Saturday Morning Psycho #10: THE Game Ed.
In 1894 after the big upset of Cornell, James Burrill Angell
"I have been asked often today, 'What will be the effect of the game?' I am neither a prophet or the son of a prophet, but there is one thing of great value that I believe will result. ... I think the benefit of victory lies in the cultivation of this broad, generous university spirit that pervades all departments and makes us feel here one interest and common joy."
Three year's later "The Rivalry" started and this was redacted to: "F*CK OHIO STATE"
That is all, no need for fancy pictures.
Game prediction:
In the three years of the Harbaugh era, OSU has out gained UofM on the ground by over 500 yards, so today they will win by starting to cut into that lead. To do that:
1) Make OSU pass only;
2) Run the ball in the second half.
I believe that UofM will take a page out of the 2006 rivalry and have a pass heavy start, taking shots at some big plays early. If they can hit those, the game becomes high variability if OSU needs to pass from behind and that gives UofM a chance to make a big statement. Things go our way for once and that statement is made.
Until next time stay Psyched and GoBlue!
November 24th, 2018 at 11:56 AM ^
Ok, it needs a couple of pictures:
O how narratives change. At the beginning of the year Harbaugh and Michigan were all....
Now all of a sudden, Buster Douglas is the Columbus hero and UofM is all:
Remember, a lot of time with Tyson, you wake up to this:
November 24th, 2018 at 1:20 PM ^
Well, really rooting for these kids.
For 18-22 year olds they are playing their hearts out; I feel bad the adults let them down but they were just too risk averse, especially the last few weeks when they needed some in game work on execution. The offensive game plan has them going uphill all the time and rarely let's them fly.
They 'll need to find a place inside and overcome even the stubbornness of their own staff if they want this one.
November 24th, 2018 at 2:11 PM ^
Halftime Update;
Kids playing hearts out + karma giving us some breaks = maybe a better result than years past.
Not how i would've drawn it up but I'll take it!
Good Luck boys!
GoBlue!
November 24th, 2018 at 3:05 PM ^
Well, at least the team is firmly back where they belong:
Huge underdogs in an impossible environment to a team that is much more talented.
Maybe if they had four quarters but probably not with only one.
Good Luck Boys!
November 24th, 2018 at 3:10 PM ^
Or maybe we can make it the LOOOOONGEST quarter!
November 24th, 2018 at 3:51 PM ^
SMH at Coach On Brown. He's got no D.
November 24th, 2018 at 3:59 PM ^
GAME NOTES: wish I could make a post but I am new and don’t have the points.
Watson can’t run, let up 3 big plays before we figured that out at least, 2nd TD was on him
3rd&17 was his penalty, Ambry needs to play, him not playing is on the entire coaching staff, Zordich, Brown, and Harbaugh, On a run 10 yards down field with a foot out of bounds,
Then gets picked on a deep throw again another penalty. Always 10 yards off the ball on a run and getting blocked through the whistle
Weren’t prepared for the crossing routes
No pressure on the QB
Offense makes crucial mistakes on every big play, drops, bad throws, false start, missed blocks, taking sacks
We punt the ball into the endzone or short of the 20, that’s been an issue all year
We play for third and short with a QB who makes a lot of mistakes, we need to get big plays on 1 and 2nd down
Winovich must be hurt, no pressure on the QB, getting pushed off the ball on runs, play Uche and Paye
Harbaughs offense can’t win anything anymore, it’s impossible to run that system without an NFL QB. He has to change or he has to go, we can find someone for $2million to go 10-3 and lose to OSU, sucks to say it but it’s true, very lucky to score 19 in the first half vs a very average offense.
Patterson can’t make a play, he’s not consistent at all and his big plays are few as far between. Takes sacks that make no sense and there is no excuse to take, 2pt conversion, 2nd&2. Scrambles out of perfectly clean pockets. Gets pressured and his eyes go down quick
Our WRs, RBs, Oline, and QB aren’t ever going to be that much better than they are right now
Nico Collins can make plays, but he could do that in any offense
Kickoff coverage competition is Harbaugh, good on him then a great play call for the one two punch
They throw at bush on wheel routes and it’s open they drop it twice it’s still open the third time. Don Brown has better players than any coordinator in the world and he isn’t doing it in the game that matters most. We can’t play like this against Ohio state, we give up easy crossers, everyone knew that was coming we give away 7 free points, we give the wheel route against Bush 3 times, we let watson get abused outside the entire first half. Don Brown can hold everyone to 24 or under but OSU got 24 in the first half. Priorities don’t align there
We can’t play zone because we line up and press man the bad teams on our schedule and bully them into crazy stat lines, so we play Ohio State and we have no way to answer their playmakers. That’s a systemic issue on the entire coaching staff.
This is what defense is like without NFL DEs
1 yard pass on 3rd and 9 to start the second half is pathetic. That’s playing to lose close, not playing to win at all. Can’t have that. Pathetic.
Ohio States offense gives them so many free yards. Michigan’s gives us nothing easy.
Paris Campbell guarded by Bush, free 30 yards. Bush hurt shortly after Gary was down. 10:23 left in the 3rd down 5. Game feels over. We are lucky to even be close. Anyone who says this game would go different if Bush didn’t get hurt is crazy, our defense has been getting worked all day, penalties have been the only positive play for us.
We survive to only give up a FG, down 8 middle of the 3rd. Offense needs to wake up.
Ambry Thomas goes full idiot mode pins us deep. Feels like us starting at the 10 means OSU has a better chance at points than we do.
3rd and long game on the line, throw to McCurry and get bailed out by the penalty. What the fuck are we doing.
Offense is just shit. Every time we need a play. Shit.
Gentry can’t catch, drops a 30 yarder, dropped a TD, dropped a TD last week. He can’t be the guy on big plays. ANOTHER DROP FOR 30 yards!! He gets hurt. The guy we choose to go to in the “gotta have it plays” as Belichick likes to call them. Is a guy who clearly isn’t up for the moment.
Blocked punt game over before we get to the 4th quarter. Hart takes 2 steps to punt the ball and it’s blocked easy, he can’t even make a good punt when he has time to get it off. Detail over looked again. Pathetic.
Get the ball back need a big play, -2 yard run. Fucking obvious. Drop on 2nd. Patterson ends the game on 3rd down. Pathetic.
We are getting kept alive by the refs. Too bad we are already dead.
Down 22, 1 minute left in the 3rd. Run up the middle for 1 yard. Fuck that shit. Then a short pass. Another short pass. If we were trying to run the clock out we are doing a great job. Another run up the middle. Tick-tick. Game over.
Collins jumps over another guy, Moss’d him. Called incomplete. HAHAHAH. Ball is pulled out way after the play. Refs suck, they must be Michigan guys.
Ran the clock down before the play, snapping the ball with 3 seconds on the play clock is just fucking dumb.
Go for 2 and we are under center, slows down the quick screen and it’s short. How fucking pathetic can we get.
Missed on 2, 2pt conversions, both of which were bad play calls, nothing creative.
80 yard play. Easy, untouched. This team will never win this game. Not with this coaching staff. Never.
Still running the ball up the middle. We quit. 4th quarter still early. Played 2 good teams this year. Two losses.
Entire 4th quarter is garbage time, but they are still beating our ass. We bring this staff back next year and we are admitting we are a 2nd tier school.
Michigan gets blown out by a better program. With better coaches and better players. They were better prepared and came out and executed better. Michigan even got lucky a few times and still never made it close. Pathetic showing by our entire team. Make changes or kiss this rivalry good bye. Are they morally corrupt? Do they do things that should never be done to win? Yea sure. Is that any excuse? No.
November 24th, 2018 at 3:59 PM ^
GAME NOTES: wish I could make a post but I am new and don’t have the points.
Watson can’t run, let up 3 big plays before we figured that out at least, 2nd TD was on him
3rd&17 was his penalty, Ambry needs to play, him not playing is on the entire coaching staff, Zordich, Brown, and Harbaugh, On a run 10 yards down field with a foot out of bounds,
Then gets picked on a deep throw again another penalty. Always 10 yards off the ball on a run and getting blocked through the whistle
Weren’t prepared for the crossing routes
No pressure on the QB
Offense makes crucial mistakes on every big play, drops, bad throws, false start, missed blocks, taking sacks
We punt the ball into the endzone or short of the 20, that’s been an issue all year
We play for third and short with a QB who makes a lot of mistakes, we need to get big plays on 1 and 2nd down
Winovich must be hurt, no pressure on the QB, getting pushed off the ball on runs, play Uche and Paye
Harbaughs offense can’t win anything anymore, it’s impossible to run that system without an NFL QB. He has to change or he has to go, we can find someone for $2million to go 10-3 and lose to OSU, sucks to say it but it’s true, very lucky to score 19 in the first half vs a very average offense.
Patterson can’t make a play, he’s not consistent at all and his big plays are few as far between. Takes sacks that make no sense and there is no excuse to take, 2pt conversion, 2nd&2. Scrambles out of perfectly clean pockets. Gets pressured and his eyes go down quick
Our WRs, RBs, Oline, and QB aren’t ever going to be that much better than they are right now
Nico Collins can make plays, but he could do that in any offense
Kickoff coverage competition is Harbaugh, good on him then a great play call for the one two punch
They throw at bush on wheel routes and it’s open they drop it twice it’s still open the third time. Don Brown has better players than any coordinator in the world and he isn’t doing it in the game that matters most. We can’t play like this against Ohio state, we give up easy crossers, everyone knew that was coming we give away 7 free points, we give the wheel route against Bush 3 times, we let watson get abused outside the entire first half. Don Brown can hold everyone to 24 or under but OSU got 24 in the first half. Priorities don’t align there
We can’t play zone because we line up and press man the bad teams on our schedule and bully them into crazy stat lines, so we play Ohio State and we have no way to answer their playmakers. That’s a systemic issue on the entire coaching staff.
This is what defense is like without NFL DEs
1 yard pass on 3rd and 9 to start the second half is pathetic. That’s playing to lose close, not playing to win at all. Can’t have that. Pathetic.
Ohio States offense gives them so many free yards. Michigan’s gives us nothing easy.
Paris Campbell guarded by Bush, free 30 yards. Bush hurt shortly after Gary was down. 10:23 left in the 3rd down 5. Game feels over. We are lucky to even be close. Anyone who says this game would go different if Bush didn’t get hurt is crazy, our defense has been getting worked all day, penalties have been the only positive play for us.
We survive to only give up a FG, down 8 middle of the 3rd. Offense needs to wake up.
Ambry Thomas goes full idiot mode pins us deep. Feels like us starting at the 10 means OSU has a better chance at points than we do.
3rd and long game on the line, throw to McCurry and get bailed out by the penalty. What the fuck are we doing.
Offense is just shit. Every time we need a play. Shit.
Gentry can’t catch, drops a 30 yarder, dropped a TD, dropped a TD last week. He can’t be the guy on big plays. ANOTHER DROP FOR 30 yards!! He gets hurt. The guy we choose to go to in the “gotta have it plays” as Belichick likes to call them. Is a guy who clearly isn’t up for the moment.
Blocked punt game over before we get to the 4th quarter. Hart takes 2 steps to punt the ball and it’s blocked easy, he can’t even make a good punt when he has time to get it off. Detail over looked again. Pathetic.
Get the ball back need a big play, -2 yard run. Fucking obvious. Drop on 2nd. Patterson ends the game on 3rd down. Pathetic.
We are getting kept alive by the refs. Too bad we are already dead.
Down 22, 1 minute left in the 3rd. Run up the middle for 1 yard. Fuck that shit. Then a short pass. Another short pass. If we were trying to run the clock out we are doing a great job. Another run up the middle. Tick-tick. Game over.
Collins jumps over another guy, Moss’d him. Called incomplete. HAHAHAH. Ball is pulled out way after the play. Refs suck, they must be Michigan guys.
Ran the clock down before the play, snapping the ball with 3 seconds on the play clock is just fucking dumb.
Go for 2 and we are under center, slows down the quick screen and it’s short. How fucking pathetic can we get.
Missed on 2, 2pt conversions, both of which were bad play calls, nothing creative.
80 yard play. Easy, untouched. This team will never win this game. Not with this coaching staff. Never.
Still running the ball up the middle. We quit. 4th quarter still early. Played 2 good teams this year. Two losses.
Entire 4th quarter is garbage time, but they are still beating our ass. We bring this staff back next year and we are admitting we are a 2nd tier school.
Michigan gets blown out by a better program. With better coaches and better players. They were better prepared and came out and executed better. Michigan even got lucky a few times and still never made it close. Pathetic showing by our entire team. Make changes or kiss this rivalry good bye. Are they morally corrupt? Do they do things that should never be done to win? Yea sure. Is that any excuse? No.
November 24th, 2018 at 5:21 PM ^
I see were back to "Psycho" quick:
What a RIDE! Sorry it had to stall this way :(
Good season boys, sure beats 8-5 :)
The 18-22 year old volunteers acquitted themselves nicely, not sure the millionaire adults did as well; but under this ridiculous NCAA system the only thing to say:
Thanks for the effort young men, both sides, sorry they all of sudden could care less for your safety, pray everyone is OK and heals quick.
Looking forward to rooting for/ against next you year.
GoBlue!
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