Notre Dame Snowflakes: The Offense
September 1st, 2018 at 11:08 PM ^
We called plays on offense? I thought Borges was phoning in plays from his couch.
September 1st, 2018 at 11:08 PM ^
Michigan is 9-9 in its past 18 games.
September 1st, 2018 at 11:56 PM ^
And of those 9, I think only our win over 7-6 Purdue last year came against a team with a winning record. Man, if that’s what $7 million gets you, I think we’re not investing that money properly.
September 2nd, 2018 at 12:28 AM ^
Are you suggesting we go back to a cut rate HC? I've seen what that gets us, and it's worse.
Fix the OTs by mid season and I think we will all be a lot happier.
September 2nd, 2018 at 3:27 AM ^
Only if Michigan wins 50-0.
September 2nd, 2018 at 9:41 AM ^
1-6 against rivals and 9-9 in the past 18 games is first-rate?
September 1st, 2018 at 11:09 PM ^
This one is easy: we cannot block.
September 1st, 2018 at 11:09 PM ^
OL cost us the game. Still can't pick up a stunt to save their lives. At least DCaff looked servicable, because I doubt Shea is making it through this season un-injured.
September 2nd, 2018 at 12:10 AM ^
lol, at 6'5" 200lbs neither is Dylan McCaffrey with that kind of O-line protection.
We might actually have to play Joe Milton by the seasons end!
Jim's new strategy is instead of recruiting and coaching OL to block, just take as many QBs as possible and replace them each time they break!
September 2nd, 2018 at 12:17 AM ^
Sadly, your joke is our reality. I cannot see how we avoid multiple QB injuries again this year- its like groundhog day. Harbaugh's only real hope at this point is to get lucky. If I had a son who was a top QB prospect I would not trust JH with his future.
September 2nd, 2018 at 11:22 PM ^
This is heartbreaking. And simply not acceptable. All those misses in recruiting really leaving us exposed... there has to be away to turn around this downward spiral.
We have to protect the kids -- not to mention top-line talent -- we got blessed with.
Have to.
September 2nd, 2018 at 9:20 AM ^
I was not impressed by Patterson, 2 turnovers no scores, though to be fair he was running for his life all night, and I didn’t see him get many/any play calls that let him threaten the D with his running ability.
I thought they should’ve let McCaffery stay in and finish out that drive after he completed a few passes, should’ve given the kid a chance to show what he can do.
September 2nd, 2018 at 10:24 PM ^
We could have replaced our OL with 5 traffic cones and it would have been the same results. They need to get it fixed ASAP. MSU and OSU will get murder Shea if they dont
September 1st, 2018 at 11:10 PM ^
Yiiiipes. I'm not sure anything matters until the tackles get fixed. Ruiz wasn't great, missed a block that would have been a TD on the FG drive. Messed up some stunts, especially when working with Runyan. Who HAS to be pulled if we're going to beat anybody with an elite pass rusher. I was too focused on LT, but I'm not sure JBB was a disaster in pass protection, which is nice.
Playcalling looked like a team that has multiple people calling plays. Somebody needs to be named the playcaller. I don't care if that's Jim, Shea, Pep, McElwain, or whoever. I'd prefer Harbaugh himself, but whatever. We don't have an identity. The thing that seemed to work best in the running game was power I football to the right side. Passing... ask again later if we can figure out LT.
September 2nd, 2018 at 9:04 AM ^
Bahaha. JBB was a total disaster. This screencap says it all:
September 2nd, 2018 at 10:35 AM ^
patterson looks like a cartoon bugs bunny
also his back foot and ankle have completely dislocated
i actually feel sorry for him
September 1st, 2018 at 11:10 PM ^
Will this ever be fun again?
September 1st, 2018 at 11:10 PM ^
Well, at least they get to go overseas in the offseason. 3rd or 4th place in B1G East and fun trips in the offseason. That's what Michigan football has become.
September 2nd, 2018 at 8:42 AM ^
Out of all the knocks you can give the team/staff, I don't understand the critique of the trips. They're not for team building or a reward. They're an enticement to come to Michigan. It's a recruiting tactic to attract top talent. One that's necessary because we don't get wins.
September 2nd, 2018 at 9:45 AM ^
When do they start paying off and we start getting top talent?
Maybe they need to step it up and take the kids to the Moon. Maybe then we can get some 4* Tackles.
September 2nd, 2018 at 9:52 AM ^
Enticement should be winning and a degree from an outstanding academic institution with the possibility to play on Sundays.
My son and nephew played HS football for 2 different teams in the same conference. MY son's team got great swag to start the season: UA sweats, sweatshirts, and winter caps. My nephew's team gets a T-shirt and maybe a few other things.
MY nephew's team consistently runs deep into the state playoffs while my son's team sucked. The stuff my nephew gets all says district champion or state champion.
If trips are the enticement then things have really gone off the rails.
September 2nd, 2018 at 11:43 AM ^
Fuck off. Does your nephew generate hundreds of millions for his school? These guys are vastly under compensated, you are a lowlife if you want to take away their perks because they lose football games.
September 1st, 2018 at 11:11 PM ^
Remember when Desmond picked this team to win the national title? Lol!
for real...oline was bad; playcalling pretty bad too.
September 2nd, 2018 at 12:15 AM ^
They still can win the bottom half of the Big Ten East!
September 1st, 2018 at 11:12 PM ^
It is hard to see this team having anything more than an outside chance of beating good teams until the o-line makes massive improvements. Unfortunately Harbaugh and his staff haven't shown the ability to recruit and develop the position in his time at Michigan so it is difficult to be too optimistic about the future of the team.
September 1st, 2018 at 11:12 PM ^
Runyan put in the worst performance I’ve seen for a Michigan OT.
September 2nd, 2018 at 12:25 AM ^
Missing Taylor Lewan who got the biggest line contract in NFL history.
September 1st, 2018 at 11:12 PM ^
Runyan is terrible at LT. the whole line was bad. Offense looks about the same as last year.
September 1st, 2018 at 11:12 PM ^
It's unbelievable how bad the line is.
September 1st, 2018 at 11:13 PM ^
Offensive Line.
Offensive Line.
Offensive Line.
Offensive Line.
Offensive Line.
Don't even bother wasting your time talking about anything else.
September 2nd, 2018 at 12:19 AM ^
The coaches know how bad their tackles are. Even if they didn’t going into the game, they saw what we saw.
They had no plan b and do not adjust. Most frustratingly, they in fact started the game with some successful plays that rolled Shea out to mask this awfulness. But then strangely never can back to it, tried man ball and drop back passing. Idiocy. Same as it ever was.
September 1st, 2018 at 11:13 PM ^
Shea is a player. Higdon is a good back. Evans is a weapon in the passing game. All 4 WRs looked good. TEs still have the dropsies. Tackles are horrible. Play calling is worse
September 1st, 2018 at 11:27 PM ^
I agree that Shea is a player and Higdon is a good back, but all 4 WRs looked good? Based on viewing a few other games in the past two days, other teams' receivers seem to be MUCH better at catching the ball. Maybe you are saying ours look good in suits?
September 1st, 2018 at 11:57 PM ^
Grant Perry is great .he NEVER drops a ball .Ever .
September 1st, 2018 at 11:32 PM ^
Sorry, WR never get open either.
Bad combo: crap OL, receivers that aren't open.
TE can't catch or block.
September 1st, 2018 at 11:40 PM ^
Agree
September 2nd, 2018 at 12:23 AM ^
D-Mac looked better and more decisive to me.
I just wasn't impressed with Shea. He wasn't terrible but D-Mac just seemed to have more poise.
Looked like a young Tom Brady? (OK maybe, its just his #)
We flat out should of won this game. Totally a disappointment to lose to this team.
September 1st, 2018 at 11:15 PM ^
Need to try out Mayfield or Hudson.
September 1st, 2018 at 11:15 PM ^
Pep needs to go. And we need some damn linemen. Grad transfers, G5 players, freshman, whatever.
Maybe hire Wisconsin's OL coach and anyone involved in recruiting. Triple their pay. What were doing clearly isn't working.
September 1st, 2018 at 11:24 PM ^
Fine, get rid of Pep. Whatever.
The main thing that needs to change is that Harbaugh should no longer be the offensive coordinator because he clearly isn't that great of an offensive coach. That's the only change that will move the needle.
September 1st, 2018 at 11:49 PM ^
Yes. Harbaugh is not doing a good job on the offense. We need a legit offensive coordinator.
September 2nd, 2018 at 11:45 AM ^
Huh, the offense seemed to look pretty good when Jedd Fisch was here. Not many complaints about the offensive mind of Jim Harbaugh then.
September 2nd, 2018 at 12:02 AM ^
OL dont grad transfer, we need a time machine to go back and recruit some linemen in 2014.
September 1st, 2018 at 11:15 PM ^
Need to try out Mayfield or Hudson.
September 1st, 2018 at 11:16 PM ^
Runyan is the worst LT ever to start at Michigan
September 1st, 2018 at 11:19 PM ^
O-line? What O-line?
September 1st, 2018 at 11:19 PM ^
Oline stinks pure trash it doesn’t matter who the QB is. Harbaugh cannot develop an oline to save his life period. Good guy but an overrated coach. We will not beat MSU or OSU with this oline
September 1st, 2018 at 11:19 PM ^
Much worse than I expected. Hard to find many positives to be optimistic about.
This team looks like they are well on the their way to a repeat of 8-5.
September 1st, 2018 at 11:22 PM ^
There is no way James Hudson is worse than Runyan. Jr looked out of his league.
September 1st, 2018 at 11:22 PM ^
The offensive line wasn't great at all but that ND d-line was athletic and fast as hell. Their d-line is better than Michigan's. At least it looked that way. Where was Rashan Gary all game btw?