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Simms made I think an…

Simms made I think an important observation that JJ was never really given an opportunity to get in rhythm. He would hand it off 7 times in a row then have to throw a dime 20 yards down the field. Also had way less screens and check downs than any other top QB so the meaningful completions were not as far off from other guys as it looks based on stats.

While I would love this and…

While I would love this and he would definitely be a culture fit, slot corner is the not spot in the secondary they are looking like they’ll be elite over the next few years with Branch in there. If Mikey lights up the 40 and proves he can hang on the outside it becomes more realistic. 

Had completely forgotten…

Had completely forgotten about Maurice Ways. Seems like a lifetime ago. Hopefully Braylon is not one of the hosts. Wouldn't mind having a better local radio option in several time slots.

In case of something like…

In case of something like the PSU scandal this makes some sense as far as lack of institutional control or downright turning a blind eye. But the question remains, what the hell is the NCAA going to do to punish a university president, or even an AD? Tell them they can't sit in the box in their own facility to watch the game? Make them pay a fine to an organization that has no real organizational structure? When are the schools just going to sack up and tell the NCAA it doesn't exist anymore. That's basically all it would take and it would cease to exist. Design something else with a real structure and rules, say it's a real thing and everyone is joining, and that day the NCAA is gone. If the Rock can create a whole new football league so can the universities.

The problem is they now…

The problem is they now hired a very young coach in order to maintain the culture, but the entire rest of the staff that helped build that culture is bailing. That same young coach who hasn’t made a lot of stops in his short career and probably has a fairly small circle relative to more experienced coaches now has to find replacements for those guys who are willing to play for a young coach without a lot of experience. I doubt many NFL guys want to make that leap of faith, nor will a lot of experienced assistants in college. They better throw the money train at Cullen. He sure seems like the last hope of maintaining the Ravens style D and regaining some momentum. The stars on defense are not gonna wait around forever to see what this staff is gonna be when teams are trying to poach them for multiple millions. 

Too little too late…

Too little too late. Whatever chance we had they burned by not granting him this completely reasonable request. 

OSU is bringing in a 5 star…

OSU is bringing in a 5 star freshman to replace a 5 star junior who couldn't get it done, and is bringing in a 5 star safety that didn't make a difference on a more talented and MUCH better coached team. They can have their hype.

Don't park on the street in…

Don't park on the street in Baton Rouge next year.

I have a hard time believing…

I have a hard time believing Kenneth Grant won't be one of the top 4 DTs in the country next year, but outside of that at least our representation seems fair. We have a lot of confidence in the roster around here but from a national perspective there are a lot of unproven commodities. Lil' Parker Brailsford first team center though? Michael Penix Jr. might place his vote elsewhere.

SVP is the only one who…

SVP is the only one who actually adds personality in a good way these days, but the content he has to rehash over and over is still pretty unwatchable. Sportscenter was must see tv back in the day. It's really too bad what's happened to the network. Stephen A might be my least favorite person on tv and he runs the whole network. And everyone else on there is just trying to be him.

NFL Live might be the only exception in 24 hours. They have a good crew that doesn't just repeat the same nonsense.

The problem is you can't…

The problem is you can't just overhaul a coaching staff in basketball and make things better. The team is constructed poorly with no shooters, no leaders, and a point guard that thinks he's Russell Westbrook but is too short to get to the hole strong. This team needs a full rebuild. It's not going to get better over one season.

Yeah to sign all those guys…

Yeah to sign all those guys banging down the door to play for Detroit…

But who the F cares? Players…

But who the F cares? Players are getting paid. Everyone and their mother knows the ADs and coaches are involved. The coaches aren't even supposed to be oblivious to it anymore, they just can't pay the players themselves or be connected, for absolutely no reason. Everyone knows the money is being directed by them, because how the hell else would the collectives know who to pay? And these big dick swinging sanctions are not going to deter a single team from doing exactly what they're doing. 

There is too much stupid in…

There is too much stupid in this ruling to wrap my mind around. Never thought I’d feel bad for FSU but they’re really getting boned this year. 
 

But for one: what does a show cause even mean if it doesn’t come with more of a suspension than 3 games? The guy is just keeping his job..

Harbaugh broke Saban and…

Harbaugh broke Saban and scared away Belichik. Couldn’t even wait for him to choose a landing spot.

Newkirk is so uncomfortable…

Newkirk is so uncomfortable in all these postgames. I get needing to move things along but he's so awkward about it. Not an on camera personality. You could tell Sam was getting annoyed by the end with his wet blanket energy. It's a frickin national championship. Let Sam cook!

Everytime I've tried this…

Everytime I've tried this the radio broadcast is ahead of the tv so I can't sync them up. I do think they usually have local broadcasters for the national championship on one of the ESPN channels so maybe they'll do it for us?

Looks to me in general like…

Looks to me in general like people who actually pay attention to college football as their primary job are all over Michigan, and people are are just here for the SPORTS! are enamored with the shiny QB because they think that's all that matters. These games are about breaking tendencies, and I don't even know that Washington is capable of doing that because they're so pass game dependent (across both offense and defense). Just hope our players aren't having as much trouble as I am not getting overconfident. The TCU attitude is the only way we lose.

Tornado warnings will…

Tornado warnings will prolong drives. This benefits us.

Part of me was hoping the…

Part of me was hoping the game was on BTN+ so I couldn't watch. Couldn't help myself.

Lmao more battle tested?

Lmao more battle tested?

Are they taking our spot?

Are they taking our spot?

If Millie is really the 6th…

If Millroe is really the 6th best player in college football I feel even better about our chances because that means the rest of their team was bad enough to allow a lot of bad teams to keep it close and almost beat them. One player can’t beat this Michigan team, as MHJ will tell you.

MHJ makes sense. Henderson…

MHJ makes sense. Henderson definitely smacks of desperation because their RB room is looking pretty quiet. He's not worth that much money. Doesn't scare me, and maybe whoever is paying that much won't have any more money to give to a lineman. I know that's not how it works but this just seems like a poor use of resources.

Guys we should stop posting…

Guys we should stop posting about this. Word on the street is Day's feelings were hurt so he's trying to make the jump to the NFL. I'd like him to stay.

Fox producers read MGoBlog. …

Fox producers read MGoBlog. "Cut to Fred Jackson telling Blake Corum he's better than Marshawn and Barry combined. Aaaand to 5 minute commercial."

Wow haven’t watched much…

Wow haven’t watched much Washington this year but please let them win. Their tackling is atrocious. Making these Ducks look like LaMichael James.

Against SEC defenses with…

Against SEC defenses with great players around him he was terrible. Against PAC12 defenses with good players around him he looked great. If he comes to MSU with terrible players around him against our defense? I think we can make a safe prediction.

It's always seemed to me…

It's always seemed to me that is what 90% of the country feels, but the playoff committee is made up of people from the other 10%. 

I've always thought it should be the old BCS model of a hybrid of computer and human rankings equally weighted and just take more teams as opposed to the top two going to a BCS championship. There was never a problem with the rankings except when there were 3 undefeated teams. They expanded to 4 but unnecessarily abandoned the system. Replace the bullshit coaches poll with a committee and combine it with the computers and away we go. There's no question of best team vs most deserving team. If you're the first out you should've played a bit better. At least everyone who is definitely deserving of being in will be in. And the rankings within the playoff teams will be less controversial.

edit: May have misread your statement. "Best" teams to the media heads talking about excluding FSU are talking about subjective best team on the field and most likely to win so Bama and Georgia are always more likely to get in than anyone else based on Starz. Most deserving is based on results. Play to win the game.

They should try to use it…

They should try to use it for their own offense.

As a Michigan fan watching a…

As a Michigan fan watching a team get ready to play an SEC defense in the playoff this hurts. As a Zinter fan hoping to see a senior play in his third playoff and finally win it hurts. As a Lions fan with a team in need of a guard on a rookie deal to replace the very good but injury prone buckeye Jonah Jackson, wouldn't hate if this injury causes him to fall to them in the late second or early third so they can get another all pro on the OLine.

Perfect.

Perfect.

Well this week sure turned…

Well this week sure turned into a kick in the nuts

He's saying come check out…

He's saying come check out my terrible youtube streaming channel.

Was listening to those guys a bit for a couple months back in the spring and summer and it was pretty terrible. But now my algorithms have them all over my feed. I don't know how they got Darren McCarty and Braylon to be hosts on there (both of whom are pretty terrible at it outside of the odd McCarty wild 90s story). I'm guessing they both made terrible investments into it on condition that they could be on air. Dan Miller of the Lions makes appearances for some reason as well though. That's about the only segment I actually click on now because I can't get enough of people hyping the Lions.

Anyway, if he does get fired it pretty much proves they just used him to get at Michigan and he got played.

2nd round QB grade can…

2nd round QB grade can easily turn into a 4th round pick. Happens every year. If teams aren't taking a QB in the first they're waiting for the middle rounds. Who would be the competition at QB in the top 5 of next year's draft for McCarthy if he stays? 

Was looking at JTT of OSU and his stats the other day, thinking about DEs available to the Lions in the late first, and they're not all that impressive. Outside of that crazy performance last year against PSU has he really been that amazing?

Do coaches have to have a…

Do coaches have to have a clause in their contract saying if they mess up the ncaa can rifle through everything they own and store on their devices? Because if not.. who tf is the ncaa? There were no laws broken and they’re not a law enforcement agency anyway so why not tell them to F off? What if he has naked pictures of his wife in there? 

More likely they're looking…

More likely they're looking at Urbz and thinking how awkward it's gonna be when Michigan puts him on blast for previous violations.

See the PSU sign stealers…

See the PSU sign stealers thread. They knew where he was going to be. It could have been much much worse. 

You’re confused. Cowherd…

You’re confused. Cowherd doesn’t love Harbaugh. He loves clicks.

Am I the only one who feels…

Am I the only one who feels like I don't even know this team anymore? I gotta catch up. Transfers and early exits to the pros have made it hard to follow. We've had a long run of multi year standouts in the last.. 15 years? Haven't seen much of anything out of any of these guys in a Michigan uniform. Truly have no idea what to expect, but my default is not much after the last couple years.

And the CONFERENCE’s…

And the CONFERENCE’s investigation. I.e. the Day PI firm did the dirty work and  leaked everything and now the conference is doing their own independent investigation.

He did say at halftime there… He did say at halftime there were “some other things going on that we have to overcome” or something to that effect. Assumed he was accusing us of being too rough on his players like a little bitch but could be he was talking about this like a little bitch.
"He had to go wash his mouth…

"He had to go wash his mouth out with soap afterwards."

 

Nah. Urbz' dislike of Michigan was always an act for the fans. Pretty sure I remember before he was hired at OSU he said Michigan was one of 3 or 4 dream jobs he would jump at. Only thing Urbz is loyal to is Urbz.

Since this is a blog and I…

Since this is a blog and I can throw around unsupported claims.. I think he's almost certainly right that the sleezy administrators (sleezy everywhere to varying degrees) have other motives for firing him. If he'd taken MSU to the playoff the last two years and were undefeated this year I'd bet my paycheck he'd be getting some sort of suspension and sexual harassment training. Money drives decisions at this level. Always has always will. He won't be able to prove it though and he's still a scumbag and incredibly stupid.

Interesting that the…

Interesting that the perception of him from the outside was the opposite of what he thought of himself. Makes you wonder what the coaches told him during his recruitment. Wasn't his entire profile coming in that he was extremely raw but had a super high ceiling? No one expected or really wanted to see him before year 3 at the earliest. 

I don't really get the statement about him being haunted by his broken thumb.. He was afraid it would happen again in week 2? He was haunted by missing the whole season and what could have been? They make it sound like he had a horribly gruesome injury like a femur fracture or something.

While Jansen does a good job…

While Jansen does a good job on the game calls, he's not a great talk radio personality. He's pretty one dimensional in general. Only knows football and is too much of a get off my lawn kind of guy. 

They have a game like this…

They have a game like this almost every year. It means nothing. We still should beat them. But it means nothing. 

These FS1 graphics are…

These FS1 graphics are terrible. What is this backyard football for pc cerca 1998?

I think he went to CMU?…

I think he went to CMU? Haven't picked up on any Sparty fandom in him.  He just is a bit hot takey. Very contrarian and everything is the end of the world. But he does come across as very knowledgeable and can keep up, which makes it pretty obvious it's all an act. I actually wish they'd dump Rico and bring Costa on as his replacement. Rico adds absolutely nothing, just repeats what Valenti says, and is always talking about "the FANS are going to say (insert doom and gloom hot take)." Sometimes I can't stand Valenti, usually when it has to do with comparing off the field issues between MSU players and Michigan players, but he generally is on point with his assessments. Rico is the least knowledgeable and least entertaining person on the network.

The only thing more useless…

The only thing more useless than the NCAA. The preseason coaches poll.