Site hosted by Angelfire.com: Build your free website today!

Hail To The Victors: MICHIGAN FOOTBALL '99

#11 MICHIGAN STATE 34 VS. #3 MICHIGAN 31

CLICK HERE TO E-MAIL ME!!

Last week Michigan played fabulous defense and the offense was spectacular! They limited Drew Brees to 20-49 passing and an INT and fumble in a 38-12 win.

Thanks for all of your help in the voting again last week. The Questions:

NEW MICHIGAN POLL:What Was The Biggest Play Of The Game VS. PURDUE?

  • Brees Forced Fumble= 27%
  • Foote INT = 25%
  • Holding Purdue To A FG ON 1st Drive= 19%
  • Terrell TD= 13%
  • Holding Purdue To a FG Before Halftime = 8%
  • Knight TD, Thomas TD = 2% each each

OLD SCHOOL POLL: Who Would Win In A UM Offense vs. Defense Battle?

  • Charles Woodson & Ty Law = 68%
  • Desmond Howard & Anthony Carter = 31%

WHEN YOU ARE FINISHED WITH THE SITE SCROLL DOWN TO THE BOTTOM TO VOTE ON THIS WEEK'S QUESTION.

CLICK HERE FOR MY PURDUE VS. MICHIGAN SITE!

: CLICK HERE FOR THE MOST RECENT COLLEGE FOOTBALL POLLS!!!!!!!!!!

MICHIGAN '97 LOSES BY 1.5% TO PSU '94 IN ESPN.COM GREATEST BIG TEN TEAM POLL/TOURNAMENT

OH NO!!

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Bill Burke passed for a school-record 400 yards and two touchdowns, and Plaxico Burress caught 10 passes for a school-record 255 yards and a score as the No. 11 Spartans held off the third-ranked Wolverines 34-31 Saturday in a showdown of Big Ten unbeatens. The win left Michigan State, which began the season unranked, 6-0 overall and 3-0 in the conference. The Wolverines, hoping for a second national title in three years, slipped to 5-1, 2-1. Burke completed 21 of 36 passes and became the first player to pass for 400 yards for Michigan State, breaking the mark of 369 by Ed Smith against Indiana in 1978. "I've had games where I felt better, but I just wanted to keep plugging away," Burke said. "I just didn't want to do anything that could lose the game." Burress, who broke the school mark of 252 receiving yards by Andre Rison in the 1989 Gator Bowl against Georgia, wasn't about to let that happen. "My motto is 'Stay Dangerous'. I've got a new attitude," Burress said. "If I drop a pass, I just tell myself that the defense has to respect me, because they know I'll catch the next one." Michigan State, which had not allowed a rushing touchdown, went into the game allowing an average of just 42.8 yards per game on the ground. The Wolverines learned why, finishing with just six yards on 21 rushing attempts. Michigan got school-record 396 of its 402 yards through the air, most of it on the arm of Tom Brady during a furious fourth-quarter comeback that came up short. The Spartans had 90 yards rushing. "We just didn't put together four quarters of football," Brady said. "We came on at the end, but to beat a team like this, you need to play 60 minutes." Brady, a senior who has battled highly touted sophomore Drew Henson for the quarterback job all season, played the first and fourth quarters. Henson, who completed 6-of-12 for 111 yards, got the Wolverines their first touchdown on an 81-yard pass to Marcus Knight in the second quarter. But he wasn't able to move the offense in the third quarter and Brady brought the Wolverines back from a 27-10 deficit by directing three scoring drives in the final quarter. Brady completed 30-of-41 for 285 yards, including two TD tosses. The Spartans had dominated both sides of the ball until Brady got things going in the final quarter. The Wolverines rolled up 208 yards during their fourth quarter blitz. "They beat us up front and that was really where the game was won," Michigan coach Lloyd Carr said. "They beat us on both sides of the ball and just did a tremendous job." Michigan State, behind the passing of Burke and big-play receptions by Burress, dominated the first two quarters, yet led just 13-10 at halftime. Freshman T.J. Duckett scored on a 1-yard run and Paul Edinger kicked field goals of 39 and 43 yards in the first half for the Spartans. The Wolverines got a school-record 56-yard field goal by Hayden Epstein and Henson's bomb to Knight. Michigan State kept the pressure on in the second half. Edinger missed a 44-yard attempt on the Spartans first possession, but with Burke and Burress hooking up for 17 yards, Michigan State drove 49-yards in seven plays for a touchdown and a 20-10 lead on a 19-yard TD toss from Burke to Gari Scott. Moments later, Henson -- under a tremendous rush -- was picked off by Aric Morris who returned it 17 yards to the Michigan 18. Three plays later, Burke found Burress wide open in the end zone for a 15-yard touchdown and a 27-10 lead with 3:02 left in the third quarter. Brady replaced Henson on Michigan's next possession. On his first drive, Brady completed 6-of-9 for 64 yards in an 80-yard drive that ended in a 2-yard touchdown run by Anthony Thomas, closing the gap to 27-17 with 14:23 left in the fourth quarter. It didn't slow down Burke or the Spartans, however. Burke hit passes of 21 and 35 yards as Michigan State went 76 yards in six plays on its next possession, taking a 34-17 lead on a 14-yard scoring run by Dawan Moss. Brady, continuing the comeback quest, completed 8-of-8 for 75 yards on Michigan's next possession, hitting David Terrell with a 19-yard TD toss to make it 34-24 with 8:11 left. Brady, hitting 9-of-11 for 86 yards, took the Wolverines 96 yards on their next possession, hooking up with Aaron Shea for an 8-yard touchdown, closing the gap to three points with 2:47 remaining. It was just the 12th time Michigan and Michigan State met when both were ranked by The Associated Press. Michigan had won the last five, but the Spartans now lead the series 6-5-1 in those 12 games The higher ranked team has won nine of the 12 games, going 9-2-1. The only other upset came in 1950 when Michigan State won 14-7 in the first game of the season.

My Game Notes

I'm sorry but this is gonna be short. I am so damn depressed its unbelievable. Well it is obvious that Brady should lead this team and be the starter. Henson threw for 80 of his 111 yards in one play. He just did not combat the rush well enough. Part of that can be blammed on the Offensive line, but the Defense didn't play like angels either allowing 34 damn points. All in all if you think back, the biggest play of the game was Henson's INT. I mean if we punt and hold them, instead of throwing the INT and allowing MSU to score we could have technically won the game.

This game showed some, even though minimal signs of hope. For one thing the offense under Brady flourished as he himself threw 2 TDs in the 4th quarter. Secondly, the Wrs played well in the clutch as well. TIn the 4th the team showed character. But A-Train was shut down this week. As I have said before...leave in Askew for a bit. Well in conclusion, our CBS and Safeties must never again play in back of WRS and give up big plays on underthrown balls (UM IS USUALLY GOOD AT IT BUT NOT THIS WEEK), the running game must comeback, and Brady must be our starter. Well I'll be at the U of I game in 2 weeks. UM will come out angry and I hope they beat the living daylights out of the Illini. Suck it up UM fans and Go BLUE!! CLICK HERE TO VOTE FOR MY SITE. YOU HAVE ALREADY MADE ME #6 ON THE TOP 100 LIST FOR COLLEGE SITES. ONCE U CLICK YOUR VOTE IS REGISTERED-THATS ALL U HAVE TO DO. THANX FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF MY SITE AND UM.

HOOK-UPS

CLICK HERE TO GO TO MY MICHIGAN INDEX PAGE WITH ALL GAME SITES!!

CLICK HERE NOW TO VOTE FOR THE MICHIGAN ALL-CENTURY TEAM-A MUST SEE FOR DIE-HARD UM FANS

For The best MICHIGAN HOCKEY site staright from Ann Arbor CLICK HERE NOW

CLICK HERE FOR BDSTAIN'S SWEET PAGE!!

Detroit Free Press Great UM coverage

To see The official Michigan Athletics Website click here now

To see The best Michigan Football pics and game summaries click here now

New Michigan Poll

Who Will Go To The Rose Bowl?

Michigan
PSU
MSU
OSU
WISCONSIN
PURDUE


Current Results
Old School Poll

Who Is The Better Coach?

Llyod Carr
BO Schembecler
Gary Moeller


Current Results

This University of Michigan Fan Web Ring site owned by AD

Click for the [ Next Page | Previous | Next 5 | Random ]

Want to join the ring? Click here for info


Props to Detriot Free Press and Detroit News for the pics, and M Go Blue.com for the Logos