Copper Bowl/BWW Bowl Open Thread
December 28th, 2013 at 11:43 PM ^
December 28th, 2013 at 11:45 PM ^
The offense has not been that great. It has 10 yards rushing at halftime and six points. Standards would have to fall pretty far for that to be a good half of offensive football.
The defense is even worse.
December 28th, 2013 at 11:52 PM ^
December 28th, 2013 at 11:43 PM ^
December 28th, 2013 at 11:43 PM ^
December 28th, 2013 at 11:43 PM ^
I'm asking, in all sincerity, if you knew certain recruits would come anyway, is there ANYONE on this staff you would want to retain?
Absolutely anyone on the staff you would be upset about losing if they left for somewhere else?
It's sad that there's absolutely no one on this staff I would miss if they weren't here next year. That makes me fucking miserable.
December 28th, 2013 at 11:46 PM ^
December 28th, 2013 at 11:52 PM ^
December 28th, 2013 at 11:53 PM ^
Good choice, and he's gone.
December 28th, 2013 at 11:47 PM ^
that the recruiting has been very good- these coaches must be able to sell ice to eskimos because the on field product stinks
December 28th, 2013 at 11:44 PM ^
This D is pathetic. They can't stop K State. This sucks!
December 28th, 2013 at 11:44 PM ^
I don't have the answer and I'm not paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to dream one up, but man do we need to get something resembling a pass rush in the second half. Dennard and Waynes couldn't even pretend to hold up if you threw them out there right now.
December 28th, 2013 at 11:44 PM ^
State. Unless we can run ball conventionally, KSU defense will start teeing off. TD to open half critical.
December 28th, 2013 at 11:44 PM ^
December 28th, 2013 at 11:45 PM ^
I'm finding it harder and harder to say I would be disappointed if this coaching staff is gone. It's quite clear we're going to just out-talent teams, not out coach them.
On the positive side, Shane looks good in this small sample size.
December 28th, 2013 at 11:44 PM ^
I have little to no faith that this staff can come up with a defensive answer, if they have had a month already and don't have one. Hoke better figure out who the good coaches on this staff are, because if he goes to battle with this exact staff on both sides of the ball, next year might be THEIR last.
This defense looks RR worthy. And the O line still can't open a hole. Apparently they play better against big rivals and not against anyone else.
OSU must have a terrible defense.
December 28th, 2013 at 11:50 PM ^
December 28th, 2013 at 11:44 PM ^
Cons: Everything else
Worst fears realized and confirmed.
December 28th, 2013 at 11:49 PM ^
Butt and Funchess have both been solid, gives a little bit of hope for next year.
December 28th, 2013 at 11:45 PM ^
Soooo . . . fire Mallory?
December 28th, 2013 at 11:49 PM ^
December 28th, 2013 at 11:47 PM ^
December 28th, 2013 at 11:48 PM ^
If the first play in the red zone isn't an inside run (like it was the first two times) we might have more than FGs
December 28th, 2013 at 11:49 PM ^
December 28th, 2013 at 11:47 PM ^
December 28th, 2013 at 11:49 PM ^
December 28th, 2013 at 11:51 PM ^
Inconceivable!
December 28th, 2013 at 11:53 PM ^
Inadmissible!
December 28th, 2013 at 11:51 PM ^
December 28th, 2013 at 11:57 PM ^
Next year we play for a high draft pick.
Oh, wait.
December 28th, 2013 at 11:48 PM ^
December 28th, 2013 at 11:48 PM ^
December 28th, 2013 at 11:50 PM ^
December 28th, 2013 at 11:48 PM ^
December 28th, 2013 at 11:50 PM ^
December 28th, 2013 at 11:51 PM ^
Yeah, what's up? If he's not hurt or under some type of punishment for violating rules, dude goes from being the starter to 4th string during bowl practices?
December 28th, 2013 at 11:48 PM ^
I figured out the problem. My Denon was on 5 ch stereo -not dolby surround. I just fixed it, order shall be returned to our college football universe.
December 28th, 2013 at 11:49 PM ^
December 28th, 2013 at 11:50 PM ^
just haven't really seen any emotion besides Shane Morris. i know its hard to look intense when the guy with the ball is running by you every play (so that rules out everyone on defense)- but cmon we need the seniors to get the team fired up. Just look flat
December 28th, 2013 at 11:50 PM ^
Didn't DB say Hoke was progressing like Saban and Harbaugh.
December 28th, 2013 at 11:52 PM ^
December 28th, 2013 at 11:51 PM ^
December 28th, 2013 at 11:51 PM ^
Put in Jourdan Lewis. Put in Ben Gedeon. Turn the page completely.
December 28th, 2013 at 11:51 PM ^
December 28th, 2013 at 11:54 PM ^
That doesn't add up though. They're supposed to be kids who've for the most part been offered by Notre Dame, Ohio State, and those likes. It'd be one thing if no one offered these guys, but they could have gone anywhere in the midwest.
December 29th, 2013 at 12:06 AM ^
bingo. 3-5 years of below average recruiting result in average joes like clark and beyer and morgan, etc - all of whom are supposedly teh teams best and most experienced playmakers. unfortunately not gonna cut it if they want to win league titles. hoke has obviously brought in more athletic kids like funchess but its tough to overcome half a roster of marginal athletes every game of every season. perfect example is joe reynolds dropping that pass in 1st half....why is he playing? he and jeremy jackson should not even sniff the field, especially if its just hoke and borges and wanting to reward hard work with a package / call during bowl game. all 85 matter, if youre signing a project or projected role player, they better be elite athletes. otherwise it will always be a struggle to beat osu and others in order to regain national relevance and league titles hoke preaches of. need elite talent to win big games consistently. theres a reason mattison coaches the way he does past few years ....weak DL forces him to play base most of time, needs the extra LB to try to offset DL getting blown off the ball. and blitzing most 3rd downs and in goalline due to average athletes like beyer and clark serving as pass rush "specialists" despite rarely ever winning share of 1on1s. really hope the 11 and 12 classes pan out since UM desparately needs elite playmakers all over the field and those classes consist almost 50 scholarships. cant really fully judge hoke until those guys cycle through and have chance as upperclassmen, im still hopeful but current product and recent trends point to more average joes
December 28th, 2013 at 11:52 PM ^
December 28th, 2013 at 11:52 PM ^
I dont see another solution at this point
December 28th, 2013 at 11:59 PM ^