Al Borges Appreciation?

During home games we get Al "Jekyl" Borges.  On the road, we get Al "Hyde" Borges.

It's the only explanation.

It was Roy Roundtree's record. He had 246 vs Illinois in 2010.

Back to hating Dave Brandon everybody.

If we can get 1/2 of the total yards and points against MSU I will build a statue to Al and burn incense in front of it three times a day.

 

Really enough said IMO. Happy we did well, still thought we continued to manball for no yards under center too many times, but at least this time we ran more from spread. Call me one of those fans but the terrible defensive effort overshadowed the game for me, and as I was there at the stadium I kept thinking "we are in a shootout with and can't stop Indiana, at home."

Nope.  Today makes last week more maddening. 

I'm pleased with him tonight. If he breaks my brain again with another WTF game, my memory won't be so short.

I seriously don't get his attitude; he did a good job this week and a terrible job last one. I don't think that's praise-worthy. Plus, Indiana sucks.

Not pleased with him yet. This was one game, and it was against arguably the worst defense int he Big Ten. Just because he did this once doesn't mean he'll repeat in two weeks against Michigan State. He was inconsistant last year, too. If Michigan has a strong showing on offense against MSU, then I'll be happier. I liked that Borges was putting Gardner in the gun on most plays, I'll give you that.

All our opponents don't have such a crappy defense!

As long as we take care of the ball, our offense has been able to put plenty of points on the board. I think the play calling has been fine. I guess the coaches take some blame for the turnovers, but we also have a QB in his first full season as a starter, a RB coming off a gruesome injury, our #2 WR out for the season, and an incredibly young interior OL.

Do it on the road against what is at minimum an average defense. Nice to see he has more than 3 plays. Wish they had balls to call a game like this on the road.

That was an awesome offensive display. I just wish we had one guy with breakaway speed. 751 speaks for itself though!

Against average defense we usually look like world beaters. Against anyone decent esp on the road we go into a shell

You have to give it up to the team and Borges, bad defense or not that was impressive

Scoring points.  That's all he does -- score points.

And all the dandies here whine and simper.  

Meanwhile, teams pass up and down the field on Michigan's D.  Mattison needs to be fired.  WHAT WORKS IN THE NFL DOESN'T WORK IN COLLEGE GREG OR GERG OR WHATEVER YOU NAME IS.

 

UM seemed to have a lot more PA passing on 1st down. Stayed ahead of the chains that way. Kudos to Borges. Good chg from last week

Absolutely appreciated. Dude was great today.

You do realize Indiana is about the worst defense in the country? I would hope we put 60+ on them with the talent level advantage. This is no barometer of our offense. I am down right frightened of DG throwing a pass with Denard in the backfield in 2 weeks. And if you are not, keep putting loose teeth under your pillow.

Very happy with the offensive performance and play calling overall. However, we will definitely learn a lot more against MSU as this was an absolutely atrocious IU defense

There are definite Indiana caveats but remember a lot of people thought this would be a shoot out except our offense wouldn't hold up our end of the bargain. They did just that against an admittedly terrible D. Two weeks from now is the test. Play a similar game plan to PSU and we probably lose. Do something similar today and I think we'll be able to score. It is a rivalry game and I garuntee everybody on our team wants to beat MSU. I am expecting a great game in two weeks. Enjoy the bye before the stretch run. We control our own destiny for the moment.

We're celebrating a performance against IU? I thought this was Michigan, fergodsakes.

They had to put up video game numbers, and they did.  You can't argue with that.