Punted/Counterpunted: Citrus Bowl 2020
I went out last night and didn't notice until way too late that a punt-counterpunt was in my inbox at 5am. Sorry everybody who didn't get to read these before the game. I assure you they're as relevant after. I feel especially bad because they both correctly predicted the final score. 
PUNT
By Bryan MacKenzie
@Bry_Mac
DEAR READER: Thank you for your message. Your comments are important to me, even if I outwardly express aggravation bordering on contempt at your presence. Unfortunately, I will be away from the blog for the time being. I’m on paternity leave for another couple of weeks, and then I’ll be on-site at the #HotTake distillery overseeing the processing and bottling of this season’s events into the offseason’s stockpile of blather. If you’re curious, this year’s vintage is shaping up to be fantastic, with a complex blend of blowout losses to Ohio State and Wisconsin with blowout wins over Notre Dame and Michigan State creating lovely floral notes and just a HINT of spittle.
If you have questions before I return, you can contact [email protected], which I assume is monitored regularly. However, if you need immediate assistance, you can contact the following individuals:
· For assistance with pronunciation, contact Ace Anbender
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· If a large Italian gentleman or a small Irish gentleman show up and inquire whether I left a manila envelope labeled “Rutgers bowl wager” for him, please inform him that I passed away and was cremated in a small private volcanoing.
· If questions arise about any previous Punt/Counterpunt predictions: same answer about the volcano.
And while I know what you might be thinking, no, this is not simply an elaborate way to avoid talking about Bama. I would never do such a thing. Michigan 16, Alabama 35
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COUNTERPUNT
By Internet Raj
@internetraj
Thank you for your message, MGoBlog reader. I am currently out of the office and will not be returning until Fall 2020. You might think this is convenient, me leaving and washing my hands free from any accountability after yet another historic loss to Ohio State and before what will surely be a historic loss against Alabama. Well guess what? You are right. Unlike Ty Perine, I’m not getting duffel bags full of cash to Counterpunt, so I’m going to enjoy this New Year holiday with my family. You want holiday content? Go pay $5 per month to The Athletic and listen to a podcast where Chris Vannini spends 90 minutes railing about how the #SnyderCut should be an Oscar contender.
Anyways, if you need immediate assistance during my absence please contact the following individuals as needed:
- If you keep shitting your pants, have no idea what year it is, choke on the biggest stage, and are an absolute traitor please contact [email protected]
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For all other inquiries, please tweet reaction gifs at @mgoblog on Twitter. He loves them. Otherwise I will respond to your message board comments as soon as possible upon my return. Also we are going to lose. It’s ok. There’s always next year. Michigan 16, Alabama 35
January 1st, 2020 at 8:51 PM ^
I'm not even mad
Just legitimately impressed they both nailed the final score
January 2nd, 2020 at 12:23 AM ^
My guess is that was a Seth post-edit...
Seth - was it a joke?
January 2nd, 2020 at 9:14 AM ^
Not according to his note, and I think he would have been a little more obvious/cheeky if it was a joke.
January 1st, 2020 at 8:57 PM ^
These dudes are psychic geniuses!
January 1st, 2020 at 9:11 PM ^
Just saw the post game presser. The only redeemable part was Glasgow’s comments, “But, I mean, my experience at the University of Michigan and Coach Harbaugh‑led teams, my brothers have been on them and I was on them for my entire five years. It's been an honor to be coached by Coach Harbaugh -- by a person who, you know, wants to develop a person's character as well as their football skills. And it's difficult to put into words, but it's just been a pleasure playing for him and for the people that he's brought in.”
Class.
JH did his best to cover for Shea’s dismal performance and while I respect JH for not throwing him under the bus, the false praise is simply disingenuous.
January 1st, 2020 at 10:12 PM ^
And yet who brought Shea in? Who didn't have better QB's ready to go? Who didn't hire a better DC? Who hired the OL coach and the dismal results that came from that?
Sorry, JH is responsible for this loss- not Shea. Shea is just a piece on the board.
Harbaugh worshipers have no sense of decency and will always throw a kid under the bus to protect their god.
January 1st, 2020 at 11:38 PM ^
Harbaugh stands by his guys, always has. He has a high level of decency and integrity and is a fantastic representative of our university. We're lucky to have him. This program's time will come.
January 2nd, 2020 at 6:48 AM ^
Unfortunately these OOO messages don't account for what we should do if we need immediate assistance with a football program that went from barely beating Akron and annually paved by Michigan State getting back to winning 9-10 games a year like it's mostly done for the past 30 years but HASN'T BEEN FIXED YET FIREHARBAUGH.
@mgoblog gonna get a lot of reaction gifs.
January 2nd, 2020 at 9:39 AM ^
Monkey Man and Dragonchild, Patterson should have been compensated for advertising for AT&T: "Just OK is not OK". He couldn't make the long throws, allowing Bama's simple half time adjustment to be "stop the run and short throws". The fair Harbaugh criticism is that he doesn't give the understudy at a position the opportunity to come in and see if he can outplay the starter. Gray was either the exception to that or he simply was brought in as an extra back. At 9.4 wins a season, however, that's not a fireable offense.
January 2nd, 2020 at 10:43 AM ^
You cant really publish yesterday’s newspaper because you “forgot” to do it then. Doesnt work like that. It seems like the proprietors of this website are on the verge of losing interest. Perhaps a natural progression in the life cycle of blogs.
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