Why we went for 2
Despite being down by 19 points heading into the locker room at halftime, a swarm of Rutgers players decided to use it as a reason to talk smack to Wolverines' players heading into the tunnel and it fired up not only the players, but head coach Jim Harbaugh as well.
"Coach was kind of mad because those guys were excited being down 19 at half and they were celebrating," cornerback Jourdan Lewis said. "He wanted to put points up on the board and make sure we established our dominance over them. They were celebrating and coach was pretty mad about that. I can't really repeat what he said at halftime (laughs), but it was a lot. He wanted to bring that fire back in the second half and finish them off."
http://michigan.247sports.com/Bolt/Rutgers-Smack-Talk-Sparks-Second-Half--40892763
November 7th, 2015 at 8:47 PM ^
Most RUTGERZ thing ever.
They out RUTGERZ'd their infamous spike on 4th down a couple weeks ago.
November 7th, 2015 at 11:19 PM ^
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November 7th, 2015 at 9:06 PM ^
November 7th, 2015 at 8:48 PM ^
November 7th, 2015 at 9:07 PM ^
Yes. Brady Hoke clapped and shook hands with opposing coaches when he should've been firing up his team. WE GET IT! That was his "thing" and obviously it didn't do anything to motivate our team.
He also wasn't a great coach and when his results on the field showed this, he was promptly removed of his duties. Our team is 7-2 and looking primed for a big run late in November.
Post what you want, folks but maybe now is a good time to leave that era behind us?
November 7th, 2015 at 9:14 PM ^
Yeah, and besides, as The Harbaugh is demonstrating, Hoke brought some talent in. He had trouble developing it, but Hoke left the program in better shape than he found it.
Brady deserves some love.
November 7th, 2015 at 9:44 PM ^
Then does Rich Rod get credit for Hoke's 11-2 Sugar Bowl season? Hoke did not leave this program in better place than he found it. He inherited a 7-6 team and left them a 5-7 team with no quarterback and very limited at the skill positions.
November 8th, 2015 at 4:07 AM ^
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November 8th, 2015 at 8:57 AM ^
Hoke was bad coach and definitely rightfully fired. However, I certainly wouldn't say he left the program in a terrible mess. He left quite a bit of talent, good kids overall (there are always some exceptions), no sanctions, and he never lost the locker room or his staff. He just severely underperformed.
November 7th, 2015 at 8:49 PM ^
November 7th, 2015 at 8:50 PM ^
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November 7th, 2015 at 8:53 PM ^
November 7th, 2015 at 8:56 PM ^
Man, 2035 is gonna be a crappy year.
November 8th, 2015 at 10:37 AM ^
Btw. I hate the NFL. I just wanna watch college football highlights all day.
November 7th, 2015 at 9:06 PM ^
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November 7th, 2015 at 9:59 PM ^
November 7th, 2015 at 11:46 PM ^
cuz we sure as hell needed that.
November 7th, 2015 at 8:50 PM ^
I thought it was because we couldn't go for three!
November 7th, 2015 at 9:07 PM ^
November 7th, 2015 at 10:20 PM ^
November 7th, 2015 at 10:26 PM ^
whoever down voted you doesn't know the history of that quote.
If I could give you more than 1 upvote, I would.
November 8th, 2015 at 1:58 AM ^
November 7th, 2015 at 8:51 PM ^
Maybe that was the reason they went for 2.
More likely: Being up/down 25 is no different than being up/down 26. Therefore you go for two to get up 27.
25 < 8 + 8 + 8 + 3
26 < 8 + 8 + 8 + 3
27 = 8 + 8 + 8 + 3
Just following the chart.
November 7th, 2015 at 8:54 PM ^
November 7th, 2015 at 8:54 PM ^
Good point. HARBAUGH!
November 7th, 2015 at 8:54 PM ^
The shut Rutgers up thing seems more likely.
November 7th, 2015 at 8:58 PM ^
Is it really a weird time? Honest question.
I think that's exactly the time you'd be figuring out how to use the chart to your advantage. If you have a 20+ lead in the 4th Q, it doesn't matter what you do. However, with almost a full half left in the game, you can go for 2 to ensure that it would take 4 TDs (and no scores of your own) to beat you.
Seems like that's exactly the time to take the risk to get up 27 instead of 26.
November 7th, 2015 at 10:24 PM ^
November 7th, 2015 at 8:56 PM ^
Harbaugh was worried about protecting a four score lead including three 2-pt conversions? The spite explanation makes way more sense.
November 7th, 2015 at 8:57 PM ^
I don't think he was worried. I suspect he was just following the chart.
November 7th, 2015 at 9:42 PM ^
probably the same chart that said keep their butts off the ^%$$#!!!%#!!! scoreboard in the second half...
November 7th, 2015 at 8:51 PM ^
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November 7th, 2015 at 8:52 PM ^
Never mess with the Harbaugh. He will fuck you up good.
November 7th, 2015 at 8:52 PM ^
November 7th, 2015 at 8:53 PM ^
November 7th, 2015 at 8:53 PM ^
November 7th, 2015 at 11:52 PM ^
A return to shut-down form in the second half. We're back.
November 7th, 2015 at 8:53 PM ^
November 7th, 2015 at 11:55 PM ^
Glad he's ours. If it was any other team that did that, we would be discussing their lack of class.
November 7th, 2015 at 8:54 PM ^
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November 7th, 2015 at 9:09 PM ^
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November 7th, 2015 at 9:18 PM ^
November 7th, 2015 at 8:56 PM ^
It is on next year against MSU. If he is this much fired up about Rutgers, he is going to be even more fired up against MSU next year. We saw what Harbaugh can do with Rudock. I am expecting a great QB play next year and beat them down.
Rutgers is going to be killed year after year.
November 7th, 2015 at 8:56 PM ^