September 19th, 2015 at 3:03 PM ^
Pretty amazing to me that they had to go for the end zone there and we still almost let someone get behind us. Where were the safeties?
September 19th, 2015 at 3:05 PM ^
Great coaching point and I hope it's addressed. You have to understand the situation. If that's late in a game and you let someone behind you, you could lose.
Play all 60 minutes.
September 19th, 2015 at 3:03 PM ^
Welp . . . I learned nothing from that game.
Onward to BYU.
September 19th, 2015 at 3:05 PM ^
That's what BYU will be saying while watching film. HARBAUGH!
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September 19th, 2015 at 3:07 PM ^
Trying to keep the glass half full here.
September 19th, 2015 at 3:03 PM ^
Solid
September 19th, 2015 at 3:03 PM ^
Can't rely on 250 yards rushing per game with under a buck passing.
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September 19th, 2015 at 3:04 PM ^
Sorry.
September 19th, 2015 at 3:04 PM ^
Idk about you but I'm not pleased in all facets in the game
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September 19th, 2015 at 3:04 PM ^
Did he really just say we were going to watch the film and be happy about all three phases of the game? What was he watching?!
September 19th, 2015 at 3:04 PM ^
UNLV walks off the field feeling good about themselves. Shit.
September 19th, 2015 at 3:04 PM ^
I know Rudock starts next week, but if he plays at all like he played this week, I don't see us winning.
September 19th, 2015 at 3:04 PM ^
And I'm not kidding.Neg me all you want but Gardner was a pretty good QB when his OL blocked competantly. Rudock is getting time and he continues to turn the ball over and miss easy passes. God I am tired of this. Gardner had some of those problems too but at least he was a threat to run.
September 19th, 2015 at 3:07 PM ^
Well why don't you go fucking cry about it!
/s
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September 19th, 2015 at 3:09 PM ^
You do realize Gardner graduated, right?
September 19th, 2015 at 3:04 PM ^
There was one series where the offense opened up a little bit. I am thinking Harbaugh is holding back a bit and is comfortable with a W.
I am looking forward to watching the offense open it up against a tougher opponent.
September 19th, 2015 at 3:25 PM ^
We are in for a long season.
September 19th, 2015 at 3:07 PM ^
Good D, pretty bad O. That is a team we can beat.
September 19th, 2015 at 3:09 PM ^
Got way to whiny
September 19th, 2015 at 3:12 PM ^
Still has the ghosts of Hoke haunting them. It will still take time to completely shame them off, but at the very least that last Endzone attempt wasn't UNLV going for the win.
September 19th, 2015 at 3:24 PM ^
a win is a win. There won't be that much razzle dazzle on offense. 90% of the time it will be a run, a short pass, or intermediate play action with power personnel. I like it.
September 19th, 2015 at 3:49 PM ^
A win is a win.
Harbaugh is our man, no matter what happens this season. He will put his team in position to win.
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September 19th, 2015 at 3:58 PM ^
The future is bright. This team, this year, will not be beating anyone good.
September 19th, 2015 at 6:35 PM ^
performance against N. Illinois today. It is a 1 score game with 7 mins left and, while I am sure their asshole fans are pissed, I bet this isn't changing their National Championship expectations. People are overreacting to a ho-hum performance today. It could be worse. We could have been sweating out a 1-score game with 7 mins left against a similar shitty opponent.
September 19th, 2015 at 7:40 PM ^
was going. I so resisted interspersing things about OSU's situation, just in case someone was reading the thread after having missed our game. They had QB problems too, and they supposedly had so many good ones they couldn't choose between them. Then they had to bench their starter. Michigan didn't start the season as the unanimous #1, and either NIU is really, really good, or Michigan's moving along fine for a new system with new coaches and a new QB. Lots of teachable moments.
September 19th, 2015 at 4:22 PM ^
Weeeee arrreeeeee nootttttt thhhhattttt gooooood
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September 19th, 2015 at 5:42 PM ^
All in all, I'm glad the game was never in doubt (change from past years) but I'm pretty worried our QB can't hit a pass over about 10-15 yards. Good defenses are going to stack the line until he proves he can make some passes.
September 19th, 2015 at 5:45 PM ^
I'm happy to let Harbaugh worry about that. I'm just glad we're actually beating teams we're supposed to beat vs last year.
And Rudock, with his flaws, is keeping the ball moving and running an offense that scores and wins games. Light years ahead of where we were at with Hoke.
September 19th, 2015 at 8:00 PM ^
Agreed. I never felt this game was ever in doubt which was great. Rudock will continue to get better as the year goes on.
September 19th, 2015 at 5:46 PM ^
Michigan players, post game, look relaxed, happy & confident. Completely different spirit than what was shown last year.
They feel the love of the student section and return it in turn.
They are taking interviews, hamming it up and walking off the field with a spring in their step. There's alot going on here off the football field that we haven't seen in YEARS.
September 19th, 2015 at 7:45 PM ^
I wanted to post a few to add on to the whole state of the open thread. FUCK, SHIT, DAMN. HARBAUGH, PUT IN SHANE. MITTEN!
September 19th, 2015 at 8:21 PM ^
At some point Rudock is going to have to stop being a game manager and become a game winner if Michigan is going to have a chance against State and OSU (provided he's still starting by then). The D can only do so much (and hopefully get more turnovers). Next week should be telling.
September 19th, 2015 at 10:51 PM ^
What I mean by that is the coaches got a 21-0 lead and went vanilla. They worked the interior offensive line and threw short routes to get offensive timing. They trusted the defense enough not to show or use any blitz packages. I'm thinking it's possible Harbaugh wanted grind the offense instead of looking for big plays. Offensive lines learn by repetition. They did that today and used a lot of short yardage stuff to work the line. Notice there were only 2 or 3 deep balls and no crossing routes by WR's. I guess we will see next week against BYU.
September 20th, 2015 at 6:27 AM ^
BYU is a worse team than Utah. Somewhat comparable though.
I felt that if we played Utah at home in the first game, we would have won by 7.
This next game needs to be a win.
Need to show progress.