September 4th, 2015 at 12:45 AM ^
That wasn't anywhere near the team we've had. Did you see the game against Uconn?
Did we have all of our players on the field for special teams?
Not even close how much better we are.
September 3rd, 2015 at 11:59 PM ^
But Harbaugh will improve the team. I still think 8 or 9, if we can beat MSU or OSU at home?
September 4th, 2015 at 12:01 AM ^
Truth of the matter, the run game killed us. More to the point, Smith deciding to run into piles instead of the outside lanes created killed us. Rudock's 3 ints sucked but, outside of a few spurts in the 2nd half, Smith did nothing but kill drives.
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September 4th, 2015 at 12:36 AM ^
I dunno, I think without at least a couple of the INTs we'd probably have had more points on the board, and while yeah the run game could've been better, I think we could've gotten away with a win despite the run game. I say we just try Morris for a game and see what happens.
September 4th, 2015 at 12:36 AM ^
Smith is just to damn slow, I think he's the slowest tb I have seen. The kid runs hard, where the hell was Kalis going to block on the 4th down play?
September 4th, 2015 at 12:01 AM ^
Just won't win quality games like this with a QB missing TDs and pitching INTs.
OL didn't show much. Smith just isn't a factor; need Isaac's speed to create something with this OL and QB.
Hopefully the old football adage is true: a a fab team improves more between the 1st and 2nd game than anytime in a season.
September 4th, 2015 at 12:04 AM ^
Butt is awesome. We missed Drake Johnson. WRs better than anticipated. Peppers was not good early. Defense overall is pretty good. Pass protection was good run blocking was mediocre. QB play must improve.
September 4th, 2015 at 12:26 AM ^
Peppers was tentative early then remembered he was the most talented player on the field and dominated.
September 4th, 2015 at 12:41 AM ^
Was a beast in the second half. Dude is basically a freshman. If he stays healthy odds are he is going to be an All American. Going to have to figure out what to do with those shifty little types though Covey looked good.
September 4th, 2015 at 1:35 AM ^
Run blocking was far below average for 3 quarters... Average for 1
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September 4th, 2015 at 12:06 AM ^
The negative posters....all is lost garbage.....fair weather fans is just sad. Get a fucking grip. It's one fucking game against a talented well coached team. If you guys expected the team to just have to show up and they will just roll because Harbaugh, I don't even know what to tell you. Take a fucking breath, step away from the edge and look at the positives for fucks sake.
September 4th, 2015 at 12:18 AM ^
It has nothing to do with being a fair weather fan. The fair weather fans are long gone after the last 8 years.
September 4th, 2015 at 8:54 AM ^
You are way off base. I personally thought it was disappointing and by no means am I a fair weather fan. I can't believe you are not disappointed when you see a game with horrible blocking, 3 picks, and no run game. We set the water line for where the team is at currently and that is pretty low, I'm still going to watch every game but I'm less optimistic about matchups such as BYU, Maryland, Minnesota, and Penn St.
September 4th, 2015 at 12:08 AM ^
Quick takeaway...the outside CB's played well today. Ross needs to stay on the field and Peppers rebounded nicely after a subpar 1st half
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September 4th, 2015 at 12:12 AM ^
Let's be honest - we were all hoping for a Harbaugh unicorn but got reality. I thought the game plan was good- rudock struggled a bit, but am encouraged for the future. Bonus - Harbaugh has 9 not 7 days to fix issues for the next. go BLUE!!
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September 4th, 2015 at 12:20 AM ^
.... but did it look like football?
September 4th, 2015 at 12:30 AM ^
It looked like football. That's the first game I can remember in a long time where we looked significantly better in the second half than the first. Our o-line even started really bashing Utah but our RB's just don't have Vision yet.
Oh and Rudock was pretty dreadful. Either dead on or pull your hair out inaccurate. Hopefully he can calm down and just be steady ASAP.
September 4th, 2015 at 12:30 AM ^
Well, tough to take a loss when you want great start to the season. But I think they showed a lot of good stuff to build on. My one concern, I know that some people think Hoke ruined Morris, but he was a highly rated recruit. I really think he can be a difference maker here, and honestly I think we should switch it up after that Rudock performance. I don't mean to pin all blame on him or not, I just really think some of those mistakes were forced in a way that results from being injected (transferred) into the team and the system with no warning. I mean, we have time to rebuild, we've got room to experiment, so I say why not. Anyway, looking forward to the improvements!
September 4th, 2015 at 1:32 AM ^
Lots of good signs? Those glasses must be expensive.
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September 4th, 2015 at 1:48 AM ^
I am pretty disappointed with what I saw from the O-line. They weren’t really helped out by the RBs. They need Drake Johnson ASAP. Smith lacks foot speed and vision, Isaac isn’t a good pass blocker, and Green is a FB or an H-Back. Rudock needs to work on his accuracy. He missed a few that would have been huge and he threw that killer interception. On a positive note, the WRs and TEs were good. I like what they have there.
Peppers had a very good game. The pass defense needs to improve. They also need to be more consistent. Michigan would fall asleep once the game was tied. They cannot do this. It puts too much pressure on an average offense.
Bottom line, it was only one game. Even with the sloppy play, they played a competitive game against a good team on the road. I expected this to be a loss, and now I expect them to win up to the Michigan State game.
September 4th, 2015 at 7:47 AM ^
On the surface it looked a lot like every road game for the past few years: crap on offense, good on defense, frustrating level of mistakes. The encouraging thing is that unlike the past 3 years, none of the mistakes were coaching mistakes! We had the right number of players on the field, we called the right plays at the right time and we managed the clock about as well as we could.
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September 4th, 2015 at 11:22 AM ^
some posters are really freaking out from the first JH coached game....on the road....against a solid Utah team. They were 9-4 last year and have depth and experience.
I thought JH game plan was great...in the fact he had a game plan and stuck with it. That looked like a Stanford offense, boring but took a few shots. A lot of mistakes that are fixable, Ruddock and Perry were sttuggling to get on the same page. I mean there were two deep balls , if just a little more loft on them, 1 is a TD and the other is a 30 yard gain. Be patient everyone, yes we are all pissed and sick of losing, but I think we can all see the progress and where this is going.
I like our D, again clean up those fixable mistakes, and we are very good. BUT that other CB spot is looking rough. Clark looked like he was nervrous or tentaitve, stibbling was just getting pushed around out there, everytime i saw him, the Utah guy was just picking on him.
September 4th, 2015 at 2:53 PM ^
I know it was a loss, but there felt like there was a different level of skill. There were mistakes but they didn't look like the kinds of mistakes where a qb tries to throw an inadvisable pass while being dragged to the ground. There were fewer face palm moments by a lot. Correct number of players, understanding of plays and intensity were all positives. There were things to fix but they seem like fixable things. The O line still has a lot of work to do, along with the RBs, but that can also be fixed.
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September 6th, 2015 at 11:37 AM ^
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