Great Quote by Illinois DC
Illinois DC, Vic Koenning-
"They get you in a run, run, run mode then they drop back and hit a pass on you. They had us running around and not doing anything well."
That about sums up our offense...
Article:
http://michigan.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1149467
I also enjoyed how the article started:
"It was a dejected and distraught Illinois defensive coordinator that addressed the media after watching his team get torched by the Michigan offense for 676 yards. First-year D.C. Vic Koenning had just witnessed his 15th-ranked defense get shellacked by U-M when he met the press."
November 8th, 2010 at 1:34 PM ^
During the first half David Brandon was on the radio with Beckman and Brandstatter, as he was leaving the radio booth he said "I have to go check the scoreboards and make sure they're getting enough power".
November 8th, 2010 at 1:40 PM ^
Great quote! +1 for Dave Brandon's snarkiness.
November 8th, 2010 at 1:54 PM ^
I hear Brandon is looking into have a power plant being built in the parking lot!
November 8th, 2010 at 3:23 PM ^
Denard on a warm up bike in the basement... extra power sent back to DTE makes money for University!
(ala: ESPN commercial with Lance Armstrong)
November 8th, 2010 at 2:49 PM ^
November 8th, 2010 at 11:17 PM ^
I took my 10 year old to the game. And I swear to God he asked me before the game....
"Dad, what would happen to the scoreboard if a team scored 100 points?" At first I laughed and told him that no one has scored 100 points in a game in a really long time.....
Then my brother and I looked at each other and and just pondered the thought for a moment....
After the game, here is the summary I have....
Hmmmmm.....67 points with 5 turnovers, a missed FG, 4 missed points at the end of the 1st half,
I guess DB is going back to his spec sheet for the new scoreboards and altering one of the requirements to allow a 3rd digit for scoring and a 4th one for yardage....
November 8th, 2010 at 3:09 PM ^
100% win.
November 8th, 2010 at 1:36 PM ^
about it and not making excuses like some coaches..........
November 8th, 2010 at 1:45 PM ^
Yeah! I really hated how John L Smith pulled that crap!
November 8th, 2010 at 1:55 PM ^
I thought he was going for a ND reference, but JLS works, too.
November 8th, 2010 at 4:34 PM ^
However, I do think that the kids were playing thier hearts out and the coaches were screwing it up. Then I slap myself and put on my cowboy boots.
November 8th, 2010 at 1:56 PM ^
Stupidity makes me laugh. Thanks for the Monday afternoon levity.
November 8th, 2010 at 2:02 PM ^
I think there is a direct correlation between the number of periods in the ellipsis of an inappropriately snarky comment and the extent of the ensuing negbomb. This post proves it.
November 8th, 2010 at 4:16 PM ^
How many periods until it's no longer an elipsis?
November 8th, 2010 at 4:16 PM ^
I think after Saturday, 113,000 of us can say, "You are really dumb, for real."
November 8th, 2010 at 1:36 PM ^
Do you think the Illini fans are slamming Vic like the M fans do GERG?
November 8th, 2010 at 1:46 PM ^
I'd imagine (or at least hope) not. Illinois' defense has been good all season, and that's coming off a terrible previous season. Not only are they performing at a pretty high level, but to turn it around that much that quickly is impressive (even if they did get lit up this weekend).
EDIT: Upon a second reading of your comment, it seems like you were joking. My bad. I'm still leaving my serious response, though.
November 8th, 2010 at 1:56 PM ^
No. Illini fans are slamming Zook for punting up by 7 with 5 min left in the 4th quarter with the ball on the Illini side of the field.
November 8th, 2010 at 5:26 PM ^
Much more "slammable", IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN
November 8th, 2010 at 1:37 PM ^
Denard must have had them in a "run run run mode" before the game even started because his passer rating required the use of scientific notation after the first play of the game.
November 8th, 2010 at 3:11 PM ^
Any joke that involves scientific notation and makes sense pretty much gets a +1 from me.
November 8th, 2010 at 1:40 PM ^
music to one's ears
November 8th, 2010 at 1:56 PM ^
video of the Koenning interview
he looks completely demoralized
November 8th, 2010 at 3:08 PM ^
He had lots of film and lots of time to prepare for Michigan and he just got torchedand he couldn't make any adjustments that could even slow down what was happening. It is the highest compliment he could give to our offense.
November 8th, 2010 at 3:15 PM ^
it's a great feeling to see knowing that Michigan can score at any time. Illni fans are in despair just like us whenever we watch our defense on the field, knowing that the opposing offense is going to score.
This guy is a quality DC and has fielded outstanding defensive units wherever he goes. To make him speechless is all we need to know about Michigan offense.
The scary thing about Michigan offense is they haven't been close to their potential. The rest of the DC especially in the Big 10 are frightened at the possibility of Michigan offense getting better even when they're already the best in the Big 10 and among the top 5 in the country.
November 8th, 2010 at 3:09 PM ^
Some great ones in there:
"They kicked our butts in every facet"
"...I'm gonna chalk it up as we got our butt handed to us..."
Love it!
November 8th, 2010 at 3:55 PM ^
after he's been on the receiving end of a good old fashioned ass whupping, courtesy of the Wolverines.
November 8th, 2010 at 6:09 PM ^
Corey Liuget was interviewed and made the comment that the best team won, props to him for having the maturity to say that. Though the next thing he said was that this was a "big rivalry game", which, lol.
November 8th, 2010 at 11:38 PM ^
I was half expecting him to go all TP and talk about beating us nine out of ten games. Of course, Pryor butchered his comments and Illinois is actually a quality institution. Props to him for speaking his mind.
November 8th, 2010 at 2:02 PM ^
Then all of these bad feelings will quickly vanish...
We torched them, and not because they are a bad defense... Our offense is outstanding and has a ton of upside...
We just need a defense that can get stops... don't need shutouts, just a few punts. Saturday was a huge improvement when you look at the number of stops, and the 5 turnovers they had to overcome... Just need to improve to lay one on the vest...
November 8th, 2010 at 3:04 PM ^
slow down opposing teams, including OSU. Terrelle Pryor stats for that game, went as
9-16 76 yards 2TD and 1 INT
did have 104 yards rushing however. but nothing like Denard or Tate
November 8th, 2010 at 3:13 PM ^
and/or any make you miss RB and we will achieve the next level. Imagine if we had lamichael james+denard.
November 8th, 2010 at 3:44 PM ^
The Wolverines hit on 22 of 39 passes for 419 yards. Zook stated earlier in the week that he was surprised at how well Robinson passes the ball.I like it.
"We certainly were surprised to see that, but they executed their routes well and were hard to tackle. We missed tackles we normally make," he said. " We just couldn't match their intensity."
November 8th, 2010 at 3:52 PM ^
But after being at the game last year at Champaign Urbana, and putting up with the nastiness of their fans, and losing after pretty much owning them in the first half...
Fuk'm.
Next year lets lay 70 on them and hold them to 20.