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Time for YOU to hang it up buddy. Go sleep it off.

I am out of state as well, but I get the game on FCSA which I am guessing is Fox College Sports Atlantic? I pay for the extra sports package from Comcast though, so I'm not sure if that helps you. 

I thought I heard that he may need surgery for it to fully heal. Maybe he figured it was best to wait until after the draft so that he could focus training? Not sure.

So this means Denard will win right? Any chance Swope got more legit votes?



I'm assuming the answer is no because Denard had a big lead a few days ago. But I also feel like this allows EA sports to pretty much pick whoever they want to win and cover it up as a "recount".

I was actually at the rebranding ceremony tonight in Corvallis because I work at OSU (not that OSU). I like the new look personally. Not something I'd want Michigan to do obviously. But for the Beavs I think it works.



Also, love the hashtag they used: #rebeaved.

Wisconsin is coming off a double OT game that was played the day after our last game. I think that is a factor.



Michigan handles their business in this one.



63-54 Michigan victory!

I'm more worried about Illinois shooting 60% from 3 against us. We are their #1 rival after all.

As another Wolverine living in Duck country, I agree with everything you just said.

I'm surprised with the Wisconsin ranking. They lost 5 games this year too or 6? And only made the Rose because of I eligible teams.

I also think ND will end up lower than that. But I understand the ranking based on this season.

We need some more from the OSU game. I know we lost, but Denard's run and some of the big hits by our defense were still very enjoyable moments.

Since when does competing with A&M equal koolaide? Give me a break.



Our defense will give us a chance in the bowl game, just like it did against ND and OSU. If our offense can put together a decent game and limit turnovers we can win. I for one would rather play A&M than Georgia's NFL defense.

With all due respect, I wish you'd never say anything else on this blog ever again. It would be a better place.



I said with all do respect, so you can't take offense to my comment.

Oregon is likely to be losing their coach in the next few weeks from what I am hearing here in Eugene. It seems to be a foregone conclusion that Chip is NFL bound.

Knowing Hoke, I'm sure he found Meyer at some point after the game. Probably back in the locker rooms.



This is a non-issue. Which makes perfect sense why Section 1 posted it.

Is this for real? What game is that from???

Didn't UCLA get an exception to this rule last season? I thought they ended up 6-7 because of their loss in the PAC12 championship game but still made it to a bowl. 

Let it go man. Let it go. Beat Ohio!

I completely agree that Stanford is an excellent team, and UCLA will have their hands full in the PAC12 Champ Game regardless of who they play.

But I'd rather play the Cardinal on the Farm than the Ducks on the Pond (Autzen) every day of the week and twice on Saturdays. Oregon had their slip up this year. I doubt they will have another, unless it is against an SEC team in the MNC. 

If UCLA is smart, they will take their chances with Stanford. 

Stanford losing seems pretty unlikely to me because that game is meaningless to UCLA.

Think about it. If UCLA plays their best and wins that game, their reward is heading to Autzen stadium to face what many people still beleive is the best (or 2nd best) team in the country. 

Instead, they could simply rest their starters, get some good film on Stanford (who is in a must-win situation), and get ready to take on the Cardinal again the following week for the Roses. 

I hate the situation there, but with the Conference Champ Games, it only makes sense for UCLA to give less than 100% against Stanford next week. 

Sounds good. I didn't think of you ND fellas for one second after we won the Sugar Bowl last season.



And good luck getting this fortunate again next year.

I don't know man. It's not like Gardner lit up the NW defense for 45 points.



If and when Denard is healthy enough to play, the coaches will make that call. From what I have seen from Hoke, there is no controversy in his mind, which is all that really matters right? Denard is the starter and has earned that right IMO. Is it great having a solid backup who can step in if need be? Absolutely. But I still think Denard gives us our best chance in these last 2/3/4(?) games.

If he really was done for the season, wouldn't they opt for surgery ASAP in hopes that he might recover in time for the bowl and/or the combine?



That would be the best option for Denard if they really thought he had no chance of playing again. Which is why I think we will see him play at least one more.

No but I watched Purdue and Pitt play this year. Both are horrible teams that almost won in SB.

When Chip Kelly heads to the NFL and the sanctions come down, Oregon will go back to being a so-so power conference team. 

If Oregon is still among the nation's elite in 10 years I'll be very surprised. There is a reason they are below .500 over their 100 years of football.

Under no circumstances am I rooting for ND to win out. No, no, no, no, no...

The way I see it, the only team who could beat Oregon this season just lost. Oregon will most likely win it all. But I don't even want to see ND in the MNC at all.

If anyone can pull off a miracle in a one-off game, it is the domers this season. And that is my worse case scenario for this football season, considering Ohio isn't elligible. 

I seem to remember some called runs with Gardner. One was a QB sweep that picked up a first down.



But let's be honest, Borges wants to run a more traditional system. In addition, he was probably a little concerned about Gardner getting injured.



I think everyone needs to stop their hand wringing over the offense and see how this season and next season play out. Borges seems pretty set in the way he des things and I don't see it changing. Lets just hope his plan for the offense and the players he end up with make for a good combo in coming years.

LSU's fake FG is a close second on the pathetic scale. I think it was 3rd and 12. Against Alabama? Nice call hatter.

Another huge missed call was the punch thrown by an ND player right before the Pitt field goal that would have ended it. It was way after the play and two players were jawing at each other. Then the ND guy just punches the Pitt guy in the face. It was right in the center of the screen and right in front of two refs. 

That SHOULD have been a 15 yarder and essentially ended the game, making the FG a glorified extra point. It was the kind of thing that players often get ejected for or even retroactively suspended. And to make it even better, the ND player who threw the punch got a sack in the following OT. Awesome. 

Anyone else see the ND defensive lineman punch the Pitt player right in the head on 3rd down before the missed field goal? Three refs were right there and didn't make the call.

Probably had something to do with the fact that it would have given Pitt a first down on the 10 yard line and essentially ended ND's undefeated season. 

No one is winning @ND this season. Only Alabama and Oregon could overcome the refs there. 

I'm with you NoVa, if the cardinals go down to the tigers, ill be happy for Detroit. I have lots of friends from my days in Ann Arbor who are huge tigers fans and ill be glad if they get a championship. Still, Go Cards!

That being said, the tigers will and should be the favorites in the series.



As a cardinals can, that's exactly how I want it to be.

I've got the Cards in 6 maybe 7 (assuming they make it).



I just don't think they know how to lose a series right now. Plus they have an American League lineup and home field advantage.

Agreed. You can't beat game 7 of the series.



Congrats to Verlander and the Tigers tonight though. Beat the hell out of the Yankees, assuming that's who you face next.

I wonder how much the weird schedule played into the let down tonight. Tomorrow will be our 3rd game in four days. After not playing a live opponent in months. 

Whoever set up this schedule did a terrible job. Homecoming or not.

Exactly this.

I'm sure Purdue also came into the game with this same plan considering what we did against them last year and Denard's performance against ND. It didn't help, even with a "solid" defensive line.

Illinois will certainly stack up against the run, as will MSU, Nebraska, etc. The difference is that Illinois simply does not have the personnel to stop us. We'll see about those other teams.

I expect to see a similar result to last week, with our RBs taking some of the prodcution away from Denard. Against this team, everyone should have holes to run through. 

Thanks to everyone for chiming in about visitor seating. I am VERY glad to know I won't be surrounded by Spartys!

Yes, these are single tickets, so no groups. But if you want to have your tickets ahead of time and don't want to pay a fortune, it's a good option. I was able to get two tickets within a few rows of each other, but I'm not sure what is left at this point.

Good luck to everyone looking for tickets!

Good teams? No.



Outside of Oregon and USC the PAC 12 is not a good conference this year.

It's 6am and I'm up watching football. If ND goes up big I'm going back to bed until 9.

Walk around the stadium until you see the tunnel. You can't miss it. 

Watching the Michigan-Alabama game from the field of the Big House sounds amazing! I wish I was still a student. I would definitely be there! Hell, if I was in Ann Arbor at all I would try to sneak in with my old MCard!

Can you list this bar for Eugene, OR please? We just started a spirit group there!

SideBar

1680 Coburg Road

Eugene, OR 97401

I will definitely add these resources to the bar locations post and map.

The main reason I posted it on the board is because I just started the Spirit Group in Eugene, and I'm doing everything I can to spread the word and build interest in the area. 

I posted something on here about the group a few weeks ago and heard back from a few MGoBloggers who might not have found out about the group otherwise. 

I live in Eugene, and apparently this isn't a surprise. 

Despite Bennett looking good last year when filling in for Darren Thomas, Mariota looked good in the Spring Game and Duck fans are in a frenzy over him. They are already saying he will be better than Dennis Dixon. Good luck with that...

Anyway, for what it's worth his name is apprarently pronounced MarioTAH, although I'm sure it will be pronounced incorrectly by everyone in the MSM. 

I am a huge fan of almost everything lagunitas makes.



Living in oregon though there is no shortage of amazing beer. I know deschutes brewery out of bend, or just started distributing to Kansas and Missouri for the first time. Hopefully they keep expanding because I love their stuff and people are missing out on the east coast.

Anyone know what the Columbus fan reaction was to him in the Michigan gear?

I hope he keeps wearing it, but I'd hate for him to get shit for it every night from buckeye fans. He deserves better than that. 

Ya out in the PacNW, cougars and bears are pretty common so you see a lot of information about how to react if you see one. 

If you go backcountry hiking, keep your kids and dogs close. They are easy prey for a cougar.

Also, never ever run. Especially from a cougar. Have you ever seen how a cat acts when something runs away from it? Its game on and you are done for. 

I have been thinking about this for a while, but if we could ever get to a place in recruiting where we had 100% accurate data on who had what offers, it would be possible to put together some kind of ranking system that is based solely on the quality of offers.

Coaches are the best possible evaluators of talent, and that makes offers a better inidication of talent than the opinion of some guru for scout, rivals, etc. 

You would have to find a way to quantify the "quality" of each offer. But it is something that I am sure someone on here *cough* Mathlete *cough* could probably pull off in a weekend. 

Just an idea I had. 

I've heard some VERY interesting things about what will happen in this finale. I won't share any of them here but will give a couple teasers. These are all rumors so don't take any of this too seriously.

For those of you who have followed the comics (not me), there may be a location change at the end of the episode that will be familiar too you.

There is also rumors of a certain new character from the comics being introduced near the end of tonight's episode.

I have also heard that this finale is going to be INTENSE. So....buckle up I guess? Is that only for recruiting?

Enjoy! 

I don't know about you guys but I had a friend get UTL tickets for 100 each the day of the game.



I imagine the same deals could be had in south bend if you wait until day of.

With our team, I have a feeling that its a really good thing that people are picking Michigan to go down on Friday. 

Our performance against OSU (and to a lesser extent Minny) was terrible. And I think people are reading into that a lot when they are saying we are going to be upset. 

You can be sure that our team is hearing it all, and I think we will respond with a fury. Novak and Stu are not ready to go out, and Burke will want to show that the OSU game was a fluke. Hardaway will be fired up as well.

And let's not forget that Beilein has a week to get this team ready, and he has a great record of doing so. Our performance against OSU at home this year cam after a week off and that went pretty well. 

Now I know the BTT was after a week off as well, but we didn't know we would play Minny for sure until the day before. 

Long story short, I am confident that the team will deliver a good performance on Friday. Sunday will be tougher but there is not reason we can't beat Temple as well.

UNC woul require a miracle, but I'll worry about that when we get there!

Can someone tell me exactly what he said?



I knew some people would tear us apart after Saturdays blowout. Let's just prove them wrong next weekend.

I could be wrong on this, but I think that a big part of the reason that Brian relies on advanced metrics for basketball is that he does not know as much about the intricacies of the game as he does when it comes to football.

That's not meant as an insult in any way. I know very little about the inner workings of basketball, especially when compared to football.

Perhaps Brian defers to these statisitics for bball because they are the best way he knows how to predict what will happen, and instead of making basless predictions to appease the masses (like ESPN talking heads do all the time), he defers his expertise to KenPom. 

I mean, sure it would make us all feel better if Brian said that he had a gut feeling we are going to the Elite 8. But that wouldn't make it happen. And it would take away from some of the professionalism that he displays on a daily basis. There are plenty of homers* around these parts already.

*including yours truly

Of course they do. There are at least 2 of them (Izzo and Matta) that are definitely not voting for many Michigan players. 

Since Crisler is currently an outdoor arena (due to the walls being ripped out and such), I am guessing it is something that happens early next season. 

Hopefully all of this years seniors can come back for the event, but it will be a special night in Crisler for sure. 

They hopped on the Michigan jet and hoofed it back to willow run airport. Only ten minutes or so from Ann Arbor. 

I heard they go to the film room with 6 minutes left in the game. 

Awesome!

Yes. It's ccha playoffs. Michigan has a first round bye. So the games this weekend will determine who comes to Yost next weekend.



Enjoy your first game at Yost. It changed my life when I became a Michigan hockey fan!

At this point, I just want to sweep this weekend, sweep the CCHA 2nd round at home, and make the CCHA Championship game.

Even if we were to lose that, I still think we'd be a one seed. Heck we could probably even drop one other game and still get a 1.

Getting the one seed is mission number one in my mind because the NCAA tourney is such a crap shoot. Giving yourself the easiest road is all you can really hope for. Then you need good goaltending and some luck to get you the rest of the way. 

I want a championship so bad this season. For Red, Hunwick, and the rest of the boys. 

I'll be watching the new episode on my DVR after the grammys are finished. I'm on west coast time out here in Oregon.

I'm in agreement that the first half of season two really got bogged down. Although we did learn a lot about some of the characters. Hopefully it'll get moving quick this season.

In terms of what I am drinking. Well that is a special treat. A couple of months ago me and a some budies brewed our own Imperial IPA. 7.9% ABV, 94 IBUs, dark brown in color. It was our first attempt and it turned out really well. 

We had a little help from Portland UBrew & Pub, so if you are ever in Pdx stop by anf give them a try. 

And the best part about our beer is that it only cost us about $2 per 22oz bottle. 

I love Beervana!

Enjoy the show everyone...

This is obviously nothing to be concerned about.

Why would Gardner go anywhere when he is one year away from taking over the reigns at Michigan? Not to mention that he would have to sit out next year anyway if he transferred to another FBS school. 

That whole passage is from RCMB.

The OP just messed up on quoting it. 

I just think that if Michigan had avoided a couple miscues (Denard's fumble, Hagerups dropped punt) and the refs hadn't tried to screw us (Fitz TD), Miller would not of had that great of game.

Add another 4 points on to our total and take 6-10 off theirs and no one is talking about Miller's break out performance. 

Plus I think we sold out for the run and gave Miller some easy throws to make. 

At the end of the day, I'll beleive Miller is the next big thing when I see it. That team went 6-6 this year, so color me unimpressed.

We live and Eugene and occasionally watch games at the Thirsty Lion when we are in Portland.

The bar itself is pretty nice and in the style of an English Pub. The beer selection is decent but not spectacular, at least by NW standards. Still has a good microbrew selection though, because you don't stay in business here otherwise. The bar is right in downtown Portland, allowing you to walk to the Brewery Blocks after the game if you are interested. I recommend Deschutes and Rogue. They are both doing some very excellent things with their beers this time of year and sell stuff at the bar that you can't buy in stores.

For big games (tomorrow obviously) it will get pretty packed which makes for a good atmosphere. It is a mixed crowd with equal parts old and young alums. The alumni association in Portland emphasizes that the Thirsty Lion is a family-friendly bar, so screaming profanity may not be a very good idea if that is your thing. Although that is true of a lot of bars. 

Overall, I give the Thirsty Lion an A-/B+ grade and would recommend it to any Michigan fans who want to watch the game with fellow Wolverines.

Go Blue!

Beat Ohio!

I was not a fan of the fake WR screen, throwback RB screen play that got picked.

Seems to cute to me and is asking Denard to quickly turn back to his left and throw a touch pass in traffic. I know Denard needs to make a better decision there, but the coaches are not putting him in a good position on that play IMO.

Other than that I have liked our gameplan so far. 

There seem to be some exceptions made for certain movements not being false starts.



Those QB movements, centers moving their heads up and down, offensive lineman and pointing at defenders.



It would be interestingto see what the actual rules are though.

what did it say under the picuture on the event?

it says premium for me. 

I am seriously pissed right now that I cant watch. I have a membership!!!

Why is there no phone number to contact?!?!

RAAAAAAAAGGGGGEEEEE!!!!!!!

I actually don't think that the nonconference schedule is that tough outside of the Maui games.

Virginia? Iowa state? Arkansas?

I think as long as we win one game in Hawaii we will be ok. Two wins would be great. And three? Amazing obviously.

You hate the Cards because they have been the class of that division for years. 

Its understandable, but the best way to change it is to have another team in the NL Central be good for more than one year.

Chicago and Pittsburg have been down for a while. Houston too since the early 2000s.

The Reds had one "good" year when they made the playoffs. Same with Milwaukie. 

But until someone else can be as consistent as the Cards, they will continue to be hated by their other division teams. 

Oh and I hate the Reds too, but my reason involves Brandon Phillips and a certain pitcher that likes to use his cleats to kick people while in a fight. 

You're not alone.

Lifelong Cards fan here who was born and raised in the StL.

It's not looking good for us at this point, but I will have a hard time being too disappointed even if we can't come back because of the great run we have had the past couple months.

At the beginning of Sept we were dead in the water.

Then, to not only make the playoffs but to knock off the Phillies and Brewers on our way to another pennant? Wow!

Losing will always stiing, but the way the Cardinals finished this season has made me as proud as ever to root for that organization. 

With that being said, let's get a 9th inning comeback and then win it in 7!!!

Go Cards!

And of course, Go Blue!

MSU is having their best run in probably 50 years and we are having our worst run in close to 100. 

That's not to take anything away from them, but it is a simple fact.

What separates us from them is the ability to maintain a high level of success over the long term. I have no doubt that will continue to be the case moving forward.

We just have to stay the course.

So in short I disagree with basically everything the OP said. 

Ya I live in Eugene currently, and if you know where Autzen is located, it is not surprising that no one is there right now.

Its about a 20 minute walk from campus to where Autzen stadium is. 

Also keep in mind that it will likely still be dark here in Oregon when gameday kicks off tomorrow @ 6am local time. Throw in the fact that kickoff isn't until 7pm PT and it will probably be dead tomorrow morning as well. 

But trust me, they are rabid out here when it comes to the ducks. It annoys the hell out of me sometimes. I can't ever go out of the house in Michigan gear without getting comments from somebody, usually bringing up the 2007 game. Doesn't stop me from sporting my Wolverine pride though. 

Oooh a rare Brian board posting!

Me like!

Especially because it means Dunn is coming! Or at least in Kalis's opinion he is. 

Here is what MSU did against OSU's defense:

10 Points

321 Total Yards

71 Rushing Yards @ 2.3 ypc

Cousins went 20/32 for 250 with 1 TD and 2 Ints

Here is what Nebraska did against OSU's defense:

34 Points

423 Total Yards

232 Rushing Yards @ 4.5 ypc

Plus a 16/22 for 191 with 2 TDs and 1 Int perfromance from Taylor Martinez 

So you can qualify MSU's numbers against OSU any way you want, but to me they do not indicate that the Oline "played pretty well." The rushing number were not good at all, and Martinez almost had a better day throwing against OSU than Cousins did (depsite only one sack against him).

I think people look at Michigan's sack numbers and don't think they get good pressure on the QB. In reality, we have made almost every QB we have played get happy feet in the second half. If we can do the same against Cousins we will be ok.

The biggest matchup IMO is Michigan O vs Sparty D. If Michigan scores 28+ I think we win the game. If we struggle to break 20 we lose. If we're in the mid-20s it could go either way. Not super inciteful I know, but its only Monday! 

There are really no good choices for gameday this week IMO.

Mich-MSU is big but regional. Plus they already went to a Michigan game.

Oregon-ASU also regional. Plus they did an Oregon game. I will be surprised if Oregon doesn't roll.

I think Texas-OK State or Florida-Auburn would have been decent choices if 3 of those teams hadn't lost last week. 

And that's about it.

So all things considered, Oregon makes the most sense. Especially since that is a night game, allowing Herbstriet to avoid a plane ride after gameday. 

Not trying to be negative here, but the only game that I feel REALLY good about is Purdue. 

That leaves MSU, Illinois, Iowa, Neb, and OSU which are all toss-ups IMO. 

I think we will win 2 or 3 of those games.

So I predict either 9-3 or 10-2 I guess, but even that sounds unreal to me. I guess its all the darkness over the past 3 seasons that has me so leary. 

I'll make my final prediction 8-4. That way I am very likely to be pleasantly surprised!

ya that is the first boob shot i have ever seen on this here blog.

let's separate ourselves as far as possible from RCMB please.

What about Trumpy?

I heard knee sprain right?

Seems like it will be tough for him to go 100% as well, although I wish him and Persa the best of health.

I will still be less nervous without them on the field though. 

There is also a Liveblog you can read through. So that should be awesome!

This should put an end to the "football is for MEN, stop being p**ssies" comments I have been hearing from some people, particularly ND fans. 

I understand that yelling is part of the game. I played high school football and was yelled at plenty. But there is a certain way and a certain setting in which it needs to be done. 

Kelly crossed a line IMO, and apparently some recruits and their parents feel the same way. 

Sure, sure Bo yelled at his players too. But that was in the age before every single thing a coach did was caught on camera and scrutinized. Perhaps if Bo coached in this day in age he would have realized that it is inappropriate to attack a player like that on national television. We'll never know for sure but Bo =/= Kelly IMO.

I think that the (1) weather combined with the fact that it was the (2) first game, (3) against a MAC opponent, (4) prior to a rivalry game, and (5) was a game we were never in a position to lose...

all mean that almost nothing can be taken from this game in terms of how the offense and defense will continue to perform throughout the rest of the season.

This could just be wishful thinking of course, but seeing as we don't really need to practice the zone running game, maybe we simply left it out for Western. Maybe the coaches wanted to see how we could run power against an opponent we should physically dominate. 

Denard's numbers do concern me a little, but as long as he can avoid the turnovers this year I think he will be fine. I just don't think he's going to put up 500 yards of total offense all by himself.

But at the end of the day, wins matter most. I already saw Denard do a couple things last Saturday that I rarely saw last season. (1) He seems to make much better progressions in the passing game, moving from #1 to #2 pretty smoothly. (2) I saw Denard demonstrate a better awareness of when to take off on a called pass.

Of course the play where he almost threw the pick was scary. And the drive where he went deep to Koger despite having a wideopen check-down past the sticks is also a concern.

But overall, I think Denard will continue to get better making decisions, and he will still have the ability to make big plays whe called upon. 

We shall see...

Perfect Thanks!

Cjpops,



I think that the implication is that In the best case scenario we would be able to dominate games by handing off to the rbS over and over.

Also, we would ideally be in the lead and would want to run the ball to control clock. Also under center Handoffs allow us to keep denard Out of harms way.

I think Borges will unleash denard When necessary. But would rather not have to in an ideal world.

Hmmm, it's hard to beleive that ND "ran wild" on us last year when they only scored 24 points.

Plus 7 of those came at the end of the game on the Rudolph pass.

So again, I don't think Crist an ND ran wild on us, unless you count one or two decent drives as running wild. 

Now what Denard did? That was running wild!

Denard is the QB. And the most talented player on our offense. And the coaches most certainly saw what he did against ND last season (despite what they might say).

So I think Hoke and Borges will be able to lean on him planty if the game dictates that they do so.

I'm not saying that Denard will single-handedly beat ND again. But I think he could, and he will be given the opportunity if we are struggling. 

I'm 100% with you on this game.

Not only did the game/gameday weather suck.

But, my friends and I decided to tent camp near South Bend the night before the game because there were no hotels available and it seemed like a good, cheap way to spend a friday night in the fall.

It must have rained 5 inches that night, and all of our tents ended up with water in them. 

I probably slept 2 hours that night, and then spent the entire next day getting more wet and reamed by fumbles and ND.

Awesome...

If road games count, then 2008 @ND has to be up there.

Not only did we get curb stomped thanks to all kinds of yakety-sax, but the weather was horrible with multiple torrential downpours throughout the game. 

That was my senior year, and I combined the ND game with the NW game plus a trip to Columbus all to see 3 wins. 

That should be a Fandom Endurance Season Badge!

IMO, I don't really care what Bo, Lloyd, or God Himself did with their special teams.

I just know that I think it would really hurt our team to lose Troy on the defensive side of the ball. If anything he's got a ton of experience and plays with a ton of emotion.

That being said, I don't want to increase the injury risk of a guy with a plate and 8 screws in his ankle. I know he hurt the other ankle but still...

He already plays defense people, the injury risk is high enough there.

If I went to the game on Saturday there is no way I would be asking for a refund.

Unless of course I was a Western fan, then I'd think about it. 

Sorry, but I'm kinda getting tired of all the posts about problems with the stadium/gameday experience.

I know that we just had our first game and such.

But just in the past 3 or so hours I have seen posts on:

Pop Evil when players fill tunnel

Advertising in Michigan Stadium (kinda)

Scoreboard Transcription

Was the Band miked up

The Band playing east

These are fine, I guess, but it seems that they could have been consolidated in some way. I would much rather see talk about the game itself, the players, coaches, etc rather than all this other noise.

Well if theyre not going to Ann Arbor, their website isn't giving any indications. 

http://espn.go.com/college-football/gameday#/video=6925285/

I would like to talk about the Fandom Endurance Games, as mentioned in your signature.

Can someone give a rundown of those games.

I don't think this has ever been considered one, but if you are going to count road games, @ND in 2008 has got to be one.

We basically had the same weather as they had yesterday, minus the lightning and delays. My phone got so wet in my pocket that is never turned on again. All while Michigan was fumbling kickoff after kickoff on our way to a rout.

So what are all the FE Games?

Which is #1,2,3 4, etc?

I think the UTL game will come down to the same things that almost all games do.

If we win the TO battle, don't give up big plays, avoid penalties, etc we win the game. If we can't do those things ND takes it.

USF almost blew the game yesterday by jumping offsides on a FG attempt and giving ND a new life in the redzone. I think Rees followed with a pick, but still. 

Fortuantely for us, ND has already shown to be undisciplined and mistake prone. If we are lucky they will play tight, leading to more mistakes.

However, its also possible that they come out focused and determined and play extremely well.

I can tell you one thing. It is going to be LOUD and CRAZY in the Big House next Saturday. And that obviously favors us in every conceivable way.  

Definitely.

9/13 with at least two of those passes coming in the downpour. 

I know he has to be able to throw in weather conditions and all, but yesterday had to be tough out there. And MOST games will feature crisp, cool, and dry fall days in Michigan.

I like what I saw overall. ND will be a test, because I think gound yards may be tough to get. So Denard will definitely have to put it up some. 

i agree that Western's running game gashed us on a couple occasions. 

But looking at the box score, I believe they only averaged 3.8 ypc. Which isn't bad.

I think that climbs up to around 4.5 or so without the sacks. Which against WMU is a little troubling. 

it will be interesting to see what the UFR shows though, because on some of their big(er) runs, we were definitely in nickel or dime and had almost no one in the middle of the defense behind the line.

I'm sure ND will be in lots of 3 and 4 WR sets too though, so we'd better figure it out.

Maybe we will just big a blitz heavy team this year?

But did Bo direct his tirades at the players? Or the refs?

All the highlights I have seen of Bo show him screaming at officials.

But Kelly cusses out players and assistant coaches like crazy.

I almost feel bad for Crist, that guy looks like an abused puppy. Scared to make a mistake.

Now, I didn't grow up in the Bo era so I could be wrong in my assessment. If so please straighten me out.

Sorry, but I hope we don't see him on KO coverage any more after that near miss. 

I like what Hoke is going for, and we definitely need help on the coverage teams. But lets give T-Wolf a pass. 

I still think our offense could have trouble slowing down the ND offense. Especially if we can't get to the QB. 

But, USF was in prevent defense for what seemed like an eitre quarter. Giving up 15-20 yard passes with very little effort.

Could have skewed things a little bit.

I be like dang...

Can someone please make a .gif of Brian Kelly absolutely losing it after that interception that hit off the WRs helmet?

It was 100% pure Columbian awesome!