Week 1: Best thing you saw...

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Combined Week 1 Records by Conference

Conference                                   Record

1)      Big Ten                                    12-2

2)      AAC                                         10-2

3)      ACC                                         11-3

4)      Big XII                                      9-3

5)      MWC                                        8-4

6)      CUSA                                      7-5

7)      Pac XII                                     7-5

8)      Sun Belt                                  6-5

9)      Independents                        2-2

10)    MAC                                        6-6

11)    SEC                                          7-7                               

A Michigan W is always the creme de la creme

Six non-conference losses (4 to unranked) for the SEC in Week 1. Had 10 in regular season all of last year.

For Michigan:

1) Speight was able to shake off that pick and play pretty well the rest of the day. Hoping to see him build off that performance.
2) Completely disregarding quality of opponent, defense is as advertised. Hoping Mone and Charlton will be ready to go by conference play.

Outside of Michigan:
1) Easily the Nebraska tribute. Some things are far bigger than football. Truly touching moment.
2) Notre Dame losing
3) Tennessee almost blowing it vs. App State. I knew they'd somehow weasel their way into winning, but it's great to see their hype knocked down a peg or two.
4) Houston taking down Oklahoma. Not a Herman fan, but man he's a great coach, and I believe he is the next Urban Meyer. His team put on a show against the #3 team in America on Saturday. Look for him on the sidelines at LSU, Auburn, Texas, or Texas A&M next Fall.

1. Michigan win and Chris Evans breakout game

2. Nebraska salute

3. SEC leaving a horrible week

4. Wisky win!!

it's so nice to have college football back.

Texas win over ND was awesome. The most entertaining game of the weekend outside of Michigan crushing Hawaii.

That Equanimeous St. Brown handstand touchdown was pretty cool. Also, I just like to say his name. Equanimeous. Ekk-wa-nee-me-us.

Michigan's punter and field goal kickers on the sideline the entire game.

Chris Evans.

the Michigan freshman who played, and the readiness and depth of our team.

Outside the box a little:
Of course Michigan!!!!!
I watched Stanford/K State the other night, McCaffrey is unbelievable!! I thought Stanford would win handily. K State was having none of that. They may be better than people thought. Or maybe Stanford isn't as good as people thought? Interesting nonetheless.

Best thing I saw was poor OL play by teams like Ole Miss, FSU, LSU, and Oklahoma to name a few. It makes Michigan's line play look that much better.

I saw gary shadow the rb that flared out, as if gary were 190lbs. that really shocked me how catquick he is.

1a) McCray
1b) Evans

Honorable mention:
Houston looks like the real deal

OSU is going to be tough no matter how u look at 'em.

That Sparty was only up 8 at home in 4th quartrer against an FCS team that Hawai'i would beat by 25.

Icing in that cake: ND is now hungry and will slaughter them in 2 weeks.

1) Michigan takes care of business

2) Notre Dame heartbreak

Chris Evans

A perfect game is impossible, and even really good teams often look shakey in season openers, but, Michigan will have a hard time improving on that performance this week. The QBs completed 85% of their passes, we rushed for over 300 yards, no fumbles, no drops, scored on every possession, 100% third down conversions, 100% red zone scoring (all touchdowns), 60 point win, near shut out, two defensive scores and even the second, third and fourth string players continued the near flawless play. An amazing game.

McCray looks like he could be better than Jake MF Ryan. 

The best thing for Michigan was that all of the urgent pre-season questions were answered.  And the answer was YES.

- QB going to be OK?  YES.

- Running game going to be OK?  YES.

- Linebackers going to be OK?  YES.

- Defense going to be able to absorb Don Brown's system?  YES.

- Unis going to look good?  YES. /s

 

I'll preface this by saying that the best thing I saw this weekend was football. It's so hard to not love watching it and especially when Michigan does so well.
Best things I saw this week:
1. Michigan won- concerns about QB were calmed.
2. ND lost in one of the best games I've seen in a long time. Perhaps Texas is back, but I'm just going to say it was a fun game to watch.
3. State struggled. Yes, I'm a bitter person, I have not forgotten one of the worst days of my life less than a year ago. I'm bitter, mad, angry, and mean. I want to see every Spartan cry like I did after that terrible Saturday afternoon last fall.
4. The SEC did not have the weekend they wanted to have, and that makes me happy. I live in the south because that's where I have a job. I have to hear fans make stupid comments about the SEC. This weekend quieted them ever so slightly. This makes me happy and makes my life easier.

Ty Isaac looked legit

I enjoyed seeing Tennessee in a dogfight with ASU, Furman moving the ball pretty much at will against Sparty, and Charlie Strong being hoisted up by his team. I hope the win over ND and the upsets of Baylor and Oklahoma last year convince them to give Strong time to rebuild the program.

Chris Evans was the best thing I saw....Plus Notre Dame going down! I hate the Fighting Irish! 

to the very end, without having to be given a couple of free Cokes with their tickets.