View from the other side: Eleven Warriors on the Michigan v Army game
I try not to take myself (see: my Michigan fandom) too seriously so in light of last weeks... call it what you will... I found myself, thanks to Google's hyper-intelligent AI, served up an article from our friends over at Eleven Warriors giving their Columbus skewed Hawt Take on all things UofM v Army.
As a caveat, I generally like the writing those guys do over at Eleven Warriors, regardless of their adherence to cooler pooperhood, so I thought to myself:
Self, if there are as many self-deprecating Michigan fans out there as you think there are, they might enjoy the self-inflicted drudgery of reading the thoughts and opinions of an Ohio State fanbase vis a vis the game last weekend as much as you did.
Neg me if you will (points ain't working now anyway) but this is the, shall we say, darker side of our fears being voiced from The Ohio University of Ohio. University.
September 10th, 2019 at 8:23 AM ^
Michigan Monday is a much better analysis.
September 10th, 2019 at 8:30 AM ^
Oh absolutely. In my opinion, this is more akin to Opponent Watch than game analysis. It's funny (if you can laugh at yourself/your team) in a "why is this happening to me again. AGAIN!!" sort of way.
September 10th, 2019 at 9:00 AM ^
No question it is funny. The writing on this "Threat Level Michigan" stuff is always pretty good.
The very fact that the highest level is "Harbaugh Shirtless. Dairy prices soar 250%" is really funny.
September 10th, 2019 at 8:59 AM ^
That's because the 11 Warriors writing stuff collectively has the maturity of a high school freshman.
September 10th, 2019 at 9:32 AM ^
I think you give them too much credit. It's more like 5th grade.
September 10th, 2019 at 9:48 AM ^
MM is legit journalism, this is hot garbage (or buzzfeed from like 5 years ago).
September 10th, 2019 at 8:47 AM ^
Only thing I would take exception to is the shots at Shea's hands, otherwise I can't really argue with it.
September 10th, 2019 at 8:48 AM ^
I try to avoid stabbing myself in the eyes when possible
September 10th, 2019 at 8:49 AM ^
Pretty hard to argue with most of what they have to say. Seems like it has been a couple of years vs OSU that Michigan has had a game plan and playcalling that made much sense.
September 10th, 2019 at 9:38 AM ^
Meh - we had good game plans in 2016 and 2017. We also shout ourselves in the foot enough times in the game to sink below the margin of victory (despite biased reffing) - due to injured / PTSD quarterbacks of all things ...
September 10th, 2019 at 8:54 AM ^
OSU seems to have a whole staff of writers dedicated just to UM. Mental illness game on point.
September 10th, 2019 at 9:07 AM ^
Mental illness leading to a focused gameplan and victory.
September 10th, 2019 at 9:22 AM ^
Your words cannot hurt us. We are impervious to pain. One hidden benefit to Michigan football since 2004 is the numbness. We see all of it, but it all just bounces off us like a ball of feathers.
September 10th, 2019 at 8:56 AM ^
DNR.
But my opinion is that Ohio sucks.
September 10th, 2019 at 8:58 AM ^
Every year I would read stuff like this and think "Ha! These guys are so arrogant, this HAS to be the year we finally shut them up!"
September 10th, 2019 at 9:13 AM ^
"Surely Don Brown recognizes their receivers are much faster and wouldn't try playing man coverage. Anybody can see that!"
September 10th, 2019 at 9:10 AM ^
Yeah - I really enjoyed it and it was therapeutic is resetting expectations for the season, as well as how far UM needs to go to match OSU's talent. Not looking good for the next few years regarding beating OSU.
I used to rely on the "law of averages" explanation for UM beating OSU. However, seeing how we've beaten Indiana for 20 or so years and how ND beat Navy for like 40 years, I'm not saying that anymore.
Go Blue!
September 10th, 2019 at 9:55 AM ^
I see no end in sight to the November hell that is OSU. I scheduled a trip with the S.O. that weekend to Vermont/Boston, so I don't have to watch it.
I hope they win. I really do. But everything since essentially the turn of the century makes me think otherwise. Because of the saltiness that comes with that loss for the rest of the weekend, I decided to remove the negativity from my life this year.
September 10th, 2019 at 9:57 AM ^
It’s so crazy to me how obsessed with Michigan the 11W staff is. Their cocky ass fans are worse. Congrats fellas, you beat FAU and Cincinnati. FAU might win 4 games and Cincinnati if they’re lucky they’ll win 7.
September 10th, 2019 at 10:06 AM ^
Pretty fair and reasoned take.
September 10th, 2019 at 10:19 AM ^
Entertaining and dangerously close to accurate on a few takes.....................
September 10th, 2019 at 10:23 AM ^
Their attempts at humor actually sorta work; I love a threat meter featuring the idea of shirtless Harbaugh dousing himself in milk.
The constant apologizing for Meyer covering up domestic abuse, less so.
September 10th, 2019 at 10:24 AM ^
Pretty funny about Shea. I don't think any Michigan fan will disagree until he stops fumbling the effing ball. But also, F Ohio right in the ear. Any adversity they face one day (if ever) will be a laugh, because they'll not be able to handle it. First call that goes against them in a game, which also never happens, the state will implode. Go Blue
September 10th, 2019 at 11:06 AM ^
After reading the comments, I expected much worse from that site. Most posts were reasonable and not complete dumping.
Alas, when the fire from your rival starts to fade, its a bad sign. They don't view us as a threat, and our coach is a laughing stock to them. Even though they had two dirtbag coaches in the past 20 years, they beat us with impunity. Hard to argue with results on the field.
Going into my shell now until next Sat. Hopefully this was all a dream sequence.
September 10th, 2019 at 11:55 AM ^
Better check that strategy, amigo. Next Saturday is a BYE week.
September 10th, 2019 at 4:40 PM ^
I, for one, view UM as a threat every year. I grew up during the Cooper era, and we found a way to lose to you guys nearly every year, whether we had the better team or not. Even if OSU repeated the current run and won another 14 of 15, the fire for the rivalry will never fade. We (and by we, I mean the passionate/reasonable fans) will always take pride in The Game being the best rivalry in sports, and we'll always hate everything Maize and Blue.
As far as this year goes, while the results of the first two games for each team has me feeling more confident about The Game right now, I'm nowhere close to thinking that a win is inevitable. You're still the second most talented team in the conference, have a lot of senior leadership mixed with promising youth, and have some top tier coaches. I'm really interested to see how you guys come out against Wisconsin, because I think it could be a big sign of how the rest of the season will go.
September 10th, 2019 at 12:39 PM ^
Next up, Michigan travels to Wisconsin. It's going to go poorly for them. The Threat Level remains at GUARDED.
Let us know how they melt down when we win in Madison.
September 10th, 2019 at 4:38 PM ^
I can’t remember the last time Harbaugh actually had a good game plan for anyone. He gets out coached every week.
September 10th, 2019 at 7:45 PM ^
I logged in just to comment on this. I never comment but your post is the dumbest I've read in a while. They sure seem to have a great game plan against Wisconsin and Penn State last year when we destroyed them. We had a great terrible weather game plan against MSU as well when we held them to 93 yards on offense. That's just last year. Two of the four games against OSU we almost won because we had better game plans but got jobbed on a bad spot one year and had terrible QB play the next year. The other two years we got out coached. It happens. Other teams are good at football too.
September 10th, 2019 at 9:01 PM ^
I really don't care what they have to say. They are whistling past the graveyard in regards to QB depth.