Before The Game
After offensive tackle Jake Long, quarterback Chad Henne, and running back Mike Hart decided to return for their senior season, and coach Lloyd Carr chose not to retire, the Wolverines were tapped as favorites to win the Big Ten title. Although the Mountaineers were favorites for a third straight FCS title and entered the game with a 14-game winning streak—the longest in either the FCS or FBS—the game was expected to be such a mismatch that some Las Vegas sportsbooks refused to offer a betting line.
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Famous quotes containing the word game:
“My first big mistake was made when, in a moment of weakness, I consented to learn the game; for a man who can frankly say “I do not play bridge” is allowed to go over in the corner and run the pianola by himself, while the poor neophyte, no matter how much he may protest that he isn’t “at all a good player, in fact I’m perfectly rotten,” is never believed, but dragged into a game where it is discovered, too late, that he spoke the truth.”
—Robert Benchley (1889–1945)