Michigan is the only B1G team without a conference loss
We're 2-0 in our 3 game make or break stretch so far. We have a bye before the third game at home, plus the obvious road game at OSU.
We've won 7 straight including a ham blasting of Wisconsin and a domination of MSU on the road, both ranked teams.
And some fun OSU numbers: The teams OSU has beaten this year are a collective 19-32. Michigan's wins are 27-23. If you remove the Michigan and OSU games from those numbers, that's 19-25 vs 27-16.
OSU threw the ball 73 times tonight. They had 76 rushing yards.
OSU rushed for 3 YPC. This is the first time all year OSU has rushed for a higher YPC than they did the previous game (they had a stellar 2.9 YPC against Minnesota).
October 20th, 2018 at 11:58 PM ^
And we looked like dog shit, imo, when we had 3 possessions that started about the 50 or even on Sparty side of the field. We should've got us at least 1 TD.
October 21st, 2018 at 12:05 AM ^
...and the revisionism has begun.
We won by 14 in a rivalry game on the road (beating the spread against the nefarious spread-beater!), but actually the game meant nothing, and thus we looked like dogshit because we didn't win by triple digits while taking a knee all second half. When will Jim Harbaugh win a big game?????????
October 21st, 2018 at 8:01 AM ^
I have higher aspirations than beating Sparty. I want a National Championship. We did NOT look like a Nat Champ caliber team. I thought we looked like dogshit during that stretch.
I want to play up to the caliber of the talent of the players. Coaches are not getting everything out of them, imo.
Frustrating as hell.
October 21st, 2018 at 12:07 AM ^
I bet PSU wishes it played a "dogshit" game against MSU like we did.
October 21st, 2018 at 12:13 AM ^
Why can't we ever be happy?
October 21st, 2018 at 12:20 AM ^
Because too many of these guys are miserable dorks who got too many wedgies growing up.
October 21st, 2018 at 12:52 AM ^
We can. He can't.
October 21st, 2018 at 12:15 AM ^
Dink.
October 21st, 2018 at 12:16 AM ^
Your parents must be cousins.
October 21st, 2018 at 12:18 AM ^
No ma’am.
October 21st, 2018 at 12:21 AM ^
pretty easy to spot the fake wolverine fans. wait until after a huge win and watch to see who complains.
October 21st, 2018 at 8:16 AM ^
Trolls gonna troll.
October 21st, 2018 at 12:01 AM ^
Big10 west is widdde open, too.
October 21st, 2018 at 12:36 AM ^
Nebraska v Purdue may be 101-100 final score.
October 21st, 2018 at 12:45 AM ^
They played a few weeks ago - Purdue won 38-24.
October 21st, 2018 at 12:54 AM ^
Awww, MGoFunk thought he was on a roll.
October 21st, 2018 at 12:03 AM ^
Why doesn’t Haskins run more ? He can move
October 21st, 2018 at 12:09 AM ^
I'm guessing he actually can't, or else they would ask him to run more.
October 21st, 2018 at 12:54 AM ^
His odd slide indicates that he's extremely uncomfortable running.
October 21st, 2018 at 12:12 AM ^
Ham blasting = lamb basting.
You're welcome.
October 21st, 2018 at 12:22 AM ^
I have both blasted ham and basted lamb.
They are different activities, yet both are satisfying.,
October 21st, 2018 at 12:43 AM ^
I prefer the the phrase "lewerkin' off"
October 21st, 2018 at 12:55 AM ^
With your cousin/wife?
October 21st, 2018 at 8:25 AM ^
Cousin-wife
October 21st, 2018 at 12:16 AM ^
Didn’t know where else to ask, but:
Did Tarik Black get any snaps today?
October 21st, 2018 at 12:25 AM ^
He got at least one. I know I saw him out there for a play, but then MSU took a time out and he didn't come back on the field after that time out. I suspect he'll be a full go for PSU. The bye week should help get him healthier.
October 21st, 2018 at 7:54 AM ^
October 21st, 2018 at 10:46 AM ^
Black is listed in the Player Participation log on mgoblue.com so he must have come in at some point
October 21st, 2018 at 12:21 AM ^
Someone will probably (inevitably?) make this its own thread, but I wonder what Zach Harrison thinks of this weekend's events.
October 21st, 2018 at 4:10 AM ^
Yep. They did. It was extremely ill advised.
October 21st, 2018 at 12:25 AM ^
On a more somber note, when Rutger gave up the lead against Northwestern, the dream died; they're the first team mathematically eliminated from the Big Ten championship.
;)
October 21st, 2018 at 12:36 AM ^
Now ash is really on the hot seat.
October 21st, 2018 at 12:39 AM ^
Is he though? Maybe they can hire (rehire) Schiano away from tOSU, the way that defense just played he may be looking for a job. He had them...competitive?... in the ACC
October 21st, 2018 at 12:26 AM ^
None of it matters if we don't beat Ohio State. This has to be the year. It just has to be.
October 21st, 2018 at 12:34 AM ^
We’re going in the right direction. I’d love to win this year, but it’s going to happen either way.
October 21st, 2018 at 12:45 AM ^
We're going to go down there and beat their dicks off too. Our days of sucking are over.
October 21st, 2018 at 12:56 AM ^
So, in other words, no more Lewerkin?
October 21st, 2018 at 1:06 AM ^
Yeah, let's go down there and blow these guys!
October 21st, 2018 at 4:13 AM ^
I think we'd rather blow the doors off.
October 21st, 2018 at 12:34 AM ^
We win vs Penn St, I will start to get more and more confident we go into Columbus and win
October 21st, 2018 at 10:01 AM ^
Once we beat OSU, I'll start to get more and more confident we go into Columbus and win
October 21st, 2018 at 12:45 AM ^
Ohio Sts defense has been inexplicably bad this year, starting even before Bosa went out.
I wonder what that writer, and that coach, that kept giving Ohio St that #1 vote thinks tonight? hehe
October 21st, 2018 at 12:59 AM ^
None of it matters until we beat OSU
October 21st, 2018 at 1:44 AM ^
Food for thought. In Big Ten play only:
OSU has played Rutgers, @PSU, Indiana, Minnesota, and @Purdue. Michigan has played Nebraska, @Northwestern, Maryland, Wisconsin, and @MSU.
OSU is scoring 35.6 points per game. Michigan is scoring 35.4.
OSU is allowing 23.6 points per game. Michigan is allowing 13.6 (!).
OSU has passed for 1,961 yards (392.2/gm) on 233 attempts; 8.4 ypa; they've rushed for 666 yards (133.2/gm) on 182 carries: 3.7 ypa (!). Total: 6.3 yards per play.
Michigan has passed for 1,032 yards (206.4/gm) on 129 attempts; 8.0 ypa; they've rushed for 1,139 yards (227.8/gm) on 228 carries: 5.0 ypa. Total: 6.1 yards per play.
Meanwhile, on defense:
OSU has allowed 1,269 yards passing (253.8/gm) on 177 attempts; 7.2 ypa; they've allowed 698 yards rushing (139.6/gm) on 158 carries: 4.4 ypa. Total: 5.9 yards per play
Michigan has allowed 519 yards passing (103.8/gm) on 115 attempts: 4.5 ypa; they've allowed 412 yards rushing (82.4/gm) on 153 carries: 2.7 ypa. Total: 3.5 yards per play
OSU is getting out-rushed on a per-game and per-carry basis. There are two big differences between the two teams. OSU plays at a higher tempo, throwing lots and lots of passes -- and Michigan's defense is worlds better than OSU's. Against tougher competition.
Wisconsin's 100 yards of passing, including 75 on the sad touchdown drive?
That was the second-highest total by a conference opponent this year.
October 21st, 2018 at 3:41 AM ^
Double post
October 21st, 2018 at 3:41 AM ^
So today was pretty much perfect (Fuck OSU). Someone could walk up and shoot me, and I would die smiling. Still don't know what to do with my hands.
That being said, Penn State has scared me more then Wisc and Mich St this year. The bye comes at a perfect week, so that is a big plus. But I can't shake the fear of Trace McSorley's play making. Outside of Jonathan Taylor, he seems like the biggest threat we will seen so far this year.
Anyone else? Or is this just my natural PTSD from the last decade, and I need to just chill and savor the win through the bye?
October 21st, 2018 at 4:17 AM ^
Savor it. These good feels have been too few and far between since Bo died.
October 21st, 2018 at 7:55 AM ^
Trace can be a threat at times, but we can be consoled with the knowledge that 1) Saquon Barkely is no longer there and KJ Hamler is not up to that level while 2) James Franklin is still making the in-game decisions (without Moorehead).
October 21st, 2018 at 10:10 AM ^
Trace is a play maker but I'm sure that is deep rooted BPONE you are feeling.