Afternoon Games Open Thread
August 30th, 2014 at 4:51 PM ^
Va Tech won't be a vintage Bud Foster defense, but they should give OSU some problems. Shocking how losing a bunch of seniors suddenly makes OSU's offensive line look human.
August 30th, 2014 at 4:48 PM ^
August 30th, 2014 at 4:54 PM ^
SEC cheat? Nah their squeaky clean!
August 30th, 2014 at 4:49 PM ^
August 30th, 2014 at 4:50 PM ^
This! Not impressed overall by ND's performance.
August 30th, 2014 at 4:49 PM ^
continues to embarrass NU. 24-7.
August 30th, 2014 at 4:50 PM ^
So...what did Bert expect leaving a great thing at Wiscy for Arkansas? Love to know what his expectations were.
His offenses controlled the clock but his D's were never anything to write home about.
August 30th, 2014 at 4:53 PM ^
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August 30th, 2014 at 4:55 PM ^
Rice hanging in with ND, down 14-10. Irish haven't looked special so far.
August 30th, 2014 at 4:58 PM ^
mark my words...if ND wins a nailbiter against this rice team you can bet the farm a few guys will be "cleared" of wrong doing and able to play next week.
August 30th, 2014 at 5:01 PM ^
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August 30th, 2014 at 4:57 PM ^
The D will be fine. Just a couple of baby burps. A few pats on the back, and we'll be fine.
August 30th, 2014 at 4:58 PM ^
I don't know the circumstances of his leaving Alabama, but Nussmeier is looking really smart right now.
August 30th, 2014 at 5:04 PM ^
I think he was pushed out and I think he's got to be loving that they are struggling.
August 30th, 2014 at 4:59 PM ^
You should retitle this thread: " Our Offensive Coordinator is better than your Offensive Coordinator Open Thread."
August 30th, 2014 at 5:03 PM ^
Well...the other games are boring and after Saban seemed to Nuss for the 2 losses last season despite 500 yds plus of offense and more than enough points it is nice to see the great Kiffin and Saban struggle a little bit to start.
August 30th, 2014 at 5:06 PM ^
edit: double post
August 30th, 2014 at 5:04 PM ^
August 30th, 2014 at 5:05 PM ^
WVU just ran a kickoff back for a TD. Alabama isn't very good, or WVU is pretty good. Prolly a lil of both.
August 30th, 2014 at 5:05 PM ^
That dude for West Virginia has some serious speed.
August 30th, 2014 at 5:05 PM ^
August 30th, 2014 at 5:36 PM ^
I enjoy watching ND lose as well, but it was sweet watching the Suckeyes struggle against Navy.
August 30th, 2014 at 5:08 PM ^
Rice seems to be running all over ND, so I'm hopeful we can move the ball on the ground next week.
August 30th, 2014 at 5:09 PM ^
The sad thing is Bama could score 40 points in this game, still lose, and talking heads will still never say a bad word about the Saban D. The Northwestern game crew just wondered what was wrong with Bama`s offense. Never mind the D is on pace to give up 34 points.
August 30th, 2014 at 5:11 PM ^
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August 30th, 2014 at 5:37 PM ^
i'll jump on that bandwagon, can't stand that guy.
August 30th, 2014 at 5:12 PM ^
I've been in and out of paying attention but Golson is the truth. He looks a lot better than pre-cheating.
August 30th, 2014 at 5:15 PM ^
He got to take a year off to train with a QB guru, so, yeah.
August 30th, 2014 at 5:52 PM ^
Lets remember they are playing Rice, not seeing much life from their D.
August 30th, 2014 at 5:17 PM ^
August 30th, 2014 at 5:34 PM ^
Stop talking crazy. Anyone that spent any time on the Mgoblog board the last couple years knows players never improve after their freshman season. If a guy isn`t a superstar as a freshman, well that`s just the end of that. Geez, where have you been?
August 30th, 2014 at 5:39 PM ^
I said Golson would give UM a lot of trouble in another thread about a week ago and got yelled at "did you see Golson in 2012! Rees was the truth!" as if first year starters don't get better from 1 year to the next. Or in his case 2 years. Said he reminded me of the issues the McNabb, Troy Smith types posed ... and he looks just like that kind of QB that has haunted UM for years. He doesn't have to be the level of those QBs - any competent QB who has that scramble ability gives a team headaches - see Devin Gardner.
The defense is going to face a stern test and assignment football is going to be important. He is exactly the type of QB who kills you on 3rd and 6 with a 13 yard scamper that keeps your defense on the field a long time.
I think this game vs ND has the chance to be a high scoring affair - something in the 30s for both teams. Rice is not a great team but they are way better than a Jacksonville State or App state.
August 30th, 2014 at 5:46 PM ^
During the last 2-3 years scrambling QBs have not given UM much trouble -- with the exception of Miller. Martinez was pretty good at Nebraska and did not do much against us. The guy at Illinois was a good scrambler and did not have much success against us.
Now, Golson may end up rushing for 200 yards against us, but I do not think recent history predicts a big day for him.
August 30th, 2014 at 6:15 PM ^
If you have been watching UM football since about 1991 running QBs and/ or "scrambling QBs" ala Troy Smith have given us hell. We havent played a ton of them of any quality lately. Thankfully. We beat Miller his freshman year on the worst OSU team in 20 years with a very bad coach. I agree a running QB who is completely lost his first year we are fine with (Nebraska's QB last year was pretty lost). Golson looked terrible against us as well. But when they have a bit of experience they are a nightmare for us generally. Even Indiana had 1 of their 2 QBs like this and gave us fits last year. Just because we won doesnt mean our defense figured it out. Scheelhouse was mediocre on a very bad team.
Looking at our schedule in 2013 we really avoided any of these type of QBs outside of 1 of the Indiana QBs, Nebraska, and OSU. The Nebraska guy looked like Devin in a few spot moment 3 years ago - pretty lost. Usually these type of QBs their first year look like Golson his first year - running around throwing balls with a 50% completion rate. Indiana and OSU had a lot of success vs our defense.
If we shut down Golson next week I'll say maybe our defense has solved these type of QBs. Generally we have been playing them lately in their first year or facing teams without them.
August 30th, 2014 at 5:50 PM ^
I hope not. I really hope we sit back and force him to throw, bringing too much pressure could lead to the results you've predicted.
August 30th, 2014 at 5:12 PM ^
Geez Rice, how do you get burned deep on a 53 yard TD bomb with five seconds in the half?
August 30th, 2014 at 5:25 PM ^
August 30th, 2014 at 5:38 PM ^
Northwestern still looking awful. Defense can't stop anything and offense looks brutal.
August 30th, 2014 at 5:44 PM ^
Unlike most I am all for our future conf opponents sucking. Our reputation as a conference is already bad so who cares if these teams we play down the road stink. Guess what ....OSU sucked in 2011 - we still won and it helped us go 11-2. And I am all for Nebraska looking great since the only time we'd play them is in the Big 10 CG. Same for Wiscy - we don't play them - hope they beat LSU. And then I hope they suck in 2 years when they rotate back to our schedule.
All the teams we play - hope they look like tire fires. No one was wishing we'd look competent for most of the past 7 years. They were gladly taking the wins and a bad team for them to play. So I wish the same on them. Until bowl season when my view will change a bit since we are done with them.
August 30th, 2014 at 5:59 PM ^
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August 30th, 2014 at 5:53 PM ^
are already out on their blogs, along with requests to fire the whole staff. TWIS, here they come.
August 30th, 2014 at 5:39 PM ^
Terrible PI call against WVU. Looks like Bama fans passed the hat and went to talk to the refs at halftime.
August 30th, 2014 at 5:40 PM ^
Terrible pass interference call on West Virginia. Refs trying to make sure Bama takes control early in the second half.
August 30th, 2014 at 5:44 PM ^
You can see it on the screen.
August 30th, 2014 at 5:52 PM ^
next week will be a good test, esp to see whether we can run the ball with any kind of authority against much bigger athletes.
August 30th, 2014 at 5:58 PM ^
I'm excited to see how the line holds up and what Green/Smith can do with whats probably gonna be smaller holes/windows. I see Smith performing better.
August 30th, 2014 at 5:53 PM ^
They are not good.