Bill Mastro and his crew are even worse than I thought

[drcy]

During periods of past history, Minnesota and Michigan State were national powerhouses. Ebbs and tides.

My dad said when was at Michigan he said they were marginal and he never went to a game. I went to the UW during the Pre-Alverez days, back when they would fight Northwestern for second to last place. The daughter of the former Badger coach Dave McClain was in my high school graduating class. He led the Badgers to a couple of Bowls, but died of a hear attack when his daughter was in h.s.

I have family members who went to Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota and Michigan State, and my parents met and were married in Ann Arbor, so I say we're a Big Ten family. I live on the West Coast but follow the Big 10/12 not the Pac 10/12. Just can't acclimate to a league with Arizona State, UCLA and USC. November college football games in 85 degrees seems so unnatural. Gotta have some frost on the ground.

I remember when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers would come to Green Bay in December and the Packers would always have the definite home field advantage. I remember Steve Young getting sacked and having a face mask full of snow.

[toledo_mudhen]

The greatest thing that ever happened for illegal sports betting - was Tom Osborne who absolutely crushed point spreads and never let up.... It was always amusing to see how Vegas struggled with trying to put a line on a Nebraska game...... those were the days - good times

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by toledo_mudhen

The greatest thing that ever happened for illegal sports betting - was Tom Osborne who absolutely crushed point spreads and never let up.... It was always amusing to see how Vegas struggled with trying to put a line on a Nebraska game...... those were the days - good times

Yeah, that was when NU's second and third stringers were better players than most teams first teamers. People always accused Osborne of running it up, but those are people who never watched the games.

[Fred]

1984 Orange Bowl. That was a defining moment. Wow, that was a gutsy call by Osborne (even though it went the wrong way).

[steve B]

Neither of my colleges had much in Football.

Northeastern had a team, but I never went. A friend that did says the college was embarrassed by one particular cheer, that being "we beat the spread!" With few wins that had to do.

My other school had no team. They did have basketball, but it was basically the guys who played in the parking lot during lunch. I only learned they were the team after a couple years when I heard them talking about having played against Manute Bol.

As far as I know there wasn't anyone cheating at collectibles either. Maybe at NU, it's a biggish school.

Steve B