Year 4 and Tom Herman just can't pull it together
October 3rd, 2020 at 4:11 PM ^
Oklahoma still has a shot I think. If they don’t lose again and depending on the field.
October 3rd, 2020 at 4:23 PM ^
Assuming a full season, the limited amount of games really makes it likely that there will be multiple undefeated teams. SEC East (Georgia or Florida) and West (Alabama or auburn) champions will probably be undefeated and loser of the title game will definitely get the nod over a home loss to Kansas State. OSU will likely go undefeated, ditto Clemson or Notre Dame depending on who wins (it will be Clemson). Won't give the pac 12 the benefit cause they're always a tire fire. But yeah, I'd say Oklahoma's season is already over
October 3rd, 2020 at 4:33 PM ^
Yea the short season and postponements will make it a weird year - but why not? It’s 2020. You also have to weigh in potentially devastating COVID losses so it’s very difficult to project.
October 3rd, 2020 at 4:36 PM ^
Solid point. I was imagining that if the season went on in a perfect world, those would be the results. Obviously it is going to be chaos and I would not put money down on the idea of there even being a completed season, fwiw
October 3rd, 2020 at 6:12 PM ^
I definitely wouldn't say there will probably be 2 undefeated teams from the SEC meeting in the title game. They still play 10 SEC games, which is 1 more than usual. Georgia and Alabama play each other as well.
October 3rd, 2020 at 10:01 PM ^
Pretty sure a standard SEC season they only play 8 conference games. Hence “meatball week” where they usually play an FCS team before their rivalry week.
October 4th, 2020 at 4:55 AM ^
You're right. So 2 more than usual. I don't think anyone is going unscathed.
October 4th, 2020 at 12:25 AM ^
And they lost again....
October 4th, 2020 at 7:38 AM ^
I'm just following the scent of money to the playoffs.
October 3rd, 2020 at 4:13 PM ^
I think this will be a tough year for many teams . Im glad Texas lost , I always root for the top ranked teams to lose .
Except Michigan of course !
October 4th, 2020 at 1:32 PM ^
It's been quite some time since Michigan and Texas were "top ranked", and by that I mean top 4/5.
October 3rd, 2020 at 4:20 PM ^
I thought Chris Ash was gonna make a big, big difference?
Don't they also have another ex-Buckeye coach on offense?
I really enjoyed seeing them lose.
October 3rd, 2020 at 4:52 PM ^
Chris Ash was seen crying after the game. He was also seen crying before and during the entire game, however.
October 3rd, 2020 at 5:36 PM ^
He cried after a reasonably enjoyable lunch at Arby’s. Then he took a nap - while crying.
October 3rd, 2020 at 7:22 PM ^
You eat that artesian shit and it's hard to contain yourself.
October 3rd, 2020 at 8:49 PM ^
His luster sure has worn off. Gonna be back to being a coordinator after he gets fired. Slim pickings for him if he wants to be a head coach.
October 3rd, 2020 at 9:15 PM ^
Uuuuuuuhhh... He's already back to being a coordinator.
October 3rd, 2020 at 11:08 PM ^
Forget it he's rolling
October 3rd, 2020 at 10:27 PM ^
Chris Ash is the defensive coordinator
October 3rd, 2020 at 10:15 PM ^
Just Michigan’s luck OSU gets the wrong OSU coordinator to take over as head coach... someday... someday...
October 3rd, 2020 at 4:21 PM ^
But Sam Ehlinger assured me that Texas was back!
Also, Chris Ash sucks.
October 3rd, 2020 at 4:22 PM ^
Texas is BACK...
...to sucking!
October 3rd, 2020 at 4:22 PM ^
Can we blame the coach for a fumble at the 2 yd line?
October 3rd, 2020 at 4:24 PM ^
I think we can all agree we want Tom Herman to either be the Texas or OSU head coach for a long, long time
Let's not bicker
October 3rd, 2020 at 4:26 PM ^
Well since Harbaugh gets blamed for losing to OSU in 2016, MSU in 2015, etc. we sure as hell can blame the coach!
Fair or not, that’s kind of how it works.
October 3rd, 2020 at 5:54 PM ^
This.
October 3rd, 2020 at 6:05 PM ^
^^^^^^^^ This X 3
October 3rd, 2020 at 4:29 PM ^
Do you need to blame the coach for the fumble? How about for being in such a close game with TCU and needing a miracle to beat TT?
October 3rd, 2020 at 4:45 PM ^
You can blame a coach for having his team in a losing position with a couple minutes left back to back weeks both against weaker teams.
October 3rd, 2020 at 5:11 PM ^
I guess it depends on how you look at it. They were also in position to win, and won a close game last week. All that matters is you win. Harbaugh barely beat Army last year and lost in blowout fashion to Wisky and lost on the last play to PSU.
October 4th, 2020 at 9:40 AM ^
They only won last week because he got incredibly out-stupided by another coach. There is no honor to be bestowed upon him for last week's win.
October 3rd, 2020 at 4:25 PM ^
Tarik Black dropped a pass that ended a scoring drive. Caught one pass total.
October 3rd, 2020 at 4:32 PM ^
No hate for the guy, but no registered stats last week in a game Texas scored 63 points (couldn't find any reported injury/reason for no production) and now one catch on the season against non-UTEP opponents
Wish him the best, but this seems like more of the same of his Michigan career
October 3rd, 2020 at 5:09 PM ^
He didn't play. No reason given.
October 3rd, 2020 at 5:30 PM ^
He was injured
October 4th, 2020 at 8:26 AM ^
Injured. "Seems like more of the same of his Michigan career" appears to be spot on. Poor damn Tarik!
October 3rd, 2020 at 4:29 PM ^
Hackett's Plan B was Dan Mullen, btw.
October 3rd, 2020 at 4:38 PM ^
Mullen has been solid but he's ducked bama every year so far and hasn't beaten Georgia
Basically playing in the Big Ten West and putting up one win better than Harbaugh. I think there's zero debate on this blog that if we played in the west, Harbaugh would have multiple division titles and potentially a playoff appearance. Happy with who we have
October 3rd, 2020 at 4:50 PM ^
I think Mullen is a great coach. Would not of traded 3 years ago but I would give it some thought now.
October 3rd, 2020 at 4:59 PM ^
He beat us 41-15. What room do we have to talk?
October 3rd, 2020 at 6:31 PM ^
That was the game all of our best players sat out. I was assured bowl games don’t matter as long as they are not the national championship game
October 3rd, 2020 at 6:34 PM ^
Michigan didn't give a shit about that game. This is the new trend that the playoffs inadvertently started, or at least contributed to. If you are a contender who doesn't make it (and got worked by your rival in the previous game) you're going to have NFL bound guys sitting out (no way Chase Young plays in a non playoff game) and guys who don't give a shit. Wino and Khaleke were the only guys who stood out as playing hard.
Florida, on the other hand, was excited. They had a better season than they expected, so the bowl was a reward, not a consolation prize.
Perhaps Mullen is a better coach than Harbaugh but I wouldn't base that case on that game
October 3rd, 2020 at 6:41 PM ^
Why did we supposedly give a shit against Florida in 2015 after getting blown out against OSU but not give a shit in 2018 after getting blown out against OSU?
October 3rd, 2020 at 8:18 PM ^
First year of Harbaugh after the Hoke bullshit and there was actually pride around the 2015 Florida bowl game. Not sure what has to happen but this bowl game malaise is irritating.
October 3rd, 2020 at 8:45 PM ^
Sorry lame excuse that our players don't care while the other team's players do care. Hmmm, that mentality comes from the top.
October 3rd, 2020 at 9:15 PM ^
The mental gymnastics and excuses are astounding
October 5th, 2020 at 5:18 AM ^
I don't know if Mullen is a better coach, but he has a far better backyard in which to recruit than does Harbaugh. I do believe that Mullen is a VERY good coach, probably top-10 in the country. However, I do NOT have the impression that he is an elite recruiter.
It's difficult to find a guy that can recruit at a high level, develop players to a high level, excel at calling the "X's and O's" while simultaneously avoiding off-the-field issues. There are few coaches that can excel at all of those. Right now, those coaches seem to be Saban and Dabo, although Ryan Day might one day be in that very elite, exclusive, group. Kirby Smart might be in that group too, although I have some doubts about the culture of their program.
October 3rd, 2020 at 4:30 PM ^
As Michigan fans I do not believe we have the right to speak about other programs not being able to win rivalry games at the moment.
October 3rd, 2020 at 4:39 PM ^
TCU is a rivalry game for Texas the same way that Illinois is a rivalry game for us
October 3rd, 2020 at 4:46 PM ^
You mean it's huge!!