I didn't like the DB fundamentals this season. From Game 1, it seemed like we were going to be a bump and run team on the corner. But as the season wore on, we would like up in jam coverage, but not get any contact at all.
It looked more like "whiff and trail" than bump and run.
Being a CMU grad, Sept 12, 2009 was a great day. Tailgated with college friends and watched CMU beat Sparty. Then we drove home (wife was DD) and watched the Tate Forcier comeback game against ND. Went to the bar to celebrate the victory with friends and watch Spartys cry into their beers. All in all probably drank for 14 hours that day. Hadn't boozed that much since college.
But Jan 1 1998 post has to be tops....
The apology was meant to appease the MSU fan base. From the banner in the sky to the meatheads with letters painted on their chests, its clear that the MSU fan base is Hoke's number 1 fan. Who doesn't want their fans to be happy?
So is this press release a summary of what was said between Hoke and Dantonio at center field after the game? They sure had a nice long chat with each other. It's was nauseatingly long and awkward. Say good game and get the fuck out of there, Brady.
When you fire a coach during the season, you have to name an interim. Who on this staff would make a good interim? Matison? Nuss? Freddie J?
This whole situation is lose-lose.
The shovel pass play to Jack Miller was a brilliant play call. No one was expecting that play. He just fell down after Gardner shoveled it to him. Damn natural grass field. That play would have been a touchdown on field turf.
Remember when Hoke had that hard ass commitment policy? Pharaoh Brown and David Dawson get their offers pulled because they take a visit after committing blue. Now guys are can do whatever they want after they commit and we just pray their LOI comes through the fax machine on Signing Day.
Just another sideshow in the UM football circus.
Tattoos make you look tough. When you look tough, your opponents are scared of you. When opponents are scared of you, you win.
Look good, feel good. Feel good, play good. Play good, win.
See?
Narduzzi turned down a low pressure job at UCONN. Why would be (or anyone for that matter) want to step into the dumpster fire that is Michigan Football? And no, this is Michigan fergodsakes is not the right answer.
You ever hear the story of BK's team meeting at CMU when he informed the team that he was leaving? HS teammate of mine played at CMU under Kelly. On the eve of CMU's first bowl game in 12 years, he throws together a hastily arranged team meeting that lasts minutes. He basically told the team he was leaving and ended the meeting shortly by saying "I gotta go, there's another team who is waiting for me" and he leaves.
Ask anyone who was at that meeting and they'll confirm he is a scumbag.
When I didn't get accepted to UM, I enrolled at CMU and graduated from there. I never thought for a millisecond about applying to MSU. There's no inferiority complex.
There's also a lot of Save A Lot Sparty fans out there in their 1995 Reebok apparel who shop at Save A Lot and briskly search the shelves for dented canned meat at a discount price.
I've been a follower of UM football since I was 7 in 1989, so that's my historical perspective.
Throw out 2008.
Now let me ask you this:
Is this not the worst OL? The worst line backing corps? The softest secondary? The most talentless group of WR not named Funchess? The worst special teams unit (both kicking and return teams)? The slowest team overall?
Either 4 major HS recruiting services got our rankings wrong for the last 3 years or we just have a coaching staff with a total inability to develop a team or fraction of a team that develops anything close to what Michigan has put on the field from 1989-present.
Firing the head coach would mean installing an interim coach from the assistant coaching staff. Each position coach and coordinator is an inept as Hoke.
It ain't happening until the season is over.
Saturdays are ruined, thats for sure. I was still stinging about the Minny game well into last week. But I still walk around in my Michigan Football gear and my Michigan block M hat and people look at me like I'm wearing a dildo helmet on my head.
Anyone catch Frank Clark chumming it up with Gary Nova after the game? Nova must have said something funny because Clark was smiling ear to ear and laughing. Maybe he was laughing because Gary Nova looked like the 2nd coming of Donovan McNabb in this game.
Meanwhile I flip to the end of the MSU-Nebraska game and Nebraska players are sitting motionless on the bench, others are consoling their teammates as they walk off the field together.
You tell me what's wrong with this picture and now the Funchess quote?
I guess we should all be as happy as Frank Clark in the end..we kept the score close. The ultimate loser mentality is spreading like Ebola within the program.
If you're on the punt team, how do you not notice that the player your been standing next to all week in practice and numerous walk throughs is not on the field?
Players can call timeouts too, provided the special teams coach, head coach, and the numerous assistants in the coaches box can't freaking figure it out! Not giving the coaches a pass here at all, but I can't believe that none of the hundred + players and coaches wouldn't have seen something and called a timeout.
Most classless (and lame) of all were the tweets made by former MSU Bball player Delvan Roe. Don't quit your day job, Seinfeld:
"If you can't play football go to MICHIGAN. If u can't throw a football go to MICHIGAN. If Walmart is your favorite store go to MICHIGAN lol
1 Sep"
Denard Robinson still is the most exciting player in college football. You never know which team will catch the ball lol #ROLLTIDE
1 Sep
Brady Hoke was asked y doesn't he have a headset or do anything on the sideline?"Denard Robinson is r quarterback there's NOTHING we can do"
Michigan is getting Raped right now. I bet Jerry Sandusky is proud lol #ROLLTIDE
In the game against Alabama, Cousins' qb rating was 100.44. Denard's qb rating on Saturday was 104. Cousins had minus 56 yards rushing. Denard had 27 and a TD.
So the walk on qb who can't beat out Maxwell is better than Denard and better than the most prolific qb in MSU history??? Riiiiiiiight.
In the bowl game vs Bama, Kirk Cousins had a qb rating of 100, Denard's was 104 last night. Cousins had minus 56 yards rushing, Denard had 27 yards and a touchdown.
Granted they didn't play against the exact same team, but I'd have to argue that they were bigger/faster/stronger than anything we have in the B10. We cant give up on Denard.
The Annexation of Puerto Rico.
Something safe I'm sure, don't want to be 2nd and 10 too much against that D. The first series or two will probably be scripted ahead of time.
Kudos to the amateur photographer who captured Big Will's hood slide. Its crazy, but appears that the car he slid across resembled the General Lee and it appears a man resembling Bo Duke is chasing him...
My wife and I had our first son almost 4 months ago, he is also named Luke (born Luke). He's wearing clothes in the 6-9 month range, so hopefully he keeps growing big. He's a 2029 commit as well.
I'm 6'4" and played high school ball. My dad played D3 college ball and my great uncle played tailback at Northwestern, so he's got some football background.
My friend Andy Raab and his wife had a baby boy on Saturday named Brady (after Tom, not coach). He's in for 2029 as well and Andy was an all-league middle linebacker in high school.
I'll never forget tailgating at MSU in 2007 and seeing Sparty D-Bags with App. State gear from head to toe.
I got in this one dude's face and asked him to name ONE App St. player since he just spent $100+ on all their apparel. He couldn't do it.
Its just as pathetic as we're all saying. State knows they can't beat us regularly, so they have to root for whoever Michigan is playing.
Also, visit that firedantonio.com site too if you haven't already. Its hilarious and true!
I'd like to expand upon a point that was made by the first poster on this article.
IU threw everything at us, from their pistol formation (How many times did Ray Bentley say "pistol"?), to the Wildcat, to the swinging gate.
All they needed to run was "The Annexation of Puerto Rico" (Little Giants) and they would have covered every play under the sun.
Granted MSU is gonna pull out all the stops, but I don't think that Michigan necessarily shows all their cards in games against inferior teams like Indiana. There are still offensive and defensive packages that we haven't seen yet that we WILL see against State.
In addition to expanding the playbook on offense, it should still be a relief that our basic stretch-read play is so effective this year with Brown or Minor.
I just worry that MSU will come out and throw 40+ times to try and pick on Cissoko/Floyd and Kovacs like J Claw tried to do.
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I didn't like the DB fundamentals this season. From Game 1, it seemed like we were going to be a bump and run team on the corner. But as the season wore on, we would like up in jam coverage, but not get any contact at all.
It looked more like "whiff and trail" than bump and run.
FWIW, I wouldn't have seen this video if not posted on this site...I didn't care who posted it first or who posted it most recently.
The UNIDED sign is funny...the vine of the MSU fan picking his nose and eating it...LOLZ material.
https://vine.co/v/Ow6jKKppvOU
All in all, it just wasn't a good day for Staee fans...
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Kudos to the amateur photographer who captured Big Will's hood slide. Its crazy, but appears that the car he slid across resembled the General Lee and it appears a man resembling Bo Duke is chasing him...
My wife and I had our first son almost 4 months ago, he is also named Luke (born Luke). He's wearing clothes in the 6-9 month range, so hopefully he keeps growing big. He's a 2029 commit as well.
I'm 6'4" and played high school ball. My dad played D3 college ball and my great uncle played tailback at Northwestern, so he's got some football background.
My friend Andy Raab and his wife had a baby boy on Saturday named Brady (after Tom, not coach). He's in for 2029 as well and Andy was an all-league middle linebacker in high school.