October 20th, 2015 at 5:58 PM ^
We ain't come to ride PINE.
October 20th, 2015 at 5:58 PM ^
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October 20th, 2015 at 6:14 PM ^
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October 20th, 2015 at 7:12 PM ^
They are "blessed" because they buy players. If anyone "rats," they get death threats. If they get caught, they admit nothing, deny everything and make countercharges. Even when they got a punishment they deserved, they still acted as though they did nothing wrong.
Then, when it was time to get a football coach, they didn't fuck around with a Brady Hoke. They paid for the best guy out there. And they haven't allowed anyone to give any resistance to hiring Urban Meyer or try to sabotage his regime in any way. Once they hired Meyer, they gave him the full "keys to the kingdom," no questions asked.
Michigan is going to be a "blessed" program within two years because of Harbaugh. They aren't going to cheat, but Michigan is doing the same things right that OSU is doing right. Harbaugh has the keys to the kingdom. He and his assistants are being paid enough to put their jobs among the top three in the country.
Most of all, Michigan isn't going to cheat or take shortcuts. It may take a year or two longer for the desired results to show, but they will show. Then, other fans will complain about Michigan being "blessed."
October 20th, 2015 at 7:33 PM ^
While reading your post "Battle Hymn of the Republic" popped into my head.
October 20th, 2015 at 10:03 PM ^
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October 20th, 2015 at 7:45 PM ^
c. jones doesn't read routes right and doesn't go through his progressions quickly enough. he is always mad dogging his receivers as if its their fault every time a pass play doesn't work out, but its not. i assume b. miller's shoulder is toast and that's why he's not playing QB, otherwise i'd start that kid or barrett before i'd start c. jones.
October 20th, 2015 at 10:08 PM ^
Yikes - he might have left, but didn't want to take a pay cut! Butta bum ps
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October 20th, 2015 at 10:47 PM ^
Jones is JeMarcus Russell 2.0.
October 21st, 2015 at 5:31 AM ^
and the only reason he won't be jemarcus #2 is that i doubt he ever gets meaningful playing time again. i think he had a couple of games on a great team with a simplified offensive plan that got them a championship. good for c. jones. but that success was not sustainable. i remember watching b. miller as the freshman QB in the big house and thinking, 'oh man, a freshman? he is going to be all-world'.
my guess is that in the absence of injury to the new guy, c. jones is a back-up and done. he can spend more time playing school.
October 21st, 2015 at 12:23 PM ^
Braxton Miller will never pay for another Papa Johns pizza in Columbus ever again. He's set.
October 21st, 2015 at 1:57 PM ^
he's a great kid. wish he was with us type of great kid. if wants a free slice of pizza i'm not losing any sleep over that. heaven knows we rarely paid for drinks at charlie's.
October 21st, 2015 at 7:45 AM ^
October 20th, 2015 at 6:01 PM ^
It still not as scary as seeing Miller touch the ball 20-25 times a gain. He's getting more touches now, but he's still being underused in my opinion.
October 20th, 2015 at 6:03 PM ^
Braxton Miller switched to WR, Barrett recovered and bided his time, and now Jones has to fall in line, like they did.
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October 20th, 2015 at 6:48 PM ^
this was inevitable. He should have taken the NFL cash when he was the hot commodity. Give Urban some credit I guess for finally admitting that he made a mistake in starting Jones to begin the season.
October 20th, 2015 at 6:59 PM ^
This is a reason why Urban is so sucessful- he never just locks in on a player for the season, everybody is expendable, everybody has a chance to start.
To him they are all just chess pieces to be moved about as strategy and results dictate. Every player is always changing in his ability and usefullness. A team doesn't need 6 Knights and no Rooks or Bishops. He tries to round out his game pieces so they all add something missing.
Frankly it is a lesson most coaches never learn.
October 21st, 2015 at 6:53 AM ^
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October 20th, 2015 at 6:03 PM ^
I think it's a good move for them (with me holding my nose as I type that).
Jones is a truck when he runs with the ball, but he makes mistakes. Barrett is more nimble and seems more adept at running the offense.
With Barrett at QB and Miller somewhere else on the field, that's a lot of speed and athleticism. The OSU/MSU game is going to be interesting to watch.
October 20th, 2015 at 6:38 PM ^
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October 20th, 2015 at 6:55 PM ^
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October 20th, 2015 at 7:05 PM ^
and it could be by even more than 21.
October 20th, 2015 at 8:30 PM ^
October 20th, 2015 at 6:06 PM ^
Looks like Jones should have bolted to the NFL when he had his chance after last season! He didn't come to Ohio to play school!!
October 20th, 2015 at 6:47 PM ^
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October 20th, 2015 at 6:09 PM ^
I'm hoping their QB controversy grows until we play them, and Urbs picks the wrong QB against us.
Speaking of which...which QB would you rather we face?
October 20th, 2015 at 6:11 PM ^
October 20th, 2015 at 6:21 PM ^
He was a good one. Also Stanley Jackson
October 21st, 2015 at 12:24 AM ^
Troy Smith.
October 21st, 2015 at 12:50 AM ^
Aesculus glabra, bro.
October 21st, 2015 at 12:06 PM ^
This kind of distraction is exactly what I thought would happen should Cardale not work out as a starter. I agree with several statements above, Urbz and Harbaugh are not saddled to one specific player, EVER! Your position on the team is always under evaluation. This type of good, honest, and fair competition is going to be the nucleus of Michigan's program moving forward. You sing for your supper every practice!
October 20th, 2015 at 6:10 PM ^
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October 20th, 2015 at 9:37 PM ^
Jones was just along for the ride.
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October 20th, 2015 at 10:55 PM ^
Except that Cardale Jones probably opened up the run game for Zeke with his arm. Jones has never been the most accurate passer, but he does have a cannon of an arm. Jones' arm + a deep threat specialist like Devin Smith was a deadly combination. Jones could loft up 50/50 balls deep to D. Smith, who would make the necessary adjustments to come up with the ball almost every time. This kept opposing defenses honest and prevented them from stacking the box.
Unfortunately for Cardale, Devin Smith’s replacement at deep threat this year, Noah Brown, broke his leg during fall practice and was lost of the season. It also doesn’t help that OSU only really has one “true” WR, Michael Thomas, after senior Corey Smith also broke his leg during the Indiana game. Thomas is good, but he’s not a deep threat extraordinaire like Devin, and everyone else are H-Backs/QB/ATHs playing as WRs (Jalin Marshall, Dontre Wilson, Curtis Samuel, and Braxton Miller).
October 21st, 2015 at 12:17 PM ^
Cardale Jones is lacking the deep threat WR's that he needs to be successful. Players like Devin Smith and to a lesser extent Evan Spencer really helped Jones become the the player he was in those last three games. I believe that OSU just increased their chances to win out quite a bit by going with JT Barrett because it will help open up lanes for Elliott and will result in more touches for Braxton Miller. To me at least, a backfield with Barrett, Elliott and Miller will offer up many options for the Buckeyes offense.
October 20th, 2015 at 6:13 PM ^
Good. He should have been all year.
I knew this would happen when the year started; OSU would look out of sorts and beatable, but by the end they'd be rolling. That's the best and worst thing about The Game; both teams have worked out so many of the kinks that by the time you play each other they are about as good as they'll be that year. UM still has a chance, but I'd have liked them a lot more against OSU last week than in a month.
October 20th, 2015 at 6:17 PM ^
I love playing OSU at the end of the year, when they're at the top of their game. I want to beat them when they're at their best.
October 20th, 2015 at 6:14 PM ^
Now Cardale has time to play school. Seems like he might not have realized how hard it is to be a QB day in, day out. Had an awesome run last year, but not like he could just coast b/c his team did not have a Plan B.
October 20th, 2015 at 6:17 PM ^
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October 20th, 2015 at 6:14 PM ^
Not sure if any of the OSU QBs are as good as Cook throwing the ball. If we can shut down the run game (no small task but our dline has a shot) and avoid coverage busts, we could really make it tough on whoever is at QB.
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October 20th, 2015 at 6:32 PM ^
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October 20th, 2015 at 6:41 PM ^
Defense will have to keep us in the game and the offense will have to do just enough. Probably won't be much different than last week except THAT of course.
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October 20th, 2015 at 6:51 PM ^
October 20th, 2015 at 7:02 PM ^
"the game" is always "the game"- it defies logic, predictions, stats, everything
thats what makes it "the game"
October 20th, 2015 at 7:06 PM ^
I was expecting a surprise offensive gameplan against MSU and, other than Peppers in on a handful of plays, didn't get it. Also, when Hoke moved the ball on OSU he had Devin-to-Gallon and Devin-to-Devin. I think Harbaugh is just really limited in what he can do on offense because he doesn't have the QB he needs. It goddamn kills me to say because we should already have one win over a rival and have been waiting long enough as it is, but we might just have to wait to beat teams with excellent QBs, which unfortunately includes both rivals, until Harbaugh has had time to develop one himself.
October 20th, 2015 at 7:25 PM ^