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Am a bit sad about this. My…

Am a bit sad about this. My initials are also JH and I got a job at the university the same year Harbaugh started coaching. 

Does this mean I am losing my job too?

Same here. For my middle kid…

Same here. For my middle kid, Michigan football was mostly a long dry spell of never winning the big games. He never really got into it.

But, being a student has changed all that. He was out there with your son on the field after the '21 OSU game. He's been totally hooked ever since. 

Let's get these guys into Ph.D. programs that require a very long time to degree! Keep the wins coming.

Am crossing fingers for my…

Am crossing fingers for my youngest kid, hoping we get good news later today.

Middle kid is a junior right now, so Michigan has never lost to OSU while he's been a student!

Edit: was accepted!

It's possible that Moore…

It's possible that Moore will be a better HC than OC. The key question is whether we can get really good coordinators to replace Moore and Minter in those roles.

I tried that strategy last…

I tried that strategy last year for the game vs. MSU. There were a number of other people trying the same thing, and the scalpers were not budging. They know what they have. Eventually I got in by buying a student ticket, but not until the second quarter.

I think this approach would have better success if you can buy directly from another ticket holder that has an extra, except while people are coming in, not after kickoff.

Also, paper tickets are more scarce. I bought a screen shot that was texted to me and trusted that the code was still good. Fortunately, it worked.

Logged in to upvote for…

Logged in to upvote for proper use of "begs the question."

Can't tell if joking.

They…

Can't tell if joking.

They already played, and PSU won 31-0.

Agree with you about JJ…

Agree with you about JJ getting tackled. Today it seemed like there were two many runs by JJ, and many of those runs were in the middle of the field instead of along the sideline. Am worried about dirty play by MSU next week, since they have little left to play for other than ruin our season.

Mullings got 4 of is 8…

Mullings got 4 of is 8 carries during the drive at the beginning of the 4th quarter. I think his distribution of carries was predominantly in last part of the game vs. Nebraska as well.

I know that Corum is out at this point of the game, so it makes sense to give Mullings a drive of his own, but I like it from a different perspective as well: the opposing defense is tired at this point, and Mullings is load to bring down. Am imagining Mullings in 4th quarter vs. OSU like Haskins was in 2021.

27 for 27. 
 

Never forget. 

27 for 27. 

https://mgoblog.com/content/27-27-document

Never forget. 

I find it kind of bizarre…

I find it kind of bizarre that the NCAA could overrule the decision, even more bizarre than the announcers criticizing the call at the time. This is not even a close call. He led with the helmet, used the helmet as a weapon, and went high. 

The ECU coach claimed there was no contact to the head, which is just bullshit.

Nephew is a student at KU…

Nephew is a student at KU. Said he met Hunter at a bar in Lawrence this summer. Some things don't change?

I could go for a Harpoon IPA…

I could go for a Harpoon IPA right now...

Tequila on the rocks. Is…

Tequila on the rocks. Is that weird?

The other thing that whole…

The other thing that whole line of excuses ignores is that Michigan's defense came up huge. When I rewatch the highlights, I'm always reminded about how many times the D stopped them on key drives.

Idea to consider: spiking…

Idea to consider: spiking the ball to stop the clock could be called intentional grounding. 
 

Rationale: it actually is intentional grounding, and it would be a lot more entertaining if the offense had to run a real play in a hurry up situation. 

If this would actually mean…

If this would actually mean shorter commercial breaks, I could potentially go for it. The in-person game experience would be dramatically better without the guy in the red hat out there so often.

However, I fear what will happen is the networks will do this on top of the existing commercial breaks. Also, they already miss game action fairly often because they've cut away to something else, like a sideline interview or instant replay. 

I don't think we've been…

I don't think we've been passive against Wisconsin. We've been after them for several turns, but we have had ridiculously bad RNG luck. Night after night, they keep winning territories in Canada and the Pacific Northwest with like a 20-25% chance of victory. There were three of those yesterday.

We did ignore what OSU was doing in eastern Canada for a while, and that cost us a bit.

Risk 1.0 Bot

Risk 1.0 Bot

 

I am Thrudheim (#3981) on Discord.

Huge play. Sainristil was…

Huge play. Sainristil was amazing.

If Iowa loses, Purdue can…

If Iowa loses, Purdue can win the west by beating Indiana. If Iowa and Purdue both lose, then Illinois wins the west by beating Northwestern. If Iowa, Purdue, and Illinois all lose, then Iowa wins the west. LOL.

It is a bit of parody indeed…

It is a bit of parody indeed. 

https://www.wlns.com/news…

https://www.wlns.com/news/michigan/four-more-msu-football-players-suspended-for-tunnel-fight/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=socialflow&fbclid=IwAR30Mg5rp8CEGcH4QFDLM8YG1E2eRZko5WbrxrFozl0eliNYk6ytDoNkhLk

Either is fine with me,…

Either is fine with me, though it's really satisfying to get the yards you need on the ground whenever you want it.

I'm just glad we aren't talking about 27 for 27 like we were nine years ago!

Yes!

Yes!

Children of Yost?

Children of Yost?

This is definitely true at…

This is definitely true at Chop House. Went there and ordered a medium rare. Server told me that if I wanted medium rare that I should instead order medium. He was right, and the steak was perfect.

Agreed. It seemed to me that…

Agreed. It seemed to me that McNamara had so many opportunities to keep on those handoffs that went to the inside. The DE was crashing and there was nothing but open field for at least 15 yards if had kept it. 

A couple of years ago, they…

A couple of years ago, they had to delay the early decision date due to the volume of applications. It's been in January ever since. The number of applications continues to grow.

Mine too. I think I was more…

Mine too. I think I was more on edge about it than he was!

Go Blue!

The Bucs offensive…

The Bucs offensive coordinator, Byron Leftwich, entered the NFL three years after Brady and was drafted in the first round. He had a respectable 10-year NFL career. 

I was at that 1999 game…

I was at that 1999 game. Rainy day, but a big win. Of course, nobody had any inkling that we were watching two quarterbacks that would be NFL greats,

That they are still competing against each other more than 20 years later is just crazy. 

Yes

Yes

Move submitted. Let's gooo!

Move submitted. Let's gooo!

Oof. Last night was brutally…

Oof. Last night was brutally back luck. OSU +5.8 vs. expectations; the good guys -2.5. And Georgia Tech has pulled victories out of their asses out west repeatedly with probabilities of .4 or less over the past several days. Let's hope that doesn't happen on Round 50.

Orders executed for today.

I'm not sure, but I keep a…

I'm not sure, but I keep a browser tab open to the College Football Risk page. Today, I clicked on my assignment, and it looked like it was selected. I did not see the "assignment submitted" message, however, so I went to the top of the page, where it said "Log in with Reddit." Apparently, I had been logged out, which seems to happen every few days.

Anyway, I always reload the page and make sure that the assignment is still selected after the reload. Am at 27 days now, so it seems like a good method.

Michigan wins 27-0 vs Penn…

Michigan wins 27-0 vs Penn State in 1998 in the Big House.

It was Tom Brady on the offense vs. LaVar Arrington on D for the bad guys. Even from way up high on the south end zone, I could see that Arrington was a terror out there.

Major bummer. I always…

Major bummer. I always reload the page after clicking on the school's logo to make sure that the move has registered.

I just don't understand this…

I just don't understand this perspective. It seems defeatist.

I want to watch Michigan play good teams. 

Agree with you on that.

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Agree with you on that.

Agree with you on that.

Sure, they competed better…

Sure, they competed better on defense, but they played OSU for 8 quarters and scored a whopping 1 more point than UM did in 4.

You are making stuff up…

You are making stuff up. Dobbins scored OSU's last TD at the 6:30 mark of the 4th quarter.

Yes, I posted this earlier…

Yes, I posted this earlier today, but it's worth noting that UM's output on offense yesterday -- measured by yardage and points -- was basically as much as the combined total of PSU and Wisconsin vs. OSU. And that's with the three OSU fumbles that allowed PSU to come back from down 21-0.

Yesterday's result hurt, and…

Yesterday's result hurt, and some big mistakes really cost us at key moments. Like last year, the game got out of hand once UM started getting desperate. 

OSU's defense is just really good. They held Wisconsin to a total of 191 yards (7 points) and Penn State to 227 yards (17 points). UM's 396 yards and 29 points is basically what those two teams were able to do combined, even though OSU gave PSU fumbles deep in their own territory. 

I don't know what to say about UM defense, however. We obviously need more beef on the defensive line, but the long passes were a killer.

I hope these predictions of…

I hope these predictions of a comfortable win are correct. For some reason, I have a really bad feeling about this one. 

On the "Forever-ever for…

On the "Forever-ever for Patterson in the Pocket" play, which is the 2nd play of the 2nd drive, Haskins gets tackled from behind when he turns around to look back for a pass as Patterson scrambles left.

He is past the line of scrimmage and looking back for a pass. Sideline official is standing on the 20 close by. How is this not a penalty?

I'm certainly far from being…

I'm certainly far from being an expert, but it feels like the runs up the middle aren't working as well as they might because the D is not respecting either the keeper by the quarterback or the pass in the RPO. The runs go into a loaded box. When Shea actually kept the ball, he got decent gains. 

Charbonnet's TD run opened up the middle nicely because the motion from DPJ and possible run threat from Shea drew the linebacker out of the run lane.

There was a better option…

There was a better option. Bell had beaten his man over the top and was open for a likely TD. Shea was looking in that direction but threw to the closer receiver instead. Plus, the throw was terrible.

Um, right. So they had…

Um, right. So they had fixable issues with play calling and injury problems.

Seems familiar. 

UM completely shut down Joe Morehead’s offense when he was still installing it. That team we stomped went on to win the B1G. The next year, that offense walked all over us. 

People always overreact and call for the coach’s head whenever the team loses. There is no savior waiting in the wings. Every Saturday, half the teams lose. Lots of football left.