Bowl Sadness
Posted in Sports on January 2nd, 2007Blown out in the Rose Bowl… again. What happened Michigan? Lloyd Carr is now 1-2 in the Rose Bowl game. Michigan stands an overall 8-11 now in Rose Bowl history (see here). …but… Michigan has lost the last five out of the six most recent bowl games; some of the games were close, and some were really painful to watch, like this year’s.
Mike Hart was shut down, down, down. When he can’t run, Michigan loses. (Wisconsin, in an earlier game, squeaked out a win against Arkansas with only 6 rushing yards– bizarre.) USC’s blazing speed was just too much to handle (again).
I guess all the talk about being snubbed for the National Championship rematch seems pretty silly now, doesn’t it?
The Boise St. vs. Oklahoma game was the most exciting game of the day. In the last few minutes and in overtime, they must have found some playbook pages from an abandoned high-school locker. In particular, a 4th and 18 lateral play and a well-designed Statue of Liberty 2-point conversion sealed the win. That Boise St. coach has got some real guts. If only Michigan were a little less conservative…
Did Boise St. deserve a shot at the BCS National Championship? Yeah, right… 
Their win, though, is Idaho’s “biggest thing since the potato,” as their governor says.