Funny UM Thread on Kelly vs. R-Rod

[Riddickulous]

Randy Edsall and Brian Kelly v. Rich Rodriguez | mgoblog

The thread basically states that Rich Rodriguez has the advantage over Brian Kelly and Notre Dame because he beat him in their only head-to-head matchup. The OP cites this as impressive because Kelly's Cincinatti team was 10-3, altogether failing to mention that:

1. This was Kelly's first year with the program
2. Rich Rod was at WVU and not Michigan
3. WVU was 12-1 and beat Oklahoma by 20 in their BCS bowl.
4. WVU had Pat White and Steve Slaton

The OP goes on to say that WVU put up 295 rushing yards and 4 TDs (again, with superstar senior quarterback Pat White and speedy Steve Slaton) on Cincinatti's loaded defense of two-star players as another reason why Michigan's experience-less running back corps will run all over Notre Dame's defense.

Another poster chimes in by saying that their offensive line is "beastly", echoing a similar earlier statement from another Michigan fan that they have two "potential All-American" linemen. Seriously, these people are bigger homers than our entire fanbase combined. At least we have the ability to think realistically.

This is by far the silliest thread I have yet seen on Michigan vs. Notre Dame 2010 or comparing the two coaches.

 

[DaLastFarleyite]

Same ol' same ol'. LOL

 

[GreatGolson]

Ohhh Michigan, they've finally reached the bargaining state of their R-Rod tragedy.

 

[BirdmanND06]

Even if scUM's O line is "beastly," their D won't be able to stop anyone this year. Expect scUM to have one of the worst teams against the pass in the nation this year.

 

[NDinL.A.]

This is by far the silliest thread I have yet seen on Michigan vs. Notre Dame 2010 or comparing the two coaches.

Yes, that poster is on crack and beyond myopic.

But no, their fanbase isn't that much more delusional than ours. Remember, many ND fans backed CW for years, myself included, and conveniently ignored losses to teams like Syracuse and UConn. Many said we would go 11-1, even 12-0 last year. Many said, after beating Nevada 35-0, that we'd have a top 15-20 defense last year. I could go on and on. (And that's not even including some of the psychos we've banned.)

We're fans dude, that's what we do. And it's the Internet, which makes us even worse. I always think ND is going to be better than your record ends up being. But I guarantee you if you talk to the normal Michigan fan, and compare him to the normal ND fan, we're pretty much the same. And the same goes for the myopic fan...believe me, ND has plenty of those.

But not as many as Michigan of course!

 

[military_irish]

Yes, that poster is on crack and beyond myopic.

But no, their fanbase isn't that much more delusional than ours. Remember, many ND fans backed CW for years, myself included, and conveniently ignored losses to teams like Syracuse and UConn. Many said we would go 11-1, even 12-0 last year. Many said, after beating Nevada 35-0, that we'd have a top 15-20 defense last year. I could go on and on. (And that's not even including some of the psychos we've banned.)

We're fans dude, that's what we do. And it's the Internet, which makes us even worse. I always think ND is going to be better than your record ends up being. But I guarantee you if you talk to the normal Michigan fan, and compare him to the normal ND fan, we're pretty much the same. And the same goes for the myopic fan...believe me, ND has plenty of those.

But not as many as Michigan of course!

the thing is we beat Nevada 35-0, a team many "specialist" said would beat us or run all over us. so we as fans would definitely have a high regard for our defense. thats the great thing about being a fan though, is we can put our teams on a pedestal, then when they don't live up to it we can down them.

me in particular though, always see a way for them to go undefeated. not that i am a homer just i put the highest expectations on them. because they are always capable, for example '06 should have been a national championship run, just didn't have the correct coaching.

Michigan fans just seem to take it to another level

 

[Lou Holtz]

morons.... does anyone know where the game was played

 

[KPENN]

morons.... does anyone know where the game was played

Cincy. Final score was 28-23

 

[Rocket89]

I think we'll eventually realize just how important Pat White and Steve Slaton were to the success of Rich Rod as a "great" college coach. Some of us probably have already.