Yeah we lost this game...big whoop
I know how hard this game is to watch right now and trust me, I have a hole in my wall right now after throwing my remote away after Iowas TD...but for people to blame RR is completely ridiculuous...can we actually look back and see what might cost us this game...
UPDATE:::: YEAH HEMMINGWAY!!!!
Okay, back to the game....
1. Denards poor decision which cost us a pick.
2. Vince's fumble
3. Lewan, etc. penalties
4. Secondary.
5. ridiculuous kickoff after 28-14.
etc. etc.
This was (and I hate when RR says this after we lose games but) it is just shitty execution. Our players just don't look in sync, I don't see the passion in their eyes, and I see RR beating himself up over petty mistakes that are costing us this game. RR is a great coach, and this is 100x harder for him to watch his players crap up plays than us. Look at it this way, even if we lose, we were still expecting to come out 5-2 after the first 7 games and guess what, we are gonna be 5-2 after 7 games.
I still have faith in my team, my coach, and my program to come back and change things around...
GO BLUE!!!
October 16th, 2010 at 6:25 PM ^
isn't filled with could of, would of and should ofs
October 16th, 2010 at 6:53 PM ^
Please tell me you're just being funny with the "ofs" because I saw that so much in the LiveBlog that I want to barf. At this point I honestly can't tell.
Otherwise, I agree with you, we don't need another year of almosts, but I seriously doubt we'll get a repeat of last year.
October 16th, 2010 at 6:25 PM ^
sweet, it was just bad execution. Thank god. I thought it was something big
October 16th, 2010 at 6:27 PM ^
The way the offense has looked in the last 10 or 20 minutes...this game amazingly isn't over
Just a quick TD, defensive stop, another TD...tie game...
I also don't think it's RR's fault...it's not his fault the defense is so bad
October 16th, 2010 at 6:34 PM ^
I have said we would be needing Tate this year; that young man is a gamer.
October 16th, 2010 at 6:27 PM ^
I will help fuel the positivity train. How about Demens? Didn't he play really well? So at least in this hell hole of a game it looks like we found a MLB. I thought he has played consistenly well and made more plays in this game than Ezeh has all year.
October 16th, 2010 at 6:27 PM ^
Go Blue!
October 16th, 2010 at 6:27 PM ^
I'm pretty sure its still going on unless your from the future
October 16th, 2010 at 6:28 PM ^
Just an fyi....when a coach says 'we didn't execute", it really means my players aren't good enough.
October 16th, 2010 at 6:28 PM ^
I think what this season has shown me is this offense is unstoppable when it clicks. However, it can stop itself very easily.
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<br>Our turnovers are also critical with our poor D, it's essentially a 14 point swing each time.
October 16th, 2010 at 6:31 PM ^
It's amazing how much of a comeback fight there is in this team
Already at the goal line...if only they had played better the first 3 quarters!
This team shows flashes of brilliance but is also capable of silly errors and turnovers.
October 16th, 2010 at 6:34 PM ^
I credit Tate a lot for the come back. He re-energized the offense and crowd. I know Denard is awesome, but give Tate the game ball.
October 16th, 2010 at 6:30 PM ^
This is meant with the most honest intentions, but do you think it is unreasonable to assume that repeatedly bad execution has anything to do with coaching? Conversly, I do beleive that good execution does stem from good coaching, so does the reverse hold true?
October 16th, 2010 at 7:05 PM ^
No, i would say bad execution squarely will fall on the fact that we have mostly freshman/sophmores making these mistakes..
October 16th, 2010 at 7:30 PM ^
There's a linebacker on Michigan. I don't know his name because he never gets called for making the tackle. Obi?? Something like that.
Over and over again he ran INTO the pile of blockers instead of running to the hole. Michigan might have won this game except for the wide open holes all because the mystery man wanted to play doggie pile.
October 16th, 2010 at 6:36 PM ^
Well said, sir.
October 16th, 2010 at 6:42 PM ^
Now the game's over.
Damn.
October 16th, 2010 at 6:51 PM ^
And so begins Rich Rod's annual late season swoon. Nice interception by Tator Tot, winner of the coveted September Heisman just last year.
October 16th, 2010 at 6:58 PM ^
Member for "11:26" and evidently a member of the loyal Michigan fanbase.
Please take this opportunity to politely piss off after you get off Tate Forcier's ass.
October 16th, 2010 at 6:54 PM ^
poor execution = coaching problem!
October 16th, 2010 at 6:55 PM ^
It was an exciting attempt at a comeback. -4 in turnover margin is hard to recover from.
October 16th, 2010 at 7:00 PM ^
When do we stop blaming the players? When does the coaching staff start taking blame? When do we learn how to tackle? When does the coaching staff call plays to put the defense in he right position? I have supported RichRod since day 1 and I am on the fence today, but I think it is time to start asking whether he is the right coach for Michigan.
October 16th, 2010 at 7:07 PM ^
we scored 28 pts on a top 5 defense in the country.. and we had 4 turnovers.. imagine if we didn't turn the ball over 3 times in iowa territory.. You gonna blame the coaches for our players making stupid decisions too?
October 16th, 2010 at 7:11 PM ^
The issue doesn't really fall with the offense. Our offense has to score 35 plus a game to win. That my friend will be a loser most of the time against a good team.
October 16th, 2010 at 7:05 PM ^
I can't say I'm that upset over the loss...sure it was frustrating with all the turnovers, kicking, ect. but two losses to 2 top 15+ teams doesn't seem all that bad to me considering the preseason expectations.
October 16th, 2010 at 7:07 PM ^
I came into this season expecting about 8-4, and that's what we look like as a team. I think we'll be about 8 and 4. We lost a bad one today, lost a bad one last week, but I;m happy with our team losing on young mistakes. We've lost to two teams that we expected to lose to at the beginning of the year, though losing to MSU sucks. i feel happy about the position we're at.
October 16th, 2010 at 7:12 PM ^
You expected to lose to MSU?
October 16th, 2010 at 7:18 PM ^
I know it;s a bad way to look at it, but after the wisconsin game, I didn't look at that as a will win. Did you, really?? We look pretty good compared to last year.
I'm happy,
October 16th, 2010 at 7:27 PM ^
Well it seemed like you were talking about coming into this season on losing to MSU. Either way I am not happy and I am not sure how you can be. Are you happy with 7-5?
October 16th, 2010 at 7:12 PM ^
Do we have a quarterback controversy? Hey, none of the team or coaches ever gave up. Did you see Tate rally the troops on the sideline? Much better than hiding under a towel at the end of the UConn game. Go Blue!
October 16th, 2010 at 9:15 PM ^
People who don't see the improvement of this team are kidding themselves. I understand the ups and downs of a college football season, and that is a big part of why we love it so much, but to judge an entire coaching staff based on losing a game that we,"were supposed to lose" is silly.