October 11th, 2014 at 12:30 PM ^
Don't forget Indiana @ Iowa ESPNU
October 11th, 2014 at 12:36 PM ^
How can u forget Rice vs. Army??
October 11th, 2014 at 12:40 PM ^
Exactly. I don't know why Yost is leaving some of the more important information out of the OP.
October 11th, 2014 at 12:43 PM ^
How can someone downvote this?? Its the US Army forgodsake
October 11th, 2014 at 12:32 PM ^
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October 11th, 2014 at 12:39 PM ^
Pick-6 Iowa, up 14-0 on the Hoosiers.
Illinois naturally just went up 14-7 over Wisconsin.
The Texas Tech-West Virginia announcers are talking about memos and TPS reports.
October 11th, 2014 at 12:42 PM ^
Everyone loves to mock Kirk Ferentz and yet, almost every year his teams seem to get a lot better as the year goes on. Looks like they'll win comfortably today to go to 5-1.
Iowa fans are where we were in late Carr years. They're taking winning two-thirds of their games and annual bowl appearances for granted, even though their program has a definite ceiling due to its tiny recruiting base. The next guy is going to have a hard time matching Ferentz's record.
October 11th, 2014 at 12:49 PM ^
Oh yea...I'm down here, too. Many want him gone, thinking we're not getting out of him what we pay him. I understand fan frustration, and Kirk can be frustrating, but many fans down here are delusional. And you make a good point about the next guy in here; going to be tough to replace him, unless Kirk leaves a really nice cupboard of real talent but I don't see that being the case (Chris Doyle, the S&C down here who got in a bit of heat with the Rhabdomyolysis, is a big part of player development, though). Even though there is quite a bit of "medicority" here with Iowa teams, as you say they get to bowl games and go compete with teams that most would say should "roll over a team like Iowa".
October 11th, 2014 at 12:36 PM ^
October 11th, 2014 at 1:37 PM ^
and this one is being played well; coaches coaching and players executing and playing hard. Looks like it could go down to the wire or some big play or turnover.
October 11th, 2014 at 12:37 PM ^
October 11th, 2014 at 12:38 PM ^
Which is generally the B1G slate.
But wait until basketball! WHOOOOOO!
October 11th, 2014 at 12:44 PM ^
But your point is well-taken. I watched several minutes of that NW-Minn. game and just couldn't get into it.
October 11th, 2014 at 12:46 PM ^
But in my copying and pasting I saw that it was on ESPN2 so I said...hey, I'll keep it I suppose.
October 11th, 2014 at 5:07 PM ^
Woohoooo basketball woohooooo!!!
October 11th, 2014 at 12:50 PM ^
Lort...Iowa looking like the high octane offense...up 21-0 already.
Edit: UPdate, 28-7. What a quarter, and Indiana is driving to close the quarter.
October 11th, 2014 at 12:41 PM ^
Texas competitive so far. I think Charlie Strong is going to be very succesful at Texas.
October 11th, 2014 at 12:47 PM ^
Not that he's the greatest coach, I just think he's the PERFECT fit for Michigan.
We'd also have Teryl Austin as our DC and we'd know what to do with Denard and Devin Gardner.
October 11th, 2014 at 12:51 PM ^
*psssst* Denard doesn't play here anymore.
October 11th, 2014 at 12:55 PM ^
He did when Hoke arrived and I think Strong would've been a better fit for him. That's all I'm saying.
October 11th, 2014 at 5:09 PM ^
I agree.
October 11th, 2014 at 1:01 PM ^
Can we really complain about how Hoke/Borges used Denard? We went 16-4 when he was the starting QB here (excluding the Nebraska '12 game). How much better could we have realistically done?
Now Gardner is another story.
October 11th, 2014 at 1:07 PM ^
Hoke/Borges/Denard went to a Sugar Bowl.
I just think Strong could've turned him into a Heisman candidate and he would've had a better 2nd year.
Devin was pretty good last year for Borges when Borges was actually letting him play to his strengths and not calling "run left, run right" Tecmo Bowl style.
I just see what Bridgewater did, what Dak Prescott is doing, the kid down at Arizona.
I think Denard and Devin could've both been national names in the right system. They both have GLARING weaknesses, but those are magnified anytime you ask them to be Tom Brady and not Denard/Devin.
October 11th, 2014 at 1:01 PM ^
An NFL gig is better than college.
October 11th, 2014 at 1:04 PM ^
DIDN'T MEAN AUSTIN! - My bad board.
I meant Vance Bedford - who's also been at Michigan.
October 11th, 2014 at 5:10 PM ^
Too much to drink. hehehehe That is a classic mgoboard excuse, isn't it? hehehe
October 11th, 2014 at 1:50 PM ^
Michigan's DC job is bigger than the Lions. There are both more Michigan and MSU fans than Lions fans. They can barely sell out a 65K seat stadium.
October 11th, 2014 at 1:03 PM ^
The various obnoxious factions surrounding UM wouldn't allow Charlie Strong, and his strong personality, to florish in Ann Arbor.
October 11th, 2014 at 1:15 PM ^
However, he's a lot closer to what Michigan wants to be than Rich Rod was at the time.
So I actually think he'd be fine...he'd be one of the few "outside" coaches that I think could appease the nonsense that we all hate.
David Shaw would be another coach that I think would be fine at Michigan (even with the stuff/people you're referring to).
It's a VERY small list - unfortunately. But I think I'd have both Strong and Shaw on it.
Every other coach that would be "outside," but on the list are the guys you heard over and over. Ferentz/Fitzgerald/Edsall/Schiano.
What's funny, is Harbaugh and Miles are BOTH more "anti-whatever you want to call that stereotypical Michigan coach trait that the factions you referred to love so much" than Strong, Shaw or any of the 4 coaches I just mentioned. But because they have Michigan ties, they get a pass.
October 11th, 2014 at 1:03 PM ^
36-20 and that was with GERG at DC.
So "being competitive" is actually a regression from last year.
October 11th, 2014 at 1:17 PM ^
Nothing wrong with GERG's work last year.
They were a steaming pile when he got there; they'd just given up 550 rushing yards to BYU. He took them from there to #31 in the country in dFEI; their defense graded out better than ours on the year.
But Brown let him run his own scheme.
October 11th, 2014 at 12:49 PM ^
So you think Kevin Wilson might want to call Rich Rod and talk about how its important to find a good D Coordinater to go along with a good offense? Geez, 28 points to an Iowa offense in just one quarter? Thats like giving up 60 in a quarter to most good offenses.
October 11th, 2014 at 12:50 PM ^
Indiana looks just like us under RR. Offense doesn't do much, then busts a huge explosive play... but then the D gives up even more plays to the opposition's offense and generally looks terrible. Why were people bringing up Kevin Wilson again as a CC?
Also the announcers for this game are about as boring as you can get.
October 11th, 2014 at 12:53 PM ^
October 11th, 2014 at 12:57 PM ^
"Fire" was perceived as one of Hoke's strong points when he was winning.
October 11th, 2014 at 1:10 PM ^
I thought it was more his old school approach, his love and passion for Michigan and his sense of "TEAM" that people slurped over.
He's never been a real firey in-your-face kind of coach. No one cared that he wasn't when we were winning, but I don't think I've ever seen him grab someone by the facemask or anything like that.
Hell, the only time I remember him really yelling was at Greg Mattison this year. (Yelling at officials not included)
October 11th, 2014 at 1:10 PM ^
You need much more than "fire" to win football games consistently.
October 11th, 2014 at 1:19 PM ^
David Shaw doesn't have much "fire" and Stanford has done pretty damn good.
Helfrich doesn't have much fire and Oregon has done pretty damn good.
I don't even think Mullen is a firey type coach.
...at some point you have to do the basics. Recruit well, develop, build a culture, get the most out of your talent, win.
All the other stuff doesn't matter so much.
October 11th, 2014 at 1:23 PM ^
...but when I think of "fire" I think of Bob Huggins. Great regular season results, gets maximum effort out of his kids in games where they might relax. Then they crack when tournament time comes.
If I were being recruited, fire would be a negative. It wears thin on me pretty quickly. But other people have a different reaction to it.
October 11th, 2014 at 1:32 PM ^
But I definitely understand your point.
Me personally, I'd MUCH rather play for a Beilein type coach. I love to learn. John Beilein is my favorite coach in any sport right now. And easy for me to say, it's Michigan's winning program and Michigan is my favorite team.
But no, I just love how he develops. I love how he teaches. For me, that's a dream. Izzo yells and screams and he also wins. So it's not one way or the other, but for me, give me the teacher.
October 11th, 2014 at 1:01 PM ^
I wonder how much longer Al Golden last's at Miami. 3-3 and 3 of there 4 NC games are cupcakes.
October 11th, 2014 at 1:18 PM ^
have u seen their attendance? even if they wanted to fire i dont think anyone would notice. Where is the Miami faithful?
October 11th, 2014 at 1:20 PM ^
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a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g.,faith unfaithful kept him falsely true ).
October 11th, 2014 at 5:12 PM ^
You even give out free definitions? You are the man.
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