More Spin Than Fox News

Ok I was going to go out to the slopes and have a nice relaxing day barreling down the mountain. However I came across this article and was just blown away. Does Karl Rove now work for ESPN. There is more spin in this than the diahrea that flows out of Baba O'Reilly's mouth. I will disput all of his points.

Points 1 and 2 are correct.

3. Florida's 12 Division I-A opponents had a combined record of 89-57. Michigan's 12 opponents had a combined record of 84-61.

Um the big word is I-A. Florida played a the Wash U Bears a couple of weeks ago and with the I-AA team they played their combined record is 91-66. This basically makes their opponents have an equal winning percentage.

4. Michigan's best win is considered a 27-13 victory over Wisconsin on Sept. 23. The Badgers are 11-1 and have climbed to No. 7 in the AP Top 25 poll, despite having played only one ranked opponent -- the Wolverines -- the entire season.

Did you forget about their victory by around 26 points over a very good Irish team that is 10-2? JACKASSES.

5. The 12 teams Florida defeated finished the season with 11 combined wins against opponents which were ranked in the AP Top 25 poll at the time the game was played. The opponents Michigan defeated claim just three wins against ranked teams (Notre Dame beat Penn State. Indiana beat Iowa. Vanderbilt beat Georgia. The Nittany Lions, Hawkeyes and Bulldogs, it should be noted, haven't been ranked in seven weeks).

Typical spin in confusing the reader and just stating absolutely nothing.


6. The Gators went 3-1 against ranked opponents, beating then-No. 13 Tennessee, No. 9 LSU and No. 8 Arkansas and losing at No. 11 Auburn. The Wolverines went 1-1 against ranked opponents, beating a highly overrated No. 2 Notre Dame team (that lost to Michigan and USC by a combined total of 46 points) and losing at No. 1 Ohio State 42-39 on Nov. 18.

If I remember correctly Penn State, Wisconsin, and Iowa were all ranked opponents. DUMBASS. And who is to say that ND is overrated...shouldn't we say that LSU, Arkansas and Auburn are overrated.

7. The Gators' average margin of victory against Division I-A teams was 13.5 points. They won seven games by 14 points or fewer, six by less than 10. The Wolverines' average margin of victory was 17.3 points. They won six games by 14 points or fewer, two by less than 10.

Shouldn't this mean that the Wolverines are a better team with a higher margin of victory??

8. The Gators played Western Carolina, a Division I-AA team, and won by 62 points. The Wolverines played Ball State, which should be a I-AA team, and won by eight.

Last time I check the MAC is probably one of the best conference to bring out NFL players and vastly underrated.

9. Since the Wolverines last played and lost at Ohio State, the Gators won at Florida State (The Seminoles are 6-6, but rivalry games are tough to win. Just ask USC coach Pete Carroll) and then beat the No. 8 Razorbacks, who defeated then-No. 2 Auburn and No. 13 Tennessee by 17 points each.

10. Ok I get that

You say that Michigan isn't involved in a rivalry? They play Minnesota for a jug that is older than the state of Florida. Lets see here the Razorbacks lost to the Trojans by 40 or so points. They beat the Irish by 20 points, Michigan beat the Irish by 26, don't you think that Michigan could beat the Razorbacks by more than 10 points.

Sorry for the rant and probably poor writing. I am getting ready to ski, but felt the need to vent after reading this article.