Dr. Saturday, NY Times, SI on U-M's victory
"...Tate Forcier, who's taken all of two games to put his rising star squarely on the radar of the entire country."
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/blog/dr_saturday/post/Tate-Forcie…
On Rodriguez: "“He’s amazing,” Mouton said. “He’s the right guy. He’s the right coach for Michigan.”"
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/13/sports/ncaafootball/13michigan.html?hp
"Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez watched his freshman quarterback bop toward the bus Saturday morning, seemingly without a care in the world. Suddenly, Tate Forcier stopped cold.
"Aw!" Rodriguez remembered Forcier saying. "I forgot to brush my teeth.""
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/andy_staples/09/12/Michig…
September 12th, 2009 at 11:02 PM ^
Brian predicted that a win today has him thinking of New Years Day in FL and so does Doc Sat. With State looking very susceptible to a MAC spread and Illinois hanging their hat on a rout of Illinois St. I really only see two losses this year.
Say all you want about pro predictions but I'd take Tate in this offense over Matt Barkley any day. He looked way better, although OSU D is better than ND's, but Barkley has 5* players all around him. I like our chances at a 10 win season
September 12th, 2009 at 11:05 PM ^
Well said. Forcier can tune down some of the mistakes, but overall is as good as anyone could have expected him to be.
September 13th, 2009 at 12:15 AM ^
Michigan linebacker Jonas Mouton looked at Rodriguez from afar as he basked in the victory with family and friends, then spelled out his belief in his coach.
“He’s amazing,” Mouton said. “He’s the right guy. He’s the right coach for Michigan.”
September 13th, 2009 at 12:18 AM ^
When the article was first posted, the NYT wrote about "linebacker Brandon Mouton." I know we have two great players named Brandon, but it cracked me up because of this: http://www.theonion.com/content/infograph/how_will_michigan_rebound_in
September 13th, 2009 at 1:21 AM ^
From Dr. Sat...
"I know y'all don't want to hear this, Wolverine fans, being deeply committed to cynicism and ennui and wary of the fates' hostility to hubris, but here it is: At the moment, Michigan looks like easily the third-best team in the Big Ten. Don't fight it: Two weeks into a season that was shaping up as nightmare, Rich Rodriguez is as safe as he can be, and you can start thinking about New Year's in Florida again."
September 13th, 2009 at 3:48 AM ^
Well, gee, thanks. I can now sleep peacefully knowing that SI approves of us.
P.S. You cannot come with us to Florida.
September 13th, 2009 at 1:28 AM ^
I'm disappointed in Jason for letting Tate leave the dorm without brushing his teeth.
September 13th, 2009 at 2:06 AM ^
From the SI article:
The elder Rodriguez hadn't attended a game since the Wolverines' win against Wisconsin -- Michigan's lone 2008 Big Ten win -- a year ago.oops? Someone forgot about the LOLphers.