One Frame At A Time: Rutgers Comment Count

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You might think downing a slow-rolling punt on the opponent's 11-yard line isn't much to celebrate, but that is why you are you and Dennis Norfleet is the best.

In case there was any doubt as to who won this week's otherwise-barren GIFs post, the BTN knew enough to put a camera on Norfleet before a Rutgers kickoff:

The adidas "what if we made one finger different?" gloves make this look a bit more obscene than I think was intended. Regardless, infinite eligibility for Norfleet, please—this, sadly didn't make it to the broadcast:

Infinite, I say, and I'll stand for nothing less.

[Hit THE JUMP for a couple sacks, a couple Devin Gardner TD runs, a catch and two steps and C'MON REFS, and more.]

As usual, clicks the stills to open each GIF in a lightbox.

10. Yes, That Is A Catch

I know, I know, we're at the point in this cursed season when a call that potentially costs Michigan the game barely registers on the outrage meter. That said, I count two steps and one football move, and have no clue how this could possibly have been confirmed upon review.

9. Take A Bow, Taco

Excellent technique on the waist-bend, too.

8. That Looked Rather Easy

It's kinda nice to have the outrageously good athlete use his outrageously good athleticism, as it turns out.

7. Brady Hoke Rides The Emotional Rollercoaster

Hoke reacted to Frank Clark's near-sack, only to be followed by a Gary Nova touchdown pass, the way I believe all of us did. The smirk of disbelief at the end seals it.

6. Watch For Terrifying Flying Objects

That Gary Nova had a reaction to seeing a leaping Henry bear down on him aside from "drop everything, poop myself" is a testament to the bravery and bowel control of quarterbacks everywhere.

5. Butt Needs A Hand

Just one, though.

4. Maybe Play This Guy More?

With this block and his catch just two plays later, Khalid Hill made a rather emphatic case for more playing time.

3. Devin Gardner Saves The Waggle, Part 264

Defenders juked out of their shoes: 1
Defenders blown past because DG makes tackling angles irrelevant: 3
Touchdown created solely by the remarkable athleticism of DG: 1

2. Dancin' Dennis Norfleet Debuts New Dance

If you're looking for ways to have fun watching Michigan football, here's the guy to watch.

FRAMES OF THE GAME: MOST ENTHUSIASTIC PUNT DOWNING OF ALL TIME

Seriously, if this doesn't give you at least some small feeling of joy, I'm not sure I can do anything to help you anymore. I tried. I really tried.

Comments

Mr. Yost

October 8th, 2014 at 1:13 AM ^

When Morris threw that pick we were up 40 points...who cares if he smiles? 

I could easily have been an "aaah shit! my bad man...I thought you were running a post and you ran a flag" type laugh. Or a "lol, see, you told me all game to throw one up to you and I told you...you better not get me picked off!" type laugh.

When you're up 40, that's okay.

When you're down 14 in the 4th quarter and throw that pick, no, that's probably not the best response.

We have to know the context. In this case, we do know the context. Norfleet always does this to hype himself and his teammates up. Whether it's effective or not can be questioned, but that's what he's doing. But I don't see how someone could be mad at him for being excited. He's an emotional player. He gets excited after big runs and big hits and he gets mad at himself when he gets tackled too soon. That is, and will always be Dennis Norfleet.

Chad Henne was a robot. That is, and always will be Chad.

Denard smiled a ton too. I mean everyone is different. You just have to take the situation into account.

Mike Hart once laughed and smiles after fumbling versus Florida. Why would ANYONE laugh after a fumble? Well, you might if you've fumbled once in your career and hadn't done it since your Freshman year and this was your last game. 

He fumbled again in that game and had a completely different, more serious reaction. He was pissed. It was no longer a fluke situation.

Now Hart laughs after his first fumble and it's okay because he literally never fumbled. But if Drake Johnson were to play on Saturday and laugh after a fumble, I think we'd all take issue to it. Maybe not because we don't care anymore, but if we were having a good season (again, context)

DrewGOBLUE

October 7th, 2014 at 6:13 PM ^

On that sack Henry had, the BTN commentators were pretty insistent he should have been called for a face mask. I was pretty baffled since, just like in the gif here, it was quite clear that Henry brought him down by the shoulder. Seems like vision difficulties were common on Saturday


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Valar Morghulis

October 7th, 2014 at 10:14 PM ^

If that tweet about him conducting the band was after the timeout that we only sent 10 men in the field. I'd much rather have a punt returner that counted his men (you may correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure that's his job... At least it was when I played growing up) instead of dancing or conducting bands.

I think Norfleet is a decent player, and fairly productive when he has the ball, but I don't understand the pedestal he gets put on by a lot of people on this site. It truly baffles me.