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MGoRadio 9.8: Think of the Children Comment Count

Seth November 3rd, 2023 at 1:44 PM

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Featured Musician: Joe Hertler & the Rainbow Seekers

The Video:

[After THE JUMP: The things said.]

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1. Sign Stealing Scandal-Like Substance

starts at the top

The more facts begin to overtake wishcasting the better off Michigan looks. No news but the bullshit level has gone up considerably as Big Ten coaches take the opportunity afforded by media sensationalism to get the Big Ten to punish Harbaugh before there's an investigation. Why? Probably because Michigan's own investigation determined they're in the clear to give Harbaugh a major contract. So either they're such idiots they actually believe Connor Stalions is the reason Michigan won so many games in 2021-'23, or they're smart enough to realize the results of an investigation won't match their preferred outcome. MSU's AD is one of two people willing to put their names to the pearl-clutching, and he's saying he's worried about the health and safety of his players, which shows you exactly how unserious the people trying to make this serious are.

2. Purdue Preview: Defense

starts at 16:43

Ryan Walters brings his 5-1 "no-name" defense. They have two good pass rushers who are too big to drop into coverage, which they do on 40% of passing snaps. They bring five a lot, vary things by looping and bringing cornerbacks. Main structure is man everything: 5 DL for 5 OL, LBs or safeties for everyone in the backfield, and Cover 1 behind it. Giving up lots of yards because they tried to play this with Ohio State. Two best players in the secondary are true freshmen because it's a Year Zero situation.

3. Purdue Preview: Offense

starts at 31:45

Fourth straight quarterback that Alex cyan'd, but this is on the better end of the cyan quarterbacks and maybe not fair because you took Card out of an offense where he got to pass to the most talented receiver in America to not that. Still have Devin Mockobee who will hurdle fools but also fumble, so they're using Tyrone Tracy, the former Iowa WR, as their guy. Tackles went from bad to worse over injuries, which limits their ability to run the ball unless you let them double your DTs with stretch zone using three good interior OL.

4. MSU After Review

starts at 42:47

New level of Seeing It from JJ McCarthy, still not seeing it from the running backs. Good game for Drake Nugent—haven't had a chance to chart him much before now but he did a great job handling MSU's twist blitzes. Defensively Michigan used MSU's unpreparedness against them, getting them to fall into easy traps. Often it was players causing these by seeing something and making calls or shifting where they stand. MSU was having someone run in plays for a bit then gave it up because it was stupid.

About the Featured Musician: JOE HERTLER & THE RAINBOW SEEKERS

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This year we are partnering with The Blind Pig for bumper music, since that's where I've seen most of the bands I've been pushing anyways.

This is the week we're featuring the grooves of Joe Hertler & The Rainbow Seekers, who will be playing two back to back shows at the Blind Pig in Ann Arbor on November 10th & 11th. I just love the energy of this band—wife and I have been shaking our shoulders from our opposite desks all day as I've had these guys on mix. They've played Bonnaroo, Electric Forest, and Summer Camp, but eluded me until I saw them on the Pig's schedule. Since then I leared Hertler and guitarist Ryan Hoger had a Motown-influenced thing going until they lucked into musical prodigy/plays everything Micah Bracken to find their sound, adding a saxophonist and drummer to complete the set. I haven't seen them live but they're supposedly one of the most entertaining groups that play around here so that'll have to change soon.

Song choices:

Also because Across 110th Street will get our Youtubes taken now now, the opener and outro:

  • “The Employee is Not Afraid”—Bear vs. Shark
  • “Ruska Vodka”—Motorboat

THE USUAL LINKS:

Strike now while the bullshit's hot.

Comments

Erik_in_Dayton

November 3rd, 2023 at 12:09 PM ^

Question for Craig: should the Soviets be considered the central actors of WWII given the damage that they inflicted upon Germany and given that Japan surrendered just as the USSR was entering the Pacific theater? 

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CR

November 3rd, 2023 at 10:41 PM ^

Erik. My head is fuzzy at the moment. I feel like I have been kicked in the head by a horse.

But, yeah, IMO the Soviets were most responsible for winning WW2.

Not that others did not have significant roles.

But maybe you are asking me something in code, since this is very enigmatic.

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gbdub

November 3rd, 2023 at 3:07 PM ^

Especially when Brian immediately launches into pontificating about what coaches say in public vs what they say anonymously. 

I assume this is carry-over annoyance from Seth getting Sam Webb onboard with the “Jim McElwain had Connor Stalions in East Lansing as a hired gun” theory. 

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gbdub

November 3rd, 2023 at 3:47 PM ^

I mean the “exact outfit” was a chips polo shirt so not exactly top secret. But I do actually think it’s plausible. There is also specific no evidence for it so I can see Brian not wanting to cross the line into seriously entertaining conspiracies like that and being open to accusations of hypocrisy. 

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G. Gulo of the Dale

November 3rd, 2023 at 6:07 PM ^

At the very least, there's no way that he just snuck onto the sidelines all on his own initiative.  It's not like he was just hanging out in the back.  He spent parts of the game standing right between other staffers.  What, did they ask, "who the hell are you?" and he just replied "I'm the 'new guy'"?--and then they just shrugged and carried on?

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Colt Burgess

November 3rd, 2023 at 12:42 PM ^

This is so 1973. When Michigan tied Ohio State 10 - 10 the rule was only one team could go to a bowl, which was the Rose Bowl at the time. No team could go two years in a row, and Ohio State had gone the previous year. The ADs of the Big Ten settled old scores and voted to send OSU to the Rose Bowl. The excuse was that Michigan QB, Dennis Franklin, had been injured during the game, and Michigan would not be the best representative. It was a big pile-on, and Michigan State applauded gleefully. Bo never forgot or forgave.

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Blau

November 3rd, 2023 at 2:43 PM ^

Probably a bit of an overreaction but his sentiment rings true, even though it seemed like Seth was more or less poking fun at the conspiracy rabbit hole going on with this whole thing.

I will say it’s weird that we get continued Signgate front page post (think we’re on pt 6?) but it’s a no-no to mention jokingly on the podcast? Maybe just drop the sign-stealing acknowledgements all together and wait for a confirmed report?

I think we’re all there with Brian in the fact that even talking about unconfirmed and unsubstantiated reports only fuels the fire. Frankly, I think we’re all sick of this shit and I don’t even want to discuss the typically funny, stupid stuff because I’m afraid someone is going to run it up the flagpole as a true statement. 

So ready for this to be done. It’s like a really unfunny game of telephone only it’s being played by adults and even the most absurd lies are no longer funny in the end. Shit’s boring and when this story is all anyone can think about when there’s a championship caliber team taking the field every Saturday, I’m going to feel bad for the players who JUST WANT TO PLAY FOOTBALL. 

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maxcorn

November 3rd, 2023 at 3:56 PM ^

I'm a longtime follower of MGoBlog, and I love hearing from everyone here (commenters included). I haven't felt the urge to comment much in the past, but I do feel compelled to add to what others have said: Brian sometimes crosses the line in how he treats Seth, and it happened here.

This has been a very difficult couple weeks for Michigan football fans. I'm sure it's much more challenging for the guys who write about the team for a living. Nevertheless, Brian owes Seth an apology.

Thanks for a great blog and go blue!

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Seth

November 4th, 2023 at 9:11 AM ^

We worked it out over the break. He didn't know where I was going with it, and I got a chance to come back around to it later in the show. Point I was coming to was we're in the bullshit phase right now and other B10 schools are striking while the bullshit's hot to try to rid themselves of Harbaugh before too many facts make that unlikely.

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Ruiner734

November 3rd, 2023 at 5:30 PM ^

Bear Vs. Shark are one of my all time favorite bands. Only 2 albums, and I believe they were MSU students or grads. Who cares they're tremendous. That band disbanded in 2005, but that paved way for Bars of Gold which is basically Bear Vs. Shark with some different members. Check them out.

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LSA91

November 3rd, 2023 at 5:31 PM ^

In part because I think Brian is very perceptive, it's been very disheartening to hear Brian go from "nothing will happen" to "maybe the NCAA will ban Harbaugh from football next year" to "maybe the Big 10 will ban Harbaugh now for a number of games ranging between 2 and all of them."

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