October 30th, 2010 at 11:07 PM ^
Dear Rich Rodriguez,
Your tenure at THE University of Michigan is OVER.
Sincerely,
David Brandon
October 30th, 2010 at 11:08 PM ^
This offense can't score when it needs to in the Big Ten. Yeah I know the defense is young and inexperienced Rabble rabble rabble, there is no excuses eight games in. Play the game
October 30th, 2010 at 11:10 PM ^
that is all
October 30th, 2010 at 11:09 PM ^
Another game performing below expectations, another loss to a Big 10 team we should have beat. Oh well, thanks to everybody who hung out during the game to vent, see you all next week.
October 30th, 2010 at 11:11 PM ^
Well that's three in a row againts MSU and Penn St.
October 30th, 2010 at 11:11 PM ^
What about we try to get Brady Hoke of SDSU or Utah's coach whatever his name is.
October 30th, 2010 at 11:12 PM ^
We have a decent defense and were easily 7-1 right now. ITS THE DEFENSE for christs sake.
October 30th, 2010 at 11:12 PM ^
too funny
October 30th, 2010 at 11:13 PM ^
All I wanted was for the defense to show some improvement. Now all I can hope for is that this giant leap into the abyss won't turn recruits away.
October 30th, 2010 at 11:13 PM ^
Geesh.....
October 30th, 2010 at 11:14 PM ^
We just got beat on a fake field goal, really? This is the WORST coaching staff ever at the University of Michigan! Sorry if Rich Rodriguez is not gone, I'm giving up my season tickets....done! I thought MSU was embarassed today, this is twice as bad!
October 30th, 2010 at 11:15 PM ^
Anybody interested?
October 30th, 2010 at 11:16 PM ^
you have to move down the road to that position coaching job where you will be long forgotten. But, occasionally, someone will remember your name and not quite remember why it seems vaguely familiary.
October 30th, 2010 at 11:16 PM ^
people are running the wrong way
October 30th, 2010 at 11:18 PM ^
Looking at the potential offense we have next year, and with the clean slate on D all we need is competence. We dont have impact seniors anywhere on this team.
Will next year be the end of days for RR? Absolutely. But no sense getting a new coach now, all that does is lose us recruits, possibly have 5-10 transfers (which depth wise we literally cannot afford) and then what. We bitch and moan about 2 sub .500 seasons in a row... and were right back where we started with a new name on the door to the office.
I understand, we played like shit. For the first 2 quarters.
But remeber, this is still a freshman defense more or less, with new guys starting. on the road. at night. in happy valley.
Relax. Breathe. New week we can count on having a new day to make us smile.
October 31st, 2010 at 12:53 AM ^
I don't know man. Penn State is not very good at all. Illinois embarrassed them at home, and Bolden played in that game. If there was ever a confidence-building opportunity for our defense, this was it. It looks like our defense is just plain bad, and will play poorly no matter who they go up against.
Another 5-7 season is not out of the question. Illinois is better than we thought they were. Purdue is bad, but we thought that about Penn State too. Any small chance we had against Wisconsin or Ohio State has evaporated.
The teams we've beat are pretty bad; UConn is 4-4, Notre Dame lost at home to Tulsa, UMass isn't even a good FCS team, BGSU is BGSU, and Indiana is 0-4 in conference play. The '09 script is playing out again, scene for scene. I'm trying to find a silver lining here, but I just can't.
October 30th, 2010 at 11:18 PM ^
1. Spread and shred is gonna kill it with U-M talent! I believe!
2. He just needs to get his players. Then it's gonna be on!
3. The cupboard was bare.
4. Fire GERG/Shafer
5. RR is our coach--you should always support your coach!
6. I want to see us win, but would it be that bad to lose if it led to a regime change? (How'd Stanford do this week?).
7. Alright, if we lose this game, I'm done
8. Fire RR.
October 30th, 2010 at 11:18 PM ^
but he is right, we need better players on the defensive side of the ball..... and in year 3 some of that blame is on the head coach.
October 30th, 2010 at 11:19 PM ^
Se ya. You got your ass kicked by a shitty PSU team w/ a backup walk on QB. Your D sucks worse than a div.8 shitty high school team. Enough of the bullshit "its a matter of time" bullshit from this site. This team sucks balls!. Illi (loss) Purdue (who fuckin cares) tOSU ( ass kickinn) Wisc ( fuckin ugly). 6-6 WOW! we get to play in the dick bag bowl. Get this over with fire Rich ( the firrst time I ever said this) and hire JimBO. Neg the fuck out of me I dont fucking care! The Rich Rod erea is over
October 30th, 2010 at 11:19 PM ^
I'm not a White Sox fan but I do find Hawk Harrelson amusing especially when a Sox pitcher strikes someone out and he says "He gone." That seems appropriate here.
October 31st, 2010 at 12:57 AM ^
Just got home from the game. All the PSU fans around me were just hoping to keep it close and that it would be a good game. One even said, "I hope you guys take it easy on us".
Yeah we did. We gave up 41 points to a walk on sophomore and a patched up team full of injuries after we had a bye week to prepare.
I'll watch the video tomorrow, but what I noticed tonight was that the coaches aren't even giving the kids a chance to make a play. 3rd and 3, my son tugs on my arm and says, "Why are they playing 12 yards off the receivers?" If a 13yo can see it I'm sure the coaches saw it.
Sweep, screen, sweep, screen. We saw the old Michigan offense tear up the present defense tonight. Roh was completely lost in space at LB. 3-3-5 sucks!
Nope, I fell off the RR bus tonight. He's a great Offensive Coordinator, but he's in waaay over his head as a HC in a major conference. It's over and we'll count the past 3 as well as the next 2 as rebuilding years.
October 31st, 2010 at 2:32 AM ^
Fuck Harbaugh.
Too subtle?
FUCK HARBAUGH.
October 31st, 2010 at 9:00 AM ^
I am going to love it when we beat Ohio State and all of you RR must go cats are now back on the bandwagon.
October 31st, 2010 at 12:17 PM ^
can you imagine if we had an FBS-average defense? our defense is ranked around 107 out of 120 teams, right? imagine if we fielded just an average defense ranked around 50th or 60th. with our #4 ranked offense and the leading rusher in the nation as our quarterback.
someday our D will be average again... its just a matter of time (and the right personnel on that side of the ball). around that time our offense will be full of upperclassmen. can you imagine? DB and RR are building something, just wait and see...
October 31st, 2010 at 12:10 PM ^
HOW ABOUT BYE BYE GERG?
October 31st, 2010 at 12:44 PM ^
If I was CNN I would say this one is too close to call. Post this thread again in two weeks.