Grizlaw wrote:GrizinWashington wrote:And how many road games have the cats won in the playoffs?
Zero. (Unless you go back to the pre-I-AA era, in which case I don't know the answer and don't have time to do the research right now. But since 1978, the year I-AA as a subdivision was created, they've never won a road playoff game either.)
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That'd be a great question if this was about a comparsion between UM and MSU and not a comparison between Bobby and the past three UM coaches. The worst that ever happened to UM and Bobby was getting to the 2004 championship game. Talk about building a false sense that you're doing things right.
Allow me to quote myself:
I think the eye-popping and most telling stat about UM is that they are 2-4 against teams from the SoCon, CAA and Gateway in the playoffs under Buh-bay. Both wins were at home, three losses were at home and the other loss was at a neutral site. So you play five home games, no road games and one game at a neutral site and go 2-4. That's where UM is slipping. They can no longer keep up with the teams in the big conferences.
Glenn was 4-1 against teams from those conferences in the playoffs. He won three of the four at home and split the other two on neutral fields. This is what a good coach does...win home playoff games.
Glenn was 7-0 overall in home playoff games in three years. Buh-bay is just 5-4 in five years. His '04 playoff run really saves him. Without it he's just 2-4 at home. That was the year all the top seeds kept getting knocked off right in front of UM and they didn't have to take to the road and play on someone else's home field...an almost sure loser for UM.
You have to be able to beat the SoCon, Gateway and CAA at home more that 33% of the time to be considered a serious contender for the national title.
MSU has won a road playoff game as a Division II team, but UM never won a road playoff game in Division II, but then how could they, they never even played a playoff game in Division II. But did lose the Camelia Bowl twice. Psst, we won one of those too.
NAIA champs, Camelia Bowl (West Region champs), Division II champs, Division I-AA champs. Only team in college football history with championships in three separate divisions.
That stacks up pretty well against UM's two I-AA champs.