Spring doldrums nearly at hand, great time for TCU UFR's, Seth?
Charted already. Writing it up.
I’m so used to sarcasm on this board I read this as “Sharted already.”
I might need a break from the board for a bit.
Given how we played, “sharted” makes sense.
My hat's off to you for charting it (and for when you eventually post it). I have to admit that, on the rare occasions I miss a game, I have trouble making myself watch it later, and I can never bring myself to rewatch a loss if I saw it live.
Thanks for shaving years off your life by staring at that steaming pile for our benefit. Delving into the details has to be painful, e.g. answering the question of just why did we fumble on the 1 yard line or the vast amount of defensive discombobulation. I imagine the reason that it's taking a while to write up is because every time you start, you want to lie down with a damp washcloth on your forehead after 5 minutes.
Bless you Seth. Can you also give Brian a kick? Or is Brian unkickable?
My leg doesn't reach across the Atlantic, or else we'd all have our W2s already.
Wait - whut? He's on the other side of the Atlantic, and hasn't delivered your W-2's, yet? Not cool, man... I mean, pretty easy to get an extension with that reason, but jeez!
Without Seth this place would be at best a smattering of broken Huel 404 pages and Brian descending into alter ego boldface story time, which, I'd still be here for, but anyway... thanks Seth!
To counter that depressive piece - perusing the comments, it clearly will be ): -
I will once again attempt to post my diary of the Buckeye beatdown in Columbus.
Although HOPING for some muppets Saturday night.
P S Great spring game to watch in a suite/club seat.
:)
You like getting punched in the balls over and over again, eh?
It was a fucking touchdown.
It was a touchdown. However, getting a TD from the 00.25 yard line in 4 plays is not hard for anybody other than Michigan so there is that too.
QB SNEAK. QB SNEAK. QB SNEAK.
Especially with an All-American center and two NFL caliber guards. I'm pretty sure I yell "just f*$&ing sneak it!" at the TV more than any other phrase over the course of a full season.
I’m sure Harbaugh is befuddled on the goal line when he doesn’t have a Hammering Panda, he’s lost without a FB on the roster
That, and the Philadelphia Eagles put on display all season how to run the QB sneak. Obviously good push from your center and guards is key, but also lining up two backs/tight ends one yard to either side of the QB to give him the "bush push" treatment makes the plays almost unstoppable.
Even without a tank QB and a Bush push, Tom Brady's career sneak stats show how effective the QB sneak really is. And if he's worried about JJ taking hits, prepare for it all offseason with Orji. It doesn't matter if you telegraph the sneak. Opponents almost always knew what Brady was going to do (especially as the years went on), and they still couldn't stop it.
They coach that. It’s the best QB sneak I have seen.
They burrow their way forward and low. It’s reproducible and hard to stop.
Yep, kind of a classic overthinking by Harbaugh there it seems.
Although, nobody complained when Mullings threw a funky monkey first down pass in the OSU game; quirkiness is great when it works, easy to scrutinize when it fails.
The goal line thing is not really quirkiness though, it is just bad play calling pure and simple. Even when Michigan scores in that situation it is on 4th down by the nose of the football with review needed to uphold it. It is just bad, it has gone on forever, and Harbaugh literally needs to hire a goal line guru to fix it.
That pass would have been excusable as a legit attempt to make a play on an otherwise bad down. Had Mullings just ran it, he would have been stuffed and we all would have cried foul. Had the pass dropped incomplete, we all would have cried 'OHH!! ALMOST!!!!!'. Had the pass been picked, we all would have cried 'WTF was that? Crap, but we'd have probably punted to there, anyway.'...
The important thing is not how many points we score in goal to go scenarios, it’s that we never, ever throw the ball.
You call that “tough?” The point isn’t that we never throw the ball on the goal line, the point is that we never, ever call anything that gives any of our players any schematic edge of any kind.
Too soon.
THE BLOCK WAS CLEAN!!!
FIRE BAKICH!!
Mike Barrett!
I believe the doldrums officially begin on Sunday.
Hopefully, the hockey team has everyone's spirits "up" on Sunday, and - that the baseball / softball / men's lacrosse teams can keep the Michigan fanbase engaged and optimistic.
Go Blue!
Hockey team plays Thursday night at 8:30 p.m., and then again Saturday at 8 p.m.
I see what you did there…
April in the D!!! Tigers, Red Wings, and Pistons will keep us entertained. Tigers even got a hit last game and they have sweet new fences at the stadium.
We have never played TCU in football.
That semifinal game is going to suck for a lot of reasons but mostly because 2022-2023 TCU was an anomaly and had a roster of unique skill-set players who played in systems UM doesn't typically see in the B1G or other big time P5 teams. There's not going to be a whole lot to take away from that game except Michigan fucked around and found out in the 1st half.
I don't think Michigan has to plan for 3-3-5 defenses a lot and how to spy someone like Dugan who was a true dual threat. It also sucked that was one of the worst, most lop-sided NCG in a while. No need to relive every play of that game although JJ's, minus the pick-6's, was pretty damn great. Pick-6's are either the most flukey plays or the most dialed-in plays for defensive players.
I don't disagree that other then the pick 6s, JJ played a strong game, but again.... other then the unshielded thermal exhaust port, the Death Star design was perfect.
If Michigan wins a National Championship this year, it'll be because of that game. Which was like a big ass mirror for the program.
My fear is still the CB spot, I still would like to see a transfer starter in May when the portal opens up.
But we also saw good, we were forced to open it up. We were forced to play faster. We were forced to get uncomfortable and play a style that isn't our own.
Michigan should've won that game, you can't say that about UGA the year before.
For the first time since probably 2006, Michigan can beat every team in the country even if that team plays its best game.
This is our best shot, but we've got to work like we did in '21, improve throughout the year like we did in '22, and attack '23 and '24 with a chip on shoulder the size of that spinning cube at the Union.
No thanks, I'll just read the Ohio State one again, the TCU game didn't happen.
I'd also like to see something that would make us happier: an offensive UFR for the Purdue game.
Spring doldrums? What? We’re in the Frozen Four!
OP said 'nearly'. After this week things drop off a bit. At least for people who are Pistons, Tigers, Red Wings fans
i aint gonna read it
I don’t remember the game and don’t want to
Have been putting off a rewatch, as I only saw it there in person. Probably about that time now