I’m gonna need a cigarette after this; I can already tell.

THEY ARE LEGENDS 

3 hours and 20 minutes

“Winning”— Santana

Aw hell yeah

I have no doubt I'm going to listen to this more than once. 

JTT may be an excellent run defender but he was invisible in terms of pass rush. I noticed one particular play where Barner had him locked up one on one. He is not a first round DE. Everyone needs to stop with that. 

Speaking of Illinois from someone sending a child there and having some vested interest in their football team since my son is in their marching band.....

Bert had a terrible year.  They blew a ton of close games and he spent more time bitching to the refs before, during, and after the games then he did installing discipline in his players.  They didn't have any depth but there was some decent talent on this team and he blew it.

That being said, the refs did blow the call big time on the potential tying 2pt conversion.  

This comment is an open invite to ANY Mgostaff for a free pizza at Comet Ping Pong (DC pizzagate place - the pizza is excellent - staff is awesome - one of best bookstores is two doors down).

over three hours of goodness. lets fucking go

Reading and watching lots of responses from Columbus and East Lansing, I was struck again by how much their local reporters are homers. They're total fanboys, gloating over wins and moaning about losses personally.

(One doofus decided he had to bitch that Michigan's field was messy after fans stormed the field.)

Perhaps it's my maize-&-blue glasses, but it seems as if reporters on Michigan sports are more neutral. 

Does anyone else feel like OSU could hire Mel Tucker and still win ten games next year?

I was all ready to be like “how did they not talk about QJ’s hit?!?!” and then, bam, right at the end of the defense segment!

I attended class with UM football players, ran into a UM basketball player doing research at the library

It’s a shame you cannot hear the crowd reacting to Quinten Johnson’s hit on the broadcast because all you get is Gus Johnson doing an Andrew Dice Clay “OAHHHW!!!!” at the top of his lungs.
 

But that’s what people want in a broadcast these days, apparently. It’s a shame Keith Jackson is still alive to have to hear what’s become of his profession.

The Mikey Big Head was brought in by his parents as they walked across the field during the pregame parent introductions. 

Speaking of game theory, on Corum's last run for a first down he made a fantastic move to stay in bounds that was not mentioned at all by the announcers.  Should he have gone down before gaining the first down to give Michigan 2nd and 1 to likely give Michigan at least 4 more plays instead of 3 to force OSU time outs and/or run the clock?  It would require incredible processing power to make the judgement in real time that his most likely outcomes were a 9-yard gain or a 14-yard gain (let alone the calculation as to which is better), but my gut tells me that leaving your team in 2nd and 1 in that situation is the better play.

(In retrospect, I am not even 100% sure that Corum's move to stay in bounds actually kept the clock running.  ESPN's not completely reliable game log shows his play [a 14-yard run on 1st down] starting with 2:07 left on the clock and the next play also starting with 2:07 left on the clock).

Something very Kingkiller in Blake Corum taking "one [single,] perfect step."  And I love that I don't know if that was intentional.

Mike Sainristil is the embodiment of Michigan football. It's the work ethic, heart, desire and unselfishness that doesn't show up on any recruiting rankings. Many have talent, few have what it takes. Hoping he passes that kind of leadership on to others.

Michigan played and coached like they had nothing in their pockets. Ohio State did not.

We need to mark our calenders for October next season. You can guarantee that something comes up to give the networks something to talk about that's an off the field issue.

They're talking about a replacement for Day. But haven't mentioned Jeff Brohm who, to me, is the next great coach. When Harbaugh leaves I hope we get him.

I liked the point made that during Ohio’s run of dominance was when they were at the forefront of the effective offense of the time. It’s a really good point. I would argue that Michigan is now the forefront of what works on offense now. Ohio is trying to replicate Michigan. Penn State too. Got my wheels spinning with that point. Good stuff you guys

The correct 3rd and 6 play call on the last drive was the fake bubble screen release. 

The defense will overreact to the bubble screen motion and fake blocks by the WR.  The WR on the outside probably has a free release, and then it's just a read of the safety and outside LB to see if the easier inside WR 'blocker' is open.  Risky, but likely also wide open at that point in the game.

Have any of Seth's guarantees failed to pay off?

As for your story about the OSU fan who complained that the Buckeyes never get calls .... I mean ... it's not like many Michigan fans don't believe that we never get the calls either. And ... we're the winningest program in college football history.

There are fans of single team that believe they never get the breaks and that the refs are out to get them. Every. Single. Team.

3 hours and 20 minutes? Dan Carlin-ass podcast episode. Love it!