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Isn't anyone on this forum old enough to remember the 1997 game against Iowa? An awful lot like this this. Just kept making terrible mistakes (in that game mostly on ST and Defense) against a grossly inferior team. Turned into a dreadful nail biter pulled out by 4 late. These games happen. The only thing to worry about at this point is how healthy can the 2 missing OL, TE, RB, DE get in 1 week.
November 19th, 2022 at 4:10 PM ^
Is that really what people are doing?
This is 100% a game that Michigan teams lose up until last year.
I understand disappointment, but anyone calling for someone's job needs to be kicked in the chest and pushed down a few stairs.
Just my opinion.
November 19th, 2022 at 4:19 PM ^
There were a few in the game thread. Maybe not calling for Harbaugh's job, but calling for him to "clean house" and generally saying he's not a "#3 in the country" coach. But that's par for the course here. I try to stay away from that thread. People lose their minds and use it to vent.
November 19th, 2022 at 4:30 PM ^
There's a name for people like that...idiots.
November 19th, 2022 at 4:30 PM ^
The game threads are terrible when a handful of posters get involved. I'm going to bet that MGoUser RJ McReady (or something like that) was one of the worst - he usually is during game threads. Just terrible. Dude makes some good posts through the week, but during a game thread... Whoo boy! He is a King Turd Asshat. FLion is another, but I think a step behind RJ.
I didn't miss the game thread - I'm sure it was a special kind of hell...
November 19th, 2022 at 4:46 PM ^
Guy at the table next to mine at Fraser’s was ranting about how much of an idiot Harbaugh is, etc…. Right before Moody kicked the game-winning FG. Some people are just that way
November 19th, 2022 at 4:55 PM ^
Funny, how that "idiot" Harbaugh called 3 timeouts during that Illini possession that probably allowed Michigan to win the game. That gave Michigan a fighting chance to move the ball down the field and score either a TD or FG to win the game.
In the end; it all worked out but I will remember those 3 timeouts late in the game called by Jim.
November 19th, 2022 at 5:00 PM ^
I’m with you being a Harbaugh fan but calling timeouts to stop the clock is not exactly any kind of example of coaching genius.
November 20th, 2022 at 10:14 AM ^
I think it took balls to kick the field goal on 4th down with three minutes left and rely on your defense to get you the ball back.
November 19th, 2022 at 5:14 PM ^
Grateful for the W. I didn’t think it was going to happen. 11-0 is 11-0. Don’t care if today was pretty or not.
The only thing I will say is, if “Today’s” team shows up to Cbus we will lose by 3 TD’s. Dropped balls. Missed wide open receivers. No passing game of consequence. Hoping today is the outlier. If not, next Saturday is gonna hurt.
November 19th, 2022 at 5:19 PM ^
Unless today’s version of OSU also shows up next week. In that case, we have a chance…
November 20th, 2022 at 7:24 AM ^
I blame the Lions. Their decades of ineptitude have tainted Michigan fans. I hypothesize that BPONE would not exist if it weren't for proximity to the Lions.
That's my reality based, but humorous perception of our fan base.
November 19th, 2022 at 4:46 PM ^
There does seem to be a divide between the every day posters/posting and the game thread “contributors.” It gets out of hand very quickly. I can’t really imagine looking at my phone that much during a game but different strokes for different folks.
November 19th, 2022 at 5:22 PM ^
I didn’t today, I was busy pacing and gnashing my teeth (I like my shirt or there would’ve been rending of garments), but you have to do something during times out and commercials and halftime, etc.
November 19th, 2022 at 7:55 PM ^
Start the game at least an hour late. Don't understand why this isn't the way everyone watching at home does it.
Except next week of course.
November 19th, 2022 at 4:20 PM ^
This is 100% a game that Michigan teams lose up until last year.
Nailed it. The ability of the 2021-22 teams to prevent a tailspin when nothing’s going their way has been pretty impressive.
November 19th, 2022 at 5:04 PM ^
This.
Things go badly and they’re like…well, I guess we have to find another way.
And they did.
Go. Blue.
November 19th, 2022 at 4:22 PM ^
Yes! Good post. Wake me when some on this board graduate elementary school!
November 19th, 2022 at 4:26 PM ^
No, it isn’t. But you couldn’t start a thread about people being justifiably annoyed about todays game
November 19th, 2022 at 4:34 PM ^
Is that really what people are doing? Read the MGoBlog game thread. Yes.
November 19th, 2022 at 4:36 PM ^
Apologists abound. UM pass offense sucks and we need changes. What they are - not my job to say. But we need changes. Please don’t apologize for our putrid pass offense.
November 19th, 2022 at 5:26 PM ^
Wait, don’t you have to have a pass offense before you can have a putrid pass offense?!
November 19th, 2022 at 6:16 PM ^
11-0.
Kindly go kick rocks.
November 19th, 2022 at 5:13 PM ^
"This is 100% a game that Michigan teams lose up until last year."
Exactly. For a while there it felt a lot like Iowa 2016. But this time WE found a way to win on a last second field goal.
Sometimes good teams get dragged into the mud (remember OSU/Maryland 2018?). Ugly win for sure but it counts. A lot to work on for next week. Getting everyone healthy would be a big start.
November 19th, 2022 at 6:01 PM ^
It boils down to what the expectations are. Want to be competitive in the B1G? If so, Harbaugh will provide that level of play for eternity. However, if the aspirations are to win a national title, his philosophy/ approach won’t get you there. Either way, UM could do worse than Harbaugh.
November 19th, 2022 at 4:10 PM ^
My thoughts exactly. Every year will have a couple of clunkers. Just get the W, baby
November 19th, 2022 at 4:11 PM ^
Rutgers last year.
November 19th, 2022 at 4:23 PM ^
And Nebraska
November 19th, 2022 at 4:23 PM ^
Perhaps a wake up call going into Columbus 🤔
November 19th, 2022 at 4:11 PM ^
Well they are in for a rude awakening next week if we run zone reads on 3rd and 10.
November 19th, 2022 at 4:13 PM ^
That was trash. So was the 3rd and 3 dive to Stokes on the 2nd to last drive deep in Illinois territory. Hopefully the coaches learn too. Sometimes a gut check game isn't the worst thing, unless you injure your Heisman candidate.
November 19th, 2022 at 4:57 PM ^
"You injure your heisman candidate"?
Putting that on the coaches is a bit of a stretch
November 19th, 2022 at 5:15 PM ^
What are you talking about? Jake Mody looked fine. 😜
November 19th, 2022 at 5:30 PM ^
We’re saving the live passing game reps, to hide all the completion and TD givens, to surprise OSU, because Moody needed some high pressure live game reps.
Yeah, that’s the ticket!
November 19th, 2022 at 5:32 PM ^
Who’s this “Mody” of which you speak?!
November 19th, 2022 at 5:31 PM ^
Maybe that informs the staff there’s a difference between Corum and “not Corum”…
November 19th, 2022 at 7:42 PM ^
Come on dude. You were doing so well until you blame the injury on coaches. Injury can happen on any play.
November 19th, 2022 at 4:24 PM ^
I'm going to go on out a long limb and predict that our OSU gameplan will be a little different than our Illinois gameplan.
November 19th, 2022 at 4:30 PM ^
Are we suddenly going to know how to effectively pass the ball?
November 19th, 2022 at 4:36 PM ^
I don't know if the passes will be effective, or if the WRs will catch it (or even get open), but I'm betting the patterns will be better. And I'm betting that the run game will be more diversified. I was pretty sad about about all the A & B gap runs because most of them weren't going anywhere. And by "most", I mean all of them. Blake and CJ both made a couple of nice cuts to get out of there, but they mostly went nowhere all day.
The game plan smacked of one from a team that figured it would have its way against the other. And it didn't go that way. Credit to Illinois for coming to win. Michigan played to just get out healthy without losing.
November 19th, 2022 at 5:37 PM ^
First drive and these guys shut it down. Illinois came to play. Apparently it’s harder moving 3-300 pounders all day than that initial drive lead them to believe.
November 19th, 2022 at 4:32 PM ^
With this offensive coaching staff? I highly doubt it especially if Corum is injured still.
This team has no one outside of Corum and bell.
Not sure how in the fuck schoonmaker is still hurt, and how today we ended up with Gash taking the load of carries.. dude isn't on scholarship for a reason.
Injuries are mounted up and it's probably way too much to overcome against osu
November 19th, 2022 at 4:38 PM ^
Have another beer, then take a nap. Wake up in time for USC-UCLA and Oregon-Utah. Try to enjoy the rest of the day with some good football...
November 19th, 2022 at 6:20 PM ^
Gash had 3 out of Michigan’s 40 carries.
November 19th, 2022 at 4:31 PM ^
IMO it was to set up going for it on 4th down but lost yardage. Not a bad playcall. And if that's the only complaint you can come up with, then STFU.
Play calling doesn't result in 3 huge drops, a fluke Corum fumble, JJ's best play being called back on a weak hold, and JJ missing open receivers.
There were a couple great screen calls. There were open targets in the passing game. And they pretty much abandoned the run once it was clear they weren't going to get yards on the ground without Corum.
November 19th, 2022 at 5:17 PM ^
Very well said.
November 19th, 2022 at 4:11 PM ^
1 million upvotes to this
November 19th, 2022 at 4:29 PM ^
The season has been slowly unraveling. Injuries have been piling up - McNamara, Jones, All, Keegan, Schoonmaker, Wilson, Morris, Edwards, and now Corum have all gone down. But the inconsistent play between JJ and his receivers has been going on too long. Too many close first halves versus inferior teams have been frustrating. Illinois is not a good team. In addition to losses to MSU and Purdue, they beat Iowa 9-6!
Contrary to what JJ says, this team is not better than last year's squad. You don't lose Hutchinson, Ajabo, Hill, and Haskins and declare yourself better. I'm driving to Florida next Saturday. I'll miss my first OSU game since my first in 1969. I don't think I'll be watching the highlights.
November 19th, 2022 at 4:39 PM ^
The receiving corps today played like they were coming out from being under anesthesia.
November 19th, 2022 at 4:41 PM ^
Don't forget to take your FSU hat. Front runners gott'a stay in the front...
November 19th, 2022 at 4:42 PM ^
The season has been slowly unraveling.
We're 11-0 buddy.