NU @ Michigan (10/23): 11:00 AM CT, FOX
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My friend used to use that reference every time Bob Christian played against Detroit
This is a good point, I'd imagine that the Big Ten and both schools wanted to use this as a way of promoting the new trophy game.Hype the new trophy game? Maybe they will sport the retro unis….
And for FOX, having a top 10 Michigan is always easy to put on national TV.
It's entirely your second point. The choice is up to FOX, not the conference/schools, and the trophy wouldn't matter to their decision making. They may hype it during the broadcast, of course, but that's not why they chose the game in the first place.
You sent your kid to Michigan...is this Chris Hinton?
I lived in Mich whilst my kids were in high school, and my brilliant daughter visited there. I was grinding my teeth into dust during the visit, at the thought of sending them checks twice a year, but they were so arrogant and condescending that she rejected them before we got back to the car. Phatcat did a little happy dance and breathed a sigh of relief.
You guys have already given up on the season… dang! What if our team comes out fighting, stones Rutgers, and gets some momentum back.
Hopefully JON is coaching like his job is on the line and finding our best 11, and then the best players to rotate. If we can shut down Rutgers, it’s a whole new season and we’ll then battle Michigan like we usually do.
Can’t quit on these players! Especially the older guys who have given us so much to be proud of. Keep your chin up, put up your dukes, and battle until the whistle blows! Ooo rah!
Hopefully JON is coaching like his job is on the line and finding our best 11, and then the best players to rotate. If we can shut down Rutgers, it’s a whole new season and we’ll then battle Michigan like we usually do.
Can’t quit on these players! Especially the older guys who have given us so much to be proud of. Keep your chin up, put up your dukes, and battle until the whistle blows! Ooo rah!
Given that we're 1-11 against Michigan over the past 20 years, "battling Michigan like we usually do" is perhaps not ideal.
Ho boy. We shouldn’t get ahead of Rutgers but let’s look at the games under Fitz:
- 2018: we had a 17-0 lead and lost by 3
- 2015: blowout (bad loss)
- 2014: lost by 1, I was there, could have easily won (McCall)
- 2013: lost by 8 (officials should have called a flag on their tying FG)
- 2012: lost by 7 (Gardner threw the best pass of his career
- 2011: lost by 18 (bad loss, PersaStrong)
- 2008: won by 7!
- 2007: we led 16-7 at one point, lost by 12
- 2006: lost by 14 (Fitz’s trial by fire season)
So there are two bad losses (2011 and 2015). 2006 & 2007 were pre-Hankwitz and still contested.
We could have won in 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2018 - and arguably should have.
Let’s hope for another Cardiac Cat battle in 2021. Keep the faith!
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Cat's need a stellar showing against Rutgers before even thinking about Michigan.
- 2012: lost by 7 (Gardner threw the best pass of his career.
2012-2014 was tough on Phatcat, resident Michigan loather.
There is no loss that angers me more than 2013. That field goal was a sham. Half their line was sliding when the ball was snapped!
2013 was inexcusable. The refs must have owed a bookie bigtime.
2014 was a tough one to watch live. Neither team seemed to want to win it. And our goalline offensive playcalling was atrocious.