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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“That the world is a divine game and beyond good and evil:Min this the Vedanta philosophy and Heraclitus are my predecessors.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)