Hype Train: Sam Webb edition

Submitted by kawter on
Hey all. Found this snippet from Sam and had to share. Keep the train rolling! 
 
 
Let's end on a positive note...
 
This team looks good. Really good.    I believe Wilton Speight has greater command of the offense than Jake Rudiock did last year at this time.  I still believe Michigan will roll into Columbus undefeated.  There is every reason to believe that all the lofty expectations placed on Michigan this year are attainable.
 
Sam Webb
 
 
mods, I apologize if this is considering "looting" paywalled content... it didn't seem like that much intel compared to his actual posts
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Ali G Bomaye

September 1st, 2016 at 1:22 PM ^

We barely beat Minnesota and Indiana, but we also lost to MSU on the freakiest of freak plays and to Utah due to of a couple interceptions from a freshman WR and a QB playing in a new system. We could have been 12-1 as easily as we could have been 8-5.

If you're playing the "what if" game, it makes no sense to assume everything would have turned out as badly as it could have.

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LKLIII

September 1st, 2016 at 1:55 PM ^

True, which is why us ending up with a 10-3 season pretty much is an accurate reflection of how good our team was last year.  

Our luck was roughly even last year, and I think our team is better than last year's team.  So if we're in the middle of the road luck-wise this season, we'll go 11-2 or 12-1, and if we get a bit luckier than average, we get to the Big Ten Championship game or beyond.

In order for us to rack up a record like last season's 10-3 or 9-4, we'd pretty much have to be on the unlucky side of the ledger.

 

 

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wahooverine

September 1st, 2016 at 2:25 PM ^

Mostly agree, though I'd say our net luck was negative on account of the MSU play being a struck by a meteor level of unlucky.  Also if you call Glasgow sniffing out the Minnesota play call and the line stuffing the play, and Delano Hill making a nice play on the IU receiver luck than, well I'm not sure what luck is.  You could argue Minny and IU were lucky to even be in a position to win on the last play. 

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Bodogblog

September 1st, 2016 at 11:33 AM ^

Was just going to post this - what was in the paragraph immediately preceding this one? 

I think the content value of camp nuggest is declining at a very rapid pace, and they hit zero on Saturday.  Probably OK to give a little more of that post.  This argument works because it suits my position. 

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kehnonymous

September 1st, 2016 at 11:55 AM ^

There's an old saw about practice camp rumors - believe half of the good stuff, and all of the bad stuff.

I don't doubt that, but who cares.  ONE TICKET FOR HYPE TRAIN IS PURCHASED BY ME.  CHOO CHOO CHOO MOTHERF-CKERS

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