September 23rd, 2014 at 5:17 PM ^
the idea that Brandon, A Michigan Man, undermined himself and the university publicly with his actions.
It's always someone else's fault. Like some writer or university professor.
September 23rd, 2014 at 5:22 PM ^
Dave Brandon is that you?
September 23rd, 2014 at 5:25 PM ^
that was unused.
September 23rd, 2014 at 8:29 PM ^
September 23rd, 2014 at 9:04 PM ^
Dave? Dave is that you??
September 23rd, 2014 at 5:11 PM ^
He usually has a pretty good pulse of what's going on.
September 23rd, 2014 at 8:57 PM ^
and JUB actually came across a little guarded.
September 23rd, 2014 at 11:20 PM ^
What do you mean by guarded?
September 23rd, 2014 at 5:12 PM ^
Hoke and the Coke promotion to be discussed on Around the Horn on ESPN in a few minutes. Also scheduled for PTI as one of the main segments.
Lead in: "What's worse for your body, drinking two bottles of Coke or watching 60 minutes of Michigan football?"
Thank you Dave Brandon, Michigan is now a punchline.
September 23rd, 2014 at 5:18 PM ^
It's bad enough watching the game on TV and seeing 25-30% of the student section empty. One of my buddies is a PSU alum and noticed it on TV. He thought is was sad considering UM wasn't even saddled with crippling NCAA sanctions. Beaver Stadium has been fluctuating between 80-100k attendance the past few years when their capacity is about 109k. Nothing like self inflicted wounds to get us on the same trajectory as a scandal rocked program. Thanks Big Dave!
September 23rd, 2014 at 10:21 PM ^
To be fair to the student section, the rows above the entry portals in several of those sections are not student tickets this year. Those are the tickets that actually didn't get sold.
September 23rd, 2014 at 10:25 PM ^
there were plenty of empty seats in the non-student sections---let's leave them be.
September 23rd, 2014 at 5:18 PM ^
My alum status and love for Michigan football aside, that is kinda funny..."What's worse for your body, drinking two bottles of Coke or watching 60 minutes of Michigan football?"
September 23rd, 2014 at 5:31 PM ^
but i love them both. body (and mind) be damned.
September 23rd, 2014 at 5:48 PM ^
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September 23rd, 2014 at 5:15 PM ^
He also speculates that Devin starts Saturday, FWIW
September 23rd, 2014 at 5:23 PM ^
Was pretty off-putting. That was out earlier, but it's going to go down like a fart in church with prospective replacements.
Also, I found it interesting that Bacon said Hoke could keep his job if Michigan
went 7-1 or 9-3"
It's like Bacon is freaking quoting Brian's mgoblog post from this today. Or did Brian get this from another source and Bacon is corroborating that?
September 23rd, 2014 at 5:37 PM ^
Isn't it common sense? To go 7-1 in conf he'd have to put a viable product on the field. Something not seen so far versus real competition. If you go and beat everyone but MSU the rest of the year and dont lose by 20 to them he'd have miraculously turned it around and you'd have a ton of momentum. No one but the most maize colored glasses can really see that - multiple road wins? Including @ OSU? For a team that cant get into the red zone.
So yes a 9-3 record which finished with great momentum finishing off 7-1 after a 2-2 start - that would seem like a resume for a return.
Liklihood? From what I have seen - 0.1%.
September 23rd, 2014 at 5:42 PM ^
My biggest fear is 6-2 with losses @MSU and @OSU. That may be enough to keep his job. 7-5 and he is out the door no matter what.
September 23rd, 2014 at 5:47 PM ^
If we end up as 8-4 and are competitive in the MSU and OSU games (assuming those are the two losses, which probably will be) then I'd be okay with everybody staying honestly. Thats some solid improvement to go from a shut out @ND to being competitive @MSU/@OSU. If we can keep it within 7pts for both of those games thats solid in my book
September 23rd, 2014 at 6:05 PM ^
If we had lost 31-28 to ND and 26-24 to Utah, there would be some grumbling, but there wouldn't be the sense that Hoke is a goner barring a drastic turnaround.
September 23rd, 2014 at 6:46 PM ^
I want Brandon gone yesterday. I am ok with giving Hoke one more year to prove himself becasue: Recruiting, Mattison, and the hope that the offensive struggles are the result of the OC transision and the belief that Nuss doesn't suck this bad.
September 23rd, 2014 at 6:09 PM ^
You're okay with moral victories?
September 23rd, 2014 at 10:18 PM ^
You only accept undefeated seasons?
September 24th, 2014 at 10:40 AM ^
has been huge and messy
there have been a ton of false steps, but if we can go 8-4 (6-2) in B1G, then hoke should stay
We would have momentum for next year and a ton of returning guys
Turning the season around would show Hoke can coach and the players have bought into the system
September 23rd, 2014 at 5:58 PM ^
Based on what we have seen thus far I don't think you have to worry about your biggest fear.
September 23rd, 2014 at 8:17 PM ^
September 23rd, 2014 at 5:45 PM ^
Good luck Brady
September 23rd, 2014 at 5:48 PM ^
Michigan won't have to wait long. The 7-1 and 9-3 goal will be answered by mid-October, two weeks before kickoff in East Lansing.
I can see visualize a over Minnesota. But at Rutgers? Even Penn State looks iffy in the Big House.
Minnesota
at Rutgers
Penn State
Even if Michigan clears the decks of these three and plays well vs. MSU, Indiana and Maryland are big, big games for Michigan this fall.
It's ironic, but if the writing is on the wall for Hoke before November 29, I could see Michigan kicking the shit out of Ohio in Columbus.
September 23rd, 2014 at 5:59 PM ^
there's a chance?
September 23rd, 2014 at 5:46 PM ^
Seems to be making the rounds. Not that they’re considered experts or that their opinions should carry any weight on this subject, but on ESPNU earlier this afternoon, Danny Kanell and Joey Galloway both used the 7-1 record as the measurement by which they believed Brady Hoke’s job would be considered safe.
September 23rd, 2014 at 7:45 PM ^
I don't think Danny Kanell and Joey Galloway have too much in the way of original thoughts on any of this. They're repeaters.
September 23rd, 2014 at 11:32 PM ^
September 23rd, 2014 at 5:48 PM ^
Whether it's Brian or Bacon or someone from within the Athletic Department or hundreds of people commenting on MGoBlog or Mlive.com throughout the off-season, it's pretty clear that Hoke needed to beat MSU or OSU (preferably both) this year to save his job. I think he's in a bigger hole now because he lost big to ND and to a power 5 conference opponent, feeding into the notion that he can't win big games, so I'm more in the camp that he needs to beat both to keep his job. Maybe he can drop another game and finish 9-3, but wins against our 2 biggest rivals will help get this sour taste out of our mouths and help restore some of our faith in the coaching staff. I think everyone needs to ease up on Hoke and if we're going to direct anger at anyone, it needs to land directly on Dave Brandon. He needs to go if this program is going anywhere. Who knows, maybe Hoke would be a better coach under a different AD. I don't know if I could focus and perform optimally with that a-hole breathing down my neck everyday.
September 23rd, 2014 at 9:50 PM ^
September 24th, 2014 at 6:43 PM ^
PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT NECESSARILY INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RETURNS
Ever read anything like this before?
There is nothing I hate more than people who take this attitude -- no offense.
NOBODY knows what is going to happen, how the team will respond or set-up, yet you act like it's already a lose. Pathetic.
September 23rd, 2014 at 5:38 PM ^
September 23rd, 2014 at 5:42 PM ^
Yeah, the sports radio choices are "these guys" or Valenti and Foster. I'll take "these guys" every day over V and F.
September 23rd, 2014 at 5:57 PM ^
September 23rd, 2014 at 6:01 PM ^
I'll take him by a mile over all of them.
September 23rd, 2014 at 6:32 PM ^
Let me check.....
Regard any other sports talk radio information-type substance with extreme dubiousness. Outside of the friendly confines of WTKA, radio is worthless for news. That goes triple for some yob in East Lansing asserting that Greg Schiano is the next guy. Because he's the dude who will get the news first. Okay buddy.
Trust me because I don't ask you to trust me, and trust Sam because he's connected, and ignore all radio reports.
Oh....
September 23rd, 2014 at 8:26 PM ^
September 23rd, 2014 at 9:36 PM ^
With what offense?
September 23rd, 2014 at 9:51 PM ^
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September 23rd, 2014 at 11:22 PM ^
I'm with you, trueblue! Gonna be tough to watch the rest of the season play out.