Preview: The Game 2021
Essentials
Overview
Well, let's get it over with.
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Run Offense vs OSU
hmm. good. [Fuller]
It occasionally happens that Ohio State will lose a game early because of some weird thing, like that time they lost to Virginia Tech because VT had a weird line formation that they weren't prepared for. This year that game was Oregon and the weird thing was "we made Kerry Coombs our defensive coordinator." Coombs was then stuck in the box with a headset that's not hooked up to anything and Ohio State entirely remade their defensive approach.
This worked, because of course it did. The OSU defense is up to 14th in SP+ and would be even higher if SP+ was solely focused on what happened after Coombs was given some crayons and a coloring book. Let's see if we can spot the change:
Opponent | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|
@ Minnesota | 50 | 203 | 4.06 | 3 |
11 Oregon | 38 | 269 | 7.08 | 3 |
Tulsa | 28 | 73 | 2.61 | 0 |
Akron | 40 | 76 | 1.9 | 0 |
@ Rutgers | 31 | 111 | 3.58 | 0 |
Maryland | 36 | 56 | 1.56 | 0 |
@ Indiana | 37 | 34 | 0.92 | 0 |
Penn St. | 29 | 33 | 1.14 | 2 |
@ Nebraska | 34 | 113 | 3.32 | 1 |
Purdue | 19 | 91 | 4.79 | 0 |
12 Michigan St. | 21 | 66 | 3.14 | 0 |
Ah yes, right there. The only teams to move the ball even a little against Ohio State, post-Coombs, were Rutgers and Nebraska—we're leaving out Purdue here since they barely bother to run the ball. Both of those teams are perfectly happy to slam their QB into the line willy-nilly; Nebraska has built their offense around it. More traditional burly rushing attacks have gotten universally stoned, and while no one is comparing the Maryland/Indiana/PSU rush offenses to Michigan, last week MSU gave it to Kenneth Walker a total of seven times. This was in part because they were busy giving up touchdowns on the first seven OSU drives, yes. Still: Heisman candidate RB, seven carries.
Alex on the front seven:
The defensive tackle spot sees even more rotation, and it's rather curious how often they lift Haskell Garrett off the field, given how good he is. He's the only star at this position, one that sees a full six players get regular snaps. The other players at DT were solid, if unremarkable in the games I saw. Antwuan Jackson is the nominal other starter, but his snap count on the season is almost identical to that of Taron Vincent. Their PFF grades are both similar to that of Ty Hamilton and Jerron Cage, all of whom are mostly just guys (more on that later). Tyleik Williams is the last name to know at the DT spot, and his snap count is rather low, pretty far down the depth chart but still seeing the field each week.
Linebacker, as it has been in the last few seasons at Ohio State, is an area of consternation. The team normally plays with just two traditional LBs on the field at one time, and there's plenty of rotation here too. Cody Simon is the listed starter at the MLB spot, but he is banged up and his status for The Game is unknown at this time. If he is absent, his presence probably will not be missed on the defense, as he's the lone cyan'd starter. It is your author's opinion that Tommy Eichenberg is the better MLB. The other spot sees Steele Chamber get the starting nod, but again you see heavy rotation with Teradja Mitchell, who was very rough in the PSU game that will be dissected for this piece. All four LBs mentioned have played more than 300 snaps and less than 400, with no one really solidifying themselves as the answer, and the position remains a weakness for the defense.
The grades here are not commensurate with the rushing defense's output, especially since OSU is content to run out a 4-2-5 on most downs that nowadays has two deep safeties.
Michigan will hope that this is because teams get down a bunch and the ones that haven't don't have anything like Michigan's ground game. I'm relatively skeptical. Michigan looked extremely mortal against Maryland last week and went an entire half against Penn State doing little until a schematic tweak broke some things open. Maybe Michigan will be able to do this but since OSU has boatraced just about everyone I imagine they've spent more time on Michigan than vice versa.
KEY MATCHUP: HASSAN HASKINS vs PAUL BUNYAN LEGENDARY STATUS. The path to victory likely includes a legendary performance from Haskins and/or Corum and/or Edwards.
Pass Offense vs OSU
[Sherman]
Michigan can probably make some hay here if Cade McNamara is locked in. With the notable exception of Michigan State last week, functional passing offenses (ie, not Rutgers or Indiana) have continued to put up yards at a reasonable rate against the OSU D. Maryland (7.2 YPA), Penn State (6.9), Nebraska (8.0), and Purdue (7.4) have all moved the ball through the air against the Buckeyes.
Yes, there are sacks, but the desperation mode that OSU puts opposing offenses in means that they come on a ton of attempts. By sack rate the Buckeyes are only middling—56th—and Michigan remains elite at protecting the QB. They're third in sack rate allowed. I'm not banking on the pass rush matchup being that lopsided because many fewer Michigan attempts will be protected by the sheer shock of a dropback, and we did see a couple of high end rushers go to work on Ryan Hayes in the Penn State game.
Meanwhile the OSU secondary is physically talented but devoid of the top-end NFL talent they usually sport. Alex:
I really liked the coverage from Denzel Burke in this game, whose good ball skills in coverage we saw earlier in a Harrison highlight … Cameron Brown had a decent game in both too, but there were still open receivers for Clifford to throw to. Those dissipated a bit for MSU, but it's worth noting that there is a gap in the quality of receiver that Penn State features and Michigan State features considering that the Spartans are without Nailor and Reed appears banged up. The zone was pretty soft at times against the Nittany Lions
Alex also noted that OSU corners have not been very good about getting off blocks when targeted in quick game stuff. Michigan hasn't run much of that this year, at least not with the WRs. With Donovan Edwards's breakout performance and Blake Corum being Blake Corum, Michigan has two different options to split wide, which will help McNamara with his presnap reads. That may be a spot Michigan can get after OSU for small, easy chunks if the ground game isn't firing like you'd hope it would. And then: wheel routes! All the wheel routes.
It should be noted that Michigan has been very explosive this year, trailing only OSU in the number of 50 yard plays they've racked up. OSU has largely tamped down on the busts that littered the first half of their season, preferring a relatively conservative two-deep shell that forces opponents to execute down the field. They're unlikely to deviate much from that unless things are going badly, so I wouldn't expect big passing plays to come from the WRs unless they're managing a catch and run.
The backs, though…
KEY MATCHUP: YEP, MICHIGAN RUNNING BACKS vs OSU LINEBACKERS. They've got some question marks at the spot and Michigan has a couple of guys who can exploit mismatches there.
Run Defense vs OSU
Ross will be on the spot [Barron]
Well, here we go. If you managed to tolerate the FFFF on this unit you probably noticed that our graphic has a star on every single player except TE Jeremy Ruckert, and naturally this fact caused our Slack to explode with assertions that Ruckert was now destined to go for 200 yards tomorrow.
There's no getting around the fact that by every predictive metric you care to survey this is the #1 offense in the country by a mile. The run half of it is vaguely less terrifying, maybe, but freshman five-star TreVeyon Henderson is still averaging—Jesus—7.3 yards per carry, and his primary backups are averaging 7.6 and 5.3. Henderson has it sort of easy, what with opposing defenses trying to handle three first-round picks at WR; he gets a lot of opportunities to run at light boxes. When he hits a crease he's gone, and he also brings a fair amount of power for a guy most would classify as a "speed back."
The OSU offensive line is virtually all highly-touted recruits playing at a high level, and this is going to be a problem for Michigan. Michigan has a couple of great defensive ends, but only Hutchinson is a consistent playmaker on the ground; meanwhile the defensive tackles have not been playmakers against single blocking this year. With OSU's ability to pull linebackers around with jet fakes and play action, this does not look like a spot where Michigan's going to hold up particularly well—especially if Michigan is rotating as willy-nilly as they have for much of this year. If Michigan's safeties are back, as I imagine they will be given Michigan's approach the last two weeks, it's hard to see Michigan's front six not getting gashed regularly.
KEY MATCHUP: HINTON AND MAZI SMITH vs JUST MAKE PLAYS. Don't really see many good outcomes here that don't include far less DL rotation than we've had thus far and Michigan DTs playing over their heads.
Pass Defense vs OSU
hmm. bad. [Barron]
The post-hope era of Michigan football began a few years ago, when Michigan brought the number one defense in America into the Game and saw their man coverage utterly obliterated by crossing routes. Up until that point Brandon Watson had been a quality try-hard third corner who used his wits and a lot of subtle holding to keep up with guys who were more athletic to him; in that game he was quickly exposed as a random three star in the wrong place at the wrong time. The guy who exposed him was freshman Chris Olave, who is one of the best receivers in the country and might be the third-best guy on his own team.
The numbers here are absurd:
Opponent | Att | Comp | Pct. | Yards | Yards/Att | TD | Int |
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@ Minnesota | 22 | 13 | 59.1 | 294 | 13.4 | 4 | 1 |
11 Oregon | 54 | 35 | 64.8 | 484 | 9 | 3 | 1 |
Tulsa | 25 | 15 | 60 | 185 | 7.4 | 1 | 1 |
Akron | 26 | 18 | 69.2 | 385 | 14.8 | 2 | 1 |
@ Rutgers | 27 | 18 | 66.7 | 333 | 12.3 | 5 | 0 |
Maryland | 38 | 26 | 68.4 | 432 | 11.4 | 5 | 0 |
@ Indiana | 37 | 28 | 75.7 | 352 | 9.5 | 4 | 0 |
Penn St. | 34 | 22 | 64.7 | 305 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
@ Nebraska | 54 | 36 | 66.7 | 405 | 7.5 | 2 | 2 |
Purdue | 38 | 31 | 81.6 | 361 | 9.5 | 5 | 0 |
12 Michigan St. | 43 | 36 | 83.7 | 449 | 10.4 | 6 | 1 |
Exactly two teams have held OSU under nine yards an attempt: Nebraska and Tulsa, somehow.
There is some hope for Michigan, which has done an excellent job of implementing a new defense without suffering a ton of busts. Michigan has tried to get away from a heavy reliance on cover one that's great when you're better across the board than your opponent and quickly falls apart when you get one consistent mismatch. First they imported Bob Shoop, but Shoop was forced to work "remotely" for obscure reasons. Then they fired Don Brown and imported Mike Macdonald with an intent to change the defense into an NFL-like unit that has "multiple" as its watchword and confuses quarterbacks into holding the ball a fatal second too long.
This has actually happened, for the most part. Michigan's 5.8 YPA allowed is second in the conference to PSU's 5.7. Their 29 sacks are tied for fourth in the conference, and anyone who's watched Michigan games can attest that the QB is under heat on most snaps. Ohio State's line is excellent but they do not have stone-cold killers at tackle. PSU got a similar set of ends and was able to stick in the OSU game for a while by getting pressure. Alex:
Arnold Ebiketie, who you may recall from him brutalizing Ryan Hayes in the Michigan game, got several clean pass rush wins against projected first round LT Petit-Frere. Here's one:
Getting to CJ Stroud is going to be massively important, because Michigan's defensive backs aren't staying with these receivers. Maybe DJ Turner has turned a corner and is a Jahan Dotson deleter now. Okay. Great. Vincent Gray might be a lot better. Great. Dax Hill is a potential slot destroyer. Great. The chances that all of these guys are going to rise to the occasion and demonstrate they are the equals of the dudes lined up across from them is close to nil.
So: Michigan's going to disguise coverages as best they can and hope to surprise Stroud, whereupon he will hold the ball for the extra beat it takes for Ojabo and/or Hutchinson to cave the walls in. When they do that the can get off the field; when they don't it's dirt nap time.
KEY MATCHUP: MIKE MACDONALD vs THE KITCHEN SINK. What do you have? Now is the time to dump it all out.
SPECIAL TEAMS
Ah yup: Michigan is now the #1 team in the country in FEI's special teams efficiency by a full tenth of a point over (naturally) Iowa.
Ohio State is seventh largely because kicker Noah Ruggles is 16/17. He's fourth nationally in FG efficiency. Ruggles does tend to offer up returnable kickoffs—only 24% are touchbacks—but OSU covers those like a team with a bunch of five-star athletes slumming it on special teams.
The other stuff is solid. Punter Jesse Mirco is fine (and has only punted 25 times). Wilson and JSN have done little on punt returns, but that's likely just random chance.
KEY MATCHUP: AHHHH YOU CONTINUE DOING EVERYTHING WELL
INTANGIBLES
CHEAP THRILLS
Worry if…
- Michigan's DEs are anything but rampant.
- Things are happening.
- Frankie Collins doesn't get more playing time soon.
Cackle with knowing glee if…
- OSU gets rattled like it seemed they were in the PSU game.
- Coombs escapes from naptime and wreaks a hellish revenge!
- There is no time on the clock and Michigan has more points?
Fear/Paranoia Level: 10 (Baseline: 5; +5 for The Game)
Desperate need to win level: 10 (Baseline: 5; +5 for The Game)
Loss will cause me to… sigh, walk into the woods with a flask, and stare at a battleship-gray sky as snow flurries come down around me.
Win will cause me to… 404 not found
The strictures and conventions of sportswriting compel me to predict:
I mean, either Aidan Hutchinson wins the Heisman or Michigan loses. This is a good Michigan team going up against a buzzsaw that has virtually no holes on offense and has successfully relegated their dumbass defensive coordinator to the Paterno Zone midseason, because that's what they can do.
Talent is likely to win out here; Michigan has scraped together enough to get by a large number of middling-to-bad teams but this is another level entirely. The elite guys/units Michigan has gone up against this year have generally won out—Kenneth Walker, PSU DEs, the Washington secondary, Wisconsin's rush defense—and now they're playing a team that's mostly elite. The usual pattern here when Michigan is real good is to stick around for a half or so and then get distanced in the third quarter.
Finally, three opportunities for me to look stupid Sunday:
- Ohio State looks like they've prepared all year for this; Michigan looks like that for about 20 minutes and then runs out of playbook magic.
- There are more commercial breaks than plays.
- Ohio State, 40-21
November 26th, 2021 at 1:23 PM ^
Hoping for a win. Expecting a loss. But: Season has greatly exceeded expectations and been tons of fun rooting for this great bunch of players. Better place to be than has been for years. GO BLUE!!
November 26th, 2021 at 1:37 PM ^
Another OSU loss will suck but there just aren't many teams out there that can beat OSU right now.
From where this team was a year ago, and where expectations were at the beginning of the season, a Rose Bowl/NY6 appearance represents a great season and there are a lot of reasons to be optimistic about 2022. Brian can sulk all he wants tomorrow but I for one am damn proud of this team.
November 26th, 2021 at 2:04 PM ^
Ditto, Wolvie. Ditto, Grainger.
Nervous all season and yet look what happened. Look what the team did.
November 26th, 2021 at 2:28 PM ^
I try to expect the best but prepare for the worst. So I expect a win, and prepare for a loss. If we lose, the plan is to breathe deep and take some time off the boards, remind myself it's just football, and we are likely going to Pasadena. I'll figure out what to do if we win when the time comes.
November 26th, 2021 at 5:25 PM ^
Why intentionally prepare for the worst? You're already "prepared" for that. We all are. That's clear from all the posts. Why not mentally prepare for a win? Maybe that's what's missing from Michigan football -- an authentic collective optimism.
November 26th, 2021 at 5:49 PM ^
Because this was an objective game preview, not cheerleading.
November 26th, 2021 at 8:07 PM ^
Objective? It is BPONE written all over it. The column does not provide any data for the final outcome projected. In fact, he provides enough material for optimism especially the excerpts from Alex. I am surprised he didn't predict 50-0.
November 27th, 2021 at 9:25 AM ^
He provided lots of rationale, which frankly is not possible to argue with intelligently. Now, that doesn't mean we are destined to lose no matter what, and there is a possible path to winning, but you can't debate anything he said. You are right however that BPONE was driving the column.
November 27th, 2021 at 1:37 AM ^
Collective optimism didn’t help in 2016 or 2018. Every year I feel it’s harder and harder to convince myself that Michigan can win. Maybe they will but it will definitely catch me off guard if they do.
November 27th, 2021 at 2:36 AM ^
"mentally prepare for a win" ...
You reminded me of the '90s. Just expected to win, no matter the supposed odds. And almost always did.
November 26th, 2021 at 5:25 PM ^
Why intentionally prepare for the worst? You're already "prepared" for that. We all are. That's clear from all the posts. Why not mentally prepare for a win? Maybe that's what's missing from Michigan football -- an authentic collective optimism. (Bears repeating)
November 26th, 2021 at 3:25 PM ^
How did this season exceed expectations if we lose?
November 26th, 2021 at 3:38 PM ^
b/c we looked very very bad last year and nobody reasonable was expecting us to go 10-2 before the season began?
November 26th, 2021 at 4:23 PM ^
Plus 4 tough road games & we won 3, at least 3 actually ;)
November 26th, 2021 at 4:28 PM ^
I’d say I’m a reasonable M fan and was convinced we would be lucky to reach 8 wins this season… and was fairly vocal about it and my corresponding feelings about Harbaugh.
I’m proud of the team for what it has done to date, albeit against fairly pedestrian opponents, and how the coaching staff has rallied after 2020. I expect a loss tomorrow, but am hoping we give OSU hell along the way.
Go Blue, beat OSU!
November 26th, 2021 at 4:54 PM ^
what do YOU think? i mean, the simple fact that you're asking the question the way you're asking it tells me YOU didn't think this was a 10-win team. they've already exceeded your expectations, maybe have a seat and enjoy it.
November 26th, 2021 at 9:13 PM ^
This is Michigan. Recent suck does not change the fact that we are expected to compete for the big ten title every few years, and we are overdue. By being in a position to compete for that title with a win tomorrow, they are meeting expectations. Which is better than recent teams have done, no doubt.
But my one specific prediction preseason was that Michigan would have zero percent chance of beating the buckeyes since we kept Jimmy around. It looks like I may be wrong with a current projection of about 30% chance of victory. Tomorrow we’ll find out if the odds are truly either 1 or 0. With a win tomorrow, this team will exceed expectations
November 26th, 2021 at 1:30 PM ^
There are more commercial breaks than plays.
Yep, sounds about right.
Also, is it really OSU's credit that KW3 only ran 6 times the entire game? I get that you have to play catch-up down early but I just hate how unprepared MSU was for OSU, Purdue, and probably PSU vs their superbowl performance vs Michigan.
November 26th, 2021 at 1:52 PM ^
Apparently he turned his ankle in practice and wasn’t very healthy for the game. It shows how dependent MSU was on him that they did absolutely nothing offensively without him.
November 26th, 2021 at 4:26 PM ^
I mean reed and nailor are also both injured
November 26th, 2021 at 3:59 PM ^
That's because Michigan is MSU's Super Bowl every year since.......... oh I dunno....1898? Same as is every other team in league. M gets everyones best shot. Make no mistake about it, M is the biggest game for EVERY B1G team, EVERY year, even though Ohio has been dominating everyone for years. It's the brand, it's the helmets, and....the arrogance. You think Wisky would rather beat Minny than M - wrong, Iowa would rather beat Nebraska - wrong, Nebraska would sell their children to beat M. Maybe the outlier is PSU probably has an equal hatred for M and Ohio but that's negligible.
November 26th, 2021 at 7:30 PM ^
I think OSU gets everyone’s best shot too.
November 27th, 2021 at 12:04 AM ^
I pretty much agree with this. OSU is obviously our biggest rival. To MSU, we're their biggest rival. PSU points to the rivalry. Rutgers feels the "disrespekt" due to their perception of us getting recruits from NJ. Iowa obviously gets up for us every time we play them. Illinois -- in football and basketball -- plays up the rivalry.
I can't think of any other team that has so many rivals or perceived rivals.
November 26th, 2021 at 4:55 PM ^
If Walker had been as limited against us, we win in EL by at least 4tds.
November 26th, 2021 at 7:20 PM ^
Winning that game got their coach $Texas. Of *course* they prepared that way.
November 26th, 2021 at 1:33 PM ^
This team is prolly going to win the title. Maybe the best offense since the LSU Joe burrow one and 3rd best is a mile back.
November 26th, 2021 at 5:11 PM ^
Sadly true. Probably will put a ton of points on whoever is the 3 seed and then I think offense will win out over a great UGA defense.
I hate how little variance there is in football. OSU and 2-3 other teams are basically cemented in the top 4 until they shoot themselves in the foot somehow
November 26th, 2021 at 10:41 PM ^
I know it's off-topic, but I will go to the grave saying that if Tua doesn't get hurt that year we are talking about Bama as the best offense. Tea, Najee, Waddle, Jeudy, Ruggs, Smith
November 26th, 2021 at 10:42 PM ^
Last year's Bama offense was unstoppable. QB, RB, and 2 wrs all in the NFL now.
Georgia will probably beat them. You can't run on Georgia when they have 4 down linemen and they'll drop 6 in coverage. They are the only team that is more talented than OSU & Bama right now.
November 26th, 2021 at 1:37 PM ^
I feel so cold now after reading this......
November 26th, 2021 at 4:27 PM ^
Brian has been wrong about this game before. I am hoping he is this time also. Doom and gloom is rampant in this preview.
November 26th, 2021 at 5:37 PM ^
I mean...'wrong' as in the game is closer? Because a lot of times we've been 'wrong' because the game turned into a bloodbath. It's fine to have hope, but you can't fault people for being pessimistic like they're wrong to expect the thing that happens every year to happen again
November 26th, 2021 at 5:12 PM ^
It does feel rather ominous. Looking at all the 'Stars and Shields' on their guys doesn't help in the least. That the Buckeyes tore us new ones in '18 and '19 isn't very comforting. We had a faulty defense, though, one that played right to their strengths. Coach MacDonald seems to have brought in a scheme that greatly diminishes that weakness. Despite a talent disparity, we are better prepared to defeat them. We'll see tomorrow.
November 26th, 2021 at 1:38 PM ^
Since Harbaugh took over, 5 times he has had UM as a top 10 team entering The Game. After last "season", I am proud of this team
Go Blue!!!
November 26th, 2021 at 4:29 PM ^
Third time in Harbaugh’s six (non-COVID) seasons that The Game is a de facto CFP Quarterfinal.
Go Blue.
November 26th, 2021 at 5:23 PM ^
I like that Coach Harbaugh addressed this game as a playoff type of game, but the fact of the matter is that this game has meant more to the Buckeyes on a personal level. In their blackest of hearts it means something...unnatural. Well it's natural now, because our society sucks, but they can't stomach losing to us. They have beat us 15 of 16 and the tone of our fans is nothing like the howling that came out of Columbus during the Cooper years when they went 2-10-1 against us. The tie they claimed as a victory! Seriously, it sucks to be their rivals because to them all's fair in fear and loathing and they won't play this game like just a big game. They've created a monster that needs to be fed with wins or else.
November 26th, 2021 at 1:38 PM ^
I don’t even know what you do against an offense like this except have a bunch of 5 stars on your offense and try to outscore them. Nebraska and PSU held them “in check” by basically hoping they’d make a mistake or fail to convert a 3rd down.
There’s a path here where Michigan bends a whole lot, but doesn’t break and OSU kicks 3 FGs in the red zone and the two Mcs make enough plays through the air where Michigan wins a 34-30 type of game.
I’m going in expecting the worst, but thankful this team even ended up here given how bad or mediocre most people thought they’d be. By any account, this is the 4th or 5th best team in the country. But the gap between 1-3 and 4 is huge.
November 26th, 2021 at 5:48 PM ^
This assumes they actually attempt FGs. I see them going for it on 4th in our red zone more than a few times. Especially if our offense is not running well. They’ll know if they don’t get it they’ll turn around and try again from midfield.
can’t force a team to kick FGs if they don’t want to. That’s my fear.
November 26th, 2021 at 1:41 PM ^
I can't watch the game live, so will have to watch it taped...great that there aren't any commercials, but I'm always so anxious to see the result of each down that I have to keep myself from fast forwarding and can't enjoy that heightened anxiety you get when watching it live.
November 26th, 2021 at 1:43 PM ^
I could put up Stroud's numbers sitting in the pocket untouched.
November 26th, 2021 at 1:45 PM ^
I can't wait to see Hutch break Stroud. Literally.
November 26th, 2021 at 1:46 PM ^
While a I don’t have much in the way of hope to offer, MGoBlog predicted a 39-0 curbstomping in 2013 and us to win in 2015 and 2018 with wildly off-the-mark results all three times. So, if you can ignore the relatively accurate predictions of 2016 and 2019, that bodes well for tomorrow!
November 26th, 2021 at 1:50 PM ^
The “TICKETS: exist” thing always makes me laugh.
One sliver of hope: OSU hasn’t faced much in the way of difficult road games. Their toughest road tests were the season opener and a trip to the Detroit Lions of college football (Nebraska).
November 26th, 2021 at 1:51 PM ^
If OSU scores less than 40 I will be surprised.
November 26th, 2021 at 1:56 PM ^
If we get beat by three touchdowns, good luck selling recruits on momentum when the Harbaugh media version hot seat will be white hot. When we don’t close on elite recruits, wash rinse and repeat the same shit every year against this Death Star.
November 26th, 2021 at 5:02 PM ^
You are one sad MFer
November 26th, 2021 at 5:41 PM ^
I don't think Jim's seat is viewed as hot by anyone anymore. Especially considering how terrible programs like USC, Texas, Florida, etc are this year, I think people in Michigan and the media have learned to appreciate that Harbaugh's doing a good job overall and it could be a lot worse
November 26th, 2021 at 6:18 PM ^
Aren't you the same dude who somehow thought Howard "wasn't seeing" that the UM basketball team wasn't performing well currently?
Bud, SSRIs are cool. So is marijuana.
November 26th, 2021 at 6:54 PM ^
Well those "elite recruits" keep choosing the same programs. I don't think even an OSU upset is going to open the floodgates and they'll all choose Michigan over OSU.
November 26th, 2021 at 1:59 PM ^
The Game: "There is no time on the clock and Michigan has more points?"
All season, all week, all day, all the way through the various analyses, it's all about that question mark.
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