vs

2 days early, who cares..... it's supposed to be the best bowl game of the season. Both teams are coming off of losses that kept them out of the national title game. Michigan obviously has more to prove in showing that they deserved a rematch and a lot to show for moving on to next year as their returning talent will be huge. and uh..... Let's Go Blue! Last I heard though, the line is So Cal by 1, being that it's nearly a home game for them. USC is 5-2 against Michigan in Rose Bowls. Both teams have dynamic receivers and quarterbacks with a pass attack. USC probably has the edge in passing and Michigan clearly has the edge in the run game. January 1st @ 4:30 ABC. Enjoy...

12/30/2006 4:46:30 PM

Is NICE!!!

GO BLUE!!!

12/30/2006 4:47:20 PM

bttt

12/30/2006 9:29:07 PM

Miichigan is the best team in the country and will win this game quite easily.

12/30/2006 9:30:59 PM

if michigan sustains any form of a decent pass rush to eliminate USC's receiver's, it's over early

12/31/2006 2:23:28 AM

michigan will win soundly

12/31/2006 2:34:16 AM

Somebody remind me how to block a user because Aristotle has become the new hcnguyen

[Edited on December 31, 2006 at 2:35 AM. Reason : damn]

12/31/2006 2:35:22 AM

How am I like him?

12/31/2006 2:42:07 AM

Stupid shit constantly....are you not the one that keeps telling us Clemson really is good even though they have played nobody?

12/31/2006 2:42:59 AM

USC is going to win, which is a shame because I hate USC. On the other hand, I also hate Michigan (in fact, I used to hate Michigan more than any other college team until the recent USC hype knocked them down to #2 on the most hated list). My only hope is for a terrorist attack to wipe out both teams and their arrogant fan bases.

12/31/2006 2:50:50 AM

Well I am not a Clemson fan. I have no love for the tigers.

Quote :

"are you not the one that keeps telling us Clemson really is good even though they have played nobody?"

If you can't see that Clemson is good by now you are just biased. I'm not saying they will run the table or win it all or anything but they certainly deserve their ranking. Any team that has the consistency to go out and win every game against mediocre opposition is good.

Here we are in January and they have flat out dominated all their competition including 4 big conference teams. It's actually pretty funny you bring this up because it reminds me alot of wake forest early in football.

"stupid" shit i've said
-clemson doesnt suck in basketball
-duke doesnt suck in basketball
-michigan is great in football

o ya.... stupid shit constantly

12/31/2006 3:03:24 AM

go blue, time for revenge for three years ago

12/31/2006 4:29:15 AM

i thought you were talking about clemson football. i almost fell out of my chair.

12/31/2006 8:14:16 AM

well at least you crack yourself up

12/31/2006 8:17:12 AM

go blue!

12/31/2006 9:29:51 AM

So if USC wins and Pete Carroll declares them National Champions... does that make it so again this year?

12/31/2006 11:37:36 AM

No but if Michigan wins and the AP votes them #1, the AP declares them National Champions (just like they did for USC).

Michigan will win this game and they need to. The Big 10 is 0-3 with 2 more Ls along the way (Arkansas over Wiscy and UT over Penn St)... Ohio St and Michigan need to save face..

12/31/2006 11:42:41 AM

I know, I was just parodying the last times these two teams played in the Rose Bowl. After the win, Carroll was all like "This win makes us national champions"

12/31/2006 1:44:42 PM

How come ESPN has a countdown for this game on the ticker and not any other bowls? oh wait, it's on ABC and hype central needs to make sure we are paying attention to all their networks all the time

12/31/2006 1:50:12 PM

because you will see Michigan, one of the 2 best teams in the country, play and beat the hell out of an overrated media glory team

12/31/2006 1:52:50 PM

^^ because its probably the best bowl game and the fact that they want to get as much bowl coverage out of the few games they get in january (3, 1 for ESPN, 2 for ABC the 2 bowls that nobody cares about between the major bowls and the NC don't count)

its just advertising.

[Edited on December 31, 2006 at 1:54 PM. Reason : ]

12/31/2006 1:54:14 PM

It's clearly the largest viewed Bowl on the Disney-owned networks, the only BCS bowl on those networks, and it is a good matchup. Why not advertise?

Michigan will win but I expect it to be close and come down to the end..

12/31/2006 1:56:12 PM

Quote :

"Michigan obviously has more to prove in showing that they deserved a rematch "

They don't deserve shit, they lost.

12/31/2006 2:01:52 PM

^you're just an idiot

12/31/2006 2:08:30 PM

Please Explain

12/31/2006 4:05:12 PM

this is all assuming UF loses.

12/31/2006 4:19:12 PM

just go blue ........... just fucking GO BLUE... happy new year

1/1/2007 3:50:50 AM

fuck the hype

1/1/2007 11:07:11 AM

why?

1/1/2007 3:27:19 PM

the hype = USC

So Fuck USC.

1/1/2007 3:31:31 PM

fair enough...

1/1/2007 3:35:10 PM

its a damn shame, I want the Big Ten teams to win to shut up the critics, and I really dont like the Trojans, but I simply cant pull for Michigan

1/1/2007 4:07:28 PM

i told you guys, wisconsin is good

^ your guys escaped having to play them this year

[Edited on January 1, 2007 at 4:30 PM. Reason : .]

1/1/2007 4:30:19 PM

wiscy is great i've been sayin that... they just showed it

1/1/2007 4:38:14 PM

^^umm, 'my guys' are the Buckeyes

1/1/2007 4:41:02 PM

exactly

they werent on your conf schedule this year

1/1/2007 4:41:59 PM

oh shit, sorry I thought you meant we didnt play Michigan this year...which would mean that my team isnt OSU


and I'm glad we didnt, the Badgers always play well against the Buckeyes

[Edited on January 1, 2007 at 4:43 PM. Reason : asdf]

1/1/2007 4:43:20 PM

sigh, Flutie just said the dumbest shit ever, HATE that argument

1/1/2007 4:44:39 PM

this should be a slaughter

1/1/2007 4:45:56 PM

go blue

1/1/2007 4:49:38 PM

is anyone else seeing this in SD?

if this thing doesn't switch to HD I'm gonna be pissed

EDIT: it finally switched to HD, guess the pre-game show wasn't important enough for HD

[Edited on January 1, 2007 at 4:58 PM. Reason : .]

1/1/2007 4:51:13 PM

why is this not on FOX?

1/1/2007 4:51:51 PM

ABC reserved the rights to the Rose Bowl, their only BCS bowl

notice the past week or two on ESPN the *ONLY* bowl touted was the Rose Bowl? Because ESPN ain't givin' no free advertising to non-ABC-owned bowls.

1/1/2007 4:52:37 PM

wish I had ABC HD, damn south carolina shitty cable

1/1/2007 4:59:50 PM

^ that does suck, I mean, I'm getting it in HD in west virginia

1/1/2007 5:01:18 PM

well, EVERYONE is picking Michigan to win... which means I will lose my bet

1/1/2007 5:02:47 PM

This is the best looking ESPNHD game I've seen so far.. It's nice and bright..

Oh and to go against everyone on here.. FIGHT ON SC!

1/1/2007 5:04:12 PM

I meant all the "experts"


all have jumped on Michigan, poor underdog USC

1/1/2007 5:06:02 PM

yeah, I'll bet they went all-out on the HD gear for this one...looks great

of course, the beautiful SoCal sky helps out

1/1/2007 5:06:23 PM

ACC refs?

God help these teams

1/1/2007 5:07:58 PM