jmblue

November 7th, 2016 at 11:44 AM ^

Championship teams have QBs who do things like complete 65% of their passes for nearly 9 YPA and throw five times as many TDs as INTs.

If only we had a "playmaking" QB like that, instead of our "game manager" playing right now. 

 

 

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UM Fan from Sydney

November 7th, 2016 at 11:25 AM ^

Good. I hope he and other people keep saying shit like that. Winning trumps everything that people say. Right now, Michigan is 9-0, so there is nothing anyone can say to put them down. The coaching staff, players, and fans all believe this team can win the title this year. "Defense wins championships," right? Well, Michigan arguably has the best defense in the country. Bring it on.

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Night_King

November 7th, 2016 at 11:12 AM ^

He looks better than Rudock to me. His accuracy and ability to avoid sacks really stand out. It's going to be incredible to see how big name recruits (Peters this year, McCaffrey next) develop under Harbaugh over their careers. They're going to have playmakers to get the ball to and potentially better offensive lines as well



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Ali G Bomaye

November 7th, 2016 at 11:29 AM ^

He doesn't yet have the anticipation that Rudock showed in the last few games last season, but I agree, his physical tools are better. It's possible that three years of Speight starting, followed by a junior Peters or sophomore McCaffrey, could be the best sustained stretch of quarterbacking in Michigan history.

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lhglrkwg

November 7th, 2016 at 1:39 PM ^

it's uncanny how much Speight looks like Roethlisberger just shedding sack attempts. He's going to get Roethlisberger comparisons to no end whenever he enters the draft. If he keeps improving, he might be a franchise QB which seems like an insane thing to actually be typing considering how we felt about him before this season

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SD Larry

November 7th, 2016 at 11:16 AM ^

It has been great to watch Wilton progress every week.  The numbers don't lie and he takes good care of the football.  Congratulations Wilton and team.  Go Blue !

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PopeLando

November 7th, 2016 at 12:56 PM ^

I'll have my crow with barbecue sauce, please. I wasn't high on Speight at the beginning of the year. I bought the "game manager vs. playmaker" narrative, and thought that O'Korn should have won the job based on his supposed big play ability. Well, fuck that narrative. Speight came back from the bye week a new man, with the glitches fixed. He put all doubts to bed vs. Sparty, and is now making sweet sweet love to all of our hopes and dreams. Next year has gone from "well, it's tough to beat an established starter" all the way to "not sure there's anyone better than him in the whole conference"

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M-Dog

November 7th, 2016 at 11:17 AM ^

As one of the many people that thought for sure Speight would transfer after being buried on the bench when O'Korn and Peters came in and Morris stuck around, I formally apologize.

 

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KTisClutch

November 7th, 2016 at 12:16 PM ^

The best ones were the people wanting Harbaugh to give O'Korn more chances in blowouts  to appease their own curiosity. "I want to see O'Korn get more chances cause we don't know what we have with him and I want to know." That makes no sense because Harbaugh, the QB Whisperer, has seen both of them play QB for over a year now.

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Lee Everett

November 7th, 2016 at 11:54 AM ^

Yep.

I thought he'd never start a game for us. 

Believed Morris hype.
Didn't put much stock in a 3* only rated on one site (at time of Hello: post).
Became horribly disenchanted with Al Borges and all of his decisions.
Thought writing was on the wall with three offensive coordinators (recruited by Borges then Nussmeier then current staff), which would cause him to leave or get lost in the shuffle.
Still hoped for Shane Morris.
Thought a grad transfer could still come in and Rudock our lives.
Figured O'Korn was hand-picked by Harbaugh and was penciled in as the starter.

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milk-n-steak

November 7th, 2016 at 11:33 AM ^

Speight was OPOW in week 2 also.  The only other offensive players to get two B1G OPOW this season are JT Barrett in Wk 1 and 7 and Saquon Barkley in Wk 6 and 9.  I don't think anyone would argue that those two are pretty dynamic and effective players.  It will be interesting to see if Speight can shake off being labeled as a system QB and just be called the QB dude that he is.

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Steves_Wolverines

November 7th, 2016 at 11:47 AM ^

His ability to throw an accurate deep ball is what gives this team the ability to beat any team in the Nation. It's amazing how accurate his throws in the 25+ range are. Our playcalling is legit impossible to prepare for, and that's what gives us the edge against any defense out there. 

I think we'll see Harbaugh and Co. meticulously pick apart a worn down Iowa defense this week. The combination of speed, power, and passing is too much for Iowa to defend. 

Go Blue! The offense is as much fun to watch as our defense. 

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BakkerUSMC

November 7th, 2016 at 11:53 AM ^

Rudock was nfl draft-worthy after half a season with harbaugh.. Speight is resembling Roethlisberger after 1.5 seasons.. Just imagine what harbaugh will do developing Peters & Mccaffrey (sp?) with all 4 years!

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Michwolverinefreak

November 7th, 2016 at 12:05 PM ^

... Funny, but not worth a thread. Barely worth this post actually, because its random. But East Lansing apparently added up all the costs of having MSU there and determined that MSU is costing a shit ton of money for the city, and the posters on RCMB are just shitting non-stop on East Lansing. Yeah, despite all the shit talking I've heard about how great East Lansing is, they did a complete 180 and are giving us Schadenfreude where we probably never would have thought we'd find it.

Is there a worse fanbase anywhere? How can (supposed) alumni just flip on their college town like that?

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Perkis-Size Me

November 7th, 2016 at 1:42 PM ^

I think Michigan has shown enough since the start of the year where any opponent, whether its OSU or Purdue, has to respect Michigan's ability to both run and pass the ball. So I don't know how much box stacking we'll see from OSU this year. 

I know that OSU has some good to great corners corners, but I think they're smart enough to realize that if they put those guys in enough 1:1 situations, eventually Darboh, Chesson or Butt are going to burn them badly. 

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