- Noon. Northwestern vs #6 M. Obviously the game to watch. No worries to change the channel.
- 3:30pm. #8 Oklahoma State vs Iowa State. Potential upset alert. Probably the game to watch.
- 3:30pm. #10 Oregon vs UCLA. Potential upset alert. Good game.
- 3:30pm. Clemson vs #23 Pitt. Pitt would be undefeated if they didn't randomly lose to Western Michigan. Interested to see Pitt QB Kenny Pickett.
- 7:30pm. USC vs #13 ND. Clearly the best evening game given the rivalry and tradition. Nothing else relevant around this time slot.
- 7:30pm #18 NC State vs Miami (FL). Not really a meaningful game, but I have a feeling it will be an entertaining finish. If ND vs USC isn't close, guessing this game will be.
Haskins probably just as good and I'm a big fan of Charbonnet. Almost impossible to keep all three of Charbonnet, Haskins, and Corum in one backfield happy. Donovan Edwards is about to really good too.
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