probably about welcome week. or fish. but probably welcome week.
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| 1 year 32 weeks ago | Agree with the topic of the post, but |
it would probably be appropriate at this point to stop talking about the remaining games on the schedule that Michigan should win. I agree that there are some very winnable games left on the schedule (all of them, but some obviously more than others) but I did enough premature win-counting last year. Lets just see what happens week to week. My favorite part of this post is when you said that before the season started that Michigan fans would have been very pleased with a 5-1 start. After Woolfolk's injury I was thinking that if we were 4-2 at this point and could somehow scrape together wins over Illinois and Purdue that I'd consider it a successful season. Now, if we end up 6-6 or even 7-5 I'll be disappointed but that is because my expectations for the team have improved, which is a positive. |
| 2 years 13 weeks ago | For the next OSU commercial |
where they film graduates at various locations around the world doing the O-H-I-O cheer they should totally shoot a scene in this guy's igloo. |
| 2 years 34 weeks ago | My younger brother has two season tickets for State football |
I'm going with him next Saturday. I was considering bringing a sign thanking my "little brother" for taking me to the game - a rather innocuous gesture of goodwill, I thought. He threatened to organize a drunken lynch mob (not an idle threat in E.L.) if I brought any signage to the game referring to him in that context. These Spartans are a touchy group. The best part is that my brother invited me to attend the game with him before the season started. He completely bought into the storyline about MSU as a program on the rise supplanting UM as the dominant team in the state and made no secret about wanting me at the game so that we could witness together confirmation of the new pecking order. Regardless of Saturday's outcome, that whole "best in state" dynamic is no longer on the line for the Spartans after the CMU game. I actually think that State has a great chance to win the game, but my brother is convinced that I'm being disingenuous when I say this to him. He seems to think that my expressed lack of conviction in Michigan's prospects next week is a false front intended to position me better for post-game taunting. My citing of the MSU-CMU game as proof that you have to throw out the records in these hotly contested intrastate rivalry games did not improve his view of my sincerity. |
| 2 years 35 weeks ago | Denard needs a chance to prove |
himself at QB. It is becoming evident that Forcier is going to be Michigan's long-term starter but he has been on campus since January, whereas Robinson just got here. Even if it is unrealistic to expect Robinson to overtake Forcier for the starting QB spot, he needs to be given the chance to compete and that means more time to develop at the position. |
| 2 years 37 weeks ago | The defense looked vulnerable in |
the second half. Western picked up over 200 yards and it would have been more if our offense hadn't controlled the ball for so much time. My concern is mitigated by a number of factors, including: a) Boubacar sitting out the second half b) DBs played off the line of scrimmage in the second half c) Hiller is a very good QB and it was inevitable that he'd get going d) Western only scored 7 points. Overall I was pleased with how the defense played but I think teams with more advanced passing attacks (ND, Penn State) could give us trouble. The key will be getting pressure on the quarterback. Michigan did a good job of that but when Western went to 3-step drops in the second half it negated our pass rush. |
| 2 years 37 weeks ago | Speaking of individual plays, |
it doesn't rank above Koger's catch or the DRob run but in the first half, Brandon Herron had a great play where he drove the lead blocker back, forcing the RB outside, then spun off and caught the RB from behind. I think the run went for 6 yards but the tackle saved a first down and who knows how much more. Also, it was incredibly athletic and the sort of play that we didn't see much from last year's defense. |
| 3 years 3 weeks ago | Watching that clip reminds |
me of when I was in 8th grade and playing starting guard at the league minimum weight of 115 pounds, only the exact opposite. |
| 3 years 7 weeks ago | You never hear that a team is |
getting rid of a DC because they want a less aggressive defense, kind of like you never hear that a coach is taking a job because he wants to spend less time with his family. |
| 3 years 7 weeks ago | When I first scrolled |
down and saw that picture of Lavey as a kid trying on Michigan gear I had a moment of panic thinking it was a current picture of Tate Forcier. |
| 3 years 9 weeks ago | Great moment in motivational history |
My dart team, the Doo Dads, was in trouble a few years ago. We'd started strong but were getting rolled as the evening and our respective blood-alcohol levels progressed. Needing to sweep the final round in order to get the win, I went to a gas station next door and purchased a package of Mentos for each of the Dads. Emulating the actors in those cheesy commercials, my team used the power of "The Freshmaker" to make the best of a difficult situation, getting the sweep and a much-needed victory. |
