Al Borges is a very fine fellow, and called a great game.

But Hoke's coaching tenants are tackling and finishing the play. We missed two sacks that would have virtually won the game. This one is on hoke. And that fake punt was a horrific call. He went against everything he says he stands for. Horrible year for Hoke.

Yes great ofensive game plan, terrible defense. The defense was almost there especially on the last drive. To bad i really thought we could have won this game.

Go Blue, hopefully next year a great ofense and defense!

This game will help recruiting.  Offensive recruits will see that our offense is progressing nicely.  DBs will see that they have an opportunity to play right away. 

I'm concerned that as Michigan fans, the majority of our comments on our offensive coordinator are along the lines of "Hey, it was better than I thought it would be"

Too bad DG wasnt so wildly innacurate or else M would've won and Gallon would've had 200+ yds

i need a M basketball game right about now

This loss is on JT Floyd's pot smoking. I have to believe he would have stopped at least 1 long pass.

Also, Lewan should stay for his senior season. Clowney is amazing, but Sk are most NFL linemen.

That is not acceptable and shouldn't be. Michigan played tough but the bottom line is we underachieved and missed several opportunities to do something special this season. Next year will be the real barometer. No more excuses. Michigan has to beat somebody. We have simply beaten weaker comp to this point under Hoke save the Sugar bowl. We need serious upgrades in pass rushing...running back...corner back and wide reciever. We have a good team overall but we are not at the level that should be expected at Michigan. There is a reason why we have to blitz to bring pressure. Ironically the blitzing exposed our secondary today. The good news is that Michigan can make a HUGE jump nxt year pride is swallowed and adjustments are made! The BIG is going to be a two man race in the future and we have to out our selves into position to match Ohio athlete for athlete. Recruiting athletes is paramount for Michigan's future. Elite athletes will put Michigan over the top. Cannot afford to miss on ALL the elite athletes.

Al Borges called an adequate gameplan.  Toward the end it felt like he found a set of plays that the team was most comfortable with, and that was good.  But people point out 4-5 plays that were "new" and say "look, he's getting better."  Of course, he also lined up Denard and Vincent Smith in the I-form and ran them for minimal gain or a bone-crushing hits in most instances.  The line blocked reasonably well on passing downs and that gave Gardner time, but I also think SC's defense is a bit overrated.  He also called the same predictable plays with Denard; virtually every time it was a run, with little in the way of options or change in directions.

Borges didn't have a horrible game like he did against VT or OSU, but I wouldn't hold this up as a shiny example of the best offense Al Borges could produce. 

People are bitching about Borges? Our offense put up 28 against a great D. If our D can manage to wrap up the qb just once on the final drive, we probably win. We lost because of a punt return and 4 big pass plays against a hobbled secondary. This loss hurts a lot less than Bama because Hoke proved he can play with the SEC. Plus, our recruiting is rock solid. The future is bright. Go Blue!

We lost to the top three teams in the nation (two by a combined 7 points) and Nebraska using a guy who is now our 3rd, maybe 4th, string QB. And now we have lost to a top 10 team who, depending on how the rankings play out, may even be a top 5 team when all is said and done, on a hail mary play to our healthy, last resort corners.

Yes, I am rationilizing this. We are in year two of a polar transition and played 4 EXTREMELY TOUGH games this year and we were in strong position to win three of them in the final minutes. I would say, given the circumstances, that this year was a success and I have more hope and excitement for the future of Michigan football than ever.

Michigan had it's shots.  Gardner could have hit some additional throws today, but think he had happy feet due to the rush.  Michigan needs more speed in it's two deep which was obvious all year, Gordon and Kovacs give 100% just with no the same talent level to protect deep, and exposing Avery and Taylor to 1 on 1's is just not a winning combo.  

Overall the dline played pretty well most of the year against the run, but need a few elite passrushers to develop so all of the blitzing is not necessary....or build speed in the secondary to handle the 1 on 1's.

It was pretty clear that Michigan was a younger and less physical team in many cases, which should get better with some additional weight room time and normal development, but I truly hope that the oline in waiting has more chops and ability for next year and that Kalis, Braden, Miller, etc make a big step forward.  I am not overly confident that will be the case as I would hope someone that much better would already beat out the interior lineman.  Gardner can throw when he gets set and unleashes, but the play action was a total waste as there was no concern for SC other than when Robinson was in.

I hope Green sees the early playing time to be had, and would be great if we could get Morris in Treadwell's ear about the true need for someone to step up and be a threat as we obviously have no fear about airing it out sometimes to a fault.  

Also would like to know what the hell the thought process and who owned the block on the attempted murder play by Clowney.....why any scheme would NOT account for him on every play is absolutely behind me...especially a run going to his side of the field.

Yep, for all the abuse we have heaped on Borges since the Ohio game, we have to admit that he came out strong today.  Very good game plan.  We just got out-skill playered.

To a man Im really disappointed but I see this program going in the right direction.I can't fault his play calling in this game.We had a chance at the end and just didnt win.Until next season I would like thank everybody on this board for the insight this year.

He actually called a better game than I thought he would.  Although, I think both 2-point conversions were absolute crap.  I also thought that it would've been genius to have DRob throw a pass.

This game was encouraging to see what Borges can do with a full offseason to get Gardner ready, and a full offseason for Gardner to practice with the 1s.

 

We lost, sure, but there were still a lot of positives to take from the game.  The defense had two corners out there that should not have been, and we still came within 30 seconds of winning.  Go Blue, and can't wait until next year.

he'll have a whole 9 months to.

where V. Smith got his head ripped off by #7 took longer to set up than concrete. That was the worst offensive play call of the game.