Best Case Scenario Tonight
January 11th, 2021 at 11:45 PM ^
I don't know if you've paid attention to what Fickell has built in Cincy
January 11th, 2021 at 11:50 PM ^
Half the people on here think his season as the interim head coach at OSU 9 years ago will forever represent his head coaching ability.
January 11th, 2021 at 11:55 PM ^
It’s like when your grandmother sees something you kinda sorta thought was interesting and buys it for you, and then goes on to buy you similar items for the rest of time. That one small moment defines you in their eyes
Michigan fans are elderly grandmas when it comes to their memory of Luke Fickell
January 11th, 2021 at 11:56 PM ^
Wait.
It doesn't??!
January 12th, 2021 at 12:09 AM ^
Losses to Brady Hoke tend to linger...
January 12th, 2021 at 12:13 AM ^
The Water Boy will forever be 0-1 to Brady Hoke ??
January 12th, 2021 at 12:44 AM ^
he does still look like adam sandler though.. non uncut gems version
January 12th, 2021 at 2:45 AM ^
Half the people here think records outside the Power 5 translate without modification to the Power 5.
January 11th, 2021 at 11:53 PM ^
It will be a lot easier to beat Fickell than Day. Don’t get me wrong, what he’s done at Cincy is amazing. But he’s a defensive minded coach in an offense first game. His teams rarely just blew the opposing team out of the water.
January 12th, 2021 at 12:32 AM ^
I agree. Fickell doesn’t scare me. He didn’t do anything great at OSU, OSU didn’t consider him when Meyer left, and he’s made the most of cincy so far. Maybe he’s something, maybe it’s just a flash in the pan.
January 12th, 2021 at 9:57 AM ^
Did Ryan Day scare you? That guy had 4 games as a head coach in his entire career before taking over at osu. What's more amazing is that he had only worked with urbs for 1 season...way back as a grad assistant at Florida, before coming to osu. There's a reason why urbs kept fickell on his staff when he got to osu, because he knows he can coach. Add to that, Cincy is the hotbed for football in Ohio. Fickell was only gone for a year when urbs left osu. He wasn't a viable candidate at that point. Whether or not it would amount to anything, it's fair to say, osu fandom would view fickell coming back to osu much more favorably than UM fans welcomed Harbaugh back 6 years ago.
January 12th, 2021 at 10:36 AM ^
Fickell wasn't ready to be a P5 coach. I wonder if he would've been viewed much more favorably if he came through Cincinnati 1st
January 12th, 2021 at 11:08 AM ^
Not only that, but that 2011 OSU team was a mess. Several players included Terrell Pryor opted out of the season like 2 months before the season started and they ended up starting a true freshman Braxton Miller in an antiquated offensive system that did not fit Miller's skills at all. They still somehow upset Wisconsin and almost beat Michigan on an overthrown, wide open pass for a TD on the last drive of the game.
January 12th, 2021 at 10:35 AM ^
Cincinnati will be a CFB contender next season. They get Ridder back at QB and Myjai Sanders back at DE. Both are NFL caliber players.
January 11th, 2021 at 11:47 PM ^
Buck the Fuckeyes
January 11th, 2021 at 11:49 PM ^
Garbage post - Day can stay - at least we know he cannot win on the biggest stage.
January 12th, 2021 at 12:00 AM ^
We know Saban can, 7 Titles now, he is quickly becoming the John Wooden of college football.
I've disliked Bama my whole life but thoroughly enjoyed that beat down.
January 12th, 2021 at 12:13 AM ^
You and me both - disdain for osu can make you do some crazy things!
January 12th, 2021 at 4:36 PM ^
Disliking Bama or not, it was hard to do anything last night but watch in amazement at the juggernaut that is the 2020 Bama football team. That’s one of the best teams of all time IMO. They looked better than 2019 LSU.
January 12th, 2021 at 3:44 PM ^
I agree haha..will we beat them, no. But those moves from him last night were so stupid
January 11th, 2021 at 11:49 PM ^
I mean Michigan beat Tressel as well. And if you consider 2000 in this century, then Cooper too. Three.
January 11th, 2021 at 11:49 PM ^
The best case scenario would have been neither of these teams participating in this game. We could stand to pay less attention.
Didn't watch. Hurts that this is what it has come to, but it has. This season couldn't end soon enough.
But we've got basketball tomorrow, and King of the Hammers is a go for a couple weeks from now. So there are things to follow.
January 11th, 2021 at 11:54 PM ^
You missed some great play calling and athletes making plays. Just because Michigan doesn’t put their players in position to succeed, shouldn’t take away from watching others.
January 11th, 2021 at 11:58 PM ^
Ehh, it was kinda up and down. Nice to watch Bama destroy OSU, but kinda frustrating to watch Fields miss wide open td throws on 4th down, something he and every other OSU QB would never do against Michigan
January 12th, 2021 at 8:41 AM ^
I think the constant pressure had a lot to do with the poor throws. Christian Barmore was a beast that would have me twitching a little if I was Fields.
Although great offenses win championships these days, Alabama's ability to apply pressure both at the QB and on the receivers was a big part of the beat down, too.
January 12th, 2021 at 1:53 AM ^
I’ve watched an awful lot of football in my life. More than any one person needs to see, really. I’ve travelled thousands of miles to watch games between teams that had nothing to do with Michigan. I watch random games on tv and hit rewind on the dvr to look at blocking schemes or blitz packages. I’ve seen my share.
Frankly, the only team I want to win the title less than Bama is OSU. The playoff just isn’t easy to watch. Because I’m a Michigan fan, I care, and I’m tired as a fan.
January 11th, 2021 at 11:50 PM ^
Disappointing. I wanted to see Bama get to at least 60.
January 11th, 2021 at 11:52 PM ^
OSU soundly defeated, best outcome
January 11th, 2021 at 11:52 PM ^
Umm Ryan Day regressed to seven wins this year...what a WASTE of talent. Has also only beaten Michigan once. Im convinced Campbell would be an upgrade, what is OSU waiting for??
January 11th, 2021 at 11:53 PM ^
Best case scenario is that Harbaugh realizes that he have a copy of Alabamas playbook and let Gattis run the offense they way it should or could be ran
January 11th, 2021 at 11:59 PM ^
Yeah Gattis doesn't have THIS playbook
Plus I imagine the plays work a little less well when it's Milton and Giles Jackson trying to perform the roles of Mac Jones and Smith
January 12th, 2021 at 12:01 AM ^
Alabama is running Sarkesian's playbook, which, as best as I could tell, basically consisted of telling their Heisman winning WR to run around until he got open.
January 12th, 2021 at 12:35 AM ^
Yup. Alabama is so good because of the OCs that rotate thru their program. Or is it that Alabama OCs are so good because of what they learn from saban? Or maybe it’s that Alabama OCs aren’t that great and Sagan can spin straw into gold regardless of his OC.
January 12th, 2021 at 10:42 AM ^
Sark's playbook is a bit different than Gattis. Sark has WCO element in addition to RPO heavy offense which is something that Gattis doesn't have.
January 11th, 2021 at 11:54 PM ^
Going on right now.
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January 11th, 2021 at 11:56 PM ^
This is the end of OSU’s dominance. The reason OSU has been so successful is because UM has not. It’s going to be a kick to the nuts when Ewers commits back to UT.
January 12th, 2021 at 12:03 AM ^
Crystal ball says...unlikely
January 12th, 2021 at 12:15 AM ^
We’ll see ?
January 12th, 2021 at 12:01 AM ^
Stranger things have happened.
January 12th, 2021 at 12:03 AM ^
Don’t be fooled by Fickell at Cincinnati. He has Frames Janklin level clock management. Dude has no offense either.
January 12th, 2021 at 12:04 AM ^
Nothing about Day should scare people. He hasn't proven anything yet. Let's see how he fares next year when his recruits actually have to see the field.
January 12th, 2021 at 12:10 AM ^
I’m crossing my fingers that McCarthy is everything we think as is Donovan Edwards.
Also can Urban take Wilson with him?
Those two things could even things up quickly.
January 12th, 2021 at 12:40 AM ^
I mean, I get that he hasn’t won the big one, but what does “haven’t proven anything yet” mean to you? He’s been to two straight CFPs, 1 championship game, has two big ten championships, and the top recruiting classes in the country. Hes done more in two years than pretty much everyone except Dabo and Saban. Not to mention more than Harbaugh has even sniffed in 6 years.
January 12th, 2021 at 1:29 AM ^
These dudes saw Day lose to one the greatest college football dynasty of all time tonight, and suddenly think he hasn't "proven anything". Delusional
January 12th, 2021 at 1:00 AM ^
I was hoping for a hurricane or COVID, but your scenario is acceptable.
January 12th, 2021 at 1:54 AM ^
There was a football game today?