November 27th, 2019 at 8:57 AM ^
People pick M to win every year.
Finebaum looks like a dick with ears.
the end.
November 27th, 2019 at 9:03 AM ^
he is pierre mcquire's twin..... two dicks, four ears, two sports
November 27th, 2019 at 10:34 AM ^
NHL on NBC's Pierre McGuire? What's wrong with him?
November 27th, 2019 at 11:34 AM ^
You mean other than his hate for the Red Wings?
November 27th, 2019 at 3:48 PM ^
He doesn't hate the Wings.
That's also a trick question as over the past couple of years, NBC isn't showcasing one of the worst teams in the league on TV either.
November 27th, 2019 at 6:57 PM ^
I'm not talking about the last couple of years. I'm talking about when the team was relevant.
November 27th, 2019 at 10:32 AM ^
The Finebaum thing is such a transparent ploy.
if we win - “I called it; OSU is over rated”
if we lose - “Harbaugh is over rated and a choke artist who can’t get his teams to perform how they should in the big games”
either way he remains a douche bag
November 27th, 2019 at 10:45 AM ^
That's pretty much it - wants to gloat either way
November 27th, 2019 at 8:59 AM ^
I fear this year will be just like all the rest...Michigan just always lays a egg in this game the last 15 years
November 27th, 2019 at 9:01 AM ^
You shut your whore mouth
November 27th, 2019 at 9:55 AM ^
Losing does not mean laying an egg. Did we lay an egg in 2016? Or 2017? Or whatever the hell year Devin Gardner broke his foot (2013?) seriously get a grip.
November 27th, 2019 at 10:51 AM ^
One brutal year means “laying an egg”, “blown out”, etc. I hope these guys come out and ‘lay’ something, but definitely shouldn’t be an egg.
November 27th, 2019 at 10:51 AM ^
Not sure why you have been negged for this comment....Ohio State owns us...until we actually see a Michigan Team beat an Ohio State again...I find all of this false bravado and optimism on here ridiculous. Good Michigan teams lose to good Ohio State teams, good Michigan teams lose to bad Ohio State teams. The only thing we have on our side is Ohio State is so good this year that this game is actually meaningless to them (with respect to the National championship picture)...win or lose they are still going to spank Wisconsin or Minnesota in the BIG Championship and go on go the College Football Playoff. Maybe we can catch them at home looking ahead, but more likely we are in for the annual reminder of the gap between Ohio State and Michigan on the football field.
November 27th, 2019 at 11:49 AM ^
I just don't know how anyone can have any sort of hope after getting banged for the last 15 years. I can't find any optimism.
November 27th, 2019 at 12:55 PM ^
Exactly. You are either a fan that remembers beating Ohio State regularly and have been in a deep depression this century or are a fan that was born into an era where Michigan never beats Ohio State no matter how good our team is, how bad Ohio State is, or where the game is played. Neither scenario provides for optimism. It is like going to the roulette wheel in Vegas where it keeps landing on red...you know it is going to land on black eventually...but at this point you have run out of money or patience betting against red.
November 27th, 2019 at 9:01 AM ^
Why do you allow yourself to watch trash
Fuck Pete Feingull
Fuck osu
Go Blue
November 27th, 2019 at 9:02 AM ^
Fuck Pete.
This is like Valenti saying Michigan is going to kill Sparty. It’s a win win for them bc if it happens they are right. If Sparty (or OSU in this case) wins then they can go back to trashing Harbaugh and Michigan like they want to do anyway.
November 27th, 2019 at 9:16 AM ^
This is exactly right. Also, if Michigan wins it’s easier for Finebaum to argue Alabama should get into the CFP over OSU.
November 27th, 2019 at 10:36 AM ^
I suspected after the first couple of weeks folks were angling to see 2 SEC teams in the playoff... now it looks like E$PN wants 3 SEC teams in the playoff. At some point this has got to backfire.
November 27th, 2019 at 9:16 AM ^
This. Anyone picking Michigan this year is either A) a Michigan homer or B) someone who dislikes Michigan but wants to say they think Michigan will win so after the game they can say "Harbaugh just can't get it done. Look, I picked Michigan to win the game, but Harbaugh just continues to have let downs against rivals"
It's the same old song and dance. Beat OSU and end the cycle.
November 27th, 2019 at 2:26 PM ^
Yep. Picking OSU is soooo obvious that elitist douchebags like Finebaum need to look original in their analysis. A perfect hedge. They are either a genius for going “against the crowd”, or they get to go back to bashing Harbaugh. They win either way.
November 27th, 2019 at 9:02 AM ^
FUCK Finebaum..... that pos is all over Harbaugh and Michigan after each loss and then jumps on the bandwagon after each win.
I pick Michigan to win because Ryan Day = John Cooper
GO BLUE.
in an interview Day admitted that they practice for their next opponent every week, but they also practice to face Michigan every week. If I were a betting man, i'd say they've been doing that since the cooper years, hence the reason the series has gone the way it has. I truly don't believe we've been looking at it that way (hopefully until this year).
November 27th, 2019 at 9:21 AM ^
I always thought they just overstated it.
You can rep plays/looks you want to run vs OSU all year without labeling that part of practice.
November 27th, 2019 at 12:03 PM ^
Here is a cool story bro....
my high school had whooped our rival for years when I was young, then beat us 3 years in a row when I got to high school.
The summer before my senior year we started learning three packages of plays we were saving for Turpin. We lined up in “Tank” with 3 TE’s on the field in the second series of the game and you could hear the confusion on the defense. We scored on the first play.
We easily beat them that week, and then pulled out a 3 point victory in the first round of the playoffs that year against them (beat them at their place twice).
I would imagine OSU has a similar feeling each year, and it’s honestly an amazing high.
November 27th, 2019 at 12:52 PM ^
OSU is just like your high school. Have you emailed Jim about this clever ploy? Lol
November 27th, 2019 at 9:03 AM ^
Finebaum didn't agree with him. He couldn't even find a way to not be critical of Harbaugh for the 8000th time. He basically said he didn't think Michigan's team was as good as last year and said they still got shellacked by OSU. Finebaum will never root for a Harbaugh led team and always find criticisms
November 27th, 2019 at 9:03 AM ^
November 27th, 2019 at 9:04 AM ^
We're doomed.
/BPONE'd
November 27th, 2019 at 9:05 AM ^
Rat Poison
November 27th, 2019 at 9:07 AM ^
Kiss of death.
November 27th, 2019 at 9:12 AM ^
Michigan can do it, let’s go!
November 27th, 2019 at 9:13 AM ^
Pete has an agenda. He has to go after JH because that’s what Saban orders. He picks M hoping to be wrong because then he can say M should be winning these big games and JH should be fired. He predicted the same thing last year, then claimed JH can’t get it done. He’s so transparent, and it’s a shame that media assholes like him thrive these days.
My advice is to change the channel when he comes on.
November 27th, 2019 at 9:17 AM ^
Last year isn't that surprising though, Michigan was favored by Vegas and looked like the better team (OSU had been blown out at Purdue and beat Maryland 52-51 in OT).
November 27th, 2019 at 9:16 AM ^
Heard this before...hoping for a Happy Saturday but sphincter tight until it's over!
November 27th, 2019 at 9:16 AM ^
The same Finebaum who hates Michigan? Maybe he's just trolling.
November 27th, 2019 at 9:20 AM ^
I have a weird feeling that UM will win.
But also a dread that slowly creeps in whenever the positive feelings pop up. A dread that OSU will always and somehow find a way to win and there is no visible path past them.
November 27th, 2019 at 9:22 AM ^
Paul also picked us vs. Wisconsin earlier this year. As noted above, it's a win win for him to do this. F him and Go Blue!
November 27th, 2019 at 9:22 AM ^
Kiss of death
November 27th, 2019 at 9:30 AM ^
But what if they do? What if Michigan does win Saturday and gets the 900 pound OSU monkey off Harbaugh's back? How does the OSU fan base react? How much pressure now goes on Day with his 0-1 record against TTUN?
They are so used to winning I dont think they believe it's possible they'll lose. I was listening to 92.3 The Fan here in Cleveland this morning and fan after fan of OSU called in to say they were going to AA because it was "so much fun to watch their smug faces when we kick their ass again". They honestly dont see losing as even something for concern.
It's way past time we changed that. Do it now guys. End this.
November 27th, 2019 at 9:35 AM ^
I think I'm a prisoner of the moment here but if Michigan beats OSU on Saturday it will be worth the last 4 years of agonizing defeat, in my opinion.
November 27th, 2019 at 9:51 AM ^
If Michigan wins, the OSU fan base will say the game didn't matter because they had the title game clinched beforehand and they just "didn't want to get anybody injured." watch it happen
November 27th, 2019 at 10:45 AM ^
Totally agree. Those with an ax to grind against Michigan (other fans, people on TV, whatever) will simply adjust the talking points from M is 2 - 16 recently against OSU to M is 3 - 16 against OSU recently.
November 27th, 2019 at 10:16 AM ^
That's what 20 years of dominance does. OSU has a massive psychological advantage in this rivalry. Possibly just as important, if not moreso, as any talent advantage they might have.
Now obviously, fans aren't the ones playing the game, but OSU could be down 28-0 heading into the fourth quarter and their team will still believe that not only is it possible that they could come back and win, but that they will come back and win. To them, they can't lose this game because the concept of losing doesn't exist.
I'm not holding my breath for a win on Saturday, and in fact I will assume the opposite happens. But if somehow....someway....it actually happens, I think you would see a return to balance in the rivalry sooner rather than later. Not dominance by Michigan, but balance between both programs. So much of OSU's dominance in this rivalry is purely that psychological factor, which gets bigger and bigger with every passing year that Michigan loses. Beat them on Saturday, when they're #1 in America, and that puts a massive dent in that psychological advantage. In their absolute confidence in winning this game. In fact, it could be shattered entirely. Ryan Day would have to go back to Columbus and face the hellacious firestorm that is the OSU fanbase and explain how he could possibly lose that game. He'd be crucified by the local media, all the students and young alums who have grown up knowing nothing but winning in this rivalry, and all the pressure would be on him and his team all offseason to return the favor the following November.
The entire Michigan program could exhale a huge sigh of relief and know that they can win this game when its not Luke Fickell coaching the team as an interim.
November 27th, 2019 at 11:50 AM ^
May I ask why you think it will mean a return to the "norm"?
In 2011 I'm pretty sure you guys thought the same thing. I remember the after game thread. In retrospect it was hilarious. The comments about Hoke bringing y'all back and being the savior are almost cringeworthy in hindsight.
Granted, and this is a very important point, Harbaugh > Hoke, but it seems more like hope or maybe wishful thinking.
You may be right, and Day would catch some crap no doubt, but if he went on to win the NC it would mitigate it quite a bit. I think it would take losing the next year at home before there were any real repurcussions or psyche shifts.
November 27th, 2019 at 10:31 AM ^
They literally have no other life. Plus they know they can come to Ann Arbor and enjoy a much safer atmosphere than anyone from Michigan can expect in Columbus. (This directly from someone who lives there).
The lowest common denominator in Ohio is so low... that when some clever OSU fans kept removing the "m" from a hotel sign (The Graduate Hotel Columbus) instead of maybe putting a security camera on the sign and charging someone with vandalism.. the hotel manager just agreed to not replace the "m". I mean can anything be more stupid?
November 27th, 2019 at 9:31 AM ^
November 27th, 2019 at 9:32 AM ^
Watching “get up” on espn was your first mistake.
November 27th, 2019 at 10:06 AM ^
Agreed . . . just a horrible show. Would rather watch paint Dey.
November 27th, 2019 at 9:32 AM ^
For what it's worth, Greeny has been saying Michigan will win this game since Monday morning. Finebaum was making fun of Greeny for proclaiming a Michigan victory just yesterday while also saying he has "fired that guy (Harbaugh)" more times than he can count. This is a complete 180 from that statement yesterday.