I am not sure OSU was better than PSU last season. They were a questionable pass interference away from beating OSU in columbus. PSU defense was better than any unit on OSU but Buckeyes had more balance since Allar is abysmal. You're overrating OSU by a lot from a talent perspective. They had mostly just guys on defense. We bullied them all game long. Queue the 8 min final drive when we wanted to end the game.
Also it should be noted, and I know Buckeyes like to act as if the bowl season didn't happen, but the last time we saw their sorry behinds they couldn't cross a neutral mid field vs the vaunted Missouri Tigers!
I take it back. They've moved down to 4th hardest game since I was legitimately worried for a bit against Maryland.
They definitely were not the best team Michigan played last season. Michigan controlled that game throughout. We never trailed at any point. It took some extenuating circumstances at full health for Michigan to beat Bama. We barely moved the ball on them the entire second half outside of the final drive, and trailed most of the 4th quarter for the first and only time all season.
In hindsight I would rank difficulty of games in 2023
Taz Williams is one of the most explosive players with the ball in this hands in the class regardless of position. Only reason he’s not top 25 ranking is because of his height.
Ryan Day and his staff are coaching for their jobs on November 30th. It doesn't matter how many recruits he signs or what other teams he beats. On November 30th if he loses again then he's out. They're trying so hard to suppress this narrative going into the season, because all it does is empower Michigan. No pressure Ryan. You got this, number one coach in the conference.
Judkins wasn't coming back to Ole Miss no matter what. In their bowl game Dart has to ask the coaches to remove Judkins from the game because he is being so disruptive to the team because he isnt getting his number called enough to his liking. He's actually throwing a tantrum on the field. You can see it on camera during their bowl.
To give Orji a breather. Our Te coach worked for Tony Annese. He clinics that this system requires multiple Qbs, they are going to get hit and put in harms way untold amount of times a game. Think Denard. What if we had a change of pace Qb to spell him for a series. Its all interchangeable because you are running power down hill from formation misdirection. Now if you can shift and change the point of attack then it forces the defense to adjust and or straight up have them guessing. How many looks can you run the same play from.
I think people are going to be shocked by our offense this season. Few things. Zero % chance Moore gets this far into his first spring practice as HC without already all but knowing who his QB is. Rember Moore said he's going to be aggressive in all things he does. We aren't going out there in some basic ho hum offense with Jack Tuttle in auto pilot.
Nobody talking about it but he is going to take snaps as a wildcat. Michigan can seamlessly transition between Orji, Edwards, and Mullings (who's also shown an ability to throw). Shift the backfield and rotate a RB behind center.
If Graham, Johnson, and Grant were all eligible for this years draft, all 3 probably go in the top 15 picks. The first two go top ten for sure and are both the first player at their positions drafted. I can't remember a returning defense this stacked with star power in cfb. Probably have to go back to some Miami Hurricane team.
Johnson pog in the NC and Graham pog in the Rose Bowl. Graham is maybe the best player in cfb at any position and a legitimate heisman contender. He really isn't getting nearly enough hype. Think Brian that said we could be in for a Suh type of season out of him and thats real.
Also Kelly is such a downgrade from BoB. BoB is at least a retread NFL coordinator. Nobody is knocking on Kelly's door, the pros had one look and that was enough. I would have been more worried about some upstart unknown. Kelly has 10 years of mid tape, and notice that he brought his son along on Ohio's dime too. If nothing else BoB would have installed a prostyle power playaction offense. We don't need Ohio players practicing against that every day. Nope. You keep practicing pass blocking and route trees.
Since the season ended what has Ohio done to solve their Michigan problem. Most specifically when Michigan decided we are going to end the game and run the ball at you for 8 minutes in the 4th quarter. What has Ohio done to solve that? From where I am sitting, not much. They've made some splash signings of skill position players. They still don't get it.
If its true it was DC or nothing then Michigan wasn't left with much of a choice here. We all wanted clink to stay, but lets also be real, he coached cbs. He didn't even coach the entire secondary, and he wanted to run the defense and call plays, uhm no.
Forever a Michigan champion and we wish you luck in your endeavors to the pros.
I hope they do hire Kelly. He runs a lot of finesse, misdirection, stretch wide. Your teams physicality and toughness is a product of what you practice. For Ohio it will be more of the same. What Michigan does counters the shit out of that offense. O'Brien was going to run a more traditional power set blocking fb downhill run game.
This is bad for Ohio. If nothing else BoB was going to run the football. The backfield is the strength of this years Ohio offense. Now that he is gone Ryan Day will revert back to playcaller duties. And well, we can all imagine how that goes.
Important thing now is we match the highest offer for Graham and Grant. You sell them on playing together. Wherever you transfer, the guy lining up next to you, won't be as good as what you have now.
OSU's offense is an amalgamation of mismatched parts. Ohio has recruit long lanky downfield wideouts that want to run verticals and go up and high point the ball. So naturally they go into the portal and take a QB with a noodle for an arm who wants to dink and dunk. The names sound good but conceptually the parts don't fit. How hard will those 5* wrs block for their run game when they aren't getting the ball past 5 yrds downfield? Not sure what O'Brien or anybody else is gunna do about it.
It pointed that way when we were content to go into spring with Orji seemingly one on the depth chart. Wasn't sure with Campbell because he's a qb guy, but then this hire is doubling down.
We aren't going to pay high school kids to visit, verbally commit, no visits to other schools, sign, and that's just to get them on campus. Which sets the precedent for expectations once they're here. I respect it. We won a championship not doing that stuff. It makes it mean more then if ohio buys one with a bunch of mercenaries who could give two shits about the state of ohio or its university.
Next guy has to run this same defense. Whoever MacDonald and Minter tell us. This defense won us the national championship. That cannot be understated.
Michigan has 3 projected top 15 first round draft picks on defense alone.
Its predictably ironic that the coach and team crying the most about Michigan stealing signs, is the same coach and team that are cheating the hardest now.
Harbaugh is coming back. The Chargers and Falcons don't seem to know what they want. If Harbaugh was the guy they would have gone all in already. Right now he is just in consideration. He has to wow them.
I've been saying this for years. Last season proved Michigan doesn't need a passing attack to win the national championship. We can win with line play, defense, and a strong run game. Tony Annese is a short drive away. Send Moore and the offensive crew over to pick that mans brain.
Michigan showed that they can win the whole thing on the back of a great defense and strong running game. We can beat every team on our schedule with Orji at QB. Lean heavy into what we are good at, winning the los, and running downhill with power. He would rush for over 1000yds
This is so obvious that this is the guy that fails after trying to replace the legend. Bama is trying their best to fit the stereotype. Guess they want to get it over with. I don't get it.
I really wanted Michigan to go after Flemming. He never lived up to his recruiting ranking out of high school, but the guy is a ferocious blocker. Would have fit in perfectly with what Michigan likes to do.
Freddy Moore is a name to look out for next season at WR. Wouldn't surprise me to see them give Hillman a shot on offense.
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Not a big fan of his game. Too slow to play safety. Too small to play linebacker. Poor man’s Brad Hawkins. Enjoy the alps.
All you have to do is type a go blue or 15-0 to get a multi paragraph unhinged manifesto out of these nut jobs. It’s too easy.
I am from Ohio.
I know of these facebook groups you speak of.
Trolling them has become my new favorite past time.
Ohio fans still haven't come to grips with Michigan winning it all.
Ohio's offense looks awful in the spring game. The further away Day get's from attaching himself to Kevin Wilson's offense, the worse it looks.
Yeah, the fact that these universities are holding their hands out to fans expecting us to help pay for the players salary is some next level greed.
I am not sure OSU was better than PSU last season. They were a questionable pass interference away from beating OSU in columbus. PSU defense was better than any unit on OSU but Buckeyes had more balance since Allar is abysmal. You're overrating OSU by a lot from a talent perspective. They had mostly just guys on defense. We bullied them all game long. Queue the 8 min final drive when we wanted to end the game.
Also it should be noted, and I know Buckeyes like to act as if the bowl season didn't happen, but the last time we saw their sorry behinds they couldn't cross a neutral mid field vs the vaunted Missouri Tigers!
I take it back. They've moved down to 4th hardest game since I was legitimately worried for a bit against Maryland.
They definitely were not the best team Michigan played last season. Michigan controlled that game throughout. We never trailed at any point. It took some extenuating circumstances at full health for Michigan to beat Bama. We barely moved the ball on them the entire second half outside of the final drive, and trailed most of the 4th quarter for the first and only time all season.
In hindsight I would rank difficulty of games in 2023
1. Rose Bowl
2. @Happy Valley
3. The Game
Taz Williams is one of the most explosive players with the ball in this hands in the class regardless of position. Only reason he’s not top 25 ranking is because of his height.
Drevno is an upgrade over Ohio's current OL coach Frye who is an abomination.
Ryan Day and his staff are coaching for their jobs on November 30th. It doesn't matter how many recruits he signs or what other teams he beats. On November 30th if he loses again then he's out. They're trying so hard to suppress this narrative going into the season, because all it does is empower Michigan. No pressure Ryan. You got this, number one coach in the conference.
Somebody has to do the screaming
Jay Harbaugh was a big part of this.
Judkins wasn't coming back to Ole Miss no matter what. In their bowl game Dart has to ask the coaches to remove Judkins from the game because he is being so disruptive to the team because he isnt getting his number called enough to his liking. He's actually throwing a tantrum on the field. You can see it on camera during their bowl.
Spring practice is his job interview.
To give Orji a breather. Our Te coach worked for Tony Annese. He clinics that this system requires multiple Qbs, they are going to get hit and put in harms way untold amount of times a game. Think Denard. What if we had a change of pace Qb to spell him for a series. Its all interchangeable because you are running power down hill from formation misdirection. Now if you can shift and change the point of attack then it forces the defense to adjust and or straight up have them guessing. How many looks can you run the same play from.
I think people are going to be shocked by our offense this season. Few things. Zero % chance Moore gets this far into his first spring practice as HC without already all but knowing who his QB is. Rember Moore said he's going to be aggressive in all things he does. We aren't going out there in some basic ho hum offense with Jack Tuttle in auto pilot.
Nobody talking about it but he is going to take snaps as a wildcat. Michigan can seamlessly transition between Orji, Edwards, and Mullings (who's also shown an ability to throw). Shift the backfield and rotate a RB behind center.
If Graham, Johnson, and Grant were all eligible for this years draft, all 3 probably go in the top 15 picks. The first two go top ten for sure and are both the first player at their positions drafted. I can't remember a returning defense this stacked with star power in cfb. Probably have to go back to some Miami Hurricane team.
Johnson pog in the NC and Graham pog in the Rose Bowl. Graham is maybe the best player in cfb at any position and a legitimate heisman contender. He really isn't getting nearly enough hype. Think Brian that said we could be in for a Suh type of season out of him and thats real.
McPhee
Demarco Murray
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceNk9CkPvLg
Mark Schlereth talking about JJ. Thought this was good stuff.
Also Kelly is such a downgrade from BoB. BoB is at least a retread NFL coordinator. Nobody is knocking on Kelly's door, the pros had one look and that was enough. I would have been more worried about some upstart unknown. Kelly has 10 years of mid tape, and notice that he brought his son along on Ohio's dime too. If nothing else BoB would have installed a prostyle power playaction offense. We don't need Ohio players practicing against that every day. Nope. You keep practicing pass blocking and route trees.
Since the season ended what has Ohio done to solve their Michigan problem. Most specifically when Michigan decided we are going to end the game and run the ball at you for 8 minutes in the 4th quarter. What has Ohio done to solve that? From where I am sitting, not much. They've made some splash signings of skill position players. They still don't get it.
Good perspective.
They also hired that former msu dline guru.
He would be the first CB taken in this years draft.
Well you are going to be disappointed because Michigan is a minor league coaching feeder system for 3 nfl franchises.
Get Morgan, if not then Parker. It’s all a win. Clinkscale was a second choice.
If its true it was DC or nothing then Michigan wasn't left with much of a choice here. We all wanted clink to stay, but lets also be real, he coached cbs. He didn't even coach the entire secondary, and he wanted to run the defense and call plays, uhm no.
Forever a Michigan champion and we wish you luck in your endeavors to the pros.
I hope they do hire Kelly. He runs a lot of finesse, misdirection, stretch wide. Your teams physicality and toughness is a product of what you practice. For Ohio it will be more of the same. What Michigan does counters the shit out of that offense. O'Brien was going to run a more traditional power set blocking fb downhill run game.
This is bad for Ohio. If nothing else BoB was going to run the football. The backfield is the strength of this years Ohio offense. Now that he is gone Ryan Day will revert back to playcaller duties. And well, we can all imagine how that goes.
Homerun. Best possible hire. Our defense is going to be filthy. Players are going to love this guy.
He's going to be the HC at Ohio next season. It's all aligning.
I trust Sam. Great hire.
Important thing now is we match the highest offer for Graham and Grant. You sell them on playing together. Wherever you transfer, the guy lining up next to you, won't be as good as what you have now.
OSU's offense is an amalgamation of mismatched parts. Ohio has recruit long lanky downfield wideouts that want to run verticals and go up and high point the ball. So naturally they go into the portal and take a QB with a noodle for an arm who wants to dink and dunk. The names sound good but conceptually the parts don't fit. How hard will those 5* wrs block for their run game when they aren't getting the ball past 5 yrds downfield? Not sure what O'Brien or anybody else is gunna do about it.
It pointed that way when we were content to go into spring with Orji seemingly one on the depth chart. Wasn't sure with Campbell because he's a qb guy, but then this hire is doubling down.
This guy coached under Tony Annese, and the OC coached at ODU. That is option football.
We aren't going to pay high school kids to visit, verbally commit, no visits to other schools, sign, and that's just to get them on campus. Which sets the precedent for expectations once they're here. I respect it. We won a championship not doing that stuff. It makes it mean more then if ohio buys one with a bunch of mercenaries who could give two shits about the state of ohio or its university.
Next guy has to run this same defense. Whoever MacDonald and Minter tell us. This defense won us the national championship. That cannot be understated.
Michigan has 3 projected top 15 first round draft picks on defense alone.
Its predictably ironic that the coach and team crying the most about Michigan stealing signs, is the same coach and team that are cheating the hardest now.
They're in full panic mode. It is beautiful to witness.
This is best case scenario wrt Ohio State. They're emptying the coffers for Ryan Day. Yes, that Ryan Day. Third base Ryan Day.
You do you Ohio. Double down in stubborn defiance,
Spending all this money on transfers that will be in the portal this time next year because their team is looking for a new coach.
Harbaugh is coming back. The Chargers and Falcons don't seem to know what they want. If Harbaugh was the guy they would have gone all in already. Right now he is just in consideration. He has to wow them.
I've been saying this for years. Last season proved Michigan doesn't need a passing attack to win the national championship. We can win with line play, defense, and a strong run game. Tony Annese is a short drive away. Send Moore and the offensive crew over to pick that mans brain.
Kirby Smart is going to eat this guys lunch. I do not think Alabama fans are mentally prepared for what they are about to go through.
27-1 as a starter. Undefeated against Ohio. 3x BigTen champion. National Champion.
Michigan showed that they can win the whole thing on the back of a great defense and strong running game. We can beat every team on our schedule with Orji at QB. Lean heavy into what we are good at, winning the los, and running downhill with power. He would rush for over 1000yds
This is so obvious that this is the guy that fails after trying to replace the legend. Bama is trying their best to fit the stereotype. Guess they want to get it over with. I don't get it.
This job should go to either Dabo or Lane.
I really wanted Michigan to go after Flemming. He never lived up to his recruiting ranking out of high school, but the guy is a ferocious blocker. Would have fit in perfectly with what Michigan likes to do.
Freddy Moore is a name to look out for next season at WR. Wouldn't surprise me to see them give Hillman a shot on offense.