Why would we ever congratulate those sluts? Everytime I see D'antonio I want to punch him in his freakin mouth! That game was like watching death and this thread makes me want to barf...
He's gonna need some help cause going 1-4 or 2-3 every 5 games isn't gonna get it done. Hopefully though thats not the case though. Hey if you wanna watch games online for free
Verlander is not right right now in a good way, but if the Tigers don't get some help for him they are gonna waste it. He has been holding down the fort right now. Max has been good, but with an ERA that high its a little deceptive. I mean Coke at 1-7? Seriously we are a decent pitcher away from winning the division and a stud pitcher away from challenging in the playoffs. I just hate to see Justin work that hard and not even make the playoffs.
My wife and I were headed over to Korea to begin our English teaching adventure. Well I got the bright idea that it would be smart to catch the red eye from Chicago to Seoul. After an exhausting day our flight finally took off at 12:30am and we had the very back seats of the plane with the engine blasting in our heads for the next 12 hours. Also, anyone who has ever been on an Asian flight knows there is no medium temperature its either freezing or boiling and that night it was smoking hot. Throw in our seats that didn't recline and you have a hearty case of insomina with a mild case of heat stroke and a teaspoon of culture shock.
No, I think tradition is important, but its the fettish Michigan fans have with it. It trumps everything, oh the spread didnt work perfectly, run back to the Carr-Bo days, we'll be okay as long as we just run the ball and have no creativity in our offense.
I think the receivers are great, except for drops *cough* Roundtree, Rbs might have talent, but last year I just didn't see any of it. Rbs of old that turned out to be great showed signs of it early, I'm just not seeing it and its perplexing cause we recruited a slew of them, hopefully it will just turn out they weren't great for spread but than again they were recruited with this in mind. I didn't mean the offense has no talent, just that this type of play calling is not utilizing it the best it could be.
I was so happy to see him bust that huge run early, hopefully this is the case, and hopefully Denard starts to develop an accurate arm. Cause Devin did not look good today at all either. Kinda scary I thought he would look better today, but today outside of that first run was devoid of hope. That big TD run was a break down on defense.
Honeslty I hope it works, because I'll be watching even if they suck, and if this goes on for much longer I might loose my wife or mind, maybe both.
But good points and I hear ya, even about the stats you are right, we put up sick numbers against the middle class, still I'm just hoping that we don't revert to the conservative oppression on offense. Thought Carr did have some mean comebacks...
Rizzo was never a Muppet baby, but honestly could you see a cartoon rat on a kids cartoon show. Though we never did see the lady with the socks face, could have been Rizzo the whole time...
But why would they take away the one thing he does well? Thats all I'm getting at, I feel a tremendous amount of panic because you take away 75% of his game when you make him sit in the pocket.
I think the flaw of last years offense was definately Denard's inaccuracy, mainly in his unablity to stretch the field, but he was good on short routes and you combine that with his running ability and it worked nicely. But if you take away his running ability (this year), which took heat off the mediocre passing, and make him rely on his okay arm, and mediocre running backs (who were not good last year) it looks like death.
No Denard doesn't seem to have the longevity to be a rb, I just wish they would have kept the spread, or at least made a less defined change. Like when Rich had Mallet and yet it seemed like there was no effort to retain him. Why waste the talent you have?
"And hey, isn't it great how Hoke promotes tradition?"
You are right about the offense being explosive and not always effective, I always thought last year that the spread was so streaky, but mind you the stats:
Michigan
Nat'l Rank
Scoring Offense
25th
Total Offense
8th
Rushing Offense
13th
Passing Offense
36th
It was effective and could have been better if only for a lick of defense. I didn't think Rich deserved another year, but our offense was top 10 last year, and than the new staff comes in and basically ignores what worked best last year. With the defense being so shotty last year and probably much of the same this year (hopefully not, but realistically), how can you afford to dump what worked? Its the same thing as when Rich came in, forget defense and lets get this offense up to par, only this time its forget offense we have to fix the defense. You aren't gonna win any games with a shotty defense and by making Denard throw.
The most alarming thing I heard during the game was that Borges had no running plays for QB in his playbook, and so he added 5. Wow sweet.
Rizzo is the best muppet (since muppets tonight), I like the fact that sometimes there are many many Rizzos and all of them are snarky. Gonzo is cool, but I always thought his nose looked like a slong, and Animal reminds me of what is essentially wrong with children, endless energy. Still all muppets are winners in my book.
I actually had no idea that this site used Muppets to celebrate, I just love me some Muppets.
I'm sorry but after that I am filled with the feeling that the offense is going to be awful and I can't make a guess about the D-fense, because the quality on the offensive side is alarming and how can you use that as a reference point?
Denard is not a pocket qb(and I love Denard), I kept telling myself they won't ruin him, but honestly I don't think its overreacting at all. Denard was horrible on most of his throws, you can say they havent had enough time, but that doesn't change the fact that he cannot throw accurate passes. That is not his strength and never has been... I understand the issues, but honestly lining Denard under center, in any offense other than the spread, is just a waste of talent. Im not blaming anyone honestly, just observations...
And all this talk about our defense being better is a waste of breath, I believe it will be better, but honestly what made you think that watching this practice? Them picking off inaccurate passes, or stopping mediocre running backs running up the middle? If I hear someone else boast about how Brady Hoke promotes tradition I'm going to vomit. Why do we have to throw away a dynamic effective offense and replace it with what every single Michigan fan wanted to blow up under Carr.
I feel gross... I cannot make a prediction of wins and losses, but I can make a prediction that I will be pulling out just as much hair as last year! Square pegs in round holes, a total lack of regard for anything but tradition, Denard's passes closer to defenders than receivers, loosing streaks to rivals that may never end, 3 yards and a cloud of dust... Oh my!
At first I felt the same agony of playing Duke, but than I thought championships have to be earned, and we've beaten Duke before and we will again! GO BLUE!
I was so angry and screaming obscenties, but now I am dancing! I can't believe we pulled that out! Tim Hardaway Jr. is something else. I cannot contain this!!!
WOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! From Korea, Go Blue!!! I never thought I would see the day when we lead Michigan State for a whole game. Morgan's dunk was a nuclear blast to Lucas's face!
I'm teaching English in South Korea and my lifeline was atdhe, I am loosing the will to live. Oh well I guess I can always watch Winter Olympic Speed Skating re-runs and K-league soccer. BARFFF!!! I hope the new domain sticks, stupid government, why don't you do something useful for once?
As much as it pains me to say this they will be lucky to get in the NIT. Don't believe me, check out the schedule.
- Iowa (should win)
- at Ohio St. (nuclear holocaust)
- at Penn State (should win)
- Northwestern (maybe)
- Indiana (maybe, probably a loss as bad as we lost to them last time)
- at Illinois (not likely)
- at Iowa (should, but on the road who knows)
- Wisconsin (yeah right)
- at Minnesota (uh uh)
- Michigan State (maybe)
I mean we hardly win the games we should, so if we assume we have to be at least .500 in the Big 10 to even be considered, and we have 10 games left, and need 7 wins, sadly its not happening. Which is frustrating because every year I feel like we are playing this how many wins do we need game. Young team, but come on, last year veteran team didn't work either. I'm beginning to wonder if we ever will be a decent program again.
I will be the first person to say that I loved watching Denard last year, I mean I often screeched over his electric runs, but its not armageddon if he doesn't stay. We have a more than capable qb on the roster in Devin Gardner, and yes he will be raw, but hes the better passer of the two anyways.
I'm not diminishing what Denard has done, but can he play qb outside of Richies system? Didn't we say goodbye to him when we fired Rich Rod? I fear that if we keep trying to put the square peg into the round hole we will be replaying the Masoli situation all over again, and I think my eyes may melt if I have to watch that unfold.
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Why would we ever congratulate those sluts? Everytime I see D'antonio I want to punch him in his freakin mouth! That game was like watching death and this thread makes me want to barf...
He's gonna need some help cause going 1-4 or 2-3 every 5 games isn't gonna get it done. Hopefully though thats not the case though. Hey if you wanna watch games online for free
http://www.myp2p.eu/competition.php?competitionid=&part=sports&discipline=baseball
I'm in South Korea and its the only way I can watch anything.
Better than paying out the ying yang for it.
Verlander is not right right now in a good way, but if the Tigers don't get some help for him they are gonna waste it. He has been holding down the fort right now. Max has been good, but with an ERA that high its a little deceptive. I mean Coke at 1-7? Seriously we are a decent pitcher away from winning the division and a stud pitcher away from challenging in the playoffs. I just hate to see Justin work that hard and not even make the playoffs.
My wife and I were headed over to Korea to begin our English teaching adventure. Well I got the bright idea that it would be smart to catch the red eye from Chicago to Seoul. After an exhausting day our flight finally took off at 12:30am and we had the very back seats of the plane with the engine blasting in our heads for the next 12 hours. Also, anyone who has ever been on an Asian flight knows there is no medium temperature its either freezing or boiling and that night it was smoking hot. Throw in our seats that didn't recline and you have a hearty case of insomina with a mild case of heat stroke and a teaspoon of culture shock.
May I suggest skipping the Cherrios and just going with Lucky Charms? Nothing like a sugary bowl of milk to pick you up.
I dont care as long as it gets out, thx!
I can't start a post cause I'm still pretty new, so anyone who sees this please pass this along to everyone.
The second round of SportsNation and EA's "NCAA Football Traditions" vote is underway at http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/post/_/id/6686472/3-clemson-vs-11-michigan
It's Clemson's rock v. Michigan's banner. VOTE!
If it didn't work on our players maybe it would work on the other team...
I had a good laugh for 5 minutes at this!
But agreed disgusting stuff...
Does insurance cover your car after its torched by the mob?
Or the damage to your scrotum? Poor guy its always the innocent by stander.
No, I think tradition is important, but its the fettish Michigan fans have with it. It trumps everything, oh the spread didnt work perfectly, run back to the Carr-Bo days, we'll be okay as long as we just run the ball and have no creativity in our offense.
No, I wiki'd it, that would be a bit much.
I think the receivers are great, except for drops *cough* Roundtree, Rbs might have talent, but last year I just didn't see any of it. Rbs of old that turned out to be great showed signs of it early, I'm just not seeing it and its perplexing cause we recruited a slew of them, hopefully it will just turn out they weren't great for spread but than again they were recruited with this in mind. I didn't mean the offense has no talent, just that this type of play calling is not utilizing it the best it could be.
I was so happy to see him bust that huge run early, hopefully this is the case, and hopefully Denard starts to develop an accurate arm. Cause Devin did not look good today at all either. Kinda scary I thought he would look better today, but today outside of that first run was devoid of hope. That big TD run was a break down on defense.
Honeslty I hope it works, because I'll be watching even if they suck, and if this goes on for much longer I might loose my wife or mind, maybe both.
But good points and I hear ya, even about the stats you are right, we put up sick numbers against the middle class, still I'm just hoping that we don't revert to the conservative oppression on offense. Thought Carr did have some mean comebacks...
Rizzo was never a Muppet baby, but honestly could you see a cartoon rat on a kids cartoon show. Though we never did see the lady with the socks face, could have been Rizzo the whole time...
But why would they take away the one thing he does well? Thats all I'm getting at, I feel a tremendous amount of panic because you take away 75% of his game when you make him sit in the pocket.
I think the flaw of last years offense was definately Denard's inaccuracy, mainly in his unablity to stretch the field, but he was good on short routes and you combine that with his running ability and it worked nicely. But if you take away his running ability (this year), which took heat off the mediocre passing, and make him rely on his okay arm, and mediocre running backs (who were not good last year) it looks like death.
"Rizzo first appeared in episode 418 of The Muppet Show, as one of a group of rats following Christopher Reeve around backstage."
No Denard doesn't seem to have the longevity to be a rb, I just wish they would have kept the spread, or at least made a less defined change. Like when Rich had Mallet and yet it seemed like there was no effort to retain him. Why waste the talent you have?
"And hey, isn't it great how Hoke promotes tradition?"
My mouth is full of vomit!
You are right about the offense being explosive and not always effective, I always thought last year that the spread was so streaky, but mind you the stats:
It was effective and could have been better if only for a lick of defense. I didn't think Rich deserved another year, but our offense was top 10 last year, and than the new staff comes in and basically ignores what worked best last year. With the defense being so shotty last year and probably much of the same this year (hopefully not, but realistically), how can you afford to dump what worked? Its the same thing as when Rich came in, forget defense and lets get this offense up to par, only this time its forget offense we have to fix the defense. You aren't gonna win any games with a shotty defense and by making Denard throw.
The most alarming thing I heard during the game was that Borges had no running plays for QB in his playbook, and so he added 5. Wow sweet.
Rizzo is the best muppet (since muppets tonight), I like the fact that sometimes there are many many Rizzos and all of them are snarky. Gonzo is cool, but I always thought his nose looked like a slong, and Animal reminds me of what is essentially wrong with children, endless energy. Still all muppets are winners in my book.
I actually had no idea that this site used Muppets to celebrate, I just love me some Muppets.
I'm sorry but after that I am filled with the feeling that the offense is going to be awful and I can't make a guess about the D-fense, because the quality on the offensive side is alarming and how can you use that as a reference point?
Denard is not a pocket qb(and I love Denard), I kept telling myself they won't ruin him, but honestly I don't think its overreacting at all. Denard was horrible on most of his throws, you can say they havent had enough time, but that doesn't change the fact that he cannot throw accurate passes. That is not his strength and never has been... I understand the issues, but honestly lining Denard under center, in any offense other than the spread, is just a waste of talent. Im not blaming anyone honestly, just observations...
And all this talk about our defense being better is a waste of breath, I believe it will be better, but honestly what made you think that watching this practice? Them picking off inaccurate passes, or stopping mediocre running backs running up the middle? If I hear someone else boast about how Brady Hoke promotes tradition I'm going to vomit. Why do we have to throw away a dynamic effective offense and replace it with what every single Michigan fan wanted to blow up under Carr.
I feel gross... I cannot make a prediction of wins and losses, but I can make a prediction that I will be pulling out just as much hair as last year! Square pegs in round holes, a total lack of regard for anything but tradition, Denard's passes closer to defenders than receivers, loosing streaks to rivals that may never end, 3 yards and a cloud of dust... Oh my!
I can't believe this game, screw the number 8 seed, and screw those DEVILS! Slay the demons, I HATE Duke!!!
At first I felt the same agony of playing Duke, but than I thought championships have to be earned, and we've beaten Duke before and we will again! GO BLUE!
I was so angry and screaming obscenties, but now I am dancing! I can't believe we pulled that out! Tim Hardaway Jr. is something else. I cannot contain this!!!
WOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! From Korea, Go Blue!!! I never thought I would see the day when we lead Michigan State for a whole game. Morgan's dunk was a nuclear blast to Lucas's face!
I'm teaching English in South Korea and my lifeline was atdhe, I am loosing the will to live. Oh well I guess I can always watch Winter Olympic Speed Skating re-runs and K-league soccer. BARFFF!!! I hope the new domain sticks, stupid government, why don't you do something useful for once?
As much as it pains me to say this they will be lucky to get in the NIT. Don't believe me, check out the schedule.
- Iowa (should win)
- at Ohio St. (nuclear holocaust)
- at Penn State (should win)
- Northwestern (maybe)
- Indiana (maybe, probably a loss as bad as we lost to them last time)
- at Illinois (not likely)
- at Iowa (should, but on the road who knows)
- Wisconsin (yeah right)
- at Minnesota (uh uh)
- Michigan State (maybe)
I mean we hardly win the games we should, so if we assume we have to be at least .500 in the Big 10 to even be considered, and we have 10 games left, and need 7 wins, sadly its not happening. Which is frustrating because every year I feel like we are playing this how many wins do we need game. Young team, but come on, last year veteran team didn't work either. I'm beginning to wonder if we ever will be a decent program again.
I will be the first person to say that I loved watching Denard last year, I mean I often screeched over his electric runs, but its not armageddon if he doesn't stay. We have a more than capable qb on the roster in Devin Gardner, and yes he will be raw, but hes the better passer of the two anyways.
I'm not diminishing what Denard has done, but can he play qb outside of Richies system? Didn't we say goodbye to him when we fired Rich Rod? I fear that if we keep trying to put the square peg into the round hole we will be replaying the Masoli situation all over again, and I think my eyes may melt if I have to watch that unfold.
Heres an update
FYI: Les Miles met w Michigan tonight but Michigan officials left without Miles and without a resolution. Not yes, not no. (Pat Forde - ESPN)
http://twitter.com/espn4d/status/24681132133974016#
Further article detailing whats going on...
http://detroit.sbnation.com/michigan-wolverines/2011/1/11/1927895/michigan-coaching-search-lsu-les-miles-met-with-michigan