When did UMBIG11 become Shawn L Martin?

UMBIG11 is just cranky that MSU never paid the price for the event that happened (and he warned us about) in August.

Can you blame him?

Google confirmation bias.

Hard to put a finger on the defensive issues other than teams have had an entire off-season to game plan for press man coverage and our blitz packages.  Like the offense, this "pre-season" defense could all be dumbed-down a bit before conference play in order not to show on film the good stuff new for 2018.  We will see on Saturday as the gloves will be off for Nebraska.

Question for those who played at the college level and above: how does the qb revolving door affect the psychology of the team? I suspect it would be better to have one guy stick with the team for at least three years to create stronger relationships as opposed to putting in older transfers for a season. This isn't a knock on Shea Patterson at all; it's more of a question about Harbaugh's strategy and how it affects the team. 

Back to the pile!

Umbig11 is still a fan too

We all love this team, that's what makes Michigan unique. Sadly I live amongst the savages in Columbus. My expectations are sky high every year just to be knocked down. I have been where UMBig11 is many times in the last few years. Having said that and knowing him all my life, his frustration fades and optimism usually returns. Yes we have issues, I would hate to see Shea being here wasted by an O line that is inexperienced and flawed. If you don't agree that's fine, but everyone has an opinion and in my experience insight from UMBig11 is usually unbiased and most importantly accurate.

Because nothing engenders constructive conversation like random people on the internet calling out others for being too negative.

So you created a thread to call out our best poster and basically say unless you have only positive opinions than you shouldn't post anything?

I hope you retire from starting topics on here. This is trash.

Although I have a suspicion about who umbig11 really is, we never might know his true identity.*  Nevertheless, his deep-insider comments here since he became an MGoBlogger on July 21, 2010 have established his credibility.

One person’s pessimism is another person’s realism.  Questioning the TONE of umbig11's comments since the season began may be fair, but I don’t think that you can reasonably discount his perspective.  He seems to be close enough to the team to have witnessed practice sessions, interview sessions and maybe even coaching-staff and team meetings to know more about the Michigan football team than anyone who posts here.

Remember the poster who touted Karan Higdon?  I’ve forgotten his name and never knew whether he’d been Karan Higdon’s high school coach or just a close friend of the Higdon family. He was intimately familiar with Karan’s background and skills.  Turns out that he was right about what Michigan could expect to receive from a relatively unheralded recruit whose commitment didn't receive overwhelming praise, but who’s now one of the captains of the football team.

Count me among those who trust umbig11's perspective about this Michigan football team AND among those who'd love to see his 8-4 prediction turn out to be too pessimistic by at least two more wins.  Go Blue!
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*  This board’s version of Bob Woodward or Lois Lane needs to start the investigation into umbig11's true identity.

MgoBoard Logic:

UMBIG11 > positive > More UMBIG11

UMBIG11 > negative > must have been jilted by the coaching staff.

Brian and Seth haven't exactly been overly optimistic based on the first 3 games... did the staff tell them off too?

seems like people can't post their opinion (not hot takes, but actual opinions) without a certain group of people getting upset about it.

Funny thing is, Harbaugh would probably be the first to admit that they need to do better and that he and the coaches need to do better.

Also, what happened to the supposed Michigan State Football scandal that UMBig11 said reporters where working on and would drop before the season????????

I have no issues with any content from umbig11. Keep it coming!

Who is Shawn L Martin

So, I can’t have an opinion? I am definitely further away from 11-1 and closer to 8-4. Harbaugh is calling the shots. Is he free from criticism? I will stand by my comments. Expectations are much higher this year. Let’s see how this plays out. Oh, and OP, get a life. It’s a message board that we share!

That is not the experience I’ve seen here over the years. I see a bunch of immediate overreactions to every little detail. People want to espouse their opinions on whether or not milk and steak make a football player. I’ve never seen a rose-colored MGoBlog and probably because we’ve not gone for Roses in a long time. SVP said it on Sportsce yet this morning—fans and sports journalist have too much info and expect too much too quickly, demanding coaches like Herman and Taggert be fired after one game. Fans are ducking ridiculously negative, from what I’ve seen. 

Optimism is an easy target for a bunch of people who see things through tweets and cannot handle or envision long-term progress, as a result.

UMbig11 is my homeboy. (Not in real life; he’s probably filing a restraining order right now)

The offensive gameplan for ND was boring. At no point did anyone in my section think we were really going to win. And I was in the Mich section. Criticism warranted.

i support Harbaugh even if he gets an 8-5 record this year. However, I can also criticize him and say we should expect more for his salary. When you’re paid at the top tier, you need to exceed expectations every once in a while.

There is only two people on this board and I am one of them.  

You don't want to pay to get insider information behind a paywall, but look for it on a free board, you get a guy telling you Brandon Peters is ahead of Dylan McCaffrey. You get what you pay for.