This is not normal.
I have no words, I have never seen a collapse like this before. I don't even know where to begin. Is it the coaches? Players? Inexperience? I don't know. But this did not feel normal today, something is wrong in the program. Maybe I am overreacting after losing 19 starters, maybe it is just lack of execution. I just don't know and I am just sad.
January 1st, 2018 at 3:36 PM ^
been anything good from this offensive staff in three seasons? fire every damn one of 'em. That side of the ball sucks at Rutgers levels
January 1st, 2018 at 3:52 PM ^
The past two years the team put up plenty of points, even against good teams. Just one year ago they put up 30+ on FSU. This season the o-line and QB play has been pretty bad. I’m don’t know why, but it is what it is. Thank goodness this season is over. Feel bad for Mo Hurst and the other seniors. On to basketball and preparing for next season.
January 1st, 2018 at 4:14 PM ^
They called a good game vs OSU. That's about it.
January 1st, 2018 at 4:21 PM ^
Disagree. Offense was better but still only 38th in S&P+ in 2015 and 40th in 2016. They put up points on tomato cans like Hawaii, USF and Maryland last year and then struggled against competent teams against teams with a defense like Wisconsin, Iowa, OSU etc. And then 74th this year. Harbaughffense has not demonstrated it can perform well even outside this year.
They'll be better next year and yeah maybe 38th or whatever again plus a Don Brown defense gets us back to 10-3. But this offense is so so bad. Subtract Cole and thiss not going to be a top 25 unit next year even with improvement and maybe even improvement in coaching and playcalling.
January 1st, 2018 at 5:00 PM ^
one score was a pick-six.
January 1st, 2018 at 3:55 PM ^
Opppsss..double post for two years worth of ok offense,
January 1st, 2018 at 3:36 PM ^
Calling for pick in the endzone and a muffed punt is just terrible play calling.
January 1st, 2018 at 3:39 PM ^
Yeah the handoff to the tight end was fucking brilliant. I’m could have never foreseen a guy who has never taken a handoff before fumbling that. God, people will make fucking excuses for any idiocy on the board.
January 1st, 2018 at 3:43 PM ^
Lmao, you should expect any offensive skill position player to be able to take a simple hand off.
January 1st, 2018 at 3:51 PM ^
Peters was off all day. He never should have went back out after O'Korn went in. So many over/under throws and batted passes at the line. Plus very suspect offensive playcalling. Damn shame waste of a defensive performance (again).
January 1st, 2018 at 3:59 PM ^
That was a stupid fucking call. What was the point? Fool them by handing To a TE, up the middle?
January 1st, 2018 at 4:20 PM ^
probably the weakest option of the bunch for a power run. ya, give it to our skinniest TE.
January 1st, 2018 at 4:14 PM ^
Do you know how often TEs are included in handoff drills or get their number called for run plays during practice? If your answer is pretty much never, then you'd be right.
Taking a handoff safely and securely requires repetition to get down the proper form and the timing. While a skill player hopefully should be able to take a handoff fine without a ton of reps doing so, it's a lot more complicated than you care to realize.
January 1st, 2018 at 3:50 PM ^
We pay for better than this .. we pay alot.
January 1st, 2018 at 4:17 PM ^
Agreed. That was a bad call.
January 1st, 2018 at 3:40 PM ^
Oh, but running Gentry up the middle as a fullback on 3rd down is just lovely.
January 1st, 2018 at 4:26 PM ^
It was McKeon. Your point is still solid, but I didn't want it to be unfair to Gentry.
January 1st, 2018 at 4:57 PM ^
I think that was McKeon
January 1st, 2018 at 3:42 PM ^
worse than borges
January 1st, 2018 at 5:46 PM ^
If Harbaugh doesn't at least take a look at Matt Canada, who is now officially a free agent, then its going to be really hard to defend him. He'd be a clear upgrade over the Pep/Drevno partnership and since those two clowns make $2.3M a year combined, he'd be cheaper as well.
Like seriously, I can't get over the fact that those two clowns are the No. 2 and No. 3 highest paid offensive assistants in college football. If both were fired tonight, would either land with a top 25 program in the same role?
January 1st, 2018 at 3:42 PM ^
Yeah 4th and 1 deep crossing route was a great call too! Your right, the coaches are great.
January 1st, 2018 at 3:48 PM ^
How about a fade route to 6'7'' Gentry, nah
January 1st, 2018 at 5:20 PM ^
we did try it once
January 1st, 2018 at 3:36 PM ^
This team from the very top to the very bottom is just horrible. Those holding onto hope for 2018, don't. 5 star WR put there looking like Moe Ways
January 1st, 2018 at 3:36 PM ^
QB play not good today.
January 1st, 2018 at 3:37 PM ^
else is new
January 1st, 2018 at 4:32 PM ^
As soon as we have Harbaugh-recruited player start we'll be fine . . .
January 1st, 2018 at 3:45 PM ^
Let the Shea Patterson era begin...
January 1st, 2018 at 3:49 PM ^
Peters showed me everything I need to see when he slid instead of getting that first down. I was rooting for him going into next year and now im 100% Patterson.
January 1st, 2018 at 3:47 PM ^
with a complete lack of any running game, and yeah, you get that.
January 1st, 2018 at 3:37 PM ^
Not normal? Where have you been the last ten years?
January 1st, 2018 at 4:00 PM ^
It's more like 30 years not including 97.
January 1st, 2018 at 3:37 PM ^
This team is a fucking joke. Drevno is awful and Harbaugh is an idiot if he doesn’t fire him.
January 1st, 2018 at 3:42 PM ^
Both Drevno and Pep make $1.15M a year. Those are the second and third highest salaries for an offensive coach in CFB and the 11th and 12th highest salaries for any assistant coach. i have no idea what the fuck either one of them brings to the table. The offense has no creativity, no identity, and they keep making the same goddamn mistakes all season. Yes, there are a lot of underclassmen on the roster, but if people are expecting a radical improvement from the bowl game to game 1 of next season, I don't know what to tell you. 2018 is likely going to be another 9-3 type of season unless some radical coaching changes are made.
January 1st, 2018 at 3:37 PM ^
I have no idea whats wrong. Harbaugh got sf to the superbowl, and stanford to the orange bowl yet we bundle our timeouts and make poor personnel decisions. Our recruiting is uninspiring.
January 1st, 2018 at 3:37 PM ^
A swamp.
January 1st, 2018 at 3:37 PM ^
I am going to give up my michigan fandom completely. Even this loss doesn't hurt because I knew we will lose because this is our culture in this program. Constant excusse no result, no bowl victory, nothing to show. Yet we declar we are the best program since slice bread. This last 10 years feel like the lions.
January 1st, 2018 at 3:38 PM ^
One job to do...
January 1st, 2018 at 3:48 PM ^
I... I want to disagree with you, but anyone not calling Michigan to blow this was delusional. We choke. That is our identity now. As SOON as the B1G went 7-0, I knew we were doomed. Michigan is just a bad joke now. It sucks,
January 1st, 2018 at 3:53 PM ^
Same here. As soon as Wisconsin won their bowl I knew Michigan would lose. This program simply doesn’t know how to win.
January 1st, 2018 at 4:32 PM ^
They didn't lose because they choked. They lost becaused they were not prepared to play a football game. They looked completely lackidaisical and more interested in eating a fucking bloomin onion or hanging out on the beach. And the QB play was pathetic coming in at 4.2 YPA with 2 picks.
January 1st, 2018 at 3:58 PM ^
From the outside, it's somewhat astonishing where things stand. It would have been nice to hit 8-0 for the conference and SCar or the SEC really didn't need any kind of boost right now.
Too much QB rotation this season. Next year, hopefully some stability and success for you guys, but the schedule is going to be rough,
January 1st, 2018 at 5:21 PM ^
We really have become a joke and it's painful!! When you've got OSU saying things like "can we get a new rival?" and the game itself has become one worth missing, we've hit the bottom of the barrel. Even today's bowl game I only watched randomly to check the score because I knew eventaully we'd lose it. It seems the team only has motivation while they are on top and the millisecond the other team goes even one point ahead of them they lose all motivation and drive and just immediately accept defeat - even if there's still over half the game to go! I feel like that's on the environment the coaching staff creates but there are obviosuly additional issues beyond just defeatist attitudes in the program right now.
January 1st, 2018 at 3:38 PM ^
Biggest question that I have not seen an answer for, where were Hill, and McDoom? Hill was dressed and on the sidelines. I am getting a little tired of the "secret society" and lack of information that is coming out of the football program. That and the offensive play calling was really sad today.
January 1st, 2018 at 4:00 PM ^
Would be very disappointing to hear if it comes out that they didn't play to protect NFL stock, especially since Hurst was in (or if it was breaking team rules). Hopefully it was just some standard injury.
January 1st, 2018 at 4:02 PM ^
and got beat deep. He must have hurt. Didn't see Mcdoom.
January 1st, 2018 at 4:31 PM ^
Wrong Hill.
January 1st, 2018 at 4:05 PM ^
No, we fans are not owed an explanation for why these young men might be held out they are entitled to some privacy.
January 1st, 2018 at 7:09 PM ^
The "Secret Society" comment rings with me too. Less so for information on specific players, but I really need to know that Harbaugh understands we have issues and he has answers. I'm not sure I can watch next year if we just keep "competing and working to improve each day."