For those who don't know, Eleven Warriors is Ohio's version of Mgoblog (their love isn't just for gentlemen though).
umhoops.com has an article where they did a Q&A with Eleven Warriors about this weekends matchup with Ohio State. It's pretty interesting to see 11W perspective on their own team and how they predict the game to end.
GO BLUE! BEAT OHIO!
Legolas
Take last year's OSU team and
Take last year's OSU team and subtract Sullinger and Buford while adding Robinson, Stauskas and McGary to last year's Michigan team (yes and subtract Stu and Novak and Smotrycz). I feel pretty good about this matchup.
Shouldn't it be Five
Shouldn't it be Five Warriors?
Cute, but...
Ohio could become a dynasty in basketball, but it would still be a "football school."
I have this wonderful feeling
I have this wonderful feeling that McGary is going to have a fantastic game and will throw down an angry/monster/SC Top Ten dunk and absolutely silence that crowd
That's what someone has said
That's what someone has said for every single game this year it seems. We are not batting a good average on that prediction.
Luckily I am the Miguel
Luckily I am the Miguel Cabrera of predictions and everyone else has been like Brandon Inge
Yeah. His game against Iowa
Yeah. His game against Iowa was damn good. If we can get that type of production consistently I think he's pretty close to (but not quite) freshman all-american. As it is, he had a lot of positive plays against Nebrasky and I think he's coming along. I dont think it's unreasonable to expect 7 and 8 from him next year splitting duty with J-Mo. If Beilein moves him to the 4 and plays both maybe a double double average. It's going to be tough to peg a starting 5 again next year. But in a good way.
Except for the other thing. That hurts the most. But the lack of respect hurts the second most.
To be fair, he has had some
To be fair, he has had some pretty monster games this season, so some of those predictions were correct. (some statistically wise, but more importantly, just how he's affected the game with his hustle and an example of that is last game)
I hope he does this
“When your team is winning, be ready to be tough, because winning can make you soft. On the other hand, when your team is losing, stick by them. Keep believing” - Bo Schembechler
Nervous
I'm kinda nervous about this game because its a rivalry game and its in hostile territory, and the record is on the line. Can't wait doe GO BLUE!!
GO BLUE!
Storm the Court?
If OSU wins, do you think their fans storm the court?
Yes
...but even if they do, a year from now they'll say that they didn't. Because they have integrity and are above such foolishness.
/s
The Team, The Team, The Team
This is our first big test
Be interesting to see how the freshman play down in Ohio, especially if they can get a lead or keep things close. Hopefully, Nebraska was a bit of a wake-up on how hard you have to play in the B10 to succeed. Key is going to be staying poised and responding to whatever runs Ohio is able to make.
Good Read...
Thanks for sharing this, robbyt003.
One of the important themes that I was curious about (which they mentioned) is the inconsistency of Ohio State on offense, so I made myself this graphic representation of FG% for Michigan and Ohio State over their last ten games respectively (thumbnail link below).
Nebraska aside, ours is a relatively constant, even gradually improving performance on this measure, whereas Ohio State literally seems to be all over the place. Indeed, before Nebraska, the variance in the Buckeyes' shooting performance was nearly double our own. I agree that this will likely not be a blowout, but I have to think that the trend in this regard favors us.
Something else that struck me as well - if you look at other stats like assists, rebounds and turnover %, we are very comparable to Ohio State actually.
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You're welcome. You sure do
You're welcome. You sure do love charts and graphs! Are you a stats analyst or something similar?
“When your team is winning, be ready to be tough, because winning can make you soft. On the other hand, when your team is losing, stick by them. Keep believing” - Bo Schembechler
Eleven Warriors is OSU's
Eleven Warriors is OSU's attempted emulation of MgoBlog the same way that Katzinger's is Columbus' attempted emulation of Zingerman's
re: the game, it's a Big Ten road game against an opponent with a pulse so it won't even be that huge an upset if they win. They have the perimeter defenders to contain Burke and the size to do damage on the boards, so this is going to be by far our biggest challenge thus far even if it isn't necessarily the best team we've played - I think at least NC State is better and this is the first time in ages that we're the better team than OSU. I think DeShaun Thomas will *have* to go thermonuclear to give them a chance to win, though I'm sadly counting on that happening - no one else IIRC has stopped him so far. However, we have four consistent offensive threats that you gotta respect - hopefully that is the difference.
Former Buckeye Antonio Pittman on being a poster child for compliance: "This osu tattoo stuff is silly. Cats been getting hookups on tatts since back in '01."
Not really.
At this point, Eleven Warriors is pretty respectable. They've got a lot of people writing for them, and Ross in particular is quite informed.
They do worship the ground Urban Meyer walks on and have dismissed Michigan as their primary rival because Alabama is the team they're really going to have to bead in order to win that NC next year, but it is an OSU blog. So that's partially to be expected.
Formerly 'mgoblaniel.'
I visited elevenwarriors to
I visited elevenwarriors to look around and found a front page article about one of their RBs getting his medical redshirt after having played in 3 games this past season.
Can we expect news on Devin's medical redshirt application any time soon?
(thought about creating a new thread for this, but, well...you know)
5 4 3 2 1 Touchdown!
Touchdown Billy Taylor!
Touchdown Billy Taylor!
I believe if we can keep
I believe if we can keep Thomas in check,Michigan will win by 15-20 points.
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I thought this observation
I thought this observation from 11W was pretty astute:
one thing to keep an eye on will be how the game is officiated. Craft is a very physical on-ball defender and he’s been a little over-aggressive, getting his 2nd foul way too early in the opening half
It seems like Craft could be called for a foul on nearly every play, but the aggressive player often gets the pass. I'm hoping Trey can muscle through Craft and draw those early fouls. Either that, or he blows by Craft for a nice lob to THJ or Little Dawg.
burke
struggled big time against craft in the BIG tourny last year. hopefully the tables have turned this year.
The game having ended (and no
The game having ended (and no one reading this thread anymore), it seems I'm a profit. Craft was allowed to foul Burke relentlessly and it made a big difference. Oh well.
Jokes on you, I read it.
Jokes on you, I read it.
“When your team is winning, be ready to be tough, because winning can make you soft. On the other hand, when your team is losing, stick by them. Keep believing” - Bo Schembechler
Damn Elven Warriors. If they get to use their bows, we don't stand a chance!