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Post by Orygun Quacks on Sept 4, 2007 22:18:21 GMT -5
Story from Yahoo....
Before Michigan's fall, Notre Dame held the ignominious record for largest drop in the rankings in the Top 25-era. The Fighting Irish dropped 16 spots — from No. 9 to No. 25 — after losing to Northwestern 17-15 on Sept. 3, 1995.
Texas dropped 15 spots in 1997, going from ninth to 24th after a 66-3 loss to UCLA in September 1997. Louisville also fell 15 spots — 11th to unranked — in September 2005 after losing to South Florida.
The highest ranked team to fall from the poll after one loss was No. 2 Oklahoma in 1959, when the AP was ranking the top 20 teams. Later that season Army went from No. 4 to unranked.
In 1950, Tennessee went from No. 4 to unranked in October and in 1960 Illinois fall out of the ranking from No. 4.
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Post by dpb13 on Sept 4, 2007 22:25:00 GMT -5
Hey OQ, your boys better show well on Saturday or you'll never hear the end of it.
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Post by Orygun Quacks on Sept 4, 2007 22:48:00 GMT -5
well...i think the fear factor is gone...i read an article on USAToday.com that talked about how Michigan has trouble with mobile qb's playing a spread offense....bingo...Oregon has a mobile qb and runs the spread offense...unfortunatley our run defense sucks...this could be a whoever has the ball last will win...type game.
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Post by USCGamecocks on Sept 4, 2007 22:53:04 GMT -5
I think it will depend on how healthy Mike Hart is. He's the only player who seemed to give a shit on the offensive side of the ball. He's a little nicked up though.
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Post by Orygun Quacks on Sept 4, 2007 22:55:42 GMT -5
It will be interesting to see if Michigan panics down...say 14-0....or if they get their swagger back if they go up 14-0.....but i'm sure this game is going to be a shoot-out.
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Post by nvajacketsfan on Sept 5, 2007 7:54:51 GMT -5
I'm with USCG on this game. Will depend in large part to how healthy Mike Hart is.
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Post by cff on Sept 5, 2007 8:56:58 GMT -5
OQ, this game will decide the future of Michigan. Not only the season, but the program. It could put Michigan into a tailspin if they lose. It all depends on how they react. If Michigan comes out hungry, it could be a long day for the Oregon defense. If they come out defeated, well do I need to say any more?
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Post by Orygun Quacks on Sept 5, 2007 18:40:10 GMT -5
CFF...well said...Go DUCKS!
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