Catch A Fallen Star

You're telling me that the University of Michigan is facing Nebraska in the Alamo Bowl? It's painful to see how far the Wolverines have fallen off the map of college football. MasterCard promotes the matchup as, "Two of the nation's winningest programs to battle for the fifth time in their history…". Bah. Michigan leads the series 3-1-1, with the last win in 1986. Nebraska, despite their record, is a team that has been down since they were destroyed by Miami in the '01 championship game.

This series will be hyped up as the game that should've been played to determine the real national champion in '97, when Michigan and Nebraska split the title. But Nebraska isn't even close to Michigan's caliber. I guess I'm overlooking the fact that Michigan has really sucked it up this year. A 7-4 record was salvaged with five games that were determined in the last minute, primarily because Michigan's fourth quarter defense is the worst in the nation. A 7-4 record that would look good on most teams, but with our storied history, looks like shit in a Mexican prison.

There was a slight chance we could've gone to the Outback Bowl, to play a respectable team in Florida, but no, you people didn't do your part and vote for Michigan to go. You didn't know about the voting you say? Get the fuck out of here and go to no-bowl Michigan State, you should be ashamed of yourself. Now Iowa is going to play Florida. Fucking Iowa. A state with nothing in it but endless wheat fields.

In all honesty, I'm glad we actually made a decent bowl, but I am not at all happy at the matchup. Michigan is a hell of a lot better than the record entails, and hopefully if everyone can heal up during the next few weeks off, we will certainly show as much.

The Alamo Bowl is set for Wednesday, December 28, 2005, at 8PM on ESPN. Watch us combine the Cornhuskers.

On a lesser note, Division II #1 Grand Valley State is headed yet again to the DII National Championship after dismantling East Stroudsburg 55-20 (including a whopping 34 points in the first quarter alone), increasing their record to 12-0. They have beaten their opponents by a margin of 23 points a game, and move on to play Northwest Missouri State in the DII National Championship. This obviously means little to you, but I was recruited fairly much by these guys in high school, nearly went, and it's a nice boost to my ego. Ha.

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