This Year Ends Like Last Year.
It was already going to be a very difficult game for JH to win. Not having JBB, Gary, Bush and Karan are truly huge holes. Especially Karan. Without him and his production, JH cannot get his offense to work the way he wants. I don't know if you can pin the loss on JH when you take away from him so many of the "cogs" that made his machine work.
What could be pinned on JH are possibly two issues:
1. A perceived lack of depth at certain key positions. Example...our RB's. It is quite obvious that the "bowl practice hyperbole" was in full effect when it came to evaluating our RB's. None of them are in the same ballpark as Karan. None are gamechangers
2. JH is now 1-9 verse teams in the top 10. The narrative continues that JH cannot win vs. teams that are as good as him or better.
That's the unfortunate facts at then end of year 4. Some of this is on JH and some of this is just bad luck. "The spot". Speight puking all over himself. Not having Bush, Gary, JBB or Karan for todays game (give us those guys and I think you might have a different outcome today). Gonna be interesting to see what year 5 brings. I hope We finally turn the corner.
December 29th, 2018 at 3:31 PM ^
Harbaugh sucks.
December 29th, 2018 at 3:33 PM ^
Mineral king needs to leave too
December 29th, 2018 at 3:33 PM ^
and 2016 and....
December 29th, 2018 at 3:34 PM ^
Higdon and JBB were not going to make a difference in whatever game you just watched
December 29th, 2018 at 4:31 PM ^
All those guys were amazing against OSU!!
December 29th, 2018 at 3:35 PM ^
Like every year.
Its funny how how everyone in this board is so sure of a win and then when we loss we justify it in any and every possible way
December 29th, 2018 at 9:52 PM ^
I've been done making excuses for awhile now.
December 29th, 2018 at 3:36 PM ^
Right, makes sense that with Bush all our DBs would suddenly cover someone.
December 29th, 2018 at 3:51 PM ^
The announcers said it at the end this was a coup for Florida, they were ecstatic to be in the Peach Bowl while this bowl was a letdown for Michigan.
Watch the entire bowl season because the team that is excited to be in the bowl & treats it like a big game wins. So far Harbaugh seems to treat these non CFP bowls as prep for the next season. Hopefully we see what we look like in a CFP bowl game soon
Also anyone that says fire Harbaugh is an idiot!!!!
Harbaugh has three 10 win seasons in 4 years, prior to Harbaugh you have to go back 12 seasons to get three 10 win seasons
December 29th, 2018 at 3:55 PM ^
There were moments in this game where it felt like we were running at half-speed, kind of like when you would slow down the playback on a VHS tape. Movement looked labored and slow sometimes. Maybe I was imagining that, but if we were using it as next season preparation, going full speed would be a plus.
As for the "fire Harbaugh" crowd, I think the simpler solution right now is to actually have an accountable OC and further, someone that Harbaugh might leave alone to let them run their offense. Let's try that experiment before we go there, eh?
December 29th, 2018 at 3:57 PM ^
I'm not saying to fire JH, I'm actually willing to give him another chance, but if he's not changing his offensive philosophy what you saw this season is his ceiling.
December 29th, 2018 at 4:00 PM ^
As long as everyone accepts 3 losses per season, Harbaugh is fine. But unless he makes some big changes, including in himself, that is what the ceiling is now.
December 29th, 2018 at 3:52 PM ^
"I don't know if you can pin the loss on JH"
You can totally pin it on him for not realizing that his RB's are this offense weakest position.
December 29th, 2018 at 3:55 PM ^
Sigh. I knew some of the dumb loyalists would give Harbaugh a pass because of the 4 players not playing. The only one who would have made a difference is Bush and it sure as shit not changed the outcome.
December 29th, 2018 at 4:02 PM ^
What game did you watch? Do you honestly think having any of those guys out there today makes a difference?!?!
We dropped passes.
We can’t stay inbounds.
We let sean routes eat our secondary alive.
We can’t pressure the QB.
We gave up 250 rush yards at 6.1yd / play.
This TEAM and program are toast. The worst part...our lord and savior...Jim MF Harbaugh has no CLUE how to fix it.
December 29th, 2018 at 9:59 PM ^
What ? You're saying that having the missing players wouldn't have made a difference ? But they all played against OSU. Oh wait......
December 29th, 2018 at 4:13 PM ^
Harbaugh is the worst thing to happen to michigan... worse the Rich Rod. And all you fools yelling hyperbole are going to be getting '10' win seasons for the next 5 coupled with 3 loses against any team with true talent.
Fuck Harbaugh.
December 29th, 2018 at 4:18 PM ^
We should be grateful that eaely signing day has passed.
December 29th, 2018 at 4:23 PM ^
I still find it comical we label “The Spot” as bad luck. I’ve never once seen an angle that showed he was definitively short. We had ample opportunities to win that game in regulation and couldn’t do it. The spot at the end could have went either way, and it didn’t go in our favor. No matter which way it was spotted, the call on the field was going to stand. Fucking go out, be mentally tough, and WIN BIG GAMES! Quit making pathetic excuses.
December 29th, 2018 at 4:36 PM ^
The above post was stuck in a time warp and was recently expelled due to the amount of vomit filling the void.
December 29th, 2018 at 4:48 PM ^
The second halves of our last 2 Bowl games have been an utter embarrassment and an indictment of the staff. We quit vs South Carolina and I saw some quit against Florida today.
We blew a 19-3 second half lead last year and were out scored 28-5 in the second half this year. Both teams we played have less talent than us by a large margin.
December 29th, 2018 at 5:10 PM ^
Forget this program and the history it rode in on. We are mediocre and there's no end of our mediocrity in sight.
December 30th, 2018 at 10:51 AM ^
2019 beat Ohio or bust