Michael Rosenberg of the Detroit Free Press says that Michigan's rep is in tatters after the epic upset by App, even though the visitors from North Carolina were pretty damn good:

Michigan will not get over this for a long, long time. College football, more than any other sport, is a perception game...And the perception is that Michigan just lost to the Washington Generals. There is no response to that. If you're Michigan, you simply cannot lose to Appalachian State.

...Never mind that this was a good matchup for the Mountaineers, who have speed on offense and a talented, shifty, quarterback, Armanti Edwards, to pick apart Michigan's inexperienced defense. (And Appalachian State knew it! As the Winston-Salem Journal reported last week, the Mountaineers practically begged U-M athletic director Bill Martin for the matchup.)

Never mind that Michigan was foolish to schedule Appalachian State. When you want a cupcake, eat a cupcake. Don't chew on glass and tell yourself it's a cupcake.

...The Mountaineers should crow about this forever.

Everybody else will.

This

almost makes up for this

Comments

[Danny Wright]

On an ESPN phone interview this morning, Rosenberg said that Michigan would get over this loss -- in 97 years.

[Dave Dobson]

Holy cow, that second video is bad. Please tell me that's from the 1980's (I'm guessing not, though - the text and video effects look like bad late 1990's).

As a Michigan alum (grad school) and often a fan, I was actually happy to see App State take them down - gotta cheer for the little guy, you know.

[Bubba]

The Ohio State crowd has just got to LOVE this development.

I bet the taunting has already started.......

It's gratifying that at least one of the local angle David/Goliath sports stories played out well on Saturday.

The one that didn't may turn out to be the opening act (pun intended)for some interesting further developments as time goes by.