FB: Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association

[Raider 68]

formerd3db,

While I will root for the Buckeyes, I believe your Wolverines will win it this Saturday. But the Buckeyes will get some real help next week (Tuesday)!

That said I will be watching the Raiders live and in person.

[sac]

Suh's comments post game were just stupid.   Makes me wonder if he had seen a replay at that point.  If he had.......well, I guess the 'N' really does stand for knowledge.

[formerd3db]

Raider68:
I assumed, of course, that you will be rooting for Ohio State, just as I will be rooting for Michigan.  It is interesting to hear the different opinions as to predictions of the game's outcome.  Some say (such as one of my son-in-laws ) they expect/suspect Michigan will win like 35-14. However, knowing the history of this game, which is pretty much always a tough game as we all know, I personally believe it will be close, even though Ohio State has not done as well the past 3-4 weeks or overall this year.  As many people have said in the past, of which I also agree with, if Robinson has one of his erratic games, throws INTs, etc. I think Michigan will lose.  I also mentioned on my other post, that I think one of the teams will implode at some point and that will be all the other one needs to gain control for the rest of the game.  I just hope it isn't Michigan.  

sac:
Agree with you as well.  Also, are you going to the U of Michigan/Ohio State game tomorrow or watching it on TV?  Thereafter, are you going to the Hope/Cornerstone basketball game at the Cornerstone tournament?  I think I am going to that game with my son-in-law, who went to Cornerstone, but is also a HUGE U of Michigan fan!

[Mr. Ypsi]

Suh's comments post game were just stupid.   Makes me wonder if he had seen a replay at that point.  If he had.......well, I guess the 'N' really does stand for knowledge.

I've gotta think he had not seen the film - NO ONE is THAT stupid!

I'm hoping that UM does not JUST break the streak against that team down south, but wins in a total blowout - and I think it is entirely possible (though not really probable).  (If UM scores a TD to go up 48-14 late in the game, I wouldn't object to a Woody - but I think Brady is too classy for that! )

[formerd3db]

I hear 'ya Mr. Ypsi and am with you on that!   Since I don't have tickets to the game, I will be watching it on TV.  I will also plan to "man-up" and have one of those "refreshments" and dream that I am sitting at a picnic table, enjoying the time and relaxing before the game!  A deja vu if you will from earlier this year somewhere "up north"    know!!!  My late father, a U of Michigan alum, used to have season tickets for years (he knew the ticket manager too, when I was a young kid) but gave those up when my brother and I were playing in college so that he and mom could go see our games.  However, he always came up with tickets to the big game U of M vs. Ohio State even at the last minute and that was always great.  Anyway, I will be wearing my U of Michigan sweatshirt tomorrow along with my Hope College hat!  Have a great weekend.

[sac]

I will be at the Michigan game.  Probably won't make it over to Cornerstone, that's a pretty long day for me now.  My plan is to make it home and then hit the dvr and watch the Iron Bowl.

For as long as this series will be played after Thanksgiving, Saturday might be the best weather we will ever see at Michigan Stadium for this game. 



fwiw, I usually put on my orange Bay Harbour Golf Club hat as a homage to my alma mater.  (except when UM plays Illinois).  I used to wear a Hope basketball hat but that has seen better days and has been retired from public view.

[formerd3db]

Sounds like a nice day for you.  Also, you are right as it will be wonderful weather for this game, so unlike the cold and sometimes snowy late November days the U of Mich/Ohio State game has seen.

Also sounds like we need to get you a new Hope hat! 

Have a fun day tomorrow.  I'll keep up our support at the Hope bb game, even though my s-i-l will be rooting for his alma mater Cornerstone!  At least you, he and I will be rooting for Michigan.   Safe travels to you.

[sac]

Maybe I'll have mine with a little Sugar.

[Raider 68]

Sounds like a nice day for you.  Also, you are right as it will be wonderful weather for this game, so unlike the cold and sometimes snowy late November days the U of Mich/Ohio State game has seen.

Also sounds like we need to get you a new Hope hat! 

Have a fun day tomorrow.  I'll keep up our support at the Hope bb game, even though my s-i-l will be rooting for his alma mater Cornerstone!  At least you, he and I will be rooting for Michigan.   Safe travels to you.

formerd3db,

Did not watch or hear the Michigan/Ohio St. game ( very unusual for me), but the result and score were about what I expected. It was a great game to be there like sac was. OSU will have a new coach on Tuesday, so I am told, and the Buckeyes will be back!

[formerd3db]

Indeed, it was a great game, although obviously I am very glad Michigan won.  I guess we deserve one of those after the 7 year drought.  Anyway, for Michigan to get 10 wins this year was beyond most people's expectations and I'm glad for Hoke as he seems to be a really nice guy and good coach. 

If Meyer gets the Ohio State job, it will be one of the worst kept secrets (as those things usually are).  It is not surprising that Meyer is not commenting - he can't for obvious reasons other than saying that he hasn't been offered the job.  Notice he did not deny not having talks with anyone there.   While he is a good coach, he is not my favorite guy.  I also question his reasoning for return (other than that obvious often used phrase that "coaching is in his blood" because his reasons for leaving Florida the second time was again, his health as well as desire to spend more time with his family.  His Ohio background certainly make him a viable candidate for Ohio State (aside from his coaching success).  He certainly doesn't need the $, but again, I'm just curious as to what made his health so much better in this last year or so - cardiac conditions like he was reported to have don't go away.  Anyway, if he is hired, I would agree that Ohio State will be on the rise again, although I do hope he lays down the rules and "hammer" for some of those players there who seem to have a difficult time in following the rules.

[sac]

Found this today.........

Being outside, in Michigan, in late November, is usually a defiant variety of stupidity—a last taste of being outdoors before December closes in and the world becomes a thing briefly tolerated between heated areas. In the Midwest, football is to winter what spit from a condemned man is to a firing squad.

[sac]

The Urban Meyer Myth, its all played out the same way before.  He'll fit right in down there.

December 4, 2000

Meyer takes HC job at Bowling Green

December 6, 2002

Meyer tells The Bowling Green Sentinel: "We are nowhere near what we can do here. That's what's driving me right now. Everybody's worried about those other places; nothing's going on."

"I was contacted by one, but I'm not interested. I love it here. We have a lot of work to do. That's the bottom line."

"With recruits, that's been for two years, even before we won. [They say,] 'that guy's not going to be there very long; that's silly ... The future is fantastic here ... I'm proud to be the football coach here. Once they get to know me, know my family, know how important it is to have continuity, my kids going to school somewhere."

"I think you all but guarantee that you are one of the top two, three teams in the league every year if you get that [new athletic facility] here. I feel so strong about the academics, about the community, the environment, about the people. It's the last piece; it's a significant piece."

December 11, 2002

Meyer leaves Bowling Green and takes HC job at Utah.

November 14, 2004

Meyer tells The New York Times "I'm chicken. It would be excruciating to leave. When I left Bowling Green, it was the worst three months.'"

November 15, 2004

Meyer tells The Deseret News: "I plan on coaching here for a long time."

November 17, 2004

Meyer tells The Deseret News "I plan on coaching at Utah next year. There's been no contact made. Period. It's almost comical. We're playing the biggest game in the history of the school and we're talking about that. That's nothing to do with nothing.

November 18, 2004

Shelley Meyer gives her employer 2-weeks notice

November 18, 2004

Meyer tells The Deseret News, "There's been no contact and I really don't anticipate any. I'm certainly not looking for a job. I love where I'm coaching."

November 18, 2004

Meyer tells a young boy on the Urban Meyer Coach's Show, "I plan on being the coach at the University of Utah next year."

November 30, 2004

Meyer tells The Deseret News (When asked about Florida) "All I keep saying is I plan on being the coach here at Utah."

December 3, 2004

Meyer leaves Utah and takes HC job at Florida

December 8, 2004

Meyer tells GatorSports.com "This is a place you can put your feet down for a long time. It's over [moving every 2 years]. I'm not doing this again."

October 1, 2009

Signs contract extension with Florida through 2014

December 26, 2009

Announces he will resign following the Gators' Sugar Bowl appearance on New Year's Day, citing health concerns and the desire to spend more time with his family.

December 27, 2009

Announces that it will only be a leave of absence

March 17, 2010

Ends his leave of absence and is back as HC of Florida

December 8, 2010

Announces for the 2nd year in a row that he will retire at the end of the season, for the same reasons he had cited a year before: health and family concerns.

January 31, 2011

Less than a month after coaching his final game at Florida, Urban Meyer takes a new job as analyst at ESPN.

November 22, 2011

Despite numerous reports of a 7 year $40 million deal, Meyer tells ESPN "I have not been offered any job."

November 27, 2011

Meyer leaves ESPN and takes HC job at Ohio State.

[formerd3db]

+k sac.  Excellent detective work and documentation.  And that's exactly why I mentioned he is not my favorite coach.  He's another Saben and Kelly.   I have some stronger opinions on him in that regard (philosophically), however, I won't comment further.  Enough said.

[formerd3db]

Well, it's that time of year as coaching changes have started to occur.  Aside from our own two MIAA schools retiring head coaches (Olivet and Alma), firings have occurred the past 2 days:  Kansas (Gill), Arizona State (Erickson), Illinois (Zook), Akron (Ianello), and now UCLA (Neuhuisal).  The latter situation (UCLA) is not surprising and, in a sense, is one reason why it is always risky to go back to your alma mater, as enticing and wonderful as that may idealistically seem to be.  Always interesting, but as we all know, at DI it is "the business".

[sac]

+k sac.  Excellent detective work and documentation.  And that's exactly why I mentioned he is not my favorite coach.  He's another Saben and Kelly.   I have some stronger opinions on him in that regard (philosophically), however, I won't comment further.  Enough said.

I can't take credit for the Myer stuff, I saw it this morning somewhere else.


ie, UCLA-- I know Neuheisel was probably out anyway but firing him 4 days before the conference championship game seems a bit ridiculous.  Even if they did win the division through very little fault of their own.