night games thread

Submitted by UM Fan from Sydney on September 28th, 2019 at 7:59 PM

Well, OSU is going to win by 40+. That team is just unfairly good. Thankfully there are other games to watch. 

 

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UM Fan from Sydney

September 28th, 2019 at 9:09 PM ^

I feel at this point they don't need to prepare as much as they did during Tressel's era. Tressel stressed the UM game from the start. Mindset goes a long way in sports. Now, OSU is just so superior to Michigan talent- and coaching-wise that it seems their mindset doesn't need to be constantly focused on UM. They're just vastly better than UM in every aspect of the sport. This is why I just want UM to leave. Go to the Big 12 or ACC. I surrender and am fine admitting that.

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Perkis-Size Me

September 28th, 2019 at 8:51 PM ^

Sadly I agree. The rivalry is slowly but surely turning into a Little Brown Jug situation where it’s a rivalry in name only. Where one team is so much blatantly better than the other in every aspect of the game year in and year out. Michigan can afford to go independent because so many schools would clamor to get on their schedule.

As long as we have to face OSU every year, as well as be in their same division, Michigan’s never going to even sniff the playoff. I’d rather go the ND route, go undefeated on an easy schedule and get blown out in the semis. At least even you can say you made it and had a chance to play for it all.

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UM Fan from Sydney

September 28th, 2019 at 9:13 PM ^

That's a good point. I didn't even consider the independent route. I'd be fine with that. Just be sure to never schedule OSU again. I don't care what the media, haters, or their fans would say if UM did that. I care about winning football games and getting a chance to play for a title We'll never do that with OSU this good. 

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Cold War

September 28th, 2019 at 9:41 PM ^

This is where Harbaugh gets a bad rap. He turned a below average B1G team into a top ten program (based on cumulative performance during his tenure). But the natives are restless since he

1) Doesn't beat OSU

2) Doesn't go to the B1G title game

3) Doesn't make playoffs.

Thing is, those are all because we aren't as good as OSU, a top three program.

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maize-blue

September 28th, 2019 at 8:17 PM ^

Not sure OSU will be challenged this season before the playoffs.

Maybe Wisconsin? Maybe PSU? Maybe a Michigan playing out of their minds? Not confident in any of that.

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You Only Live Twice

September 28th, 2019 at 10:19 PM ^

they have talent, size, speed... but they are not going to annihilate every team they play.  Look at tonight, Clemson looked vulnerable, against an unranked   I am more dreading OSU fans getting tickets in my section, I'm too old to go to jail.

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UM Fan from Sydney

September 28th, 2019 at 8:22 PM ^

I'll state the obvious: OSU is going to destroy Michigan again, win the Big Ten title again, and this time get to the playoff (again). It's insane how good they are. It also pisses me the fuck off. It's probably going to be Oklahoma, Alabama, Clemson, and OSU. I obviously cannot predict the winners since I don't know the seedings.

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Mr.Jim

September 29th, 2019 at 8:22 AM ^

Honestly, college football has become quite boring. Same 4-6 teams at the top every year for about the last decade. It is to the point, for me at least, that my desire to watch any other game than the one in which Michigan is playing has been zapped. Go Blue!

 

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Mongo

September 28th, 2019 at 8:26 PM ^

Justin Fields is elite. If he stays healthy OSU is a CFB contender. 

Clemson and Bama lookvshaky. Best two teams thus far are Oklahoma and OSU.  

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WolverineHistorian

September 28th, 2019 at 8:40 PM ^

After how Nebraska has looked the last three weeks, it’s no surprise that the game looks like this so far.  And believe me, it’s going to get much worse.  OSU won’t put the breaks on until they have 50 points are so.  

I just wish we could do this (among other things) - go on the road against a non-Rutgers opponent and look like a well oiled machine from the start.  Completely take an enthusiastic crowd out of it right away.  

And just as I type this, Nebraska throws another interception.  

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Medic

September 28th, 2019 at 9:39 PM ^

With all due respect to my beloved team....even well-coached, I don't believe Michigan has the same talent level and depth as OSU. Their O and D line look absolutely ridiculous. 

Super hot take but...if there was a fulcrum moment in Harbaugh's career at Michigan, it was the 2016 game at OSU. Beating OSU, in their house, was the launching pad for recruiting and a national title run. Even with the loss at Iowa, that season should have been the launching pad for improved recruiting and well....yeah...fuck that game.

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Modernmanshustl

September 28th, 2019 at 11:03 PM ^

They have 5 star sophomore and juniors who are backups because they recruit breadth and depth. We may have talented players but not across the board and certainly not two or 3 levels deep. You think josh metellus, Carlo Kemp, Donovan jeter, Jordan Glasgow, brad Hawkins, John runyan, Christian turner, Hassan Haskins, Sean Mckeon, even sew the field if they’re on Ohio states team? Not speaking negatively about our players but just illustrating the talent gap

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