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WTKA Roundtable 11/16/2017: Holy Holy Pants Man Comment Count

Seth

Never assume malice when you can whatever incompetence etcetera.

WTKA cover 11-16-17

Things discussed:

  • You gotta be multiple: Michigan ran a lot more zone this week. Chris Evans is getting good at it
  • Defensive breakdowns: when you play an aggressive defense one guy not getting his assignment gives up a big play.
  • How good is Wisconsin? They can’t pass, the defense is shutting down bad offenses well, the running game is overpowering bad defenses. The health of the center and the safety matter muchly. Mirror images of each other: who can hit harder?
  • Craig: Jonathan Taylor is better than Saquon Barkley.
  • Wisconsin ain’t played nobody!
  • They have a never-ending pile of linebackers. Better tight ends. Brian hates the hoodie-wearing cornerback because it’s not aerodynamic (and he was grabbing Simmie Cobbs like crazy).
  • Big Ten conspiracy to make the Badgers a playoff team? Don’t encourage Craig. Also do you realize how incompetent the Big Ten refs are, and now you’re going to task these yahoos with believably fixing a game too?

You can catch the entire episode on Michigan Insider's podcast stream on Audioboom.

Segment two is here. Segment three is here.

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Comments

Fezzik

November 17th, 2017 at 9:20 AM ^

It is unbelievable where our passing game is now compared to year 1 and year 2 Harbaugh. If Wisconsin "can't pass" then I'm not sure what that makes us. I do believe Peters is the best we have behind center and I think he'll keep improving.

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LKLIII

November 17th, 2017 at 10:26 AM ^

I'm too lazy to do it, but I wonder what our season passing stats would look like if we extrapolated what we've looked like since Peters was the QB. Probably still highly mediocre but maybe better than what our season averages are?

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s1105615

November 17th, 2017 at 8:47 AM ^

Isn’t the argument that there is no way someone could be that incompetent, and therefore must have nefarious intent?

The fact the refs have been so quantifiably bad lends credence to the idea that they are doing it on purpose right?

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wahooverine

November 17th, 2017 at 9:42 AM ^

Also it's not that hard to fix a game.  Just call ticky tack fouls and make judgement calls in favor of one side primarily.  Especially on high leverage situations. For the other team only call fouls that are obvious and egregious.  Call a couple minor token fouls for the other team in the 3rd quarter so it seems even handed. 

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Jevablue

November 17th, 2017 at 9:47 AM ^

Proved the nefarious No objective person could review that game at either a macro level (2 penalties for 4 yds and no holding calls from a line giving up 9 sacks) or from a review each individual play and conclude their was no bias. Or perhaps OSU simply won the powerball lottery that day with the odds of something like one in a billion. Sure

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