ESPN homepage headline: "Michigan to the playoff?" (and it's... Bill Connelly!?)
September 20th, 2021 at 2:05 PM ^
Competition caveats apply, but most other programs haven't done what they're supposed to with the same caveats.
Just keep attacking and succeeding week by week. It's certainly possible.
Go blue!
September 20th, 2021 at 2:06 PM ^
I wish there was a term for a headline like this.
something like "I'm Daring you To Touch This Link" or "Pick Lure"
.....
September 20th, 2021 at 2:09 PM ^
There is a term Comrade. It’s “clickbait”
September 20th, 2021 at 2:34 PM ^
Woosh.
September 20th, 2021 at 2:35 PM ^
I'm just worried about Rutger.
September 20th, 2021 at 2:42 PM ^
He gone.
September 20th, 2021 at 6:27 PM ^
But he saw things you people wouldn't believe.
September 20th, 2021 at 7:38 PM ^
Maybe I did it backwards or maybe it doesn't matter. Watched The Bubblegum Crisis first then Blade Runner. What a movie.
September 20th, 2021 at 7:28 PM ^
Beat Rutger. There are plenty of dangerous teams on the schedule certainly not limited to top tier.
September 20th, 2021 at 3:10 PM ^
Yes and I have not received any upvotes! Rookies!
September 20th, 2021 at 2:56 PM ^
#3 WILL ASTOUND YOU!
September 20th, 2021 at 2:06 PM ^
It is slightly crazy, but in his SP+ rankings, we're #6 overall which would seem clearly in the hunt.
We are #1 with preseason projections removed (they start to drop off a lot next week).
That is supposed to adjust for competition, garbage time, etc. For the time being I'll just enjoy what looks to be a really solid football team.
September 20th, 2021 at 2:40 PM ^
Connely said that Michigan fans are unique in that whenever there is a bold prediction for success or high ranking, Michigan fans will contact him on Twitter and say “no, no, please don’t.”
Also I heard Connely might be a Michigan fan.
September 20th, 2021 at 3:06 PM ^
I listened to Connely on Podcast Ain’t Played Nobody when he was on it. If he’s a Michigan fan, he’s under deep cover.
September 20th, 2021 at 3:48 PM ^
He and Godfrey liked to tweak Michigan fans and neither of them liked Brian or ace.
September 20th, 2021 at 4:56 PM ^
Godfrey came on Ace’s new pod recently, so I doubt there’s any bad blood there. He did admit that he likes to play the heel toward aggrieved Michigan fans on Twitter
September 20th, 2021 at 5:05 PM ^
What Godfrey been doing since the demise of PAPN?
September 21st, 2021 at 8:50 AM ^
He's on the Split Zone Duo pod.
September 21st, 2021 at 11:57 AM ^
I think this is just guilt by association. I've seen Godfrey and Ace interact on Twitter quite a bit. I've seen Connelly answer questions from Brian. But, Brian and Godfrey really don't like each other. They've gotten into a few spats that I've seen.
September 20th, 2021 at 3:55 PM ^
I think he's a Missouri guy.
September 20th, 2021 at 2:07 PM ^
F*** IT! I'M IN!!!
September 20th, 2021 at 2:08 PM ^
#Clicks
September 20th, 2021 at 2:12 PM ^
SIGH. Lets not talk about it please until at the very earliest, February!
September 20th, 2021 at 2:14 PM ^
Obligatory:
September 20th, 2021 at 2:15 PM ^
Was it the Mgopodcast that mentioned when questions are in the headline, the answer is No.
September 20th, 2021 at 2:17 PM ^
RAT POISON.
September 20th, 2021 at 5:20 PM ^
The last thing this team needs is everybody blowing smoke up their asses about how great they are. That way lies disaster.
September 20th, 2021 at 2:22 PM ^
mindless frippery intended to garner clicks.
September 20th, 2021 at 2:23 PM ^
Ahh yes, ESPN, the network that employs and gives a platform to Paul Finebaum and Stephen A. Smith (among others).
Shocking that they'd have a clickbait headline. Just shocking.
September 20th, 2021 at 2:28 PM ^
Lets not get ahead of our skis
September 20th, 2021 at 8:47 PM ^
So long as we are not over our skis, we can be ahead of at least part of them.
September 20th, 2021 at 2:30 PM ^
I'll pass on the clickbait. Now, say in November, we see Michigan beat OSU to get a berth in the BCG, yeah, we can talk...
Until that happens, STFU.
December 30th, 2021 at 10:14 AM ^
I'm ready to talk, sir.
September 20th, 2021 at 2:31 PM ^
And I see we have reached the point of the season where irrational negativity has mutated - Kafkaesque - into irrational exuberance, eh?
September 20th, 2021 at 8:57 PM ^
I haven't seen it yet FM.
September 20th, 2021 at 2:33 PM ^
I feel like it may be a bit early in the season to start sucking each other's dicks quite yet, but I will say that something unusual seems to be happening in Ann Arbor.
The team just looks, good? Polished? Tight? I'm not sure what the right adjective is, but in so many seasons past we've looked sloppy early in the season. And this year the team looks like an early November squad already.
September 20th, 2021 at 2:41 PM ^
The team - Harbaugh, players and coaches - seems to be on the same page. Whereas last year, nobody could tell their ass from their elbow. We will see what happens when we hit some adversity, but so far so good.
September 20th, 2021 at 2:50 PM ^
I feel like it may be a bit early in the season to start sucking each other's dicks quite yet, but I will say that something unusual seems to be happening in Ann Arbor.
Hopefully our helmets will remain polished in the harder games during the meat of our schedule.
September 20th, 2021 at 3:01 PM ^
Agreed, but even the most polished helmet can't make those helmet stickers look good.
September 21st, 2021 at 8:08 AM ^
Yeah, a little too much like Alabama for our liking. Take away our right/reasons to whine and complain...and this fanbase is lost.
September 20th, 2021 at 2:34 PM ^
1. Clickbait. Just don't.
2. This is the root cause of BPONE. So also, just don't.
September 20th, 2021 at 2:40 PM ^
No. I actually downloaded draft kings and tried to take that bet at 50 to 1 before the first game, and it blocked me because I'm in NY. I also intended to the the under 67 vs Western.
September 20th, 2021 at 2:44 PM ^
I planned on buying Apple stock when it was first listed. I forgot.
September 20th, 2021 at 4:09 PM ^
Would you like some of my shares of Enron?
September 20th, 2021 at 4:43 PM ^
Very funny, but i am serious. Created account uploaded the funds, downloaded the app, then went to make the bet, and it took five minutes with a location search before it came back to tell me im in NY and it isn't allowed yet. I've said we are beating OSU, and if we do we likely make playoffs. The odds should be 20 to 1 at worst right now. The paradigm shift hasnt happened yet. And i just checked draft kings, they took that bet off and now only allow betting on the national champt winner, at 50 to 1. That bet i wouldn't take but making the playoffs at 50 to 1? Yep.
September 20th, 2021 at 2:45 PM ^
Premature
September 20th, 2021 at 2:50 PM ^
Slightly Stoopid?
September 20th, 2021 at 2:55 PM ^
Screw it. I'm in. I'm going to enjoy this ride from start to finish, not after it's over.
