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It's college football. Almost anything can happen from week to week considering NW beat Iowa and Minnesota beat Illinois in Champaign. Enjoy the ride is all I can really say at this point.

Sadly, I still think she was better this year than the UM/IU game from last year...

And by better, I poked by eyes and ears out by the 3rd quarter instead of the 2nd.

sorry to all. Posted the Mallet question to another thread (even though I think it belongs there...).

Arkansas is the perfect team to expose the young defensive seconday of Alabama. The Crimson Tide will still excel, but it's a good matchup for the Razorbacks.

Now, for UCLA beating Texas...I can't explain that...

um, no. He's a NT. He's always been a DL, and the OL is quite fine for the next few years. Pay Attention.

Seriously, did you just respond to your own comment. I admit, there are stupid people that are loving on a 2nd string vs a first string, but give the kid credit for taking a game that was in question and putting it away without assuming that the people supporting him are negative to the starting QB.

I've not noticed any true M Bars in DC.

I currently live in Centreville which is a bit West of the city, and there is a Velocity 5 there that I would not mind creating a pro-UM atmosphere. It was empty this past Saturday, and I'm sure a little business would make them happy as well.

LET'S GO BLUE!!

except Iowa is tearing up Eastern Illinois and Illinois actually has a lead against Missouri.

Illinois slowly moving the ball against Missouri. Although, they still can't throw the ball.

Very, very interesting way to look at offensive trends over years. I'd like to see something similar done for the defense in yards against per play as well? I am wondering if we could see similar trends.

so mad. I reserve the right to piss and moan about referees for at least 6 months after this...

I want to know what Red told these kids after the 3rd Period. I have a feeling he sacrificed a GA to something...

Thank you.

I'm an Albion Grad as well, and I was confused where the hockey team came from.

Although, I have to admit, no one I've met has ever confused Albion with Adrian. I guess I'm just lucky.

At least ESPN got it right with their headline: "NCAA finds Michigan was not in compliance"

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4938956

If you take a look at the full reports and the Rich Rod cover letter, you will see that everything is construed as a major violation unless the committee determines it is a secondary violation.

NOAcover_022210_Michigan_RRodriguez.pdf Page 3 > Paragraph 3

You should understand that all of the allegations charged in the notice of allegations are considered to be potential major violations of NCAA legislation, unless designated as secondary violations..."

Actually, I think this qualifies more as an OMG PANTLESS recruit.

Completely agree with the tackling comment. Good CF, perfect form tackles, and pretty good instincts.

He is a little stiff and I noticed that on run support he does get sucked into the middle a bit. Solid reaction to make the tackles, but a better back could burn the corner and trap him.

Still, his potential looks better than any other deep safety M have on the roster right now.

Oops, I guess life has changed since I went to school.

My apologies. Disregard my ignorance.

I vote lame.

Drunk college kids in hamster balls is always entertaining.

Every time Novak is referred to as the following take a drink:

Feisty
Gamer
Gritty
etc

I imagine it has something to do with two things:

Michigan State's size
MSU's quickness in getting out after a missed FT. They score a lot by pushing after a miss.

This is the best I've seen the 1-3-1 all year. It's actually extending state out and that is where it's effective.

It looks Mich has gotten away with a few calls so far.

EDIT: n/m. Right as I wrote that, the And 1 in the lane...

Boooo!

He will not hit the home runs, but he has lit up CoPa (yes, I still call it CoPa) in his career:

.363/.412/.550 with a .961 OPS.

So, I think his numbers will be fine there. That said, I'm not sure if I'm a fan of the move. The team is better with a rangey defense in that outfield, and I'm not convinced his range is that great anymore. As for the arm, that goes without saying but it's really a wash because Granderson et al were not gunning many runners from CF either.

Looks like his flu is finally gone and he can function as he normally does.

That foul was a make-up for the missed travel a few possessions ago.

As for Morris, if he can develop that in a set offense, then he will get better and give the offense another dimension.

For what it's worth, the refs have been typical Big 10 awful today both ways.

I'm not sure how much stock I would put into this. The participant pool could be large, but the time of study, i.e. one game, will skew the data depending on how exciting the game is.

His two separate studies (one of the amazing 06 UM v OSU game, and the other of a decently played Super Bowl) really should be combined into one and spread out over the course of multiple games.

Additionally, results of fans of a team should be compared against each other in at least 4 separate game situations: big win, close win, close loss, big loss and results of the questions need to be better compared during the course of the game. I guarantee you that a fan base will not be happy if their team is losing by 20 points if they expect to win.

Honestly, I think this study, from a social science scope and method point of view, is very poorly done and should be reconsidered in the light of the sheer fickleness that a fanbase can present on any given day.

I agree. This Roh-post needs to be be diffused to the other UM Football blogs floating around the net.

Just a thought for y'all that float around all of the blogs.

There is little to be gleaned from the Friday night Showcase this week.

The o/u is 39, and I'm seriously considering the under.

It's actually a plant to subliminally brainwash people into coming back to the site repeatedly.

Now, if only I could deploy said technology into other blogs...hmm...

The real questions I have regarding a new AD are as follows:

1: Will he or she be amenable to pushing Lacrosse into Varsity status?
2: Will he or she continue the support that the baseball and softball teams have seen in recent years?
3: Will he or she continue to benefit from the exposure the swimming team has received from the Phelps connection?
4: Will he or she continue the belated support that Martin has shown the basketball team?

I think football will be fine. It is Michigan, so it will always have top dog standing. A true AD candidate will really have to be measured how they reconcile the might of the football with the rest of the program.

If you take a look near the bottom of the winners page, you will notice that it was nominated for the Viewer's Choice award.

Winners Page

Exactly! It was the MSU fan and the closet PSU fan in the corner talking about it with their backs turned to me at one point. It was cute in that MSU pathetic sort of way with the PSU fan humoring him by nodding and smiling.

I grew up in an area that was primarily MSU fans so it's nothing new to me, but it's always makes me smile and makes me feel good about a Sparty, No! moment.

The defense got extremely exposed on the delay plays, specifically the screens and draws. ND gashed the LBs on the same seal draw to the right side every time.

There is an issue with over pursuit with this defense currently. It's not necessarily a problem--just a factor of young players that want to make a tackle. This hopefully will be countered by the MSU game.

Other than that, the coverage is as good as one can expect, Forcier is a kid that understands the game of football beyond his years, and the running game will continue to develop. It was better this week.

Also, Hemingway is important to this offense as a deep threat. The lack of a deep threat allowed ND to focus their defense 10 yards from the LOS. There was not much of a threat beyond the yard marker. The team needs a deep threat to make the bubble screens more effective.

Snuffleupagus?

Has anyone else noticed that Indiana is thumping Western 17-7 with 231 yards of offense with 4 minutes left in the 2nd Quarter?

Here's to hoping that Michigan's Offense really is back and not just a byproduct of a bad opponent.

I was curious of that as well, and took a look at the current ratings. Michigan is currently 56th in the country in PED. I imagine that long TD from Hiller took that number from about the mid 30s to the 50s.

On the flip side, Nevada is currently last after their debacle last week.

Michigan's Current Team Report