The Rose Bowl

[CHEMICAL SOLDIER]

Here's hoping for a great game between Mack '' We want to go to The Rose Bowl'' Brown and Llyod Carr.
Final score:

Michigan 23
Texas 21

[korme]

My profound hatred of Michigan is only stemmed furthur by their horrible coach Carr.

[B & B]

Texas -7 is my bowl game of the year, I'm expecting an easy double digit win.

[DeToxRox]

My profound hatred of Michigan is only stemmed furthur by their horrible coach Carr.

i bet you'd he'd beat tressel in a thumb war

[HerRealName]

i bet you'd he'd beat tressel in a thumb war

:D Does Tress get sniffing dogs first?

(go blue)

[CHEMICAL SOLDIER]

I hope that it's a great fight. I haven't seen a good Rose Bowl game since ASU v. OSU in cira. 1997 or 98.

[Cringer]

When did Texas leave the Big 12 for the Pac 10?

[CHEMICAL SOLDIER]

When Mack Brown bitched about his predicament.

[DeToxRox]

Big play to Braylon.

He is going to take this game into his own hands like vs MSU.

Long day coming for the Texas secondary.

[Solecismic]

It's hard watching games like this. On one hand, great to see my team in a BCS game. On the other hand, they're up against a team that's one step away from a championship. It's a mismatch, and the -7 really is too low a spread.

Add that to some fairly horrible officiating in the first quarter, and it's a miracle it's still close.

Carr acts as if he's never seen a running quarterback before. Michigan used to eat those option guys for breakfast.

[ISiddiqui]

And it's tied at 14 at the half :D.

[DeToxRox]

Big turn of events from the muffed punt, then Braylon being SO wide open.

Woodley has been the best defensive player on the field too. Johnson is the most talented but right now, Woodley is playing the best.

This is gunna be a good second half.

[Solecismic]

That one's squarely on Carr. Inexcusable.

[SunDancer]

Michigan-Cal still sounds alot more worthy then Michigan-Texas. :)

[ISiddiqui]

How did this game turn into a shootout? ;)

[DeToxRox]

Breaston can be so deadly when healthy. Two more years of this, baby.

[Senator]

I love people hating my school.

[ISiddiqui]

MAN... Edwards just finds ways to come open. UM up by a TD.

[DeToxRox]

How can you not have a saftey on him when a slant is so obvious in that situation? He could be the biggest gamebreaker in the NCAA because if you want to stop him, you can't. He's just been dominating.

Already two more TD's in this third then Texas has allowed all year. Gotta' love it.

[TroyF]

Texas -7 is my bowl game of the year, I'm expecting an easy double digit win.

I understand Michigan is not the best coached team in the world.

I also understand Texas isn't the best coached team in the world either. I've watched Texas plenty of times this year and I wouldn't put a single dollar on them. (win or lose)

When they play well, they are simply incredible to watch. Yet they don't play like a well oiled machine that often. And they are very beatable if you can force Young to make decisions.

Were I betting, I'd have stayed so far away from this game it would make your head spin. After seeing some of the early results, which included most of the Big 10 teams playing pretty well, I'd have moved even further away.

I like the Utah, Auburn, and OU lines far more than this one anyway. Pushed, I'd say I'd pick Utah as my best bet. I think they are just going to light up Pitt in the second half.

[Easy Mac]

Bring in THE MAJOR!

[SunDancer]

Go Blue! Why is the Rose Bowl, the one game, I always love to watch, no matter who's playing in it (while, expect atleast one Big Ten or Pac-10 school)?

[DeToxRox]

Vincent Young, great runner, horrible passer. As the time continues to tick away, the running aspect is gunna start going with it.

Also, how many games has it been for Benson with a TD?

[ISiddiqui]

MY GOD! That Young TD was amazing!

[Chubby]

wow...

[JeffNights]

Texas -7 is my bowl game of the year, I'm expecting an easy double digit win.


DUMBASS

[Solecismic]

Just like the Ohio State quarterback. Michigan makes these running quarterbacks look a lot better than they are. Poor tackling, poor defensive scheme.

[DeToxRox]

He can fucking run, thats for sure. Michigan needs a sustained drive, and then needs to put it in the endzone. Make him actually have to pass. We can't let him have time on the clock to where he can decide to take a chance to run.

[Celeval]

Heck of a game so far.

[ISiddiqui]

Yeah, it's been a pretty good day for football :D.

[Solecismic]

He can fucking run, thats for sure. Michigan needs a sustained drive, and then needs to put it in the endzone. Make him actually have to pass. We can't let him have time on the clock to where he can decide to take a chance to run.

What make it so aggravating is that Young is obviously looking to run first. There's no spy underneath. So they contain with the rush, but that's only half the battle.

I just hope they can sustain this drive. Carr's instinct is to go conservative, but so far Edwards has been amazing. And Henne just overthrew an easy touchdown, damnit.

[Easy Mac]

Michigan is going for some trickeration.

[SnowMan]

When did Texas leave the Big 12 for the Pac 10?
Ya, how the hell is Texas in the Rose bowl?

[ISiddiqui]

'Cause Cal isn't ;).

[cthomer5000]

Michigan gets points, but I have to feel holding them to a field goal (after the penalty) is huge for Texas.

[ISiddiqui]

Yeah, especially seeing as how Michigan is having big trouble holding Young.

[ISiddiqui]

Jeez, in 2 plays, Texas is almost in the Red Zone. Michigan really needed that TD.

[ISiddiqui]

That just looked WAAAY too easy!

[Chubby]

GREAT block, TD texas

[Easy Mac]

Is it a rule in bowl games this year that if you're under 5 minutes left in the 4th quarter that you don't play defense?

[Solecismic]

This is the one of the worst defensive teams Michigan has ever put on the field. Certainly the most overrated. And I've seen at least seven games a year for more than 30 years.

[Chubby]

holy shit, inside the 40 already on the kickoff return

[Easy Mac]

and special teams... people forget how to do that as well.

[ISiddiqui]

Wow... the FG juuust made it and Michigan is on top again!

[Chubby]

42 yd fg......................................... good!

[Solecismic]

Not enough. They needed the six.

[cthomer5000]

does anyone doubt that Texas will get at least a field goal attempt out of this?

[Easy Mac]

Time for Michigan's D to do just enough to lose.

[SunDancer]

Carr is an idoit.

[Celeval]

I don't see either team stopping the other... last with the ball and time wins this.

[Senator]

C'mon boys!

[cthomer5000]

Come on, I know Young isn't this good.

[Easy Mac]

Am I the only one who thinks Michigan is better of letting Texas score now instead of wasting any chance at a win?

[Chubby]

37 yd FG from the hashmark to win for texas...

[Solecismic]

Sad that Carr has already accepted the loss. They could have forced Texas to at least kick off and defend a couple of plays after the field goal.

[henry296]

Why did Michigan not call its Time Outs?

[ISiddiqui]

Comes down to one last FG... on the left hashmark.

[Easy Mac]

I really think stadium announcers should start playing Vanilla Ice whenever a coach calls a time out before a big kick.

[Chubby]

Why did Michigan not call its Time Outs?
Because Carr is an idiot.

[henry296]

Because Carr is an idiot.

Agreed. I kept yelling at the screen to take them. I thought for sure they were out...

I hate this "ice" the kicker. It never works.

Todd

[Easy Mac]

Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding
Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding

[ISiddiqui]

Texas wins it!

[vtbub]

Helluva game,

Wrong team won, but a great, great game.

[Chubby]

FG Good, texas wins. still friggin stupid that they even played in the Rose Bowl...

[CHEMICAL SOLDIER]

A great game nevertheless.

[Celeval]

Lot of penetration on the line, thought UM was going to block that.

[SunDancer]

Lot of penetration on the line, thought UM was going to block that.

It actually looked like one of the blue players got a piece of football on the replay, or is it just me?

[HornedFrog Purple]

The stars at night are big and bright...

[Solecismic]

Sigh. I actually thought that would fall short at first. What a terrible coached game from Michigan. Just completely mismanaged.

[duckman]

I'll be damn. Mack Brown finally wins a big game.

[IMetTrentGreen]

now, who wants to shut the fuck up forever? is it everyone? good.

[Senator]

Wrong team won, but a great, great game.

FG Good, texas wins. still friggin stupid that they even played in the Rose Bowl...

A great game nevertheless.


I SUMMON IMTG to mock you all.

[IMetTrentGreen]

oh, btw, i have nothing bad to say about michigan. what an effort. texas' pass d has made a lot of good qb's look foolish, yet henne played great. hart is phenomenal. he's the best running back we've seen this year. good game all around, and the media and fans can go f themselves

[Dutch]

I admit that I just sat down to watch the Rose Bowl and felt myself rooting for Michigan because our boy Jim is an Alumni. It was sad that the Wolverines defense was like butter at the end, but you gotta give props to Young and to a kicker that had to be nervous as hell. Also, if the Michigan QB could have just hit a couple more passes (he was overthrowing too much) the outcome might have been different. But Texas and Young came through in the clutch.

Great, great game. It reminds me of everything good about college football.

[Vegas Vic]

Mack Brown needs to fire the special teams coach. My local junior high school team does a better job on kickoff coverage. WTF did Michigan average for the game, something like 50 yards per return?

[TroyF]

now, who wants to shut the fuck up forever? is it everyone? good.

If "everyone" includes you, the world is now a much better place. Talk to us again when you face OU next year.

Congrats Senator, happy for you they won the game. It was a terrific game. I think in the end we learned what we already knew:

Texas and Michigan are the two worst coached "elite" programs in the country.

[Senator]

I still think we missed a bullet in several areas - as usual. They messed around and put the ball on the left hashmark, and I was just sitting there saying that the world is not very fair when an idiot like that makes that kind of money.

[BigJohn&TheLions]

Michigan let a possible national championship go to waste this season. By going with a true freshman at QB it wasted a lot of the talent that was on this team. Think about it... Last year with Navarre Michigan looked to have an amazing tro of receivers. This year Edwards won the Biletnikof award despite Henne staring him down on nearly every play. He made highlight catch after highlight catch because the ball wasn't being put where he needed it in the first place. Avant & Breaston practically disappeared this season. I would NEVER play a true freshman QB unless there was absolutely nobody else who could throw past 10 yards. No matter how talented a kid is he needs more time than a few months... Henne better make MAJOR improvements for next season based on what he learned this year. It's too bad Guiterez hurt his sholder. That lefty must really suck to be beat out by a kid who just started shaving...

[INDalltheway]

Clayton Richard should be taking the snaps there... I may be bias because he is one of my brother's good friends, but that is just how I feel. :)

[RPI-Fan]

I don't get Michigan's little "trick" plays. If you're going to run tricks, do the real deal, not some half-assed cookie cutter ones.

[Dutch]

The key to the flea-flicker (provided it doesn't get busted up by the defensive line) is to actually throw the ball on target. Especially to #1, you have to give him a chance to compete for that football.