Watched the Game Again
September 2nd, 2013 at 11:11 AM ^
You gave us all negative points, and then stated overall the team looked good.
September 2nd, 2013 at 11:15 AM ^
September 2nd, 2013 at 11:33 AM ^
Like a true MICHIGAN MAN, DirkMcGurk only looks for the negative in a 50 point blowout game.
September 2nd, 2013 at 12:14 PM ^
September 2nd, 2013 at 11:44 PM ^
September 3rd, 2013 at 9:31 AM ^
and you think this is being a dick?
Seriously, do you EVER read the comments?
Dirk is actually being more polite than most.
September 2nd, 2013 at 12:22 PM ^
September 2nd, 2013 at 1:18 PM ^
actually, a true michigan man (im one, in more ways than ill ever let on here), when the team hasnt won a big ten championship in nine years, welcomes as much constructive criticism as possible, instead of worrying about 'feelings'.... go root for msu then.
the program has been down for nine years, right? dirk is doing a service... well done dirk...
September 2nd, 2013 at 4:12 PM ^
September 2nd, 2013 at 12:09 PM ^
September 2nd, 2013 at 4:02 PM ^
September 2nd, 2013 at 8:33 PM ^
Come on, it's a message board. Are we really frowning upon people sharing their opinions?
September 2nd, 2013 at 11:12 AM ^
yep, seemed like Ross didn't leverage the football/fill the hole properly a couple times, and we wasn't in a several plays in the 2nd-3rd Qtrs, i think.
September 2nd, 2013 at 11:24 AM ^
I noticed this too.. he whiffed on a few plays he could have made. Even though he underperformed expectations, Morgan seemed to equally outperform at the Mike. He had a big day
September 2nd, 2013 at 12:27 PM ^
Yep, also... it was interesting that Ross seemed to have a bad game and Wilson (i thought anyway) had a good one.
September 3rd, 2013 at 6:47 AM ^
September 2nd, 2013 at 11:14 AM ^
These are all things that are probably going to be addressed at practice this week. I'm not overly concerned as I thought we played very well.
September 2nd, 2013 at 11:16 AM ^
I'm gonna go ahead and take it as a positive sign that we are able to focus on these small-ish "details" as the negatives, rather than "getting 20 points scored on us" or "surviving by 3 points".
September 2nd, 2013 at 11:22 AM ^
"surviving by 3 points" - LoL Nebraska. If only Wyoming had a decent defense.
September 2nd, 2013 at 11:34 AM ^
If only Wyoming had the depth that Nebraska had. The starters are good enough, they just got worn out (in my opinion).
September 2nd, 2013 at 1:00 PM ^
1.) makes the Big Ten slightly less embarrassing.
2.) didn't piss them off and light a fire under the players asses knowing they lost to who? What's a Wyoming?
September 2nd, 2013 at 2:25 PM ^
I can't get over how bad Nebraska is defensively. Isn't Pelini supposed to be a defensive guy? Usually a team will be pretty good in whichever side of the ball the HC specialized in when he was an assistant.
September 2nd, 2013 at 11:20 AM ^
...and for a "fat & out of shape" guy, Green had some decent speed when he got into the open field; not sure if it was LB or DB pursuing him, but Green was pulling away from him a little. Kid has a ton of potential, as do pretty much all of our other young guys.
September 2nd, 2013 at 11:23 AM ^
September 2nd, 2013 at 12:49 PM ^
and found two more mistakes than the first time through. Of course, I dwelt only on the mistakes as the positive points of the post were self-evident.
September 2nd, 2013 at 2:52 PM ^
You have done all of us a service.
September 2nd, 2013 at 11:25 AM ^
September 2nd, 2013 at 11:50 AM ^
The final stat line on kick returns for Dennis Norfleet was 4 returns for 106 yards, or 26.5 yards per return. That's a limited sample, but it is about a 3 yard improvement on last year's average return for Norfleet. It's significant enough to note despite the season being young at this point - he really did look quicker and more elusive on returns.
September 3rd, 2013 at 9:01 AM ^
Punt returns, not so much.
September 2nd, 2013 at 11:25 AM ^
Norfleet w be special for us on Special teams.
September 2nd, 2013 at 11:29 AM ^
This is crap,
September 2nd, 2013 at 11:31 AM ^
Soo overall we just need to be better. Good to know.
September 2nd, 2013 at 11:34 AM ^
I'm with you on Fitz. He'd be a good 2nd or 3rd option on a good running team, but his instincts and top end speed are not that great for a guy his size. I don't think you can be a run-first team with him as your primary running back -- at least the 2013 version of Fitz. With that said, I'm not willing to annoit any of the other guys as our savior after only a handful of carries.
September 2nd, 2013 at 11:44 AM ^
With Drake out, Green will get more carries, so that should appease most of you people.
September 2nd, 2013 at 12:13 PM ^
Overreact much? I didn't say he was terrible. Just not a guy who's going to carry us.
September 2nd, 2013 at 12:22 PM ^
You are correct, you didn't say he was terrible. However, you also implied that he was terrible when you said he couldn't be the primary running back.
September 2nd, 2013 at 12:33 PM ^
Nonsense. I said he's not going to carry a run-dominated team. That basically means I do not think he's an All-Big Ten running back. Fitz is NOT terrible, and the only way you could think I implied as much is if you live in a binary world where everything is either awesome or sucks.
September 2nd, 2013 at 12:34 PM ^
September 2nd, 2013 at 12:35 PM ^
You seem to pop up unecessarily as an asshole on every thread, making petty snipes at people...
I on the other hand, only pop up as an asshole on occassion
September 2nd, 2013 at 12:44 PM ^
I'm glad we understand each other then?
September 2nd, 2013 at 12:27 PM ^
If he continues to struggle in the next few games, then I will agree with you, but lets reserve our judgement until then.
September 2nd, 2013 at 12:35 PM ^
He was a good every down back in 2011, but in 2012 and against CMU he's been average.
September 2nd, 2013 at 11:58 AM ^
Fitz is plenty fast enough. His vision or instinct is probably not elite but once the OL gets more experience as a unit there should be larger holes created and I think you will see him start hitting it with the speed we saw two years ago.
September 2nd, 2013 at 12:06 PM ^
September 2nd, 2013 at 12:24 PM ^
Pardon the snark, but how is it even possible to have this many typos? Did you take the letter stickers off your keyboard?
September 2nd, 2013 at 12:32 PM ^
September 2nd, 2013 at 2:56 PM ^
made a comment that might be taken as someone playing internet tough guy.
I thought iPhones were supposed to be smart. All the cool kids seem to have them.
September 2nd, 2013 at 3:01 PM ^
I'm guessing a lot of us have iphones, but we decide to read what we've typed before we post.
September 2nd, 2013 at 1:29 PM ^
Toussaint has already been the primary running back on a team that was run-first and ranked 13th best in rushing in the nation. Either instincts and top end speed are not as important as you think they are, or you can't recognize them when they are present.
We'll do fine with Fitz. It'll take the Oine a while to sort itself out, but even before it does, opponants will have to respect the run with Fitz back there.
September 2nd, 2013 at 11:34 AM ^