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MichaelSpathMay 05, 7:32 PM

I still can't believe Michigan annihilated Arizona, which led me to this question

What is the most lopsided Michigan victory you've witnessed in football or basketball that you 100% DID NOT SEE COMING?
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Bamboozler

May 05, 7:33 PM

MichaelSpath said:
What is the most lopsided Michigan victory you've witnessed in football or basketball that you 100% DID NOT SEE COMING?
Judgement Day against Penn St.
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Pond

May 05, 7:33 PM

The thrashing of Penn State in 1997
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Mittener40

May 05, 7:35 PM

Penn State 97 Notre Dame 06 Arizona 26
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rich_w

May 05, 7:35 PM

Not really lopsided but decisive: the 2021 win over OSU has to be up there. Actually the 2022 win had to be up there too.
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Harbaugh_Hammer

May 05, 7:35 PM

Notre dame 2006
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Wolverine224

May 05, 7:36 PM

ND in 06, OSU in 22
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ConqueringHero

May 05, 7:39 PM

OSU 2022. Couldn’t fathom blowing them out in the shoe
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ClaytonSayfie

May 05, 7:39 PM

MichaelSpath said:
What is the most lopsided Michigan victory you've witnessed in football or basketball that you 100% DID NOT SEE COMING?
2022 Ohio State
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rich_w

May 05, 7:40 PM

Hoops:
  • Michigan 102-65 over Virginia in 1989 in the Elite 8 to make the Final Four is up there
  • The 2018 blowout over TAMU in the S16 is up there
  • 80-52 over Indiana to win the B10 in 1986 is up there
  • Arizona
Hon mention: Beating B10 champ Purdue in the season finale at Crisler in 1987, 108-64. Came out of nowhere.
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rich_w

May 05, 7:41 PM

For the old timers: Michigan 41-3 over 2nd ranked Texas A&M in 1977
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gooby

May 05, 7:41 PM

great question and agree with a lot of these - some others 89 hoops versus virginia in elite 8 (i was there, so bonus pts) we won by like 40 97 home opener against colorado 85 destruction of south carolina 81 rose bowl - bo's breakthrough
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gooby

May 05, 7:42 PM

rich_w said:
Hoops:
  • Michigan 102-65 over Virginia in 1989 in the Elite 8 to make the Final Four is up there
  • The 2018 blowout over TAMU in the S16 is up there
  • 80-52 over Indiana to win the B10 in 1986 is up there
  • Arizona
Hon mention: Beating B10 champ Purdue in the season finale at Crisler in 1987, 108-64. Came out of nowhere.
great choices
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JayWilk04

May 05, 7:43 PM

2021 UofM hoops over MSU by 17 after losing to them by like 20+ at the Brez.
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rich_w

May 05, 7:44 PM

JayWilk04 said:
2021 UofM hoops over MSU by 17 after losing to them by like 20+ at the Brez.
I think that's 2022
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Samg2327

May 05, 7:45 PM

MichaelSpath said:
What is the most lopsided Michigan victory you've witnessed in football or basketball that you 100% DID NOT SEE COMING?
At Notre Dame in 2006. I was there and it was a blast.
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Amaizingblue

May 05, 7:47 PM

MichaelSpath said:
What is the most lopsided Michigan victory you've witnessed in football or basketball that you 100% DID NOT SEE COMING?
Blowing out OSU and it was a blowout, at the Shoe in 2022.
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dangoldss

May 05, 7:47 PM

MichaelSpath said:
What is the most lopsided Michigan victory you've witnessed in football or basketball that you 100% DID NOT SEE COMING?
Judgement Day 1997 and the Arizona game. Some will mention the 2022 OSU game because of the final score, but that was a tight game for 3.5 quarters. Judgement Day and Arizona were monumental a** kickings from start to finish. In the old WWF days, they were like watching an established superstar beating up on a helpless jobber for the entire match.
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Scottiedt11

May 05, 7:48 PM

It's a tie for me: When we beat Ohio and the crowd stormed the field, I did not expect that kind of game Even the game when we didnt have a QB against Ohio at the shoe and we barely beat them, that was VERY unexpected Nation Championship game 34-13 is a beatdown that i thought was going to be a one score win
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Rex1

May 05, 7:48 PM

MichaelSpath said:
What is the most lopsided Michigan victory you've witnessed in football or basketball that you 100% DID NOT SEE COMING?
78-0 vs Rutgers looked like we played a high school
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MichiganFanForLife

May 05, 7:51 PM

One that hasn’t been mentioned yet, in the 97-98 season the Michigan basketball team beat Bob Knight and Indiana by 48. I don’t know for sure, but wouldn’t be surprised if that’s the worst whooping knight ever took. It was a glorious day to be in Crisler.
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Sasquatch616

May 05, 7:51 PM

dangoldss said:
Judgement Day 1997 and the Arizona game. Some will mention the 2022 OSU game because of the final score, but that was a tight game for 3.5 quarters. Judgement Day and Arizona were monumental a** kickings from start to finish. In the old WWF days, they were like watching an established superstar beating up on a helpless jobber for the entire match.
While I love the final score being what it was, adding 14 points on two long runs when all you are doing is trying to run out the clock wasn't a complete 4 quarter domination. Judgement Day was. Arizona in the F4 was. Tommy Lloyd and those players knew that game was over at halftime.
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Mittener40

May 05, 7:52 PM

I view 2022 OSU as a different animal. The final score/result was lopsided and we rolled over them in the second half, but that was still a competitive game for most of it. OSU went right down the field and scored to open the game, traded punches with us all throughout the first half, actually led at halftime, and was still in a threatening position in the fourth quarter (that's why Sainristil's breakup in the endzone is such a memorable play). That's different than a lot of the other games mentioned here. Michigan stepped on the accelerator from the jump against Arizona, and outside of one brief spurt (which was then ruthlessly answered), Michigan never even felt threatened in that game. That game was 77-47 with 10:30 left and could've been a 40-50 point win if we hadn't mercyed them by emptying the bench. Michigan single-handedly forced Mo Krivas to return to Arizona because they ruined his draft stock. The Judgment Day game against Penn State was 34-0 and PSU had 111 yards of offense and nine punts (seven three and outs) and a turnover on their first 10 possessions through the first three quarters before Michigan called the dogs off and let PSU eat up half of the fourth quarter on a meaningless TD drive that was capped off with a sad clown two-point conversion.
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Sasquatch616

May 05, 7:53 PM

Mittener40 said:
I view 2022 OSU as a different animal. The final score/result was lopsided and we rolled over them in the second half, but that was still a competitive game for most of it. OSU went right down the field and scored to open the game, traded punches with us all throughout the first half, actually led at halftime, and was still in a threatening position in the fourth quarter (that's why Sainristil's breakup in the endzone is such a memorable play). That's different than a lot of the other games mentioned here. Michigan stepped on the accelerator from the jump against Arizona, and outside of one brief spurt (which was then ruthlessly answered), Michigan never even felt threatened in that game. That game was 77-47 with 10:30 left and could've been a 40-50 point win if we hadn't mercyed them by emptying the bench. Michigan single-handedly forced Mo Krivas to return to Arizona because they ruined his draft stock. The Judgment Day game against Penn State was 34-0 and PSU had 111 yards of offense and nine punts (seven three and outs) and a turnover on their first 10 possessions through the first three quarters before Michigan called the dogs off and let PSU eat up half of the fourth quarter on a meaningless TD drive that was capped off with a sad clown two-point conversion.
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