Late afternoon/evening games Open Thread

Submitted by Avant's Hands on

Couple of afternoon games are still finishing up and then two of our rivals play what should be interesting games this evening. In Knoxville, Tennessee has just tied Georgia 24-24 in the 4th. And Okie St. just jumped back in front of Kansas St by 1 late in the game.

GunnersApe

October 5th, 2013 at 8:05 PM ^

They should all be wearing red wigs to go with those clown shoes. Brian Kelly will also go all "reverse Hulk" when he turns purple tonight wearing the Fig Thing Pea Green track suit...

alum96

October 5th, 2013 at 8:19 PM ^

Usuallly Ryan field is 50% UM fans when we go there.  Yes they travel better but there are no other sports outside of hockey in Columbus.  Ann Arbor is effectively the outer edge of Metro detroit.  So there is a lot of attention divided.  Columbus is a bigger city, and not effectively the outer edge of Cleveland or Cincy.

Perkis-Size Me

October 5th, 2013 at 8:12 PM ^

Go Northwestern. I respect the hell out of Pat Fitzgerald. His team has constantly been fighting for respect, and tonight, they finally have their chance to get it.



While I'd love for us to ruin OSU's undefeated season and their title hopes, I'd be perfectly okay with watching Northwestern do it, too.

Wolverines Dominate

October 5th, 2013 at 8:15 PM ^

One of their cheerleaders literally just said, "Go Ohio."

and they wonder why we call them Ohio...

alum96

October 5th, 2013 at 8:23 PM ^

I dont think the current defense talent stands up to OSU's OL talent on paper.  Thankfully the games are not played on paper - plus its at home and its the rivalry game etc.  I think it will be a close game despite the talent disparity.  Wisconsin is not that much different than UM in talent and they kept it close on the road.   I am far more worried about the 2014 game on the road with a whole offense full of underclassmen outside of literally Devin, Bryant (maybe) and Funchess.  I can't recall such a young offense ever at UM - it will have 2-3 starters who are not underclassmen.

WolverineFanatic6

October 5th, 2013 at 8:28 PM ^

That's a good point. I am just blown away by the ease of which they pass the ball. They have such a balanced attack. Hopefully by the time that game rolls around we have an identity and are able to generate push on both sides of line. Definitely think the line move was a good one.

KBLOW

October 5th, 2013 at 8:16 PM ^

Wisky blew it last week by not really testing Miller early before he gained confidence. He probably feels better this week, but last week he looked a step slow and couldn't cut as tightly as usual.  However, NW doesn't seem to have the athletes to keep up either way.

Plus I hate (love) that Urban is willing and able to go away from tendency and mess with DC's

KBLOW

October 5th, 2013 at 8:19 PM ^

Wow.  Holding Ohip to 3pts after that quick drive. I'm telling you, go after Braxton early make him scramble and throw under pressure.

LSAClassOf2000

October 5th, 2013 at 8:20 PM ^

Considering that the Wildcats typically have horrific pass defense, that first drive by Ohio State ended well for Northwestern in a strange way. Miller ends up 5-6 for 65 yards, zero yards rushing and zero third down conversions. 

Brown Bear

October 5th, 2013 at 8:20 PM ^

I remember when it used to be a big deal when Notre dame wore green uni's. Now they're like Oregon with the constant uniform, helmet, shoe changes. Anyone who wants to complain about uniformz with us needs to just look to South Bend and feel better. So much for tradition there.

bronxblue

October 5th, 2013 at 8:27 PM ^

NW fans seem decently represented; I know they can never really fill that stadium when big teams show up because of the relatively small alumni base in the Chicago area.  Still, sounds reasonably loud.

bronxblue

October 5th, 2013 at 8:28 PM ^

This will sound cliche, but NW has to score every time they have that ball.  The Wildcats just don't have the defensive players to slow down OSU.