October 18th, 2019 at 9:57 PM ^
OSU had to punt! You can sense the tide is turning!
October 18th, 2019 at 9:59 PM ^
Northwestern is a really, really bad football team.
October 18th, 2019 at 9:59 PM ^
OSU is on the ropes now!
October 18th, 2019 at 10:02 PM ^
NW has no shot at winning over that level of steroids I mean talent
October 18th, 2019 at 10:04 PM ^
I'm starting to sense OSU may win this one
October 18th, 2019 at 10:08 PM ^
I really wish Michigan was stronger to beat OSU regularly.
October 18th, 2019 at 10:09 PM ^
you mean "at all"?
October 19th, 2019 at 12:50 AM ^
All these irregular wins ARE becoming a bit tiresome.
October 18th, 2019 at 10:17 PM ^
Most impressive part of today’s game is how many bucknuts are at this game. Sad reality is, it’s kind of a preview of how much red there will be at the Big House come November... ugh
October 18th, 2019 at 10:17 PM ^
Osu NW halftime score is no surprise.
October 18th, 2019 at 10:19 PM ^
Awesome. Even the announcers in this game can't help but comment on the ref hack job on the lowly Lions.
October 18th, 2019 at 10:19 PM ^
Of course they hit a 55 yarder. Sheesh.
October 18th, 2019 at 10:20 PM ^
OSU always has nfl kickers to go with the rest of their NFL talent. I wish we could see an athlete like Dobbins in the Michigan backfield for 3yrs. Actually I’d settle for just 1 year.
October 18th, 2019 at 10:20 PM ^
It’s sickening watching OSU maximizing their talent while wondering whether or not Harbaugh even knows the first names of his allegedly NFL receivers.
October 19th, 2019 at 10:12 AM ^
Again, Northwestern is a REALLY bad team this year. OSU isn't really playing a team with a pulse, so it pads their stats.
October 18th, 2019 at 10:35 PM ^
Well at least NW is rocking some pretty sweet uniforms.
October 18th, 2019 at 10:38 PM ^
Too lazy to look but OSU has seemingly covered every week. Any hope of falling off this year seems exactly that - just hope. Worst of all, their defense under Mattison is legit.
October 18th, 2019 at 10:53 PM ^
They have NFL caliber players in Chase Young, Malik Harrison, Damon Arnette, Jeffery Okudah, Shaun Wade and Jordan Fuller. Their secondary are loaded but Young is the best prospect in the draft.
October 18th, 2019 at 11:11 PM ^
There was a pretty popular post on MGoBoard at the beginning of the season arguing how Michigan was going to exploit Ohio’s defense due to weak players like Malik Harrison and Damon Arnette.
Essentially saying Malik Harrison would always lose contain and Arnette was easily lost on coverage.
Amazing how in 1 offseason their coaching was able to make those two guys legitimate top-3 round prospects now.
October 18th, 2019 at 11:18 PM ^
There were also conversations that Fields was struggling with the offense and not pulling away from the backup....
October 18th, 2019 at 11:33 PM ^
Yeah it's looking like Fields is pulling away from the backup, Chugunov
October 19th, 2019 at 12:07 AM ^
Chugonov would start here. He is Jake Rudok-esq.
October 19th, 2019 at 12:23 AM ^
Fields was total garbage in their spring game
Not so much now...smh
October 19th, 2019 at 12:04 AM ^
They got better scheme and better position coaching. I thought LB and DB coaching was bad in the last few years and they upgraded in Jeff Halfley and Al Washington. Their fundamentals has improved immensely compared to what they have been doing.
October 18th, 2019 at 10:51 PM ^
Everything about this team is better than us and it isn’t even remotely close. It’s laughable people talked themselves into Michigan being an elite level team. We’ve been 10-15 every year other than 2016 and a lot closer to 25th than top 4.
October 18th, 2019 at 11:04 PM ^
And OSU will beat Michigan like a drum again and it won't be pretty. I don't see them letting up until they score at least 50. We probably struggle to get to 17
October 19th, 2019 at 10:13 AM ^
You do remember that they've been beaten by lesser talent (Iowa, PSU, Purdue, MSU) before, right?
October 18th, 2019 at 11:12 PM ^
I can’t believe OSU still has so many starters in the game. Could you imagine if Fields got hurt because they wanted to pile on NW in the fourth quarter?
October 18th, 2019 at 11:14 PM ^
Does any team really clear the benches until 1/4-1/2 way through the 4th quarter though? I don’t think I’ve ever seen many teams do it unless they are up like 60-0 on Rutgers/FCS
October 18th, 2019 at 11:28 PM ^
Does any team have as dramatic of a drop off from their #1 to #2 QB?
But it doesn’t really matter if the receivers are open by 5 yards. Why do we not run pick plays? We always get burned by them and they never call them as penalties.
October 18th, 2019 at 11:28 PM ^
He was out of the game with 10 minutes left in the 4th quarter. That’s a pretty early hook if you ask me.
October 18th, 2019 at 11:58 PM ^
They took the starters out after one series in the 4th. I was thinking the same thing. With Fields they can win the Natty. Without Fields they lose 3 games
October 19th, 2019 at 12:11 AM ^
Their offensive starters only played 2 series in the second half. It’s pretty much the norm in a blowout against a conference team.
their DL starters played about 30 snaps. They rotate the DL like a hockey team runs lines. 13-14 deep and they were shutting down NWs starters with their 3’s.
it’s the best OSU team I’ve seen in years. At this point better than 2014.
October 19th, 2019 at 6:36 AM ^
Bluedream, I know you’re a old timer like me. I would go even further and say that OSU hasn’t ever had a roster this deep and talented. Archies 74 team doesn’t even come close in depth. Really amazing what these young coaches are doing with this team.coaching staff has a good mix of nfl guys,college guys and veteran coaches. Kevin Wilson gets forgotten because he’s in the booth, he’s been one of the premier OC’s in all of college football the last 10-15 years. The biggest disparity is in the recruiting. um’s 2018 Class had 0 top 100 recruits, that just not elite recruiting, lazy in fact.
October 19th, 2019 at 12:25 AM ^
Not sure what you were watching but Fields didn't play the 4th quarter
October 18th, 2019 at 11:26 PM ^
On the upside to this NW debacle:
My sister lives in Chicago. A local pub apparently had some tickets to the game and held a contest, offering anyone (or maybe just someone) a pair of tickets if they could come in and sing a Big Ten fight song. So my sister popped in and sang The Victors, and now she's at the game. First game she's gone to since the '05 UM-PSU game, I think. This one is rather less exciting, but she reports that she is having a good time.
Her seats are quite good, too.
October 18th, 2019 at 11:27 PM ^
Every week I tune in to watch tOSU lose.
Every week they disappoint me. Got turn it off after an hour.
October 18th, 2019 at 11:35 PM ^
Of course, a 73 yard TD run by their backup.
October 18th, 2019 at 11:35 PM ^
Thanks to tOSU for winning me cashhhh
October 19th, 2019 at 12:03 AM ^
They even beat us in commentators. Mike Martin sounds like a homeless dude. Josh Perry sounds like he will be at the top of his profession in a few years. Ugh . It’s like Dez and Herbstriet part 2
October 19th, 2019 at 12:26 AM ^
I disagree. I thought MM was pretty good
October 19th, 2019 at 12:18 AM ^
That dawand jones kid is like 800 pounds. Seriously, the kid just moved the whole NW line.
October 19th, 2019 at 12:27 AM ^
And he's THIRD STRING????
FML
October 19th, 2019 at 12:03 PM ^
He's a true Freshman. He'll play in four games and redshirt this year.
October 19th, 2019 at 9:05 AM ^
IMO is not a question of whether UM can beat OSU. No team is unbeatable;however, all facets of UM game must be near perfect for The Game. The defense has shown glimpses but tonight will be a very good test. The offense needs to show definite and consistent progress. Again a surprising performance tonight would go far to get me on board of thinking we have a chance. They haven’t done it all year - Rutgers doesn’t count in my mind.
Shane needs to play with swagger and we haven’t seen that all year.
October 19th, 2019 at 10:16 AM ^
For cryin' out loud...
Some of you here are acting as if OSU just beat Bama or Clemson last night.
That Northwestern team is NOWHERE NEAR the powerhouse they were last year or the year before.
Sparty hung 30 on them. A mediocre Stanford team beat them. Wisconsin beat them. Any team with a halfway decent pulse could beat them by 2 scores plus.
OSU is good, yes, but the win last night was just as bad looking due to Northwestern's incompetence.
October 19th, 2019 at 12:00 PM ^
I agree that it doesn't mean they're unstoppable. That being said, NW had the #5 defense going into last night-- their defense gave up 10 points to Wisconsin. So it's not as meaningless as beating a bad team with a bad record normally is.
OSU has either a two game or a three game season. Wisconsin, Penn State, and if they steadily improve in the 2nd half of the season, Michigan. Cincinnati was a pretty good win because of how dominant it was, but let's be honest, getting the win itself isn't a big deal. Other than that, they've played no one. The Big10 is just not very good this year.
October 19th, 2019 at 12:17 PM ^
The 52-3 beatdown NW suffered at the hands of OSU is the worst home loss for the Wildcats since the 0-11 1981 Northwestern team was pounded 64-0 by Iowa.
The 1989, 1984, and 1983 Northwestern teams also sustained 49-point losses at home.