Battle of the Big College Has-Beens

Michigan and Notre Dame are having about as much success this season as a Britney Spears comeback effort. Their worlds will collide this Saturday as the two humiliated heavyweights do battle on Saturday in Ann Arbor (somebody get Britney on the phone to sing the national anthem- she won't busy for awhile after that performance last night).

Mike Lopresti of USAToday pointed out some amazing things in his column about the game today such as:

Know when the last time Michigan played Notre Dame and neither was ranked? Try 1909.

Michigan has been outscored 73-39 in its first two games (and I will point out that 32 of those came against a Division 1-AA school).

Notre Dame has been outscored 64-13.

This is Weis' third season. That's a magic number in South Bend. The combined record of Knute Rockne, Frank Leahy, Ara Parseghian, Dan Devine and Lou Holtz in their third seasons? 50-2-1.

The news got worse for the Wolverines today. Chad Henne has been ruled out of action for the game. Oddsmakers must think Notre Dame is much worse than that tough Appalachian State squad as they have made the Golden Domers a 7.5 point underdog even with the top QB of Michigan on the sidelines.

To make things fair, the two storied schools should flip a coin with the winner (wait there would be no winners) getting to choose between Derek Anderson and Charlie Frye to take snaps under center. I am sure Charlie Weis could talk his old buddy Romeo Crennel into letting that happen. And, with any luck, both would get hurt and Cleveland Browns fans could see Brady Quinn take over the QB duties for the Cleveland Browns.