Saturday, October 05, 2019

Let's check in on planetm.

Ooh. When you are looking for quite possibly the most incompetently played game between two top twenty teams in history,

The Answer Is Michigan.

#19 Michigan beat #14 Iowa 10-3 in a game in which Iowa turned the ball over four times, three interceptions and one fumble and still Michigan could only score ten points. Michigan turned it over once themselves, an INT. Iowa ran the ball 30 times for a net 1 yard. There were twelve penalties, eight on Iowa.

The first eleven possessions of the game read like this:

Michigan Punt
Iowa Fumble
Michigan Field Goal
Iowa Punt
Michigan Touchdown
Iowa Fumble
Michigan Interception
Iowa Interception
Michigan Punt
Iowa Field Goal

 And with that, with 12:18 remaining in the first half, the scoring was done.

Oh no, we have to play this out in its entirety, we must needs feel the incompetence deep in our souls. The remaining possessions of the game.

Michigan Downs
Iowa Interception
Michigan Punt
Iowa Punt
Michigan Punt
Iowa Punt
Michigan Missed Field Goal
Iowa Punt
Michigan Punt
Iowa Punt
Michigan Punt
Iowa End of Game

It is a marvel in excrement, a marvel in vomit. When those two teams are ranked in the top twenty in the nation it is reasonable to ask,

Which nation?