FWIW: Michigan leads in number of Outback Bowl appearances
FWIW: With this latest appearance, Michigan leads in number of Outback Bowl appearances at six (3-2):
1988 Michigan 28, Alabama 24
1994 Michigan 42, NCState 7
1997 Alabama 17, Michigan 14
2003 Michigan 38, Florida 30
2013 South Carolina 33, Michigan 28
Team with the next greatest number of appearances in the Outback Bowl?
South Carolina with five (to be tied with Georgia, Iowa, and Wisconsin upon playing 2018 game) with record of 3-1:
2001 South Carolina 24, Ohio State 7
2002 South Carolina 31, Ohio State 28
2009 Iowa 31, South Carolina 10
2013 South Carolina 33, Michigan 28
Ohio State has four appearances. 0-4.
1990 Auburn 31, Ohio State 14
1992 Syracuse 24, Ohio State 17
2001 South Carolina 24, Ohio State 7
2002 South Carolina 31, Ohio State 28
Caveat: I could be wrong with number of appearances by other teams. Link? Link:
December 14th, 2017 at 12:29 AM ^
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December 14th, 2017 at 9:28 AM ^
pretty sure it was called the hall of fame bowl. my dad caught a extra point, WOOOO
December 14th, 2017 at 12:31 AM ^
Thanks. Fixed typo.
December 14th, 2017 at 7:23 AM ^
An incredible 4th-down 20-yard TD last-minute completion from Demetrius Brown to John Kolesar won the game. They could have gone for the FG to tie but went for the win instead. I still have the VHS recording in a closet somewhere.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waGp-Mr6wTY#t=6m0s
Other than Sheridan/Threet, that was the last year we had QB play as messy as this year, FWIW.
December 14th, 2017 at 7:40 AM ^
I find our leadership in Outback Bowl appearances to be far more significant than our leadership in all-time wins or winning percentage. I'm sure everyone will agree with me.
December 14th, 2017 at 8:05 AM ^
these days, after 30 mins of review, that gets overturned?
December 14th, 2017 at 9:50 AM ^
December 14th, 2017 at 12:18 PM ^
Today, that would be an incomplete pass. He doesn't maintain possesion of the ball all the way through.
December 14th, 2017 at 12:51 PM ^
Nah, it's a catch. The ball shifts a little when it's against his belly but it's still clearly in his hands. It's when it shifts on the ground that they don't call it a catch.
December 14th, 2017 at 1:30 PM ^
The ball comes out of his hands for a split second while he's pushing himself off the ground. It's incomplete.
December 14th, 2017 at 11:35 AM ^
Like the pass to Desmond in the '91 ND game, that was Gary Moeller's playcall, as Bo had to miss this bowl game due to his heart surgery in December.
December 14th, 2017 at 12:30 AM ^
I am going to wish that OSU goes to the Outback bowl every year as long as they keep losing it .
December 14th, 2017 at 12:46 AM ^
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December 14th, 2017 at 11:54 AM ^
He beat us in '98 and went 11-1. I don't think he was in any particular jeopardy after that season.
It all fell apart for him in a few weeks at the end of 2000. The combination of 1) losing at home to Michigan, 2) getting blown out by South Carolina and 3) the revelation that some guys on the team had 0.0 GPAs was too much for him to survive.
December 14th, 2017 at 12:48 AM ^
December 14th, 2017 at 2:37 AM ^
December 14th, 2017 at 9:36 AM ^
I would agree with you, but the Rose Bowl is only part of the playoff every three years!
By the way, if we or another Big Ten team was #1 going into the playoffs this year, would we go to the Rose Bowl or would we go to the Sugar Bowl because it's closer?
December 14th, 2017 at 11:43 AM ^
One theory was that Schembechler's bowl practices were too physical. Predictable playcalling didn't help.
December 14th, 2017 at 12:47 PM ^
My hypothesis is actually the opposite: perhaps, in the 1970s (when we went 0-7 in bowls) Bo still had the mindset that a bowl was basically an exhibition and that the main business of the season had been concluded. It had only been a few years since the voters started awarding the national title after the bowls, so this paradigm shift was new. And if you're a Midwestern team going to a sunny location for New Year's, it's probably easy to look at it as a vacation.
In the '80s we were 5-5 in bowls, so whatever our issue was in the previous decade, we seemed to figure it out.
December 14th, 2017 at 12:49 AM ^
December 14th, 2017 at 12:53 AM ^
So OSU has lost more Outback Bowls than any school in history? Cool!
December 14th, 2017 at 1:19 AM ^
Wow is this ever a dubious honor.
Could be worse, I guess. We could lead in Motor City Bowls.
December 14th, 2017 at 1:22 PM ^
Well, it's not an amazing honor but you have to be decent to make this bowl, usually like third or fourth place in the league.
At any rate, we've often followed up our Hall of Fame/Outback appearances with Big Ten championships the next year.
December 14th, 2017 at 2:12 AM ^
December 14th, 2017 at 2:41 AM ^
Not a fun fact to brag about, I would prefer most Rose Bowls or CFP appearances from here on out...
December 14th, 2017 at 4:42 AM ^
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December 14th, 2017 at 7:20 AM ^
Well, shit... I'm going to blame my phone. Can I blame my phone? Stoopid spell-checking phone!
I'll even neg myself for that foolishness.
December 14th, 2017 at 8:12 AM ^
December 14th, 2017 at 7:11 AM ^
I think you meant 'except'
love,
jdon
December 14th, 2017 at 5:43 AM ^
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December 14th, 2017 at 9:03 AM ^
And its on New Year's Day
#spartantears
December 14th, 2017 at 10:44 AM ^
I will just say that the self-conscious "dancing" in this GIF is the most mesmerizing thing about it. I haven't been to an Outback in ages, but now I think I might go in the near future, and I do expect my Bloomin' Onion to waddle self-consciously as it is consumed.
December 14th, 2017 at 11:50 AM ^
When you've already sacrificed a certain amount of your dignity by wearing the bloomin' onion costume in the first place...
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December 14th, 2017 at 9:48 AM ^
And I sincerely hope to never be back for a long, long time.
December 14th, 2017 at 10:23 AM ^
December 14th, 2017 at 12:29 PM ^
Another B1G school that's played in Tampa a number of times.
It's not a terrible Bowl game, I've been once. But nothing quite says "Congrats on finishing the year 8-4" like an Outback Bowl bid. This is the 6th consecutive year the Bowl has hosted at least one 8-4 team.
December 14th, 2017 at 12:37 PM ^
One of those Outback appearances doesn't count because we couldn't see our uniforms.
December 14th, 2017 at 12:37 PM ^
And this, good sirs, is why we wanted the Holiday bowl. "Alexander wept while looking across his kingdom, for there were no more worlds to conquer"