January 1st, 2011 at 4:03 PM ^
Bravo. Slow clap.
January 1st, 2011 at 4:23 PM ^
We will still wear maize and blue????
oh yeah go blue
January 1st, 2011 at 4:04 PM ^
I want Denard back!!
January 1st, 2011 at 5:15 PM ^
If JH is as good of a recruiter as people say, he can surely convince Denard to stay - even if it means a position switch.
(Assuming JH is the new coach - obviously.)
January 1st, 2011 at 5:19 PM ^
You know what I want? To actually beat teams of this caliber once in a while. It ain't happening with the current guy in charge. He's finished.
January 1st, 2011 at 4:04 PM ^
RR won't be back. The brightest spot.
Where is our "elite" offense?
January 1st, 2011 at 4:17 PM ^
Same god damned place they were during The Game. This is not progress. This is a third straight year of humiliation.
January 1st, 2011 at 5:21 PM ^
Our OMG AWESOME offense scored an average of 18.8 points per game against the five best defenses we faced - OSU, Iowa, MSU, Miss St, and Wisconsin. Yippie.
January 1st, 2011 at 4:17 PM ^
Repost so you can all look at the numbers in my avatar and recall brighter times.
January 1st, 2011 at 4:28 PM ^
Did you draw that yourself?
God damn genius.
January 1st, 2011 at 4:32 PM ^
+1000 to you antonio, only thing i laughed at today.
January 1st, 2011 at 4:05 PM ^
I'd like to comment my feelings here, but I've been sworn to positivity
January 1st, 2011 at 4:11 PM ^
Fuck that. Fuck this game. Fuck me. Fuck you. Fuck everyone. Fuck fuck fuck.
January 1st, 2011 at 4:12 PM ^
Well done
January 1st, 2011 at 4:24 PM ^
I like how that comment has a lot of upvotes. so here's another puppy.
January 1st, 2011 at 4:39 PM ^
but check this out...I have something positive for you.
We can finally forget about the horrible bowl loss vs. Tennessee a few years back.
January 1st, 2011 at 9:34 PM ^
January 1st, 2011 at 4:05 PM ^
Under RR we rely on one player this is NOT debatable. This is sad. We are all about the team and this team is lacking. I look forward to hearing from DB about the change that NEEDS to take place.
January 1st, 2011 at 4:30 PM ^
Auburn
January 1st, 2011 at 5:24 PM ^
Well, that's clearly a good plan to follow. Pay $100,000 to find the best player in the country. What could go wrong?
January 1st, 2011 at 5:40 PM ^
Obviously nothing. Just offer it to his dad and have the kid pretend to know nothing about it. Problem solved.
January 1st, 2011 at 4:06 PM ^
January 1st, 2011 at 4:07 PM ^
January 1st, 2011 at 4:07 PM ^
Just for the sake of karma, please specify that you mean Gerg Robinson.
January 1st, 2011 at 4:08 PM ^
I knew we were young but to hear about our two deep db's having 6 freshmen, a walk-on sophomore, and a senior wide receiver was amazing. I knew it was bad but wow.
January 1st, 2011 at 4:09 PM ^
They have not exactly distinguished themselves either.
January 1st, 2011 at 4:16 PM ^
January 1st, 2011 at 4:21 PM ^
MARTAVIOUS ODOMS is STILL THE FREAKIN' MAN.
(Written during the 4th Quarter).
January 1st, 2011 at 4:12 PM ^
done with his evaluation and setting the press conference as we speak. And he may just stay in Florida for the Orange bowl
January 1st, 2011 at 4:14 PM ^
a hold of Tate, "Can you pack for me too?"
January 1st, 2011 at 4:13 PM ^
Gonna need prozac, wellbutrin, trazadone and abilify. Maybe I'll down it with some Jack and Coke...ugh.
January 1st, 2011 at 4:13 PM ^
Denard's gonna stay. Not because a certain former player/new coach can convince him to... but because of his bonds with his teammates.
January 1st, 2011 at 4:17 PM ^
Whenever DRob is interviewed, quoted, overheard, etc. it's all about the team. When he breaks a great run? "Thanks OL" When he makes a great pass? "Thanks WRs".
He has so much individual talent and team spirit that he's probably one of the best athletes to come to Michigan that I have seen in a long, long time.
January 1st, 2011 at 4:14 PM ^
a twinkle of brightness in the middle of a black hole.
January 1st, 2011 at 4:18 PM ^
January 1st, 2011 at 4:15 PM ^
Is using this game as part of his evaluation, RR is d-u-n. Pathetic effort today.
January 1st, 2011 at 4:15 PM ^
i will a very happy man once GERG is let go. I dont know what will happen to RR. defense is the worst staff ive seen EVER! I am just worried about attrition if DB makes a change. I say if we can't land JH then Rich should stay.
January 1st, 2011 at 4:16 PM ^
I blame the Free Press.
January 1st, 2011 at 4:19 PM ^
all you folks who have negged those righteous who have been consistent in saying all these years that rodriguez has to go.... well, first off, go F yourself, and second, you should apologize, and third, you should turn in all your mgopoints, because they have the blood of the program on them.
the telltale sign of those who are truly for the program, tend to have negative points on this blog, save a few sparty trolls sprinkled in. then you have those like magnus, who have a gazillion points, all gotten from appeasing the lowest rung of the michigan world.
the program has been a joke the past three years...there is no longer denying it by you. say all you want how you "support them no matter what". thats not the point. you negged to oblivion, those who said RR must go. and he must. and you were quite wrong.
January 1st, 2011 at 4:33 PM ^
Oh, so you are now vindicated. Congrats, it must feel amazing to be right. I would way rather have been right than have the program succeed. The point was, up unitil this year, and possibly this game, your little coalition didn't have rational evidence to say RR should go. It was an idea that was started right when he was hired. It was blind. Some didn't like him to from the get go, they wanted him fired. Of course, he never did anything to relieve that feeling. Was the gut feeling correct? Yes, however it should be more attributed to luck than actual knowledge that it was the correct opinion.
January 1st, 2011 at 4:36 PM ^
fans like you that ultimately doomed RR. Hard to win when the fanbase roots against you from Day 1.
January 1st, 2011 at 5:25 PM ^
Losing 22 of 37 games screwed RR. Nothing else did.
January 1st, 2011 at 5:35 PM ^
it'll be interesting to see how RR does when he goes to another program where he doesn't inherit a decimated defense, a broken compliance department, and the hardest-to-please fan base in America. My guess is quite well. Nobody forced him to hire Greg Robinson though. For that he deserves his fair share of blame.
January 1st, 2011 at 4:41 PM ^
In 2006 with last two games and has continued through the Horror of 2007 and the debacle of 2008 and the start all over on offense and defense of 2009 and the still not there 2010.
A wait and see attitude until the regular season was over was reasonable given the nature of the coaching change, and now we'll see what was going in with DB and others in terms of 2011.
Hope whoever our coaching staff is for 2011 will be able to stem the bleeding and start the progression back. It is obvious we do not have the talent on the field to compete for Big 10 championships, as it has shown in our record this year against top 25 teams.
January 1st, 2011 at 9:55 PM ^
[Rick:] Much of Michigan’s recent problems have been because of the defense in my opinion, how is that being addressed and will they be improved this year? [Brian:] Uh… how recent? Despite a couple of rough games in ’05, that was still a lights-out unit statistically. This year it was considerably uglier. [Rick:] Well, looking at games against Ohio State and bowl opponents since 2003, Michigan is giving up 31.8 points per contest, including the 14 points that Ohio State got on a sloppy field this year. [Brian:] Michigan should improve, IMO: the only real losses are Shawn Crable and Jamar Adams. The entire D-line is back as is MLB Obi Ezeh and the top three corners. That’s about 7.5 starters if you grant that the third corner is as much of a starter as the third linebacker in modern football. It’s a weird unit with great experience and depth at DL and corner and zero at linebacker and safety; we’ll see. I couldn’t tell you much about how it will play out with an entirely new coaching staff.Am I reading too much into this, or does "Rick" earn the 20-20 hindsight-in-advance crystal-ball award for zeroing in on all this before it became obvious (before "decimated defense," etc.)?
January 1st, 2011 at 4:41 PM ^
In 2006 with last two games and has continued through the Horror of 2007 and the debacle of 2008 and the start all over on offense and defense of 2009 and the still not there 2010.
A wait and see attitude until the regular season was over was reasonable given the nature of the coaching change, and now we'll see what was going in with DB and others in terms of 2011.
Hope whoever our coaching staff is for 2011 will be able to stem the bleeding and start the progression back. It is obvious we do not have the talent on the field to compete for Big 10 championships, as it has shown in our record this year against top 25 teams.
January 1st, 2011 at 5:13 PM ^
Then there's you...
January 1st, 2011 at 4:17 PM ^
is gonna make it easy for him not to.