Aren't We Where We Should Be?
October 22nd, 2017 at 1:20 AM ^
And throwing out the excuses about youth, what we lost, etc. How is an MSU team that was 3-9 last year and lost several contributors with the off the field stuff, 6-1 and undefeated in Big Ten play? Yes I know they were given the game against UM, and were given gifts by the officials today against IU, but my point is coaching can make up for lack of experience and talent. I think Harbaugh is still the guy to take this team where they want to go long term, but I am sorry to act like UM shouldn't be competing with everybody on the schedule in terms of not getting embarrassed, come on.
October 22nd, 2017 at 1:31 AM ^
October 22nd, 2017 at 2:26 AM ^
October 22nd, 2017 at 9:14 AM ^
But I would like to see Michigan band together like MSU, that 3-9 team with tons of off the field issues that came roaring back to beat a hapless Michigan team.
October 22nd, 2017 at 5:59 AM ^
October 22nd, 2017 at 1:42 AM ^
This loss sucked, but I think this is about where we expected we would be. I do think some drastic changes are necessary on offense, but I'm confident that Harbaugh will make them.
Everybody take a deep breath. Everything will be all right. The man has a track record.
October 22nd, 2017 at 1:43 AM ^
Urban took over a 6-7 OSU team and went 12-0 in his first season. Its not hate to say Urban is superior to Harbaugh. The numbers speak for themselves. Will Harbaugh beat Urban offcourse he will but that doesnt change the fact that OSU got the better hire
October 22nd, 2017 at 5:51 AM ^
October 22nd, 2017 at 9:38 AM ^
October 22nd, 2017 at 8:14 AM ^
The continual comparisons of Harbaugh's progression here to his progression at Stanford are continually dumb. He didnt take over a 1-win team here. Michigan, when Harbaugh took over, wasnt Stanford when Harbaugh took over. Harbaugh turned Stanford into what it is today, on par with Michigan. It wasnt back then. He started at a higher level with Michigan, with better talent, recruiting, and way more money to spend on staff.
The issue is that the same progression, from different starting points, with different tools, different recruiting cache, and different money, doesnt seems to be happening here. Harbaugh is the best Michigan will get. But will he be good enough? The outlook is not as bright as it once was.
October 22nd, 2017 at 9:09 AM ^
Michigan will be like Michigan under Bo (Remember, Bo's bowl record was atrocious). It will have the occassional success but the program will end up never reaching its full potential under a very good coach. But hey man, that's just my opinion.
October 22nd, 2017 at 1:14 PM ^
Jackass.
October 22nd, 2017 at 8:20 AM ^
October 22nd, 2017 at 9:30 AM ^
This was a rebuilding a year anyway.
October 22nd, 2017 at 9:32 AM ^
If you pay attention to your rational brain and ignore your emotions, yes.
October 22nd, 2017 at 9:35 AM ^
October 22nd, 2017 at 9:35 AM ^
The UM offense has been a bit of an issue before Speight went down. The OL going into the season was a bit of a liability and tonite it got exposed. To expect an offense to match score for score with a less than elite OL and a backup QB is an unrealistic expectation.
The defense faced a top-shelf offense and it got exposed. Prior to this game who had they faced that was a top quartile offense? As of today, PSU is #16 in the nation in scoring offense. Prior to that, the UM defense had not faced a balanced offense (Airforce cant pass the ball so meh) who was ranked in the top 50... IU coming in at #88 was the next best offense the UM defense had faced.
PSU played its A+ game at home, at night. If that happened then realistically UM had no shot at beating PSU.
Personally, I think PSU is going to be running into a buzz saw in Columbus.... but I guess we'll see about that next weekend.
October 22nd, 2017 at 9:55 AM ^
October 22nd, 2017 at 10:47 AM ^
October 22nd, 2017 at 1:12 PM ^
...cept I'm actually on my phone, so HIGH FUCKIN FIVE.
To all the fans who bleed the maize and blue, we'll see you next week!
Go Blue.
October 22nd, 2017 at 7:04 PM ^
October 22nd, 2017 at 1:18 PM ^
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