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3 dropped passes and 3 bad…

3 dropped passes and 3 bad throws were the game.

Whaddyagunnado?

What I see is going to be…

What I see is going to be weird is that they just offered Harbaugh to be the highest paid coach in NCAA, but I imagine they won't give Moore anywhere near that.

Awkward!

I was firmly in the, "If…

I was firmly in the, "If Harbaugh can't do it, no one can" camp.

And for a minute I thought "no one can" had won.

But Harbaugh did it.

He has earned doing whatever is best for him.

Same

Same

The past years playing…

The past years playing Alabama or Georgia, it was men against boys, and we weren't on the good side of that.

This year, we were the men.

So many missed tackles.

So…

So many missed tackles.

So many penalties.

And it's like Goff can't wait to turn the ball over, one way or other, for several games now.

So much SOL.

As a Lions fan, I'm gonna default to past performance until they prove me wrong.

I had a chance to sit in a luxury box for this game and declined.

shruggie

Michigan fans remember John…

Michigan fans remember John Cooper very well.

OSU fans forgot all about him.

https://www.cbssports.com…

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/scoreboard/

The B1G is headquartered in…

The B1G is headquartered in Chicago.  Might be midnight Central time.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The first one appears to be…

The first one appears to be the tub he died in.

No drugs were found "at the scene", but I imagine they will be found in his system in an autopsy.

Perhaps Mattman is his not-sober alter-ego.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Addiction is bad.

He left some kinda…

He left some kinda disturbing final Insta posts.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cyuv2zDrL0r/

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cyud9KNrvnn/

Tried to embed, but this site just hangs forever and won't let me post media for some reason.

Pre-Debrincat deal,…

Pre-Debrincat deal, Gostisbehere was my favorite move this off-season.

I think Scotty Bowman said…

I think Scotty Bowman said something to the effect of, "give me 20 games and I'll tell you what we've got."

The power play is absolutely insane, but they take too many bad penalties and those will end up finding their level and negatively effect them.

They're fun AF to watch.  Relentless attack from every line.  So much more size and speed than past teams.

I don't know if they'll make the playoffs this year, but I thoroughly trust the Yzerplan.

This was the best two-sides…

This was the best two-sides of football I've ever seen from Michigan.

It seemed like ND did…

It seemed like ND did Michigan-style things on both sides of the ball and mostly dominated, but they only operate at 60% efficiency to what Michigan actually does.

I feel uncomfortably optimistic.

They did a lot of things…

They did a lot of things just to do a lot of things today.  Compher is pretty much the same player as Copp, so it's not really adding anything unless he's looking to deal Copp and Compher is an upgrade at the position.

Yzerman is signing a lot of ex-1st rounders, and doing a lot of one-for-one position upgrades.  Holland had created a team full of third and fourth liners, so it has needed a complete overhaul.

The problem has been that they need a guy who just scores goals, a killer finisher, and there haven't been any available.  They're still a team full of set-up men (even Larkin), and Compher is another one.  

Being healthy will move the needle more for this team than the moves they made today.

I used to load up on polo…

I used to load up on polo shirts, but since I don't go to an office anymore, I loaded up on sweat pants.

The worst part of it was…

The worst part of it was that there was some video/audio delay where their mouths frequently weren't synched up with the sounds coming out of them.  

Before the season I thought…

Before the season I thought the Wings would end up just outside the playoffs to get the worst possible draft pick.

I'm sticking with that.

I rewatched it maybe an hour…

I rewatched it maybe an hour after it was over, then again on Sunday.  Thought about it Monday, but didn't.

I imagine it'll get regular play until next year.

I had last year's game saved, but think I only rewatched it once.  I deleted it after this one.  All the best to Cade, but I just can't watch that again after the McCarthy version.  I feel a meditative bliss.

The real death is when you…

The real death is when you watch 60 regulation minutes on DVR only to find out they switched networks for the OT and you have to Google to find out who won.

A statue by Chicago artist,…

A statue by Chicago artist, Hebru Brantley.

Y'all need to check your…

Y'all need to check your levels.  One of either Brian or Seth always has 50% less volume than the other members of the roundtable.  Today it's Seth, but it's more often Brian.

Kent Johnson is Kris Draper…

Kent Johnson is Kris Draper 2.0.  All the grit in the world, but hands of lead, and I love every second of it.

Were they all out drinking…

Were they all out drinking last night?

This team was ass from start to finish, top to bottom.

However, I fully thought they could get their shit together to come back and win up until about 8 minutes left, so it's nice to have a team that you don't immediately write off as soon as they go down some points.

 

First 5 minutes had me…

First 5 minutes had me wondering what was going on, but now I see it will indeed be the slaughter it should be.

BTN+ apparently has a guy…

BTN+ apparently has a guy manning the volume button, and he was takin' a leak too long at the break.

This game prompted more, "F*…

This game prompted more, "F*** YEAH!"s than any other basketball game in history.

That's pretty neat.

During the Cooper years, my…

During the Cooper years, my best friend was an OSU alum, so I got to see a buckeye suffer through their worst times.

The loser would have to make a drink we called a "Cooper Sidecarr", which consisted of whatever dregs were in the liquor cabinet and colored with blue curacao or red grenadine depending upon the loser's color.

Everyone:  What have you…

Everyone:  What have you done for me lately?

Michigan Fans:  Let me tell you about 100 years ago...

Yeah, I liked that cream(?)…

Yeah, I liked that cream(?) uni.

Was that just a random one-off, or is it a occasional thing, or throwback?

What were the expectations?

What were the expectations?

This is a talented, but young team that is going to have plenty of lessons to learn.

It's a fun team to watch whether they win or lose, and is a very good sign of future success.

On the bright side, the…

On the bright side, the camera work made it impossible to actually see any goals being scored.

#btn+salve

Shaq existed for a reason. …

Shaq existed for a reason.  We have a Shaq, and our Shaq can hit free throws (mostly).  Enough with the trash threes, give the GD ball to Shaq!

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via GIPHY

This is like the early-mid…

This is like the early-mid 90s Red Wings, where they were building the Death Star but it wasn't yet functional.  

It's the first time I've really enjoyed watching hockey in years.

Not to mention, a 2hr game!  

I have no doubt that the…

I have no doubt that the Michigan Man brain trust didn't want "that hillbilly" around.  I have always thought that's why it was doomed from the start.

In the (hopefully very…

In the (hopefully very distant) future someone will post...

"This team is as bad as the Harbaugh team(s)!"

So, we got that to look forward to.

Alright, I'm buying the hype…

Alright, I'm buying the hype (and BTN+).  Looks like picking the all-hockey package for the year is the cheapest way to go.

Dear jeebus, please give me one decent sports team in my life!

It's a systemic problem.

It's a systemic problem.

First, everybody cheats in some ways, know it, understand it, accept it.

However, Michigan is too fucking noble and pure of heart to cheat in the ways necessary to attract top talent that can win.  Period!

That's why Michigan will never be a championship program.  No coaching change alone can fix that.

Hire Mike Hart!

 

Or,…

Hire Mike Hart!

 

Or, whatever, you know, it's never gonna change so who cares.

Is there a stat for missing…

Is there a stat for missing 70% of your bunnies?  Seems to be a real flaw of this team based on my completely non-scientific eyeball take.  Woof!

Meh, I liked someone else's…

Meh, I liked someone else's statement (forget who, so apologies):

"Michigan is uppity Iowa."

That strikes me as perfect...except, of course, Iowa occasionally beats OSU.

I liked Craig on this.  Who…

I liked Craig on this.  Who needs that Brian guy? 

/s

 

Craig's voice sounds different on this pod than on the Roundtable, like he's significantly younger than the ancient being he's portrayed as on the Rt.

Explain to me why Penn State…

Explain to me why Penn State, who only recently started a competitive hockey program is a highly ranked, dominant team, and historical-power Michigan has been garbage over the same period.

WTF is going on in college hockey?!

Honestly, I've played hockey since the 70s, have been to countless GLI tourneys, mostly through the 80s and early 90s, and have no idea why things are the way they are in college hockey today.

Well, I no longer feel like…

Well, I no longer feel like we'll get humiliated (again) by OSU, so I guess that's a positive.

You shouldn't play with a…

You shouldn't play with a banged up Penix.  You'll only make it harder on yourself.

At lunch today, my server…

At lunch today, my server said her brother was a student at MSU and commented on the PSU game.  I asked her if she heard about Bachie, and she started to say something but then caught herself and said, "I can't say that...Sometimes, there are pros and cons...he's a con."

I don't think she intended the eloquence that can be taken from that, but it was perfect to me.

Hi, Jake from Ann Arbor!

Hi, Jake from Ann Arbor!

"The defense set a different…

"The defense set a different tone in the third quarter, limiting PSU to 16 yards..."

That's weird, so you're saying, like in every other game ever, Don Brown can't make adjustments on-the-fly, you can score all the points you want in the first half, but he sure as heck will come up with a game plan after the half.

Guess I'm the only person in the universe who has noticed this.  But hey ho, here's to the genius that is Don Brown!