WTKA Roundtable 10/26/2016
43 minutes
[Fuller]
Things discussed:
- Competition junkies vs. fake punt conspiracy theories
- Michigan’s not playing these teams; they’re playing Ohio State.
- Speight’s bye week refinement.
- How is State going to move the ball? Was O’Connor saved for this game?
- Blocking punts: has Michigan solved the spread?
- Big XII offense: nearly a mile a game.
- How good is Washington? Man, if Josh Rosen didn’t play for a crap program
- Hoops open practice: Xavier Simpson can D, no shoot, might be enough to push Walton to the 2 and use MAAR as your rotation guy.
You can catch the entire episode on Michigan Insider's podcast stream on Audioboom.
Segment 2 is here. Segment 3 is here.
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October 28th, 2016 at 2:30 PM ^
kitten would hit the wall if that cat was our D-line...
but love the gif anyway!
October 28th, 2016 at 9:38 AM ^
Brian FTW!!
October 28th, 2016 at 9:44 AM ^
October 28th, 2016 at 10:09 AM ^
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October 28th, 2016 at 11:16 AM ^
I like Ed well enough, but he has a service he sells that sometimes contradicts what conventional wisdom is, and so he'll get extra salty about things just to stick out. I also do think that with other analytics systems out there getting more press and (perhaps) being more accurate, it causes some acrimony when Ed says "it'll be close" and Brian says "S&P says this will be a blowout" and everyone sort of agrees Brian is right. Though Ed being "ask Bill Connelly what numbers he would trust" after Brian pointed out his numbers gave UM an overwhelming advantage was a bit hilarious.
October 28th, 2016 at 11:20 AM ^
October 28th, 2016 at 1:42 PM ^
He and Brian do disagree a lot but I don't think he does it just to be contrarian. I love the dynamic he brings as it's great to hear Brian get riled up. Without someone like Ed on the panel the segment would be too close to a bunch of Michigan homers stroking eachother.
October 28th, 2016 at 1:58 PM ^
I like having people for Brian to get exasperated at, because it's good chemistry.
My only gripe with Ed is that since I don't know anything about his numbers, when he says "My numbers say . . ." that doesn't mean much to me. I'd love for him to publish a hypothetical porfolio where he bets his prediction against the Vegas line for a year to see how he does.
October 28th, 2016 at 7:56 PM ^
in the NFL and so far this year he is picking at 56% and sits #12 out of 110 participants. in a pool where every game must be bet but the bets are weighted.
Craig
October 28th, 2016 at 9:57 AM ^
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October 28th, 2016 at 10:11 AM ^
I can't believe Sam didn't see that one coming.
October 28th, 2016 at 10:45 AM ^
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