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Originally Posted by cincibuck
I hope this gets the attention of those who post every fall saying they want to see Michigan lose to Notre Dame. I may have been one of the very few people in the 'shoe on Saturday who did not cheer at the final score of the UM - ASU debacle. Linked to the shellacking USC put on them and the beat down OSU suffered in the BCS, the winners were clearly the Pac 10 and the SEC.
Like it or not the Bucks are linked to a significant degree to the health of the league and thus to the fortunes of Michigan.
So significant is the story of the upset that Notre Dame getting whacked by 30 points at home by Ga Tech got buried.
The Big 10 NEEDS Penn State, Michigan and Michigan State to come through against the Irish or else OSU's games with those teams will carry little weight in the polls. |
I for one enjoyed the loss and will continue to do so. People who make that kind of observation from this kind of loss to a division rival are probably already jaded against the Big Ten to begin with, so what's the difference? I can't see any unbiased pollster using this same school of thought. For a guy to drop a team in the polls because a division foe tanked is pathetic. I hope someone takes him to task for that, along with anyone else using that kind of rationalization. All this team can do is go out and win and give it 100%, and not worry about what is out of their control. I don't think you need to worry about those teams "coming through" against the Irish. That team is a train wreck.