Fall Camp Preview - Detroit News
Angelique's fall camp preview.
Lot of fluff no real new thinking in this article.
You've just described 99% of ESPN/DetNews/Freep content relating to college football.
Article was obviously written for the casual Michigan fan. The people who don't go on MGoBlog daily*, or watch spring games, or follow recruiting. Not terrible in that context.
*80 times a day
I hit F5 a maximum of 75 times a day and anyone who says different is a liar.
Article was great for casuals, served to remind me that I gotta cool down.
I'm geeked for this season, even as I expect the team will struggle. The program isn't change schemes so much as philosophies, and in a way that's actually much bigger. But enduring the growing pains will be worth it just to see the team move differently. Over the past several years I've gotten tired of watching so many plays where they left yards on the field.
Totally agree. Jim Harbaugh is going to be a revalation no matter the record.
Hoke redefined "3 yards and a cloud of dust" as "1 yard and ouch my QB"
Angelique works in a classy, "old school" way. She's pretty much the only person in the Detroit media I go out of my way to read for Michigan coverage on a regular basis. The information is solid and she doesn't go out of her way to "hype" the team when things look good. The upside is that when bad things happen, she doesn't sensationalize them, either.
Angelique gets a free lifetime pass AFAIC. YMMV.
Greatly disagree. Angelique's style of reporting is obsolete. She seems to be popular with Michigan fans because she's a nice person and a familiar name. Not much else there.
The article makes Freddy Canteen sound like a cocky dbag. I wasn't aware of Freddy hyping himself up last year (any more than the average teenage swag).
Would you prefer if he lacked confidence in himself?
From the article: So much was expected of receiver Freddy Canteen last fall, especially after he had spent the previous spring talking about what an impact he would make.
You based your "cocky dbag" evaluation on that?
Last year she was bullish. she thought Hoke could do it. Once bitten, twice shy.
Except for the twice shy part. We're going to do great this year!
- Said the Mad Hatter before every football season for the last 25 years.
of the rock group Great White!
well she doesn't know shit about football so...
What movie is Canteen making this fall?
Footwork instructional video
I love that GIF. Not sure exactly why. But I do love it.
It is hypnotizing--like a lava lamp.
If they wide receivers get off the line of scrimmage doing those moves, then the defensive backs will have no problem covering them, assuming they are not ROFL.
As Angelina wrote:
"The receiver position is very undecided, and if ever Canteen were to make a movie, it would be this fall."
I would suggest retitled football epics such as "The Longest Yard (After Catch)" or "(To the) North Ann Arbor (End Zone after) 40."
Otherwise, as most everyone has pointed out, Angelina produced no great surprises. But overall, the article was a reality check for those who thought as early as this fall M would challenge the accursed Buckeyes or Spartans for BIG East supremacy. Well, most likely not this year.
Anyway, we'll know how the team will do this fall after Sept 3. Few M openers have been more hotly anticipated than this one. To match it you probably have to go back to Bo's inaugural game against Vanderbilt in September of 1969. That team, peopled by Bump's recruits, went 8-3 and to Pasadena with an epic 24-12 win over the then-unbeatable Buckeyes.
For me, though, a 7-8 win season and a decent bowl bid would mean success. In fact, given what we've been through the past several seasons, I would consider such a record highly successful. Go Blue!
Don't you have a Wikipedia page to edit?
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Come on over MeanJoe I'm ready for love....
Don't you have a Wikipedia page to edit?
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Don't you have a Wikipedia page to edit?
Don't you have to stop touching yourself?
you're the lead singer for Divinyls
Hah. NEVER.
Not much of a preview there. Can't wait for camp to start.
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I agree with you, Cranky Dave.
I wasn't surprised that the QB situation was at #1, but I was surprised that the OLine wasn't mentioned. I would say that with good OL play and solid RB play we could overcome the QB situation until the starter settles in.
I'm just happy the OL isn't enough of a low light to be mentioned.
have a lights out defense? That would be great until the offense settles down with the starting QB.
I really think if we beat MSU, we will play for the B1G title. I'm not sure how great MSU is, but that game will be HUGE.
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Dantonio hasn't won in Ann Arbor in FIVE years! Back in the days of Rich Rod and Leveon Bell!
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So he is 0-1 in Ann Arbor in the past 5 years
2010 - MSU won in A2
2011 - MSU won in EL
2012-Michigan won in A2
2013/2014 - MSU wins both in East Lansing.
2015 - Upcoming in A2.
Not sure data above gives any michigan fan any reason to get excited.
-Debbie D.
It does illustrate the context for MSU's recent success to some degree. As long as we are a solid team (which we should be) there is a good chance to win that game. State hasn't beaten a really good team in a hostile environment AFAIK. They have faired much better when the crowd is not against them in big games.
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I agree and hope like hell we can beat those guys, but they have really only played in Ann Arbor onece in the past 46 months...which wow is crazy.
Man, I hope Michigan wins that game...carry on
You think MSU will go undefeated before Ohio? I hate Ohio, but they just destroyed Alabama and the Ducks. Ohio was also rebuilding last year. Oh, shit got it Sparty. Narduzzi left and you guys will suck. Hold on tight, because statistics show you're in for a very rough patch.
At this point in the offseason I'm so desperate for football stories that I'd happily read articles about each player's favorite color and which Disney princess they'd be...With that in mind, this was a great article.
This is just a friendly reminder to avoid the comment section on Mlive like the plague.
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"The receiver position is very undecided, and if ever Canteen were to make a movie, it would be this fall. "
Perhaps "A Nightmare on Main Street", for the Spartans?