Update re: Speight and Peters

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EDIT: Update with a bit more context from Pep below:
 

"(Peters is) progressively getting better, he's still in the protocol," Hamilton said. "It's on an hour-to-hour, day-to-day basis. We'll know where he stands (then). He seems to be a lot better than what he was after Saturday."

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My name ... is Tim

November 22nd, 2017 at 1:25 PM ^

Correct.

To be clear, I didn't post this trying to imply that it meant Peters is done for in terms of his OSU availability; just that, he could have been cleared by today, and it appears he has not been. I had not really seen any updates since that initial comment by Harbaugh in terms of his progression. Fingers crossed the status changes tomorrow or Friday.

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Clarence Beeks

November 22nd, 2017 at 1:35 PM ^

"just that, he could have been cleared by today, and it appears he has not been."

Not necessarily.  It hasn't yet been 72 hours since the injury.  I'm not 100% sure, but I do think that matters (for some reason, can't remember why exactly, so may be wrong), and that clearance could still come later today.

Edit: Confirmed, more or less, by what Pep actually said:

"...it's on an hour to hour, day to day basis where he stands..."

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JFW

November 22nd, 2017 at 1:35 PM ^

I like both of them. But at the risk of sounding defeatist I don't know that I want either of them, with pre-exisitng health problems, facing the death rush that OSU is likely to bring. Especially Speight. I want to win, but I never want to see a motionless player on the field again. 

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bronxblue

November 22nd, 2017 at 1:24 PM ^

I mean, I always sort of assumed it would be O'Korn.  Maybe he'll be able to mount some semblance of an offense and Michigan will have a chance.  But I fear this will be sorta like the PSU game, where the score will be closer than reality for a bit.

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codeBLUE11

November 22nd, 2017 at 1:24 PM ^

Wouldn't Peter's still be in concussion protocal no matter how well he was doing and whether he was a go Saturday or not? In Mondays press conference Harbaugh described it as a process, get cleared for physical exertion, then pending good results get cleared to practice. Being in concussion protocal just tells me that they are still monitoring him, as expected. If his symptoms are clear he should still be good to go, but his health which is obviously most important is still the top priority.

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michgoblue

November 22nd, 2017 at 1:28 PM ^

I am not trying to bash O'Korn, but at this point, the sample size is good enough to say that he is not a D1 QB in this offense.  He might be fine running something different or simpler, but he clearly just doesn't have it in the harboffense, and the coaches have  so little confidence in either (a) his ability; (b) his decision making; or (c) his knowledge of the offense, that they will not let him even attempt much more than handoffs and a few short tosses.  This makes our offense so one-dimensional that it is painfully easy to stop.

Saturday should be fun.

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bo_lives

November 22nd, 2017 at 1:53 PM ^

I don't know why people feel such trepidation over pointing out that O'Korn is a bad QB. There are a million men across the country who would give it their all and play their heart out like a "Michigan Man" if put in this situation. The vast majority suck at playing QB, and so does O'Korn.

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MGoBeast

November 22nd, 2017 at 1:31 PM ^

I'd like to see them try to air it out more if it is okorn. he's not good enough to sustain drives with lots of short completions. at least take deep shots and try to get chunk plays.

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M-Dog

November 23rd, 2017 at 8:42 AM ^

He needs to just arm punt it to whomever is in single coverage on 3rd and long . . . and hope for PI, or a miracle one-handed catch that happens to us 3 or 4 times a game.

 

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Johnson12lil

November 22nd, 2017 at 1:36 PM ^

Any of our QB’s need at least 3 days of practice and prep work for any game. Except OKorn, there isn’t enough time in the world. Honestly, at this point go with Malzone. What is there to lose? At this point I’m wondering if I’ll leave the Big House by halftime or the 3rd quarter

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bo_lives

November 22nd, 2017 at 2:25 PM ^

But I fully expect to find myself in a sea of red, futily attempting to drown out the OSU fans' stupid fucking songs as they take over our stadium, as they did in 2015, 2009, 2007...

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HimJarbaugh

November 22nd, 2017 at 1:44 PM ^

I really hope the OL has its best game and UM is able to run on them. Obviously the secondary is their big weakness but Iowa and UNLV were able to move the ball on the ground against OSU, so its possible.

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Clarence Beeks

November 22nd, 2017 at 1:44 PM ^

OP or Mods really need to update this thread, as Baumgartner's tweet isn't a complete encapsulation of what Pep actually said and it's inducing a lot of panic and negative reaction for no reason.  At the very least, add in the video clip to Pep's comments, as there is information missing from the tweet (and OP) that is important.

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amaizenblue402

November 22nd, 2017 at 1:46 PM ^

If O'Korn is going to be the QB for this game, I seriously do not even want to watch. Chalk up another year of losing to Ohio State.

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StirredNotShaken

November 22nd, 2017 at 3:41 PM ^

Watching the game with zero hope does not sound like a fun way to spend a few hours on Saturday. Add to it that we'll be subjected to watching gloating OSU fans in the stadium at each commercial break and it will be more than I can tolerate. God, I hope Peters can play and we at least have some hope.

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