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9/10: (0-1) Notre Dame @ (1-0) Michigan...1st night game ever at The Big House

  • justincredible
    Not sure if it has been discussed earlier in the thread, and I'm certainly not going to go through and read it all, but Michigan's uniforms were some of the best I've seen in a long time. I loved the stitched M on the front and the numbers on the helmet. I did not like Notre Dame's helmets, however.
  • killer_ewok
    WebFire;893424 wrote:My thoughts:

    1. Kelly isn't wrong, but I wouldn't have said it. Sounds too much like an excuse.
    2. It doesn't surprise me that Toledo played OSU close. Toledo is good.
    3. Toledo could beat Notre Dame.
    4. Notre Dame could beat Toledo.
    5. Toledo could beat Michigan.
    6. Michigan could beat Toledo.
    7. Toledo beat Michigan when they had a 3-9 season. Not really comparable to beating any of the aforementioned teams today.
    8. Toledo sucked when they beat Michigan. Not really comparable to beating any of the aforementioned teams today.
    9. Denard Robinson did not have a good game. He threw too many jump balls. Luckily the receivers played well and bailed him out. I expect Denard to improve as the season goes. He can throw, he's done it before. But that game had no rhythm. The play calling was mystical.
    10. ND would be 2-0 if they'd quit turning the ball over.

    Holy shit.....Agreed!
  • killer_ewok
    justincredible;893436 wrote:Not sure if it has been discussed earlier in the thread, and I'm certainly not going to go through and read it all, but Michigan's uniforms were some of the best I've seen in a long time. I loved the stitched M on the front and the numbers on the helmet. I did not like Notre Dame's helmets, however.
    That does it. Take this website and shove it up your ass!!!!!!!!!!!
  • justincredible
    killer_ewok;893447 wrote:That does it. Take this website and shove it up your ass!!!!!!!!!!!
    It's already been done. Repeatedly.
  • karen lotz
    WebFire;893424 wrote:My thoughts:

    1. Kelly isn't wrong, but I wouldn't have said it. Sounds too much like an excuse.
    2. It doesn't surprise me that Toledo played OSU close. Toledo is good.
    3. Toledo could beat Notre Dame.
    4. Notre Dame could beat Toledo.
    5. Toledo could beat Michigan.
    6. Michigan could beat Toledo.
    7. Toledo beat Michigan when they had a 3-9 season. Not really comparable to beating any of the aforementioned teams today.
    8. Toledo sucked when they beat Michigan. Not really comparable to beating any of the aforementioned teams today.
    9. Denard Robinson did not have a good game. He threw too many jump balls. Luckily the receivers played well and bailed him out. I expect Denard to improve as the season goes. He can throw, he's done it before. But that game had no rhythm. The play calling was mystical.
    10. ND would be 2-0 if they'd quit turning the ball over.

    Agree with everything here.
  • se-alum
    WebFire;893424 wrote:My thoughts:

    1. Kelly isn't wrong, but I wouldn't have said it. Sounds too much like an excuse.
    2. It doesn't surprise me that Toledo played OSU close. Toledo is good.
    3. Toledo could beat Notre Dame.
    4. Notre Dame could beat Toledo.
    5. Toledo could beat Michigan.
    6. Michigan could beat Toledo.
    7. Toledo beat Michigan when they had a 3-9 season. Not really comparable to beating any of the aforementioned teams today.
    8. Toledo sucked when they beat Michigan. Not really comparable to beating any of the aforementioned teams today.
    9. Denard Robinson did not have a good game. He threw too many jump balls. Luckily the receivers played well and bailed him out. I expect Denard to improve as the season goes. He can throw, he's done it before. But that game had no rhythm. The play calling was mystical.
    10. ND would be 2-0 if they'd quit turning the ball over.
    Well said.
    justincredible;893436 wrote:Not sure if it has been discussed earlier in the thread, and I'm certainly not going to go through and read it all, but Michigan's uniforms were some of the best I've seen in a long time. I loved the stitched M on the front and the numbers on the helmet. I did not like Notre Dame's helmets, however.
    I thought the ND helmets were pretty sweet.
  • killer_ewok
    se-alum;893480 wrote:Well said.



    I thought the ND helmets were pretty sweet.
    Reps
  • dwccrew
    enigmaax;893202 wrote: I agree with you regarding Kelly's comments. He is right in that ND didn't have as much room for error, but so what - they still made the errors. Not sure why he went there with the schedule.

    And while I pointed out Toledo's results from last year, I'm not saying you are wrong...I just don't understand on what you're basing the opinion that they are suddenly a "good" team (not just a "good MAC team") if it isn't on how they performed against OSU. I mean, I get that they return a lot of people or whatever, but those people didn't do very well outside the MAC last year. Admittedly, I know little about them, so I'm curious why you have this hunch about them (other than the pretty good game they played on Saturday).
    I believe a combination of gaining a year in experience mixed in with Beckman being in his 3rd season as head coach and finally getting the program in the right direction is what makes me believe Toledo will be very good this season. Toledo playing OSU (albeit a down OSU) so closely only solidifies my belief that they are good. I'm not saying they will be BCS bound, just that they are as good as any of the teams we've mentioned on this thread.

    Also, I believe Toledo COULD pull a huge upset this weekend if the stars align and they play the game of their lives. Otherwise BSU wins, but it won't be like last season.
  • stroups
    I loved ND's jerseys but thought there helmets looked cheap. It would like Alabama putting a stupid elephant on their current helmets. They just didn't look right
  • SportsAndLady
    ND's jerseys were tight.

    UMs were good too, but nothing special imo. I really liked NDs
  • vball10set
    WebFire;893424 wrote:My thoughts:

    1. Kelly isn't wrong, but I wouldn't have said it. Sounds too much like an excuse.
    2. It doesn't surprise me that Toledo played OSU close. Toledo is good.
    3. Toledo could beat Notre Dame.
    4. Notre Dame could beat Toledo.
    5. Toledo could beat Michigan.
    6. Michigan could beat Toledo.
    7. Toledo beat Michigan when they had a 3-9 season. Not really comparable to beating any of the aforementioned teams today.
    8. Toledo sucked when they beat Michigan. Not really comparable to beating any of the aforementioned teams today.
    9. Denard Robinson did not have a good game. He threw too many jump balls. Luckily the receivers played well and bailed him out. I expect Denard to improve as the season goes. He can throw, he's done it before. But that game had no rhythm. The play calling was mystical.
    10. ND would be 2-0 if they'd quit turning the ball over.
    reps from me, webbie--well done
  • lhslep134
    Nice post webbie.

    As for the ND uniforms? Thought they were AWESOME.
  • Tobias Fünke
    I thought Notre Dame's were much cooler than Michigan's. But an opinion is just an opinion.


  • WebFire
    I thought both uniforms were outstanding, and I loved that they followed through with the cheerleader uniforms and the officials hat. The whole night and atmosphere was spectacular. Luckily the ending was good too. ;)
  • justincredible
    Tobias Fünke;893781 wrote:I thought Notre Dame's were much cooler than Michigan's. But an opinion is just an opinion.


    The green logo on the gold helmet just doesn't look good to me. The colors look terrible together. The jerseys were sweet, take the shamrock off the helmet and they'd be pretty close to Michigan's. The Michigan jerseys were fantastic.

  • Tobias Fünke
    I disagree.

    For what it's worth, they're a homage to this:
  • justincredible
    Tobias Fünke;893968 wrote:I disagree.

    For what it's worth, they're a homage to this:
    The colors look better together in this picture. I just didn't like the modern version. The gold and green were both too light, IMO.
  • Tobias Fünke
    justincredible;893983 wrote:The gold and green were both too light
  • enigmaax
    Tobias Fünke;893968 wrote:I disagree.

    For what it's worth, they're a homage to this:
    Would they have better luck if they maybe tried a 4-leaf clover next time?
  • FatHobbit
    Michigan players get to keep their legacy jerseys. I think that's great and I hope they learned from OSU's example of what not to do.

    http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/football/ncaa/09/13/michigan-jerseys.ap/index.html?sct=cf_t2_a4
  • justincredible
    Tobias Fünke;894014 wrote:
    I can admit that I'm "gay" for uniforms.
  • Heretic
    justincredible;894166 wrote:I can admit that I'm "gay" for uniforms.
    And men.
  • ts1227
    Heretic;894168 wrote:And men.

    Namely men in uniform
  • WebFire
    Michigan Monday is pretty spot on.

    http://www.the-ozone.net/football/2011/Toledo/postgame/michiganmonday.html
  • Tiernan
    I thought the giant "M" looked like a cheerleaders sweater and the shamrock helmets looked like they'd been stuck on after a really bad St. Paddys Day give away. Nowhere near as cool as Buckeye's retro look last year.