Jeff09

November 25th, 2013 at 1:10 PM ^

This is why no matter what I will not be booing the team at the game this weekend. Al Borges could walk out to midfield and take a shit on the M and I won't boo.

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WolverineDude92

November 25th, 2013 at 1:44 PM ^

thisis baditude. borges cant know cornhuskers plays, so how could he react? i think its spygate 2.o and the big ten has teamt up to take down michigan before 2015 (or 16) when well be good. how else can they know all borgs plays? 

plus, michigan is youth. name one player who isnt! gallon sure, but he is 5'2"!!! my little brother is 5'3" and he is 12!!!!

 

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BayWolves

November 25th, 2013 at 1:25 PM ^

I truly hope the fans at the game follow your lead and support the team with energy, passion, and respect.  Respect and cheer on their efforts on the field as hard as you can regardless of what Borges does and let's make a good impression on the visitors.

I think you're excused if Borgy lays a fat one on the field though.

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Alumnus93

November 25th, 2013 at 2:23 PM ^

Nobody better boo... this game can change the entire perspective on the season... think about it...

8-4  with an OSU win

or

9-3 with an OSU loss

Ill take the former any day......   however,  I would prefer a victory over MSU than OSU, but thats just me.

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boliver46

November 25th, 2013 at 2:05 PM ^

Hell of a list.  Love all the current commits going as well - feed the positive vibes amongst the recruits.  Not sure if they all sit together - but it would be awesome if fans around them were super positive and supportive...

C'mon commish!  I want a commit!

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I WAS THERE

November 25th, 2013 at 1:34 PM ^

Find me a list of former Wolverines who will be making the trip on Saturday...this club needs a reality check and it's gonna have to come from somewhere outside of this staff. Yes, UM beat a piss poor OSU squad in 2011...but they need to hear from some guys who actually know what it's like to win The Game. There's plenty of iconic players that were at UM in the 90's that today's players would know, and respect.

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mGrowOld

November 25th, 2013 at 1:38 PM ^

I have a question for Magnus.  When I recruited back in the early 90's we were good and wanted the kids to see the product on the field as evidence of the quality of coaching they would get if they committed to Michigan.  We were pretty sure we'd win, the fans would be supportive and even if we lost, it would be competitive.

Do you think the current staff has any concerns that if the game does turn one-sided and the fans get ugly this will have a serious negative effect on the kids attending?  How do you, or should I ask, do you - prepare them for something like that or do you just cross your fingers and hope for the best?

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Magnus

November 25th, 2013 at 1:47 PM ^

Yeah, I do think that might be a concern that the coaches feel, but it's probably a concern everywhere. I think fans are more likely to boo teams than they were 20 or 30 years ago, so it's a little bit of a different dynamic.

I don't know that I would say anything to the players ahead of time. That might put them on edge and make the kids feel like the coaches aren't confident in their players or their performance. Usually the coaches get a chance to talk to a lot of the players after the game and will be talking to them on Facebook, over the phone, via text message, etc. in the coming days. I would guess that if things go sour, the coaches might mention it in passing and say something like, "The fans were a little upset, but that's because they're passionate and want to see their team win. When you win, you'll have 112,000 fans cheering for you. I think we've got things headed in the right direction and we'll have them cheering again soon."

So yeah, I think it's a concern, and you have to be ready to assuage kids' fears. But that's sort of the world we live in these days. If these kids visit Notre Dame or Miami or USC, they're going to hear and see the same kinds of things if those teams don't perform up to par.

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TrppWlbrnID

November 25th, 2013 at 2:13 PM ^

might make sense to get in the stadium a lot early and be sure some of these guys know we know them and need them. would be great to get the early arrivals going in some malik macdowell (sp) chants or say hi to Jabril.

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Uper73

November 25th, 2013 at 2:25 PM ^

McDowell is a must have. Hope we gave him enough loving as we were all salivating over Hand. Glad to see lots of QBs. Forget the stars, welcome talented walk ons too, we have to find some heady, gutsy, leaders who can lead an offense and compete with Gardner, Morris and Speight. More competition is good. Cannot continue to be one( or none) QBs deep.

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CoachParker6

November 25th, 2013 at 4:24 PM ^

Awesome list. Hopefully when they see 30,000 ohio fans on top of our product on the field they don't go running.

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