A lot going on in the world, but let's keep talking Michigan football. They beat the Hawkeyes 23-20 and have given Michigan fans hope that the season won't be a total washout. (Okay, we got some tough games coming up, but I have a week to dream, so don't wake me.)
Though we won, I have to admit that during 90% of the game, I (and the other Wolverines gathered 'round the TV) was cursing Lloyd Carr and Chad Henne. I agree with AnnArborGuy--Henne may be Lloyd's pick, but he's not mine. He still doesn't have it, and he's lucky that he's got players like Hart, Breaston and Avant to make him look good.
What's been most amazing this season is every Michigan victory has been last-second (and so were most of the losses). It's getting hard to take. But we were lucky to stay in the game so we could get a last-second (overtime) victory. We were outplayed by Iowa most of the way and they could easy have opened up a wide lead. Worse, when we finally looked like we might win with about five minutes left, we made the same mistake we made last week and played it safe! Predictably, Iowa got the ball back with plenty of time and almost beat us.
Tough day in Iowa. We broke their 22-game home streak, and won the first overtime game every played in Kinnick stadium. I'll even admit the refs made some questionable calls favoring the Wolverines, especially in the first half. But Iowa more than had its chance to defeat us in the end, so they were tested and failed.
So I'll be floating around for another day or two before the reality of a tough Northwestern (can you believe that's today's reality?) starts getting close.
LAGuy,
ReplyDeleteYes, Michigan had some calls go their way, but let's not forget the Antonio Bass "fumble." Lloyd brought it up today on Michigan Replay. It was initially ruled that the ground caused the "fumble" and thus there was no "fumble." But, after a replay review, they changed the call. Lloyd's point, which I totally agree with was, the whole idea of video review was that to overturn a call, it must be clear, INDISPUTABLE evidence. From the footage, there is no way for that to have been the case.
Thus, while Michigan had some go its way, like most things in football when it comes to the officiating, it usually evens out by the end of the game.
I don't know if bad calls even out by the end of the game. Perhaps over the season. To me, the real argument is if you're the better team, you simply have to shake off bad calls and start over, more determined than ever.
ReplyDelete(By the way, Yost, weren't you so stubborn that you refused to take the ball, and instead kept kicking to Red Grange until you stopped him--which allowed him to score four straight touchdowns in the first quarter? Or is my memory failing me?)
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