Michigan opens as a 13 pt underdog against Ohio State.
November 19th, 2017 at 10:22 PM ^
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November 19th, 2017 at 8:04 PM ^
November 19th, 2017 at 7:56 PM ^
Back in the day when I was a pretty frequent gambler I would stay away from the spreads and the over/under. Too many shady calls happen that make or break your bet. For instance, the Lions/Packers game a few weeks ago where the ref threw a BS flag in a meaningless situation on the last play of the game. It was meaningless because no matter what happened, the Lions were going to win the game regardless. The Packers got an untimed down and ended up getting a touchdown, so if you took the over you suddenly "won." It was all about the moneyline. Straight up winner.
November 19th, 2017 at 7:58 PM ^
November 19th, 2017 at 8:05 PM ^
November 20th, 2017 at 6:58 AM ^
How different would their game plan really be? Load the box, blitz the snot out of the QB on 3rd and long. Going to work on all our QBs.
November 20th, 2017 at 9:26 AM ^
Unless Speight is starting. He's the only one that puts the whole playbook into play. Prep for JOK or Peters would probably be similar.
November 19th, 2017 at 7:58 PM ^
But I would never say we are going to get stomped or we don't have a chance. Hurst and McCray playing their last game in Ann Arbor, I expect the defense to really bring the heat. Hopefully, the offense can do just enough. That's the plan. Can't wait to be back in the Big House to cheer the boys on.
GO BLUE!!
November 20th, 2017 at 7:01 AM ^
The defense may be able to do enough, if we can get some long drives on offense that gives them a rest, even if we don't score.
But that's not likely if O'Korn starts. I don't recall a QB with as many 3 and outs since Russ Rein's brief career after Harbaugh got injured.
November 19th, 2017 at 8:03 PM ^
Unless Peters can play (and even if he can), some weird shit is going to need to happen in this game Michigan to pull the upset. Blocked punts, pick sixes, Barrett fumbles deep in OSU territory, etc. But I feel like it has to be Peters at the helm for this to happen. Say what you will but this is a different team with him under center. With O’Korn, the offense just looks lost.
If O’Korn gets the nod next Saturday, I have a hard time seeing us even keeping the game respectable. Much less winning.
November 19th, 2017 at 8:04 PM ^
November 19th, 2017 at 8:06 PM ^
November 19th, 2017 at 8:28 PM ^
You do realize that if it rains out any passing game our offense will basically be what it was against wisconsin without any passing? Nonexistent.
OSU could never throw the ball and they would probably still put up a few td's.
Our defense isn't the issue, our defense is ELITE. But, OSU is absolutely going o score. We don't need anything to hamper OUR offense. As long as Meyer is there, beating OSU is going to be about scoring lots of points. It would be an ABSOLUTE shock if we held OSU to less than 20.
November 19th, 2017 at 8:54 PM ^
November 19th, 2017 at 10:37 PM ^
OSU has been absolutely blown out 3 times in the last 11 months.
November 20th, 2017 at 7:03 AM ^
Fact: None of them by us.
November 20th, 2017 at 9:20 AM ^
Still, the point is that even a program that has it really rolling (recruiting, staff, most consistent program since 2000, Meyer falling into their lap, etc.), has problems.
November 19th, 2017 at 8:08 PM ^
I just hope Urban doesnt hang 60. This will get ugly fast.
November 19th, 2017 at 8:11 PM ^
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November 19th, 2017 at 8:53 PM ^
November 19th, 2017 at 9:56 PM ^
He's a fan ... of Sparty
November 19th, 2017 at 8:09 PM ^
November 19th, 2017 at 8:52 PM ^
November 19th, 2017 at 9:09 PM ^
Et tu, umbig?
November 19th, 2017 at 9:15 PM ^
November 20th, 2017 at 7:05 AM ^
He would know.
If he's not confident, I'm not confident.
On to next year.
November 19th, 2017 at 8:10 PM ^
November 19th, 2017 at 8:21 PM ^
November 19th, 2017 at 8:21 PM ^
was more of a bigger mismatch on paper than next Saturday game. Bo found a way to upset the number 1 team in the country. I hope Harbaugh can! WTF if IA can blowout OSU at home you would think there is a chance we can beat OSU at home.
November 19th, 2017 at 8:29 PM ^
this aint 1969 and harbaugh isnt bo.
November 19th, 2017 at 9:08 PM ^
Don Moorhead and the 1969 OLine is an imagination relative to JOK and this year's OLine.
I'm gonna stay positive, but I'm not gonna sacrifice being realistic to do that.
November 19th, 2017 at 9:51 PM ^
by the time they played Ohio State...they were ranked 12th going into the game and remember, that team had significant remnants from the 1968 team...which was a Top 10 team when they played OSU
November 20th, 2017 at 11:26 AM ^
Yes, the 1968 team (with Ron Johnson who had rushed for 347 yards against Wisconsin the week earlier) was #4 at the time of the game in Columbus. Ohio State was #2, and their Super Sophmores blew out Michigan 50-14 (Woody went for 2 "because he couldn't go for three"). Michgian dropped to #12.
1969, with losses to Missouri and MSU, Michigan was ranked #12 going into the game, but they were looking for revenge...and got it.
November 20th, 2017 at 7:07 AM ^
The '69 team was very experienced and fully functional at all positions.
They were underestimated, not young and injured.
November 19th, 2017 at 8:23 PM ^
If o’Korn no win.
November 19th, 2017 at 8:27 PM ^
November 19th, 2017 at 8:28 PM ^
November 19th, 2017 at 8:29 PM ^
Its going to take some hard work forcing OSU to start to abandon their early-down ground game and start passing...and then ts going to take some route jumps to pick off a Barrett throw. Get that first interception and I think he starts questioning himself.
If the Locked-in, Good JT Barrett shows up dropping dimes there's not much chance.
If the Bad JT Barrett shows up then we have a really good chance.
I'm openly wondering if Khaleke has the speed to Spy Barrett on runs...I know he can apply the hits...
In our offense, Ive seen some good steps forward in the run game, I've seen some good steps forward in pass protection this year. I like our ability to go super beefy and two deep on the line and pickup 1 yard in sort of a scrum when we really need it. But the QB is still taking huge shots on unblocked blitzers which is recipe for big problems.
Its going to take hitting some deep balls, I've thought that maybe we should trot out on our first possession and throw three fly routes on the first three plays and make them worry about the deep pass. Even if we go three and out the shot is across the bow. Maybe then we can run some if the safeties aren't creeping downhill on the snap on early downs.
Ambry Thomas seems really fast and I'd like to see him in place of McDoom at least once. Not on jet sweep but on downfield shot.
Bottom line is we need a game like we haven't seen played yet this season....
I think if Peters was miraculously in good enough condition to play (analogy: not limping around like Clemson did to K. Byrant vs Syracuse) that might be the spark we need. I wouldn't rule out WS3 as being able to hit enough short passes to keep us in it though.
November 20th, 2017 at 12:24 AM ^
November 20th, 2017 at 7:12 AM ^
Nobody is going to run the ball against Ohio State if they are just allowed to pack the box. If we can't back them off, it will be over early.
If O'Korn is starting, we might as well just arm punt early to the receiver with single coverage and hope for PI or some miracle bobble and catch. That's about all we can do to back them off.
We don't match up well here folks.
November 19th, 2017 at 8:29 PM ^
November 20th, 2017 at 7:14 AM ^
Gonna be hard to do that. Army has been Army for 100 years and they still screw it up sometimes.
November 19th, 2017 at 8:31 PM ^
That seems like an easy OSU cover
November 19th, 2017 at 8:32 PM ^
Things are not always what they seem.
November 19th, 2017 at 8:50 PM ^
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November 19th, 2017 at 9:00 PM ^
Bucks cover the 11.