Per Baumgardner: Runyan good to go; OL is healthy
September 18th, 2019 at 1:54 PM ^
That won't shut everyone up. If we win, the trolls will be out with "Wisconsin is overrated". Then if we keep winning, the narrative will be, "Harbaugh still has to prove he can beat OSU".
Fuck, we go undefeated and win the National Championship and we'd still have folks on here holding out final judgement on Harbaugh, "sure he's one once, but Saban's won like 5 times..."
September 18th, 2019 at 2:08 PM ^
First paragraph is RIGHT ON.
Your second paragraph (IMO purposefully) runs toward the hyperbolic. When we do beat OSU, 99% of the board will be content, even if we don't make it to the playoffs. The majority of the fanbase remembers when we could count on beating MSU almost every year and beat OSU at least half of the time and go to the Rose Bowl. We haven't ever been conditioned to being a perfect team, so those expectations just aren't there (yet). If we beat OSU, then the majority of fans here will be fine with whatever comes after as long as we weren't completely jobbed out of a playoff berth.
September 18th, 2019 at 3:56 PM ^
In my opinion OSU is the first domino that has to fall. We get by them and the rest takes care of itself.
September 18th, 2019 at 3:58 PM ^
Ok buddy.
September 18th, 2019 at 12:17 PM ^
Warinner also said yesterday’s practice was the best the OL has had since Fall camp started in August.
September 18th, 2019 at 12:22 PM ^
I also heard the offense looked really impressive in fall camp.
September 18th, 2019 at 12:25 PM ^
I want to hear Zordich say the OL needs work...
September 18th, 2019 at 12:36 PM ^
Great—Ed has now put a big ol jinx on things.
September 18th, 2019 at 12:42 PM ^
Well. There's a statement for you!
September 18th, 2019 at 12:53 PM ^
How did it sound?
September 18th, 2019 at 2:17 PM ^
That was when Runyan went out, so this wouldn't surprise me.
September 18th, 2019 at 2:39 PM ^
Never heard anything like that before, AWESOME!
September 18th, 2019 at 12:17 PM ^
umbig stated dpj is a gameday decision, and also depends if he practices today or tomorrow, so maybe someone will let us know if he practices today
September 18th, 2019 at 12:30 PM ^
Is DPJ practicing? If not, it's probably not really a gameday decision.
September 18th, 2019 at 1:04 PM ^
I think harbaughs rule is if u practice by Wednesday or Thursday then u can play, someone posted that on here I remember reading
September 18th, 2019 at 12:41 PM ^
I want a 75% DPJ back there on punt returns. Not at WR though. Just having him fair catch shit will give us 50 extra yards for the game.
September 18th, 2019 at 1:04 PM ^
No kidding. One of my biggest pet peeves is letting the ball hit on a punt if it's at all catchable. Peppers saved so much lost yardage by being aggressive on punts. Lost a ton of yardage this year already.
September 18th, 2019 at 2:19 PM ^
The flip side is that Peppers was uncommonly good at catching punts. DPJ appears to be pretty good at it, also. I'd bet that Bell isn't anywhere near their league in punt catching. And if that's true, I'd rather he run the hell away from it than leave it for the opponent to recover.
September 18th, 2019 at 12:18 PM ^
Progress!
September 18th, 2019 at 1:36 PM ^
прогресс
September 18th, 2019 at 12:19 PM ^
That is very good news! I feel much better about the game with a 1st string tackles rather than someone who was 5th on the tackle depth chart.
September 18th, 2019 at 12:21 PM ^
Excellent news and to be honest i expected this. Given all the positive updates from umbig11.
September 18th, 2019 at 12:21 PM ^
And the people rejoiced.
September 18th, 2019 at 12:21 PM ^
That's great news. Wonder if that includes Spanellis as a backup.
Now we still need news on Wilson, DPJ and Dwumfour. From what's come out already Shea, Turner, Jeter and Ross are good to go so those are the last 3.
September 18th, 2019 at 12:23 PM ^
This should make Shea feel more comfortable than he has the past 2 games, great news!
September 18th, 2019 at 12:32 PM ^
May be it did and hence his statement. I would love for him to have a statement game. 81 yard TD run would be nice
September 18th, 2019 at 12:25 PM ^
Great news, will finally see the whole o-line together for the first time. Wish we had better news on DPJ but honestly he is more a luxury because there is still alot of talent at WR if they just throw those guys the damn ball more.
September 18th, 2019 at 12:33 PM ^
True but DPJ is so valuable in the punt game as we found out against Army.
September 18th, 2019 at 12:56 PM ^
I'm beginning to think that if they get any production from DPJ and Dwumfour this season, it'll be a bonus.
It was speculated before the season that those two had nagging ailments that could do anything from limit them, miss a few games, to miss the season.
September 18th, 2019 at 12:25 PM ^
O LET DO IT
September 18th, 2019 at 12:31 PM ^
OL DO IT
September 18th, 2019 at 12:29 PM ^
This is excellent news!! Having Hayes, an undersized true freshman, had to throw off the OL. Instead of working his guy, Bredeson had to work his guy while watching out for Hayes. Which could leave Ruiz unprotected... Getting an All-BIG left tackle back has got to be a huge bonus going to Madison!
September 18th, 2019 at 1:15 PM ^
Hayes is in his 2nd year at UM.
September 18th, 2019 at 2:23 PM ^
Right - he's already redshirted, but still needs another year to get up to viable OL weight. This experience has been really good for him, but it will still be nice to get Runyan back.
September 18th, 2019 at 12:29 PM ^
LFG!!!!!????
September 18th, 2019 at 12:37 PM ^
Hopefully DPJ will at least get to enjoy watching a Friday night HS football game if he is out.
/s
September 18th, 2019 at 12:40 PM ^
This is really great news.
September 18th, 2019 at 1:13 PM ^
I don't think this Iowa or Nebraska fan is saying YES to a Michigan OL report.
September 18th, 2019 at 12:46 PM ^
POSBang thread!
September 18th, 2019 at 12:48 PM ^
September 18th, 2019 at 12:58 PM ^
I say bubble wrap them all until kick-off.
September 18th, 2019 at 12:57 PM ^
Gale Boetticher? I thought he only had eyes for W.W.
September 18th, 2019 at 12:52 PM ^
It's as if Warinner just dunked on Yoder and his BS. Where is Cobra or whatever that posters name was that was acting smug in the rumor thread the other day?
September 18th, 2019 at 1:01 PM ^
Ground and pound baby!
September 18th, 2019 at 1:01 PM ^
By far the most important injury on the team. Now we can replace a small freshman who had a rough outing in the passing game against Army with a large All-B1G senior.
September 18th, 2019 at 1:02 PM ^
Looks like both Hayes and Mayfield may play on Saturday.
September 18th, 2019 at 1:06 PM ^
Is Shea 100% for this game ?
September 18th, 2019 at 1:11 PM ^
He claimed to be in his presser yesterday, but who knows. If it was an oblique strain, the average recovery time is like a month.