Best thing you saw: Week 2
Another week of entertaining games, including a wake-up call in Ann Arbor. There were definitely some solid finishes with ND-GA and the battle for all the corn and blonde maidens in Iowa the most entertaining. With that…
Non-Michigan: though in a loss, I came away VERY impressed with Phillips (#4) of Western, he of the fumble return and KO return for all of their points. He nearly added a pick to his day. Watching OSU get dismantled for the second time in three games was very enjoyable. The 4th quarter and OT of Iowa – Iowa St. was great theater. However…the one-handed TD catch by GA was the best thing I saw today. Incredible effort.
Michigan: funny how 18- and 19-year olds don’t always bring the same emotion and energy week-to-week. Up 14 early, M looked like it let off the gas because ‘this gonna be easy’. Best thing I saw here was a coachable moment – all within a win – that could prove the difference in keeping this young team’s attention as the games get tougher.
What say you?
September 10th, 2017 at 7:49 AM ^
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September 10th, 2017 at 9:00 AM ^
Overrated. The outfits and the grooming (not overdone, SEC beauty-pageant style) do much of the work. I'd take the cheerleaders from several others schools over theirs.
September 10th, 2017 at 11:16 AM ^
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September 10th, 2017 at 5:43 AM ^
USC cheerleaders?
September 10th, 2017 at 10:43 AM ^
September 10th, 2017 at 1:52 AM ^
Non-Michigan division: Baker Mayfield is a strong contender, but 3rd and 93 is my pick https://saturdaytradition.com/big-ten-football/watch-louisiana-tech-bri…
September 10th, 2017 at 1:55 AM ^
2 pick 6's from the D
an empty whoreshoe midway through the 4th.
September 10th, 2017 at 8:28 AM ^
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September 10th, 2017 at 7:00 PM ^
No typo, my friend. ;)
September 10th, 2017 at 9:53 AM ^
to Dierdorf and Brandy on the internet, we attended an excellent college football game Stanford at USC. There were a lot of great plays in the game including some sensational catches and runs by both teams. Just a really well played game. Love Michigan football and love watching college football when Michigan wins. Don't care much for the NFL anymore.
And Ty Issac running all over the field.
September 10th, 2017 at 3:09 AM ^
SWEET!!!
September 10th, 2017 at 9:47 AM ^
Baker planting the flag while Brandon Wimbush, Notre Dame's QB was fumbling the ball on last drive. BAM! Buckeye and Irish simultaneous agony always a plus!
September 10th, 2017 at 8:01 AM ^
Michigan defense improving. Devin Bush with another impressive perofrmance. ND losing.
We need O'Korn or Peters to step up, though. We're not going to get anywhere with Speight running the show. Our secondary needs to tighten things up as well. If Moore connects on a couple of those deep balls the game could've turned out very differently.
September 10th, 2017 at 8:10 AM ^
September 10th, 2017 at 8:11 AM ^
He's not a great communicator, so I had braced myself for the fact that I probably would have to prod him at some point today to hear that he got there safely, and hope that he'd figured out his phone settings for international service.
4:30 am I start getting the texts of crowing commentary. He'd landed, turned on phone, and saw the OSU score.
September 10th, 2017 at 8:17 AM ^
have to admit, that was pleasant. and their general offensive woes - it's gonna give urban a heartache.
September 10th, 2017 at 8:42 AM ^
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September 10th, 2017 at 8:41 AM ^
Definitely Ohio State and the large piece of humble pie they got served on their home field. Fuck everything about that shitty, cheating program.
September 10th, 2017 at 8:44 AM ^
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September 10th, 2017 at 8:52 AM ^
-ND losing. The wife is a Georgia fan so that helps too.
-OSU losing was nice, but I still couldn't help but feel like "nobody kills you but me." A lot of teams EXCEPT Michigan have found ways to beat those guys. Would sure like to see OSU win out up to the Michigan game, and we knock them off their pedestal and out of the playoff race.
September 10th, 2017 at 11:28 AM ^
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September 10th, 2017 at 9:02 AM ^
The D is great and the offense has to iron out a few things.
September 10th, 2017 at 12:05 PM ^
Agree. Among those few plays were the ST turnover, the PI call on Hill, the failure to call PI on the DB who grabbed Black's jersey--a more egregious incident than what Hill did--all in the first half.
September 10th, 2017 at 9:07 AM ^
September 10th, 2017 at 9:14 AM ^
Shane Morris goes for 467 yards, 5 TDs on 28 of 37 attempts (on second thought, maybe thats not the best thing since it would be nice to see a current Michigan QB doing that)
September 10th, 2017 at 10:24 AM ^
Clearly Kansas doesn't play defense. I wonder if they thought it would be a cakewalk because Central struggled with an FCS team last week.
September 10th, 2017 at 9:25 AM ^
Pick 6s In M traditional M uniforms.
September 10th, 2017 at 9:29 AM ^
September 10th, 2017 at 9:47 AM ^
Just win boys.
GO BLUE!!
September 10th, 2017 at 10:25 AM ^
September 10th, 2017 at 10:30 AM ^
The running game was good and probably should give the OL some credit, especially on the toss plays. I was impressed with the movement of some big bodies to the edges and how they sealed huge gaps for Isaac. Speight didn't throw a pick, I know, some were close, but positive in my book. He wasn't sharp, but maybe we adjust some expectations a bit, he is getting used to new receivers and it isn't like he has Jake Butt down the middle of the field.
I didn't think the play calling offensively was as tight as it could have been. The run game was working, stick with it.
Non Michigan- any opportunity I get to see Ohio State lose is a good time. Oklahoma is a very solid team, this was their chance to establish themselves for the playoff discussion. Ohio State will be good in November and they will correct some things, but I think we as a fan base have to pump the brakes on thinking they are world beaters. I think they had a better team last year and we know how that worked out for us.
September 10th, 2017 at 10:54 AM ^
Ty Issac. Impressed on Saturday.
September 10th, 2017 at 12:05 PM ^
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So far, they seem to be worthy successors to D. Hill and D. Thomas. Which is reassuring.
September 10th, 2017 at 12:06 PM ^
September 10th, 2017 at 2:17 PM ^
Non-Michigan: obviously the OSU loss, then Baker running around with the flag and planting it in their O. Turnabout's fair play, Buckeyes. Even better: OU-OSU resembled UM-Florida, in that OU outplayed them for the entire game and the score didn't really reflect it as much as it should. If not for self-inflicted mistakes in half one, it's a blowout by the 3rd quarter. OSSu didn't just lose by 15 points at home, they got thoroughly dominated.
September 10th, 2017 at 7:06 PM ^
= Golden Tate