It ended for MSU in the most gut-wrenching fashion imaginable. Isaiah Lewis runs into Brad Nortman and Wisconsin kneels it's way into the Rose Bowl for the second year in a row. By beating MSU for the first time in three attempts it's secures it's second Rose Bowl berth in as many years.
Nortman admits later that he put a little extra flop into it “When I felt the contact after the guy ran into me, you’re taught as a punter to go down,” Nortman said. “There was certainly contact. I went to the ground after that. The right call was made.”
Being a sports fan requires an amount of superstition not typically present of normal average human beings. As a sports fan you believe your lucky jersey/socks/underwear/beer/whatever allows a group of athletes you do not know to win their sporting event from thousands of miles away. So is it really so far fetched to think that maybe, just maybe Nortman's flop began a curse on UW athletics?
Since Nortman's flop, UW basketball has knocked off it's fair share of cupcakes as well as beating Nebraska in Big Ten play. Since then, it has lost to Iowa and Michigan State in gut-wrenching fashion at the Kohl's Center. Wisconsin Women's Basketball has won just one game on 12/5. Wisconsin hockey hasn't won a non-exhibition game.
Have I mentioned Wisconsin is 0-1 since the Flop?
As MSU fans who remember the Bo Ryan the Devil teaching his players to flop at the slightest breeze, we shouldn't be surprised by Nortman's flopping. You might even say the Wisconsin Athletic Department Motto is "Those Who Flop Will Be Champions." But when that flop, the oh so greatest of flops occurred in Indy a month ago today, did the devil decide to cash in?
Nortman admits later that he put a little extra flop into it “When I felt the contact after the guy ran into me, you’re taught as a punter to go down,” Nortman said. “There was certainly contact. I went to the ground after that. The right call was made.”
Being a sports fan requires an amount of superstition not typically present of normal average human beings. As a sports fan you believe your lucky jersey/socks/underwear/beer/whatever allows a group of athletes you do not know to win their sporting event from thousands of miles away. So is it really so far fetched to think that maybe, just maybe Nortman's flop began a curse on UW athletics?
Since Nortman's flop, UW basketball has knocked off it's fair share of cupcakes as well as beating Nebraska in Big Ten play. Since then, it has lost to Iowa and Michigan State in gut-wrenching fashion at the Kohl's Center. Wisconsin Women's Basketball has won just one game on 12/5. Wisconsin hockey hasn't won a non-exhibition game.
Have I mentioned Wisconsin is 0-1 since the Flop?
As MSU fans who remember the Bo Ryan the Devil teaching his players to flop at the slightest breeze, we shouldn't be surprised by Nortman's flopping. You might even say the Wisconsin Athletic Department Motto is "Those Who Flop Will Be Champions." But when that flop, the oh so greatest of flops occurred in Indy a month ago today, did the devil decide to cash in?
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