Domed – Sights & Sounds | (Notre Dame 31, Michigan 0 – 2014)

Synopsis: They might be chicken but we’re the jive turkeys.  

No, the season is not lost but what happened last night was worse than anything that has happened in recent years – seriously – including last year’s beat down in East Lansing.   Oh yes, it got ugly (ironically, mostly Chicken Little sky is falling) on WTKA on Sunday morning.  A reminder to callers, please recite your fandom credentials BEFORE your rant, please.  Oh, and the Twitterverse was less than kind to the current #1000SSS regime.  

Hope is not a strategy but..that’s my strategy.  And bourbon.

Peacock Trolls:  Nice to know NBC Sports is reading this site…did you see that photo and a brief mention of Yost’s dog?    I wonder where they got that?

 dog Hey peacocks – how about a mention or a hat tip? 

Just Cover – Jokes aside about the offensive production, memo to Coach Nuss—maybe slap a cover on the play card?   I don’t know if there’s anything on there we don’t want the opponents to see but you can do a lot in HD these days:

Photo Sep 07, 11 08 40 AM

Mood UpdateThe Mood Index.  Break-in reported at Ann Arbor Torch & Pitchfork around 2am EDT Sunday morning.  Investigation pending.

mood

Uniform Update:  White socks – the best thing out there Saturday?  Also, note the away (white) Team 135 undershirts:

socks

And P.S., watching the game on TV in primetime – those helmets are definitely a darker shade of maize this season – no question.

Historical Games Notes:  Primarily via #1000SSS:

  • On WTKA Sunday morning, ND/U-M Historian John Kryk called this the worst U-M loss in history (using any barometer).  [Ed. Kryk was speaking in context of the Notre Dame rivalry]
  • Despite the loss, Michigan leads the all-time series vs. Notre Dame, 24-17-1.
  • Michigan’s NCAA FBS record of most consecutive games without being shut out (376) ends with tonight’s loss. The last time the Wolverines were shut out was on Oct. 20, 1984 (26-0, at Iowa).
  • Junior wide receiver Devin Funchess finished the game with a career-high nine receptions for a team-high 107 yards. It marked Funchess’ fourth career 100-yard game.
  • Funchess has posted at least one catch in 16 straight games.

4 Comments

  • Teddy

    I totally disagree with Kryk. App State by far is the worst loss worst in U-M history. I don’t know if people forgot but, we were ranked #5 in the country. With Hart, Henne and Long coming back it was suppose to be the year we made a run at the national championship. Nothing can equal the distress I felt after losing that game. It was embarrassing in every way.

  • Teddy

    I just listened to Kryk on the Jamie Morris show(WTKA podcast) and he had an interesting stat. Michigan was 4-0-1 in South Bend when they started a senior QB. In the last two trips at Notre Dame, with a senior Denard and Devin, we not only lost but we did not even score a touchdown.