The State Of Our Open Threads: After Notre Dame

Submitted by LSAClassOf2000 on

So, this will be a relatively short summary since it is only one game and there isn't much point in charting one game, and of course, I know that many of you are wanting to get right back to LSU / Miami. Some of you won't care, of course, and I don't care that you don't care because that's the sort of person that I am and we're going to report out on this stuff anyway.

It was a less than thrilling game, needless to say, and there is much to rightly criticize, but how did we do in our first game thread in this iteration of MGoBlog? Well, the results are interesting. 

Some highlights:

- 272 fucks

- 121 shits

- 43 damns

That was across 2,380 total posts (713 total tracked words) across two threads, so when all tracked words are taken into consideration, we get a Swearing Efficiency of 3.43, which actually historically translates to numbers more often seen in stressful victories. We may need to revisit which words we track in Year 4 or Harbaugh. 

There were also 38 uses of "fire", about 10 of which were actually directed at Harbaugh, and 65 mentions of the offensive line, which was...well, we've talked about this at length on the boards as it is. We also had 40 people say "suck", many of which were directed at the offense and 70 mentions of "Harbaugh". I'll let people guess how people were talking about our coach. 

So, we'll see how all this shakes out versus WMU - it takes a while to get all this data now.

blueday

September 3rd, 2018 at 8:41 AM ^

Just got off the phone with UM grad daughter that lives in Japan. "I thought this new coach was going to win big games and championships?"

Agree, was expecting so much more. Plus the team didn't look any better than last year. Same O, same garbage play calling, pitiful OL, mistakes & penalties at the wrong time, slow start, etc etc. Time to regroup fast since 2019 may not be any better.

 

Michrider41

September 3rd, 2018 at 8:56 AM ^

It will be worse.  They lose Gary, Bush and Hill to be draft.  Winovich and Kinnell are seniors. That’s the 5 best players on defense.  On offense the o line will have another year to mature (hahahahaha), but they lose Higdon, Patterson and Perry. 

Well there’s always next next year. 

Jevablue

September 3rd, 2018 at 9:47 AM ^

Excellent work once again. Mopping up after the “suck” job that is the “fucking” state of our “damn” football program is tough duty but you’ve done it well.  

Was that efficient?

Chork

September 3rd, 2018 at 11:20 AM ^

I think this team will be fine. At ND is not an easy place to play and it means nothing in the B1G 10. Just watch. The B1G 10 east is good but maybe not as good as everyone thought in the off season. PSU and MSU both looked sketchy on Saturday. 

fatpete

September 3rd, 2018 at 4:07 PM ^

I must admit that I was one of many who spewed angry vitriol during and after the game.  I'm too old to invest this type of silly emotion in a game. I fell victim to hyperbole when I should've known better.  It's like being a Lion's fan, you just gotta let it go. 

In the big picture of things, it is College Football season and to me,  there is nothing better. 

Go Blue