This is not last years team!
November 13th, 2010 at 3:06 PM ^
really you could say the defense gave up 6 points today. I know purdue has a pitful offense but our defense has been just bad. Proud of the way they preformed.
November 13th, 2010 at 3:06 PM ^
...a defensive touchdown!
It takes time but they are getting better.
November 13th, 2010 at 3:07 PM ^
HELL YES!!!!!! 7-5 at a minimum! I still hate RR's "confidence" in our FG kicking but a win's a win.
November 13th, 2010 at 4:43 PM ^
This was my favorite song when I was 8 years old. Don't ask me what's wrong with me.
November 13th, 2010 at 3:09 PM ^
see those guys with raw blisters on their hands? Those are the players that held the rope as it slipped through their hands. They allowed us to get to this point. Bless 'em, each and every one, especially the freshmen who were forced to stand tall early. The team will reap the benefits.
November 13th, 2010 at 3:10 PM ^
7-X at a min..I'll take it! Who's going to the bowl no matter where it is?
Christian from Dirty Jerz..
November 13th, 2010 at 3:10 PM ^
No, but it is last years coaching descisions. Lets get a little more aggressive, and can we please coach a kicker?
November 13th, 2010 at 3:16 PM ^
If not that, let's just quit kicking the damn ball.
November 13th, 2010 at 3:49 PM ^
RR definitely needs to re-evaluate how he handles placekickers. Leaving them alone to figure it out themselves doesn't seem to be the answer. OSU has a grad assistant with kicking experience work with theirs; we should probably do likewise.
November 13th, 2010 at 4:45 PM ^
I was originally thinking the same thing, but Hagerup is doing wonderfully, so this assistant would only be needed for the field goal kickers. However, considering how we have a relatively small number of assistants (due to self-punishment), I don't know if we want to devote one assistant to a single person (Gibbons/Broeckhuisen) -- that assistant may not be able to make it any better. We might just be better off recruiting another kicker and hoping that he is self-coachable.
November 13th, 2010 at 4:46 PM ^
Not to mention that I think that most of our PK's problems are mental; in that respect, any coach should be able to fix that type of problem as well as a special teams coach would.
November 13th, 2010 at 6:30 PM ^
Plus based on what RR has said about kickers making them in practice it seems to be a mental issue. Hagerup seemed to struggle early on but was able to work though his with punting.
November 13th, 2010 at 3:12 PM ^
November 13th, 2010 at 3:15 PM ^
If I could trade losses for wins, I'd trade a loss to Wisconsin for a win @ Ohio State. Too bad I can't.
November 13th, 2010 at 4:47 PM ^
I'll be "that guy" who makes the obvious statement: I'll take a win in both!
November 13th, 2010 at 3:13 PM ^
I will take a win!
November 13th, 2010 at 3:14 PM ^
Nice to see two of the most maligned members of the D (C. Gordon and Rogers) each get two takeaways.
November 13th, 2010 at 3:18 PM ^
An aggressive play by Avery to jump that route at the end there almost got us another pick, good things to come.
November 13th, 2010 at 4:48 PM ^
If Avery missed that knock-down (like he did in a game earlier this year), that WR seemed off to the races, though.
November 13th, 2010 at 3:17 PM ^
that gave it away for you?
;-p
Yes, no quit whatsoever.
November 13th, 2010 at 3:18 PM ^
Platitude. Platitude. Platitude.
I feel better now.
November 13th, 2010 at 3:28 PM ^
May have had his best day as a Wolverine today. Great game overall for the D.
November 13th, 2010 at 3:29 PM ^
We have a TEAM. The D stepped up when the O was struggling. Usually the O protects the house. Gotta love it. The O will bounce back next week at home. 7-3 and ALL IN for Richigan.
November 13th, 2010 at 3:39 PM ^
"Richigan"? The "All In" nonsense always seemed to be about RR and not the team, but now to see "Richigan". We are solidly entrenched in the Illinois-Purdue-Northwestern-Indiana level of the Big Ten. We almost lost to possibly the worst team we've played this year (whose QB's were physically unable to throw the ball beyond ten yards). I don't understand how the reaction to this game can be any better than, "Phew...At least we got the W." That's "Richigan" to you?
No thanks. I'll take Michigan...the team...the team...the team.
November 13th, 2010 at 3:42 PM ^
Obviously you're not a RR fan. Geez man...Did you see my first sentence?
November 13th, 2010 at 3:49 PM ^
I'm a Michigan fan. The coach is part of the team. To give props to the coach today is a bit of a joke. I don't think he's a bad coach, but think he coached poorly today. Folks should be happy with the win, but it's a lesser program that would get excited about a win like this. Not Michigan.
November 13th, 2010 at 4:02 PM ^
Look, We won the game. We should ALWAYS be happy with a win. Particularly on the road after the last 2 seasons. I'm not saying RR coached a perfect game, but do you blame the int's and fumbles on him? I thought the playcalling was decent (except for not going on the 4th and 2 inches). Purdue's D-Line was getting lots of pressure...BUT we found a way to win. The Team stayed together. Credit the coach a little for that at least.
Michigan, OSU, or Oregon....a win is a win and we need to be happy when we get them.
November 13th, 2010 at 4:34 PM ^
And big wins were to get excited over. So yeah, it's nice...but let's not go crazy.
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<br>And I wouldn't blame coaching if the turnovers were just today...but 10 in 2 weeks and lord knows how many in the last month and a half, yeah, we're not coaching ball security or smart decision making well enough.
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<br>The defense did a really good job, even though it was against a horrid offensive team. But this wasn't the game to be screaming contract extensions from the top of. Got the win, we'll take it, do better next week. We'll have to.
November 13th, 2010 at 5:23 PM ^
Again...I'm happy that we won, but I don't see anything on the field to be happy about looking forward. RR called a bad game. Not taking the penalty thus allowing a FG before the half? Rotating QBs on every drive with mounting turnovers? Finally giving Hopkins plenty of carries on the first game where Smith is getting it done? Let's not talk about Purdue like they're the Pittsburgh Steelers. Two bad teams played a bad game today and one walked away with a W. The same thing happened last week against Illinois.
Let's root for the team and be realistic at the same time.
November 13th, 2010 at 3:31 PM ^
Looks like the D came in strong today after a better, exciting showing last week against Illinois. Hope they do the same next week against Wiscy. Judging by the score of the IN / WI game it looks like they have their work cut out for them.
November 13th, 2010 at 3:34 PM ^
at home (4-2) and on the road (3-1), with one game remaining for each!
November 13th, 2010 at 3:36 PM ^
But let's see how we do against these last two games.
November 13th, 2010 at 3:38 PM ^
HAIL!
November 13th, 2010 at 3:38 PM ^
We made a ton of mistakes today and won the game.
November 13th, 2010 at 3:40 PM ^
Totally agree
November 13th, 2010 at 4:01 PM ^
........this guarantees a winning season.........glad to see the team giving up on themselves after so many turnovers, especially the defense for playing tough all day......didn't give up a touchdown and only giving up 259 total yards.....pretty good day for the defense.
November 13th, 2010 at 4:32 PM ^
At least in the defense, when they looked so lost against Penn State. (And Penn State's walk-on QB just threw his second TD against OSU! So maybe they're no slouches either.) But the defense didn't look lost, or even slightly vague. Sure, there were misses, but they looked focused, seemed to be in the right places, and even managed some definitive tackles in those right places! And yes, the maligned guys were making highlight plays, and yes, I noticed Ezeh showing up where I wouldn't have expected him. And that can't all be blamed on a weak Purdue offense. Especially when it's the second week in a row that showed distinct improvement.
Encouraging. Not only for the future of our young players, but possible defensive recruits who are looking not just for playing time but for a place that can make them better than when they get here.
November 13th, 2010 at 4:34 PM ^
This is this year's team.
November 13th, 2010 at 4:37 PM ^
MOAR WINS!!!
November 13th, 2010 at 4:49 PM ^
Time to make Denard and Stephen walk around the campus with the football?