Can’t find it - what is it on? 

I really like his inside rip. Seems like you could add some counter moves to his basic 2 and make this dude deadly. I like his attitude, the angles he likes to slash into the backfield, and the way he finishes plays. He’s also got a tomahawk chop that will create turnovers. Fantastic pick up, Go Blue! 

Make no mistake about it. The difference between an ok class and an unbelievable one is how this team wins this year. If we kick a bunch of ass this year the top tier guys will flock more easily. Until then we’ll have to scrape and claw for all the best people we can. That being said, I really like how this coaching staff evaluates players. They are building something special. Go Blue!! 

The lack of spring game this year left a giant hole in our offseason, and this one feels extra long. There are so many things to look forward to this next year. The Defense is going to be nasty, and I wonder if Gary/Winovich might put up some stats that rival past DE duos in UM history. Bush and Hudson are going to wreak havok all over the field, and we have some really reliable talent at the back end as well. 

I know we have a ton of Q's about the Offense, but I think the most important stat from last year was passing TD. This year we will have 9 passing TD's by the 5th game. I'm really excited about the stable of QB's, and I think whoever wins the job will be poised for success. 

As time goes on, we are realizing more and more that a different type of athlete is filling the Michigan roster. Our lines are back to pushing people around. Gone are the days of 30 for 30. Our defense is among the very best in the nation every year. We have Freshman that not only start but show that they are the best player on our team immediately. I trust this coaching staff way more than the recruiting services, and I know they are gettting players that fit the schemes and plans that this staff likes to use. Count me as a part of the excited, and not among those crying that the sky is falling because journalists think that these kids aren't as good. I'll side with the people getting paid millions to coach, thank you very much. Go Blue!

I believe that many of you have built this movie series up to the point that it couldn't ever live up to your delusional expectations. Please remember that Episodes 1-3 were awful, and that they almost deystroyed one of the best movie series in our lifetime. They have successfully gotten this back on the rails, and are now kicking out entertaining movies that my kids can enjoy with me. I can't wait to see it again, and I was really happy to see it with a movie theatre full of people who loved it as much as I did. You can take your Bah Humbug and have fun hating some of the best sci fi you will see in your lifetime. 

Any of you that follow "Game of Jones" will join me in laughing any time she appears in my life. She is damn funny yo 

I need some help from my brother from another mother Stevie Wonder..... "...when you believe in things you don't understand then you suffer. Superstition 'ain't the way..." You can stop turning your hat sideways, leaving the room for big plays, switching seats in the living room, or whatever else that has no effect on reality. This type of thinking puts your importance in the universe well above where it really is. Sorry, but I don't belive in jinxes, or any of that other crap. Go Blue 

Since we beat this team by almost 50 points they have played really well, sparked by a sloppy win in bad weather over OSU. However, I don't buy them. They still have an awful offensive line that our DLine will just maul. They still have a defense that is porous, and not one that their team can depend on to win games. We will only let Barkley go off 1 or 2 times this game, and McSorley will be forced to arm punt over and over. I have thought since last year that PSU is a paper tiger, and we will smash them by 50 again. After that, the narrative will be that Michigan is starting to get right on offense. We will be a scary team when we get just a little better on offense.  

There were a ton of things that you can point to Saturday that just didn't work. The most glaring thing to me was how awful the playcalling was, and really it's been the same all year. The addition of Pep Hamilton has brought the shotgun 5 wide in as a staple of the offense now, and with adding Frey we have both gap and zone schemes. They added all this to the existing offense and now they have a gigantic playbook that's probably even harder to master than the last two years. This isn't new info, but I just think we are jack of all trades and master of none. Football is an amazing sport that gets overcomplicated often by coaches.

The glaring difference with Fisch here and without him is stark. In the last two years, I was really impressed with how our offense had plays every game that baffled the opposing team. We would take a tendancy and use it against our opponent. One example of that this year was the sweep pitch that turned out to be a pitch/dive much like Les Miles used to run at LSU. How many more plays like that have we ran this year? We used to get these on teams a few times every single game. 

I think the best solution is to throw out several things that they have tried to add this year that have not worked, and simplify the offense. Just pick one kind of blocking scheme and get good at it. Remove the fade throws that are such a low percentage play. Bring back WR screens, and any other play from the last two years that worked. Maybe Jed is gone, but we can still use any of his plays. I have to admit that I'm also a Colts fan, and that Pep was really bad as a playcaller in Indy. I was really nervous that we brought him in, and some of his bad tendencies are on display in Ann Arbor. I know that Harbaugh, Pep, and many other coaches all handle the playcalling together. It's the missing coach that has to be a big reason the game plans are so bad this year.  

 Carlos - check out Copperpotnation.com - we have a couple clips from live stuff there. It's an acoustic band, and a huge change of pace for a guy who has been in heavy original bands most of his life. I'm actually making enough money to pay for all my Michigan tickets every year in addition to whatever gear I'm craving at that moment. It's weird not to have music cost me much more than I make for once in my life. 

Morgan Trent and Stevie Brown were on the 2011 Colts Roster. I still have a Colts Mike Hart jersey that weeps at the opportunity lost by a freak knee injury. It is really unbelievable when you look at how quickly Harbaugh as built the culture, training, and level of play at Michigan. Anyone who doubts him just isn't paying any attention 

is to not even mention the bye week and go about your business. If she's like my wife, she is a casual fan who really doesn't know exactly what is going on (even though I have a calendar on the fridge). My cover band is playing a Cystic Fibrosis Fundraiser in Indianapolis on Saturday, so this was a perfect weekend to schedule a daytime gig. It's a beer tasting, and my biggest challenge is how to fit all our gear in an UberXL so we can drink after we play lol. 

O'Korn was better in every way possible. The offense calmed down and just went right down the field. We instantly went from a 10% redzone offense to a 100% redzone offense. The people claiming that the coaches were just calling better plays for O'Korn are a bit off IMO. The same plays look much different when the QB is getting the ball out of his hands quick enough to take advantage of the cuts from the WRs. There is no compairison in my mind, and if Speight starts against MSU we will go back to having trouble on offense. I don't care how he looked last year or even vs. Florida. To me, the most important thing is we finally started clicking on offense. With Speight we are a 8-9 win team. With O'Korn we could really do something special this year. I will always support my team and their players, but watching Speight this year has been awful and John was a bright light in an otherwise dark place. 

I'm sorry to be harsh, but you guys have totally failed in this thread. It took three pages of crap to finally get some good discussion going here when the asshole troll finally stopped posting for a sec. If we ignore trolls, then the discussion moves on and he has no effect. If you keep feeding the troll, then this shit where we have 5 pages of crap ensues. Where are the mods?? is this acceptable in their eyes? How many down votes constitute a trip to Bolivia? Please, my fellow posters, IGNORE THE TROLLS and just keep the discussion going as if they don't exist.

I really appreciate all you guys do. I know nothing about the details of this transition, but whatever you guys decide to do that will make this experience better is awesome. I am also a crazy addict, but I'm mostly on the app on my phone. Because posting has been a challenge, I have been a lurker for quite some time. I'm really looking forward to the time when I can interact on my phone easily again. This season is almost here, and I just can't wait for the goosebumps... Go Blue!!