Taylor Lewan doesn't appreciate your talk about Bellomy

Russ didn't play well, he knows that, and doesn't need anyone to tell him as much.  The good news, however, is that failure, when used properly, is perhaps the best tool for long term improvement.  Make no mistake about it, Russ WILL improve significantly as a result of his experience in the Nebraka game. 

Anyone one that doesn't understand this, and is anything but supportive of the kid, is being unreasonable. 

Bravo Taylor!

Left tackle defends his qb, qb takes the credit or the blame, fans either worship or crucify. No middle ground allowed in any of these situations.

Bellomy needs to take a spin on the twosie or on Magnusson's unicycle. That will do some wonders for his confidence

need to get a life in a hurry--fandom, for a lot of people, means taking the ugly for a walk in public, without a leash. But it was unfortunate that we didn't have another QB to try when it became evident early that Bellomy was struggling. 

Coming in and running a plan for Denard's  strengths is defferent than coming in and running a plan for Bellomy's strengths.  If the recievers had caught a pass or 2 his day would have went different.  If the line was blocking and he had time things would be different.  This isn't a 2008 QB forest fire.  A good tallented QB put into a bad situation is likely to look bad.  

Bellomy was in a tuff spot, ya he played poorly but I think most red shirt fresman would have, people do need to lay off the KID.

It was 6 - 14 I believe and Bellomy launched a bomb to Roudtree, had him in stride for a TD Roundtree dove and just missed it, catchable ball though...it was a solid pass. If that catch is made for the TD could have been a completely different game.  

Criticizing play calling totally fair. Questioning the kids integrity and heart, not at all. They are adults who carry the load of preparation guidelines. Im way more concerned about Devin not taking enough reps at QB. Thats a massive coaching mistake IMO.

Good. That's exactly what Lewan is supposed to say.  It's kind of hard for a lineman to block for someone they don't have any faith in.  Also, it's kind of  difficult for a defense to respect the pass when a quarterback's own teammates don't have his back..

However, as a fan, I reserve the right for my own opinion, and my opinion is that I don't trust Bellomy under center as much as he doesn't seem to trust his own skills that got him a free ride at one of the most storied programs in the country.  Say what you will, but Bellomy isn't the first young kid to be thrown out on the field surrounded by adversity and a sea of raucous opposing fans.  Many kids that have excelled on that kind of stage (or atleast did better than 3/16 with 3 picks) were ones that at one point were not deemed good enough to wear maize n' blue.  But hey, I'd love for Lewan and Bellomy to prove me wrong next time around.

That's a lot of pressure, in a tough environment. Let's hope we don't get a bigger sample size, but I'm loathe to judge him on just this game.

Hopefully we have some plays in our pocket if this happens again and opposing defenses blitz everyone up the middle because they saw that game.

I dont blame bellomy, he's a redshirt freshman that hasn't played much and was thrown in a huge game. The guy was in over his head. But the fact of the matter is that he was in over his head, which is not good for your backup qb.

The expectation is for the position. We've heard this a million times. Russ plays Quarterback. For Michigan.

I feel like I'm watching the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Special all over again. How is Russell the only one getting ripped on for this? It takes two players to complete a pass. Nobody played well at the skill positions. Nobody blocked well enough to handle Nebraska's pressure. You've got to catch the ball when it's thrown to you on target. Their passive performance is even worse when you consider the fact that the back up QB had come in. Help him out. Russell was ready to go at the start of the second half.

The worst thing about this game wasn't that Russell didn't have a great game, it's that no one had any idea what to do after Denard went out and the defense decided to stop playing passively. Maybe we've figured out why Notre Dame, Michigan State, Alabama, and Virginia Tech completely shut down our offense. Nobody knows how to operate when someone plays them straight up instead of being out there to just stop Denard. 

I didn't like when Lloyd defended Navarre because it always made me hate Navarre even more, but I like this. Teammates have a responsibility to stick up for one another because if they don't have your six who does?

But, that doesn't mean we can't be critical of a player who seriously looked terrified and was way over his head.

Most of us with his right mind is blaming coaches, not the poor kid who was thrown into a bad bad situation.

but let's be honest here, Bellomy looked like an innaccurate quarterback with a weak arm who makes poor decisions. Perhaps it was a product of "the atmosphere," not having experience, blah blah blah... but at the end of the day there were zero positives to take from his performance, so it's hard to expect that people shouldn't be critical. As for personally attacking him or theatening his person that is indefensible. But as far as his gameplay and his abilities as a quarterback, he looked awful. No question.

Anyone who makes a personal attack or hating comment on a college kid trying to do his best while juggling classes, practice,  and some semblance of a social life, needs to grow up bigtime.  They won't always be successful on the field and that's something we all need to accept.   In the case of Bellomy, I'd further say that for at least part of the 2nd half, his teammates did a poor job supporting him - blocking, running the ball, and catching it.