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Appalachian State Stuns College Football World, Beats Michigan
The University of Michigan is universally recognized as one of the premier powers in college football. Hell, they're the nations winningest progam of all time! The Wolverines entered this new campaign ranked as the number 5 team in the country, tabbed as preseason favorites to win the Big Ten, and, along with that, considered to have a very decent shot at the National Championship Game. That all changed on Saturday when a tiny school in Boone, North Carolina traveled to Ann Arbor and pulled off possibly the biggest upset in college football history.
It was thought impossible, before that dramatic blocked field goal to end the game, that Goliath could invite David's retarded younger brother to his house and lose. But don't tell Appalachian State they're retarded (even if Miss Teen USA South Carolina announced on The Today Show that she would attending that university this fall). No, do not tell them that. Call them giant-killers. Recognize them as champions of the little guy -- a reason for all the other "cupcake" schools who have to journey deep into the behemoth's den, expecting a thorough beating, to believe in something. In addition to that, consider Michigan the poster-child for arrogance and cockiness. If head coach Lloyd Carr wasn't on the hot seat before, he surely is, now. And it may be the big-play, never-give-up, two-time defending 1-AA champs that lead to his demise.
Pain? Shock? Humiliation? It's all over the faces of the Michigan fans that crowded into The Big House. Hail to the victors, indeed.
