His main calling cards are that he did well at Bama under Saban and at Georgia under Smart. He's a defensive coach and so it's almost impossible to separate his influence from Saban's and Smart's.
Moreover, I would expect most coaches to be able to win given Bama and Georgia's talent advantages. How many mediocre coaches have gone through Saban's program only to flame out - McElwain, Nussmeier, and Sark being examples.
MSU fans are deluding themselves into thinking that he's the savior of their program. Many of their arguments are predicated on justifying the exorbitant price MSU is paying him and that he was one of their top choices all along. MSU has to pay him that much because no coach with a winning record would touch their toxic program.
It would be interesting to see what Meyer could do with an equal amount of talent as his opponents. Hasn't he always been open about the fact that he views fielding a more talented team as a crucial part to his success in college?
This season has been good for me, if anything. It's allowed me to reevaluate my priorities and become less emotionally attached to football. I'll always enjoy it, but the Ohio State game last year and this season have broken something in me. I no longer live and die based on Michigan football, and my overall well-being has improved. I'm no longer tethered to Michigan football.
Believe it or not, there are far more important things in life than football. I don't imagine that anyone reflecting on life has wished they watched even more football.
I've got a new girlfriend, I'm trying to finish up my Ph.D., I'm trying to read interesting books, and all the while I'm trying to balance those with a social life. I'll put the game on, but I don't feel bad just walking away if Michigan isn't doing well. It's better to not be obsessed with football.
The "Law of Averages" (Strong Law of Large Numbers) doesn't work like that. You don't accumulate some debt that the universe somehow knows to pay off.
All the Strong Law of Large Numbers says is that you take countably many independent random variables with the same distribution and finite mean, the sample average will converge to the mean with probability 1. It makes absolutely no guarantee on finite samples. For that, you need concentration of measure results, and those are only probabilistic guarantees - nothing is promised.
Now, that is even presuming that Michigan's "performance average" is somehow a coin flip with fixed probability. Obviously, it's not. We have a lower probability of success against stronger opponents than weaker opponents.
Not only that, but this is a semi-rare time where USC is down and is not recruiting well. This is a rare opportunity for UCLA to establish itself as a the top recruiter in California, and Kelly is squandering it.
They've been a recruiting thorn in our side for a very long time, so I'm not too sad about them tanking. Seriously, how many recruiting head-to-heads have we lost to them? To be fair, they were almost all California kids who wanted to stay closer to home, but still. We also lost a few transfers to them as well (Asiasi).
I agree. This is looking worse than Rich Rod at Michigan, because Kelly's recruiting is *abysmal*. Whatever talent they currently have isn't being replaced. I wouldn't be surprised if we look back at the Kelly tenure as the one which destroyed UCLA football for a decade or more. And I don't mean "destroyed" in the sense of barely making bowl games a la Hoke's Michigan teams. I mean Illinois/Rutgers of the west coast destroyed.
Not sure I agree with that. While the system may be trash and Kelly may have been figured out, DTR wasn't completing easy throws which would have helped UCLA. The kid is talented enough to be making those throws in practice and more casual situations, but in game-time he looked overwhelmed.
My two favorite books are *Blood Meridian* by Cormac McCarthy and *Mrs. Dalloway* by Virginia Woolf. If you want something which is digestible in small chunks, I would say the *Collected Fictions* by Jorge Luis Borges should be up your alley.
The NCAA does not exist to administer justice, protect student athletes, or to be fair. It exists to maintain, and be a front for, a profitable business structure. Once that is understood, it become clear why the NCAA will never seriously crack down on PED usage, large-scale academic fraud, and paying players.
The NCAA isn't stupid- they know exactly what is going on all over the county. It's just not in their interest to do anything about it.
I'm wondering how much rain would affect the game. The best part of OSU's offense has been their passing game. I trust our run game more than their's, and so I believe a rainy day could be advantageous for us. It would hinder the best part of their offense and leave them with little else to fall back on.
Joel Klatt is looking more like a prophet as the season progresses. He was high on Michigan while most of the media were publishing hot takes about Harbaugh, and he has predicted/called out the SEC and ACC bias in the selection committee.
I think you hit the nail on the head. I know a lot of people don't like us "processing" recruits. However, I think it is better to have difficult conversations early so that players know where they would potentially stand on the depth chart. It gives them the chance to make a more informed decision along with their families.
UPDATE PART 2: Andrew Ellis, the representative for Eleven Warriors on 247, just put in a crystal ball for Harrison to Michigan. Even the enemy is conceding Harrison to Michigan!
I agree that attending games is now a miserable experience.
I am a grad student at Texas A&M, and 2016s A&M-Tennessee game broke me. It went into overtime,and the game lasted nearly five hours. Much like the Michigan student section, the A&M student section stands for the entirety of the game. Standing for that long in Texas heat was an absolutely miserable experience. I attended the home games with my girlfriend the following year, but now that she has graduated, I have refused to purchase a sports pass.
I have no desire to waste literally half of my day getting to the game, attending the game, and then returning from the game. I'm then exhausted for the rest of the day, and I've missed so much other good football. If games are going to last over three hours, I won't be attending.
I know the out-hit comment is a meme around here and that we all like making fun of it, but I honestly don't mind it. We had just annihilated his team, and he was trying to find something positive to say to his guys so that they could keep their heads up and go into the next week not too down on themselves.
What was he supposed to say? "Yeah, we suck and I saw no redeeming qualities in our loss today?"
And strength helps in nearly all aspects of playing football. Lifting heavy weights builds strength the quickest.
You should be wearing belts even at weights which powerlifters would consider "light". If our linemen were to only lift weight they could manage safely without the use of the belt, we'd have the wekeast offensive line in the country.
Also, you say that a belt if artificially helping the kinetic chain, but then argue for the glory of machine work. Do you realize how stupid that is?
waiting for college acceptance letters. Good luck. It's a difficult time, but you'll get through it. I hope you get into Michigan, considering it seems to be your dream school.
coordinators like tissue while at Florida. He's firest his offensive coordinator in year two of his South Carolina tenure. Either no quality OCs want to work for him, or he's the common denominator dragging his teams down.
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His main calling cards are that he did well at Bama under Saban and at Georgia under Smart. He's a defensive coach and so it's almost impossible to separate his influence from Saban's and Smart's.
Moreover, I would expect most coaches to be able to win given Bama and Georgia's talent advantages. How many mediocre coaches have gone through Saban's program only to flame out - McElwain, Nussmeier, and Sark being examples.
MSU fans are deluding themselves into thinking that he's the savior of their program. Many of their arguments are predicated on justifying the exorbitant price MSU is paying him and that he was one of their top choices all along. MSU has to pay him that much because no coach with a winning record would touch their toxic program.
It would be interesting to see what Meyer could do with an equal amount of talent as his opponents. Hasn't he always been open about the fact that he views fielding a more talented team as a crucial part to his success in college?
Between Spammed and the towel throwing, this was a strong lineup of gifs.
This season has been good for me, if anything. It's allowed me to reevaluate my priorities and become less emotionally attached to football. I'll always enjoy it, but the Ohio State game last year and this season have broken something in me. I no longer live and die based on Michigan football, and my overall well-being has improved. I'm no longer tethered to Michigan football.
Believe it or not, there are far more important things in life than football. I don't imagine that anyone reflecting on life has wished they watched even more football.
I've got a new girlfriend, I'm trying to finish up my Ph.D., I'm trying to read interesting books, and all the while I'm trying to balance those with a social life. I'll put the game on, but I don't feel bad just walking away if Michigan isn't doing well. It's better to not be obsessed with football.
The "Law of Averages" (Strong Law of Large Numbers) doesn't work like that. You don't accumulate some debt that the universe somehow knows to pay off.
All the Strong Law of Large Numbers says is that you take countably many independent random variables with the same distribution and finite mean, the sample average will converge to the mean with probability 1. It makes absolutely no guarantee on finite samples. For that, you need concentration of measure results, and those are only probabilistic guarantees - nothing is promised.
Now, that is even presuming that Michigan's "performance average" is somehow a coin flip with fixed probability. Obviously, it's not. We have a lower probability of success against stronger opponents than weaker opponents.
That Milton to Gilles Jackson TD pass was a thing of beauty. I don't think any other QB on our roster could have made that throw.
Not only that, but this is a semi-rare time where USC is down and is not recruiting well. This is a rare opportunity for UCLA to establish itself as a the top recruiter in California, and Kelly is squandering it.
Ugh, he's another one that I had forgotten about. Seriously, here's a list of head-to-head recruiting losses:
Josh Allen (apparently, Harbaugh tried to get him to come to Michigan)
Chris Clark (maybe we dodged a bullet there)
DTR
Boss Tagaloa and Devin Asiasi
and Darnay Holmes
If UCLA could stop draining elite talent from Michigan, that'd be great.
They've been a recruiting thorn in our side for a very long time, so I'm not too sad about them tanking. Seriously, how many recruiting head-to-heads have we lost to them? To be fair, they were almost all California kids who wanted to stay closer to home, but still. We also lost a few transfers to them as well (Asiasi).
Thanks, Naked Bootlegger. You're cool.
I agree. This is looking worse than Rich Rod at Michigan, because Kelly's recruiting is *abysmal*. Whatever talent they currently have isn't being replaced. I wouldn't be surprised if we look back at the Kelly tenure as the one which destroyed UCLA football for a decade or more. And I don't mean "destroyed" in the sense of barely making bowl games a la Hoke's Michigan teams. I mean Illinois/Rutgers of the west coast destroyed.
Not sure I agree with that. While the system may be trash and Kelly may have been figured out, DTR wasn't completing easy throws which would have helped UCLA. The kid is talented enough to be making those throws in practice and more casual situations, but in game-time he looked overwhelmed.
Welp, I didn't realize that this was a hot-button issue for the board. Please keep it civil, I guess.
Really? I searched a few of the recent board pages and couldn't find anything.
+1 for Don Quixote. It's both profound and highly amusing.
My two favorite books are *Blood Meridian* by Cormac McCarthy and *Mrs. Dalloway* by Virginia Woolf. If you want something which is digestible in small chunks, I would say the *Collected Fictions* by Jorge Luis Borges should be up your alley.
Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow
creeps in this petty pace from day to day
to the last syllable of recorded time.
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
that struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
and then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
The NCAA does not exist to administer justice, protect student athletes, or to be fair. It exists to maintain, and be a front for, a profitable business structure. Once that is understood, it become clear why the NCAA will never seriously crack down on PED usage, large-scale academic fraud, and paying players.
The NCAA isn't stupid- they know exactly what is going on all over the county. It's just not in their interest to do anything about it.
I'm wondering how much rain would affect the game. The best part of OSU's offense has been their passing game. I trust our run game more than their's, and so I believe a rainy day could be advantageous for us. It would hinder the best part of their offense and leave them with little else to fall back on.
I think Trayveon Williams at A&M has a great chance to win the award. He's been a lone bright spot on the offense this year for them.
I would love to see Karan win it, but if not him, then I'm going for Trayveon.
Naw, it's cool. I'm just joking.
Joel Klatt is looking more like a prophet as the season progresses. He was high on Michigan while most of the media were publishing hot takes about Harbaugh, and he has predicted/called out the SEC and ACC bias in the selection committee.
DON'T STEAL MY THREAD! >:(
I think you hit the nail on the head. I know a lot of people don't like us "processing" recruits. However, I think it is better to have difficult conversations early so that players know where they would potentially stand on the depth chart. It gives them the chance to make a more informed decision along with their families.
UPDATE PART 2: Andrew Ellis, the representative for Eleven Warriors on 247, just put in a crystal ball for Harrison to Michigan. Even the enemy is conceding Harrison to Michigan!
I AM NOT CALM!
Not anymore!
UPDATE: There's a tidal wave of crystal balls for Harrison to Michigan following Wiltfong's lead!
For god's sake, bubble-wrap Shae until the OSU game.
I choose to believe that Harrison cracked open a copy of Of Grammatology.
They play shit opponents and the games are way too long.
Also, it's still hot outside in the South.
Just got a set of some Backwoods Bastard and introduced my girlfriend's dad to it. He was really impressed with it.
But…
It's fun as a joke.
But dear god, no.
This is the elite content that our board needs. I read this with a great deal of amusement. Thanks for posting.
I might finally learn how to place a bet for this line. I see a blood bath coming.
No
Was there bad blood between Baxter and some of Michigan's players? Did he not leave on good terms?
Loose lips sink ships, kid.
I agree that attending games is now a miserable experience.
I am a grad student at Texas A&M, and 2016s A&M-Tennessee game broke me. It went into overtime,and the game lasted nearly five hours. Much like the Michigan student section, the A&M student section stands for the entirety of the game. Standing for that long in Texas heat was an absolutely miserable experience. I attended the home games with my girlfriend the following year, but now that she has graduated, I have refused to purchase a sports pass.
I have no desire to waste literally half of my day getting to the game, attending the game, and then returning from the game. I'm then exhausted for the rest of the day, and I've missed so much other good football. If games are going to last over three hours, I won't be attending.
I know the out-hit comment is a meme around here and that we all like making fun of it, but I honestly don't mind it. We had just annihilated his team, and he was trying to find something positive to say to his guys so that they could keep their heads up and go into the next week not too down on themselves.
What was he supposed to say? "Yeah, we suck and I saw no redeeming qualities in our loss today?"
for his players? Maybe they messed up and he's trying to take the blame?
Maybe?
for his players? Maybe they messed up and he's trying to take the blame?
Maybe?
for his players? Maybe they messed up and he's trying to take the blame?
Maybe?
one big problem has been player discipline. We've had multiple players suspended for key games, which constributed to the streakiness.
Our offense typically flows from dominating the paint and getting rebounds.
Mo is going to have his hands full. If he continues to play poorly, Michigan will lose.
coordinators like tissue while at Florida. He's firest his offensive coordinator in year two of his South Carolina tenure. Either no quality OCs want to work for him, or he's the common denominator dragging his teams down.