I wouldn't want any other coach in charge right now.   

They are going to Columbus in two weeks with everything on the line and they are going to pull through that day.

The people trashing Harbaugh or turning on certain players over one hard fought loss by a measly point, are pathetic excuses for fans.

They'll be the first ones pounding their chests exhalting the greatness of the team after the next big win. It's like they never watched or played sports in their lives.

 

Dead-on comment about this happening to (almost) every team once a year. 

A road, night game. Unfamiliar environment. Seemed like a game where Michigan was down a notch in every facet, including play-calling. RS Soph QB, dinged up to boot. And we didn't get breaks, we had turnovers, and there was O'Neill.

A perfect storm, really, but at least we still control our fate.

It is frustrating though, that this team has been ass on the road for a decade or more. 

Also, Brown seems like Durkin in important games. Scheme is off, can't stop the run. I would think Brown would be an upgrade, so it must be the Jimmies and Joes.

With better players, maybe this team doesn't lose road, night games in a couple years.

I know JH draws a lot of inspiration from Bo, and rightfully so. However, this whole game just has this aura of the 1985 debacle around it, and in some ways it feels like JH is channeling some of Bo's worst tendencies from those days.

I also don't appreciate some of the extra-curriculars JH has indulged in, and I think they may have served as a bit of a distraction during the past few weeks. Being the University's most visible face is cool. Running all over to be a celebrity guest in the midst of football season is pushing it.

RPS numbers won't be good. Iowa offense was actually moving it with good old rock and hit us with a few timely scissors. Defensively they positioned to contain the edge well and stuffed a couple head-scratching runs we sent outside the tackle anyway.

It is beyond my pay grade to say if we got outcoached. I just know we have the better one and still lost. Harbaugh has proven brilliant and this is what he means that every game is a championship game. Every opponent is to be respected. Even Ferentz, target of much mockery here (and for good reason), can rise to the occasion against a superior opponent.

On the fuield the Jimmys and Joes followed suit. Iowa couldn't pass but was solid in the trenches against our monster DL and Wadley was fantastic. Their defense was fine but we had chances. The game was lost on Wilton missing a couple likely TD deep balls and receivers failing to bring in a couple challenging but critical catches.

Positive takeaway: Kenny Allen hits a clutch 51yd FG on the road. At the time I thought he'd miss and was bitching about four down territory and the previous play call.

The defense played well enough to win (allowing only 12 points). It just seemed like a confluence of elements that are easier to see in hindsight:

 A night away game against a team that has the coaching and players to be a good team but who is coming off an embarrassing loss the week before and are 0-3 in their previous 3 home games .  

Playing a team who is fighting for bowl eligibility and probably more importantly pride and  respectability

18-23 year old players listening to the hype and looking ahead to "The Game"

A QB whose only similar experience was last year as a backup brought in in the 4th quarter

I also question the wisdom of trying to cover everything up in the locker room; it seems it would be more productive to laugh at the locker room decor or ignore it than draw even more attention to it and act like the color pink will somehow influence the play of the team. 

Speight's game has really came along but his home run throws have just been bad. Darboh was routinely beating guys deep. If only we connected on just one of them...

Out game-planned by Iowa combined with what Harbaugh said, a sort of critical mass of little things going wrong. It sucks but it's football. I don't know if we're going to beat OSU, because OSU might be the best team in the country. I still absolutely believe that we have a credible chance of beating that team, and also of eventually proving ourselves to be the best team in the country, and at the very least this team will show up prepared and ready to compete in Columbus. And having everything to play for in November is such a ridiculous improvement over where this program has been over the past decade, that even after a loss we still need to be counting our blessings.

I think it's really hard to go undefeated.  Don't get me wrong, I'd love to go undefeated, and once you lose one game you now have the chance to lose more than one game.  But, that being said, being undefeated can cause a build up of pressure.  For a team that is not accostumed to being under pressure of being undefeated, this may actually feel like a weight lifted off their shoulders.  If this helps us to re-focus, be hungry, and play loose against OSU, than I'm all for this one loss.  

 

This one loss won't lose the season.  The only problem is if this loss is a sign of things to come.  But, that is still to be decided and it's too early to tell.  Here's to hoping we make a positive out of this loss.

I think Iowa out coached us in this one.

on dwelling on negativity and holding onto it except as it serves as a lesson that you learn and fix the problems that your poor play created, if that's possible. There was not one thing you could point to and say that was a direct cause.

However, there were omens in that game that were reminiscent of last year's loss to MSU, another final play loss. That was the fact the game was officiated by John O'Nieil's crew; so Michigan lost a linebacker to a targeting calll, Joe Bolden against MSU, Devin Bush last night.

Punting issues impacted Michigan with both poor field position all night just as a dropped snap ended the loss to MSU.

By the way, the targeting call was made from the booth, not on the field and then allowed to stand. The booth couldn't correct a poor judgment on a phantom facemask call that essentially allowed Iowa to kick a game-winning field goal without movint the ball at all on its final possession. Because Michigan never flipped the field in its contest against MSU and never did against Iowa, it was vulnerable to final play losses in both. The game was really lost on failure to force Iowa to play on a long field in order to do any of its scoring.

You can blame the defense, but Iowa never had to far in order to score any of its points.

Clock management will be debated as Michigan had a chance to run out the clock if it could have simply run out the final 1:54 with a single first down.

Going into this game you have to know this is going to be just like the stae game. The fans, players, and coaches are going to be juiced. Iowas record is a bit deceiving. A year ago the program played in the BIG championship. A play away from going to the playoff. So they're not totally chopped liver. I watched the game again and there may have been a few stretches in the game where we didn't match Iowa's intensity or grit. Outside of a handful of play-calls I don't think they out-coached us. The Karan toss is one. Second, if I'm partridge or Jay and we get flagged for running into the punter, the next damn snap I'm going total return.

Chesson needs to work on coming back to the ball. And just needs to be tougher in those 70/30 balls.

all in all it's tough to go 12-0. I have all the faith in the world that this staff will look at what went wrong and work like heck to get better. This game was a pressure cooker for us. A lot on the line and a lot of guys especially Wilton who haven't been in situations like that. As much as it sucks, this loss could be a blessing in disguise.

We lost because our an went 0-a ton on wide open deep throws and we only needed one. Even a less than mediocre game from speight and we win. He was terrible. I've no explanation for our run defense.

Our offense was a complete tire fire Saturday night.  The defense did everything in their power to try to pull this one out for us.

of the outcome, win or lose, the season all-in-all comes down to The Game. It would have with or without a loss to Iowa. I'm disappointed of the outcome and I wish to have gone undefeated, but a win or loss against OSU would have made the seaon with or without a loss to Iowa. I'm most concerned about our o-line, who looked very mortal against Iowa. Our defense, I am still happy with as we only gave 13 points, however, I have been dissapointed on how McCray has looked in the open field.