Michigan may upset Carolina on Monday. So to the moron who asked that question…USC is considered the better team. The program that could raise itself with a win is the Wolverines, not the Gamecocks.
This is not your Father’s Michigan or South Carolina. So with all due respect to any Big 10 idiot
who is still stuck in the past about them I hope you realize you are sounding
like a certain upstate school in the Palmetto State. Nobody cares what happened in college
football during the 80s anymore. Seniors
who graduate from either school in May will have been born in 1992. Yep, we now have folks graduating from
college who were not born until the Gamecocks were in the SEC.
I am an old fogey so I have the luxury of being ancient
enough at 41 to remember the two times Carolina and Michigan met in the
80s. I watched the game at the Big House
at Carolina Coliseum and I saw Michigan beat us in Columbia in 1985. The only mental picture I even have of that
second game is their 6’ 10” Tight End named Paul Jokish or something like
that. Monster of a guy!
No, if Carolina wins on Tuesday it won’t mean anything more
to our program than beating Nebraska in the Citrus Bowl last year did. We gained nothing in terms of the stature of
our program but we landed our 11th win of the season which was
nice. Same thing this year. If we win, we get 11 wins this year and a win
over a team that was good when Reagan was President. Nice.
But if Michigan wins, you will hear about it from sea to
shining sea that a Big 10 team knocked off an SEC power. The print media industry in the Midwest may
have a temporary rebound from the insane euphoria you will see if that
happens. In other words, it will be
Michigan that gets a program boost from a win, not South Carolina.
Again, this is not intended to insult or demean anything
Michigan accomplished in those earlier eras in College Football. Bo’s teams were fun to watch and Hoke may
return them to that former glory. We
shall see. But in the meantime, here’s
hoping Tuesday’s game is fun, well-played by both teams and showcases two great
conferences in a positive light.
And to that one reporter…go soak your head. It’s a great time to be a Gamecock! Happy New Year!