Don't Blame Blake Thread
Ultimately, Michigan should have won this game. I think it's alright to feel physically sick (I do), but when you feel like piling on Blake just remember no one feels worse than he does. That play was one in a million and we had them beat, however it would have been nice to open things up more offensively when we had them down more. This will suck forever but the Big Ten isn't settled yet and the future is bright regardless. God must hate first year UM coaches vs Staee no matter how awesome they are.
October 17th, 2015 at 10:10 PM ^
The last timeout was called right before the punt as a clock-stopping measure. Still, it was a bad draw-up. Blake should have been instructed to punt it out of bounds anyway so no gunners were necessary.
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October 17th, 2015 at 10:32 PM ^
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October 18th, 2015 at 2:31 AM ^
take the 5 yd penalty if your formation sucks
October 17th, 2015 at 9:57 PM ^
In the end they would be letting O'Neill kick it as deep as he could but out of bounds so their would be no return and maximize the protection.
Plenty of blame to pass around for the play and the game.
October 17th, 2015 at 9:50 PM ^
I'll just drink myself to sleep...
October 17th, 2015 at 9:50 PM ^
Our offense didn't do squat all game. Special teams were the reason we had the lead. Peppers deserves a lot of the credit but so does Blake. If you look at the stats you realize that we were outplayed. I know it sucks because despite all that we had the game won, but there were a lot of plays that decided that game.
October 17th, 2015 at 9:50 PM ^
I just rewatched the play for the first time since it happened . I counted 9 spartans coming after the ball. Not very many Wolverines but i saw a few of them going downfield to cover the punt.
Bottom line is they were coming in force. Michigan should have called a time out seeing this and made an adjustment , or kept more players back . The snap was on the lower side , which didnt help .
I rarely tweet , but i made sure to send encouraging words to Blake . True U of M fans will do the same. As unhappy as you are , as much as you blame him . Everyone on this board with a twitter acct should do the same to make up for the assholes .
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October 17th, 2015 at 10:13 PM ^
That's a really good point actually. It would have done more good than putting two pointless gunners on the field.
October 18th, 2015 at 8:38 AM ^
October 17th, 2015 at 10:31 PM ^
I've never seen/heard of that before.
Interesting thought though.
October 17th, 2015 at 9:51 PM ^
Offense squandered numerous chances to put more points on the board. Defense gave up a 75 yard pass to a fullback.
Blake has been MVP caliber with the way he consistently pins teams deep in their own territory and flips the field. He made one screw up after a season of being the best punter in the sport.
October 17th, 2015 at 9:56 PM ^
It needs to be said - he has played great this year and he played well today.
His punting and Peppers' returns made the field long for MSU and short for UM on a day in which our offense struggled. O'Neill is a big reason we were in a position to win at the end.
It was a physical mistake. It hurts, but it happens.
October 17th, 2015 at 9:51 PM ^
His 80 yard punt today is the second longest in Michigan history. Short of the record by 2 yards.
He's on pace to break the single season inside the 20 record.
Every fanbase has uneducated fuckheads. Usually they have less than 100 followers on twitter and don't use their real name or photo in their account.
October 17th, 2015 at 9:51 PM ^
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October 17th, 2015 at 9:51 PM ^
But Blake's gaffe is going to live in infamy in U of M/ MSU lore. They say games can come down to one play. And Blake's stone hands on the most important punt of his short Michigan career cost the team the win. He choked. There's no way around it.
October 17th, 2015 at 10:42 PM ^
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October 18th, 2015 at 9:21 AM ^
I'm not so sure he can hit one under 15 yards?
October 17th, 2015 at 9:52 PM ^
October 17th, 2015 at 10:07 PM ^
That may be a fair point. It may also be a limitation of the spread punting formation and the rugby style.
But, if that was Hoke's only mistake Harbaugh would be in Oakland or something.
October 17th, 2015 at 10:08 PM ^
Hoke managed all aspects of the team. Baxter only does special teams, Maybe he should have recognized something? Maybe not, who knows.
October 17th, 2015 at 9:53 PM ^
Yes, he screwed up the last play (snap looked low tho) but he kept us in the game with his punting.
IMO he should have never been in that position to begin with. If the refs had half a brain, we wouldn't have had 70 yards in penalties and an ejected senior player and if we had gotten a first down at the end, there would have been no issue either. Defense can only get you so close, espcially against a QB as good as Connor Cook.
MSU straight out played us. They had 20 first downs to our 10 and 386 yards to our 230.
October 17th, 2015 at 9:53 PM ^
A. Low snap
B. We should have called time out the had 11 on the line and we had 2 gunners for no reason they should have been in blocking.
C. The only thing I blame him for was still trying to punt it but he was just trying to make a play
October 17th, 2015 at 10:09 PM ^
i dont think we had any timeouts left
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October 17th, 2015 at 10:07 PM ^
Honarary Captain for the next game. He had an 80 yd punt downed inside the 5. Phenom!
October 17th, 2015 at 10:09 PM ^
Have you spoken to Blake? Do you know how he feels? Just curious since he's only been at Michigan for a few months.
Unfortunately for him, he'll always be remembered for this regardless of whatever happens during his UM career.
October 17th, 2015 at 9:58 PM ^
October 17th, 2015 at 10:02 PM ^
Henry for 1/2 a 4th Q, Lewis for the game and Jabrill (whole game, especially because he's a RS Frosh)
October 17th, 2015 at 10:05 PM ^
More importantly what the hell were you expect? Rudock is a mediocre QB, the OL is okay, and the RB's and receivers are also only okay.
Cook is a very good QB and MSU has very good receivers. They showed that today.
I think you had unrealistic expectations and your post reflects that. It isn't Michigan's fault you overrated them. Michigan was a 7-5, 8-4 team before the year and is trending that way now. It's your fault for thinking that they were anything else.
October 17th, 2015 at 10:33 PM ^
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October 17th, 2015 at 10:02 PM ^
I think it is fair to say he is responsible for his actions on the last play. He dropped the ball, then made a bad decision and that lead to the loss. That is his responsibiility and I feel horribly that he has to live with it. Still, I have no problem with pointing out the obvious fact.
However, many people are going with the word "blame" to cover the word that are too cowardly to use - "hate." If you are saying you want him to lose his scholy and be kicked off the team, you are expressing hatred. If you are twitter tough guy swearing at him and calling him vile names, you are expressing hatred. If you made a death threat, well, you have probably committed a crime and I hope that they find you and prosecute you. Either way, if you are hating this guy you need to step back from the key board, quit drinking and go to bed.
We also need to balance the respobsibiity with the credit - and he can take credit for a lot of good stuff. In fact, he has been an absolute WEAPON this year. I am actually surprised when he doesn't pin someone inside the 10. In fact,, he had a 90 fucking yard punt downed inside the damn one yard line today, (I know a lot if it was roll, but he still damn well did it.) He is also a Michigan Wolverine football - a Michigan Man. Enough said?
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October 17th, 2015 at 11:22 PM ^
do you need to post this exact same comment on every post-game thread?
October 17th, 2015 at 10:00 PM ^
But nobody feels worse or more embarrassed than him right now. If Rudock could hit the side of a barn on a downfield touch pass we would be undefeated right now. Our punter has been really good for most of the year including the 80 yarder today.
Just like Harbaugh said, it was a really unfortunate play. It's a 1 in a million thing and unfortunately it happened to our team at the worst possible time against the worst opponent. We had em beat and let them off the hook, sucks, but at least we are playing solid football in year 1 of HARBAUGH.
Just wait until Harbaugh has 3-4 years to develop these kids.