September 3rd, 2015 at 11:50 PM ^
before my happiness is ruined.
September 3rd, 2015 at 11:50 PM ^
It sucks that we absolutely handed that game to them.
September 3rd, 2015 at 11:50 PM ^
8-4 is still what I believe this team reaches. Darboh is good, Butt is really good, Smith is a work horse who has his flaws, Johnson will be coming back to take the most carries, Ty will get more carries. Grant Perry and Jake need to just get on page a little better, but Perry is going to be a player. He's been right there all night in his first game on the road. Just needs to tweak a few things. Defense looks good, Wormley is a beast. Peppers is still learning and he needs to slow it down sometimes. He just needs to hone it in a little bit and he'll be fine. They need to get him even more involved. Harbaugh will get things adjusted and the team will progress throughout the season.
September 3rd, 2015 at 11:57 PM ^
September 3rd, 2015 at 11:50 PM ^
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September 3rd, 2015 at 11:50 PM ^
Absolutely brutal.
September 3rd, 2015 at 11:50 PM ^
The offense still stinks, although it isn't quite as toothless as it was last year. If Rudock can just play 90% as well as he did last year, we should at least get back to a bowl. But today was unforgivable.
Defense isn't bad. Lewis is excellent. Peppers has a long way to go, but he should be a consistent force before too long.
September 3rd, 2015 at 11:50 PM ^
three fucking interceptions.
September 3rd, 2015 at 11:50 PM ^
three fucking interceptions.
September 3rd, 2015 at 11:51 PM ^
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September 3rd, 2015 at 11:51 PM ^
September 3rd, 2015 at 11:52 PM ^
6-6 maybe 7-5 if were lucky...same ole same ole
September 3rd, 2015 at 11:53 PM ^
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September 3rd, 2015 at 11:56 PM ^
September 3rd, 2015 at 11:57 PM ^
hello world!....i know everyone is going to over react but this team is going to be good....alot of positive things happened out there tonight......i thought the game plan was well thought out..we just didnt execute on the big plays...its gonna be ok guys...trust me this team will win the next 6 games just watch..(6)
September 3rd, 2015 at 11:58 PM ^
September 3rd, 2015 at 11:58 PM ^
hello world!....i know everyone is going to over react but this team is going to be good....alot of positive things happened out there tonight......i thought the game plan was well thought out..we just didnt execute on the big plays...its gonna be ok guys...trust me this team will win the next 6 games just watch..(6)
September 4th, 2015 at 12:02 AM ^
September 4th, 2015 at 12:33 AM ^
If he runs off wins up until psu, I am wondering if you will feel the same way?
I think we avoided a qb controversy and will clearly get better under this staff. Sucks wedding get fairy tale start but have to start somewhere.
September 4th, 2015 at 12:05 AM ^
How does Shane not at least get a series in that debacle?
Co-starter?
Look, I trust Harbs. And shit will happen. But that was a lot of shit all at once.
September 4th, 2015 at 12:08 AM ^
If Rudock is going to be this bad, why not play Morris? We will need a quarterback next year, we should at least get some development in game action this year.
September 4th, 2015 at 12:46 AM ^
What are you talking about? Didn't you see the stats against common opponents? Rudock is better than Cook.
September 4th, 2015 at 1:18 AM ^
The difference was 3 interceptions and three overthrows by Ruddock. In contrast, Travis Wilson played a near perfect game. Simple as that.
The rest was mostly encouraging. Outside of the difference in QBs, Michigan showed a good first game performance.
The defense was fine, exactly what we thought they would be--not spectacular but actually pretty good. Michigan held Booker mostly in check. Peppers made some great plays. Overall the D can be really strong by mid-season.
Despite the overthrows and interceptions, Michigan got 20 first downs against a very solid D (Utah also got 20 first downs). Not spectacular (obviously). But not bad either.
Michigan outgained Utah 355 yards to Utah's 337 yards (again, even with the 3 overthrows and 3 interceptions). If Ruddock had not played his worst game ever, Michigan would have exceeded 450 yards for sure against a very solid D.
The pass protection was good.
In additon, we now know that we have some decent receivers besides Jake Butt.
RBs missed a few holes (unfortunately on some key plays), but overall ran hard and got some yards after contact.
Michigan put together several sustained drives and, therefore, Michigan possesed the ball for more than 30 minutes of the game.
In short, this was not the incompetent offense we saw last year against Utah. Outside of QB play Michigan actually looked slightly better than Utah. Even with the near perfect QB play from Wilson, and worst game ever from Ruddock, Michigan outgained Utah.
And Ruddock will not have another game this bad for the rest of the year. By mid-season this offense should be decent.
Think of it this way. Even WITH the 3 interceptions, if Ruddock had not overthrown wide open receivers on 3 passes (two being sure TDs) Michigan probably would have won.
We are all impatient after being mostly bad since 2008. But based on what I say today, this will probably end up as the best Michigan team since 2011 (assuming Ruddock does not average three 3 interceptions per game).