In a message dated 3/25/98 12:21:09 AM, [log in to unmask] wrote:
 
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What does all this mean?  Michigan can be beaten.  They can be beaten at
 
the Joe, and at Yost.  Look, if Michigan let MSU beat them four times
 
this season, what does that tell you?  Michigan’s so called “home ice
 
advantaged” isn’t much of one.  Michigan fans have the stupidest chants,
 
the most bandwagon fans, and one of the worst buildings in the country.
 
Even with all that help, Michigan still loses, and loses the big games.
 
This game will be a good game, but the fact is North Dakota is better.
 
Much better.  North Dakota has most of that years's NCAA championship
 
team..  Michigan may score first, or Turco will make a save we will hear
 
about for a week, but I don’t think that will be enough.  Michigan is
 
done making National Title runs for a while.  A lot of Michigan streaks
 
ended this season.  We know that, and the Michigan team certainly knows
 
that!  Michigan will fall to North Dakota, but Michigan will make it
 
look good.
 
 
 
Derek’s Pick: North Dakota 3 Michigan 2>>
 
 
 
For all that hand waving and loud talk from a top that soap box on how bad
Michigan is I would have thought you were going to predict a 9-1 score.  With
lines like 'so called home ice advantage... ND is better, MUCH better...
Michigan is done...  All the scores touting MSU's superiority, all those
sentences,, and your conclusion of 3-2?  Doesn't seem like much of an assing
to me.>>
 
I guess that's why they play the games.  Not only do the infallible Spartans
get served a loss at the hands of OSU, but the mighty North Dakota blows a 2-0
lead to fall to the Wolverines.
 
<<Michigan is done making National Title runs for a while>>
 
I know one team that's done making a run for the title.. in fact, now I know
two.
 
Good luck to the Wolverines and the OSU Buckeyes in Boston.
 
Gerald
 
Michigan '93.
 
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