Which is more embarrassing?

Question

Ohio State being favored going into the National Championship game with the Heisman Trophy winner, seemingly not showing up, and being destroyed 41-14 by Florida?
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Michigan, with practically an All-American offense returning from last year, being an early season favorite to win the Big 10 and seriously compete for a National Championship, and getting beat in week one by a Div. 1-AA team in The Big House?

Answer 1

Michigan by far. Mike Hart was the only one who played well and he missed almost a half with an injury. They may have managed to undue 100 years of tradition in 3 hours

Answer 2

Michigan, easily.

And before I go on, don't forget that Michigan got pretty embarrassed themselves in the second half of the Rose Bowl back in January.

The Ohio State-Florida game was at least between two top level programs. When you have so many Superbowl blowouts to compare it to, it seems almost a routine instance for a championship football game to end up a blow out, even at football's highest level. There were actually quite a few national level sports writers that picked Florida to win that game, though none by a blowout.

It was very embarrassing, but it was fairly short term embarrassment. The sports world quickly moved on to other things.

App State's win over Michigan was epic and just won't be forgotten. It is one of the all time historic upsets in college football. It is something nearly unforeseeable. I mean, the gambling industry refused to even put a spread on the game because they didn't think anyone would even bet on it no matter how many points they gave Appalachian State.

It will be actively discussed for the rest of the season and will also be something that Michigan State, Ohio State, and Notre Dame fans will be sticking in Michigan fans faces for the rest of time.

I remember when I lived in Cincinnati and the UC Bearcats lost to Austin Peay State University, which was a very good Division I-AA at the time. The Bearcats have never been a top tier Division I-A program in my lifetime, much less ranked in the top 5, and they were absolutely mortified over losing to any Division I-AA team, even a good one.

I mean, just visualize this verbal exchange Michigan fan: "Boy you guys really got killed by Florida in the National Championship game." Buckeye Fan: "Yea, well at least we didn't lose to a Division I-AA school."

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PS - Steven R. You are a complete Idiot and Lloyd Carr Tool. If anything, saying Ohio State didn't belong in the National Title Game only mitigates the embarrassment. It's akin to saying Michigan belongs in Division II with Slippery Rock. If you are a Michigan fan, you really need to consider what saying OSU didn't belong in the title games says about the Michigan team Ohio State defeated the previous November (and the 2 Novembers before that).

Answer 3

As embarassing as it must have been to watch Michigan lose (I had to listen on the radio, so I got some relief), most people just heard about it and didn't actual see the game. It would be considered a long term embarassment when people remember back at the loss, for sure.

But, millions of more people actually saw the Ohio State embarassment and it was the biggest game of the year, so that had to be quite embarassing for fans of the Buckeyes and the Big Ten; they have had to endure that loss for eight months until the new season began.

Also, except for the opening kickoff, Ohio State was totally killed on the field and was never in the game, so it was embarassing to watch it happen also, but I think the feeling has worn off mostly now and this year is a new year.

The Michigan loss was an exciting game, albet one that should have been won you'd think by the Wolverines, so the embarassment of this recent loss will end up being much bigger in the long run due to the ramifications of it.

So to sum up, I think the Ohio State GAME was a bigger embarassment on the field, but the Michigan loss is a much bigger embarassment in the end.

Answer 4

Which one is considered the greatest upset of all time? Michigan was the first ranked team to lose to a FCS (formerly 1-AA) team. That's sad. They didn't want to pay App. State $400,000 for that loss, they paid to win by 30 points and get their season rolling.

Ohio State got destroyed, but they got destroyed by the best 1-A team last year. App State was the best 1AA team last year, but the best of a tiny division still should not beat a national championship contender. And in Ann Arbor at the Big House?! That is likely going to be the biggest upset we'll ever see, and more FBS teams may not want to get the best FCS teams on their schedules.

Answer 5

Michigan by far.

Ohio State was on a neutral field playing a team that came to play and kicked the living $hit out of us. I found it embarressing but we lost to a team that was pretty even to us.

Michigan was at home so they had that as an advantage. Appalachian State is good, but Michigan should have beaten them by 20.

I hate Michigan but Appalachian State is better than a lot of Division I-A Schools and they've won 2 National Titles in a row in Division I-AA.

Ohio State and Michigan were both the better teams in these games but they didn't show up to play and that made the difference.

Michigan made too many mistakes
-Failed on two 2 pt. conversions. 32+2= 34
-Got 2 FGs Blocked. 34+6=40

Appalachian State made a few mistakes which could've cost them.
-Dropped a TD pass 34+7=41
-Missed a FG. 41+3=44

If both teams hadn't made these mistakes it would have been 44-40 App. St

Answer 6

Much more embarssing losing to the Division II team. At least Ohio state got a spanking from the winner of the SEC. But with both of them combined, the Big ten has alot of work to do before their supposive elite status gets turned into a punch-line.
P.S. Michigan should consider opening next seasons first game against the local high school team.

Answer 7

Michigan getting beaten.

At least OSU got to the title game. The destruction the Buckeyes suffered was mainly due to the preparation time (5 weeks) Urban Meyer had.

A top 5 1-A team has NO BUSINESS losing to any 1-AA team.

Michigan will bounce back though. They will learn from this and put more focus into their practices and games from now on, which may not bode well for the rest of the Big Ten.

Answer 8

Michigan being defeated by Appalachia State is HUGE. What a wake up call. In all honesty, many 1-AA teams are highly motivated and scare the pants off the big guys. It is their super bowl everytime they play a 1-A school. They have nothing to lose and all to gain. Not to be taken lightly.

Edit: Sorry to see so many compare App. St. to something rinky dink. They have an excellent program, and always take the field with their A game.

Answer 9

The Michigan upset. At least the Ohio State didn't loose to a Division I-AA team.

Answer 10

Ohio State because they didn't belong in the championship game in the first place. Way overrated. Michigan was playing a powerhouse of Division 1a and they have been the champions for the past two years. They know how to win where as Troy Smith lacked the leadership qualities to get his overrated team to win.