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(11-11-2014 03:49 PM)WesternSkillet Wrote:  The Toledo win was during the Rich Rod era. A lot of UM fans wanted him out. Toledo certainly did them a favor in helping to get rid of Rich Rod.

Toledo beat U-M in Rich Rod's putrid first season. I'm sure that loss (along with many others that year) turned some U-M fans against him.

I assume that state-of-Ohio MAC alums (along with those of other smaller state-of-Ohio schools' alums) feel about OSU the way many of us feel about U-M, MSU, or both. Dayton was one win away from the Final Four last March, but beating OSU in that first-round game was like winning the Super Bowl to them. Anything else after that was a bonus.

I loved when Ohio knocked off U-M in the Big Dance a couple years ago. With all of the stupid Brady Hoke "Ohio" talk, it seemed like poetic justice.

(11-11-2014 04:27 PM)The Colonel Wrote:  

(11-11-2014 03:49 PM)WesternSkillet Wrote:  The Toledo win was during the Rich Rod era. A lot of UM fans wanted him out. Toledo certainly did them a favor in helping to get rid of Rich Rod.

Toledo beat U-M in Rich Rod's putrid first season. I'm sure that loss (along with many others that year) turned some U-M fans against him.

I assume that state-of-Ohio MAC alums (along with those of other smaller state-of-Ohio schools' alums) feel about OSU the way many of us feel about U-M, MSU, or both. Dayton was one win away from the Final Four last March, but beating OSU in that first-round game was like winning the Super Bowl to them. Anything else after that was a bonus.

I loved when Ohio knocked off U-M in the Big Dance a couple years ago. With all of the stupid Brady Hoke "Ohio" talk, it seemed like poetic justice.

Very true. That was Rich Rods first year. Keep in mind that scUM had a losing record at 2-3 before going into that game. The unrest had begun going into that game and then escalated after it.