Ferris State back to back National champs
The story of the game was the Ferris defense in the first half holding Mines offense to 21 total yards. The Mines qb won D2 POY. In the first half he was 2-7 for 17 yards, 3 pass breakups, sacked 3 times, and a pick six. It was like watching a varsity team playing the JV.
December 18th, 2022 at 10:00 AM ^
Dang - that’s worse than what we did to our rivals in >20 point blowouts of sparty and osu
December 18th, 2022 at 10:00 AM ^
Double post 🙈
December 18th, 2022 at 11:52 AM ^
That just shows you're working twice as hard as the rest of us.
December 18th, 2022 at 10:09 AM ^
Good for them.
December 18th, 2022 at 10:11 AM ^
Now there's some Bulldogs I can get behind! Good for them, grats FSU!*
*Not that FSU
December 18th, 2022 at 10:12 AM ^
Congrats to Ferris State on being the 2nd best football program in the state of Michigan!
December 18th, 2022 at 10:21 AM ^
How about dem Bulldogs?!!
I and my brother and a friend went to Big Rapids for their semifinal game last Saturday. Ferris toyed with West Florida in the first half before making a few adjustments and blowing them out in the 2nd half, so I'm not surprised with how easy their Championship game went yesterday.
Their head coach Tony Annese has been successful for years at various stops. It's a bit surprising he hasn't been hired to MACtion level at some point along the way. He's now in his early 60s, though, so likely Ferris is his last coaching gig before hanging it up.
December 18th, 2022 at 10:37 AM ^
A fun team to watch. We were at the same game. Coach Annese has them rolling.
December 18th, 2022 at 10:59 AM ^
He hasn’t been hired because he has a legit issues from his past. Tough sell for a D1 program
December 18th, 2022 at 2:01 PM ^
I keep seeing this everytime the name of Annese comes up, but never any details other than that some of the kids he recruits have a little shakier personal background, i. e. "behavior problems".
There's quite a number of D1 programs where that seems to be little or no problem, including some of the MAC schools and one B1G skool formerly known as M.A.C.
December 18th, 2022 at 10:38 AM ^
Was pulling for Mines. Congrats to Ferris State
December 18th, 2022 at 11:00 AM ^
Great job to Ferris State! Enjoy watching Brady Rose play.
December 18th, 2022 at 11:05 AM ^
Congratulations to Ferris State. They are on quite a run of success lately. I was a bit surprised that last year was their first title, as they always seem to be a contender.
December 18th, 2022 at 11:21 AM ^
Ferris grad class of ‘90. They were just starting to build the program back then. Watched the 1st half it was crazy. Every play the Mines tried to run or pass it was a jail break into the backfield.
let’s keep the Nattys in state here in 3 weeks!!
December 18th, 2022 at 11:30 AM ^
Colorado School of Mines is really putting themselves behind the 8 ball with their admissions dept not taking xfers unless they're grads.
December 18th, 2022 at 11:47 AM ^
I believe they also only offer engineering majors....which a lot of serious football players can't handle, to be blunt.
December 18th, 2022 at 11:53 AM ^
Congratulations to Ferris.
And here's to more good news for football teams in Michigan.
December 18th, 2022 at 12:38 PM ^
Question here: why is it that the state of Michigan does so well at the D2 level? The Sun Belt has lapped the MAC so it seems surprising that that level of D2 talent is playing in a northern state
December 18th, 2022 at 3:24 PM ^
My theory ........ Michigan could very likely support multiple FCS level teams that would be competitive in the division. Right now Michigan has zero FCS teams at all.
Michigan has 3.1% of America's population and 3.8% (5 of 130) of America's FBS level teams. By those 2 metrics alone, it's a bit over-represented at the FBS level. But it's arguably under-represented at the FCS level.
So FSU and GVSU get athletes who want to stay close to home but aren't FBS level. Plus, those 2 programs get a good level of local support, which always helps. Combine those 2 things and that's a structural advantage versus other D2 programs.
The Dakota schools benefit from this same dynamic in the FCS world. Minnesota + the Dakotas have a combined 2.2% of America's population but only 1 FBS level team. The Montana schools plus the Dakotas, of course, do very well in the FCS year after year.
December 18th, 2022 at 1:12 PM ^
I’ll add that Grand Valley State beat both Mines and Ferris this year. A little salty but congrats to FSU. (GV grad)
December 18th, 2022 at 1:22 PM ^
Yea and ferris also beat gvsu lol..
December 18th, 2022 at 1:22 PM ^
But GVSU could not beat the Bulldogs at home when it counted the most.
December 18th, 2022 at 2:01 PM ^
Exactly. Mitchell epitomizes “born on third”. He’s been coasting on Kelly’s legacy for over a decade now.
December 18th, 2022 at 2:12 PM ^
Yeap, the real championship was when Grand Valley and Ferris played earlier in the playoffs. Those were definitely the two best teams.