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Well yeah, Origi is more…

Well yeah, Origi is more known for using his feet, head, and really anything but the arms/hands over in Europe 

Todd Collins' last year…

Todd Collins' last year included probably the worst start ever by a QB whose team won the game that wasn't weather-related, and then a ghastly appearance in the NFC Championship after Jay Cutler got hurt that was so hopeless he got yanked before the 3rd quarter was done for Caleb Hanie.

 

Yes, the work done in order…

Yes, the work done in order to transfer the file is still billable.

In addition to online reviews, she can always file a complaint with the state bar. It doesn't seem to rise to the level of malpractice but there's a fair bit of unprofessional from what you describe. State bar might not do anything as it might not violate the rules other than the really general ones regarding professionalism, but I don't know the specifics.

So could GERG. You can own…

So could GERG. You can own the room and take all the responsibility for running a defense and that defense can also still be bad.

No one's leaving now, theyve…

No one's leaving now, theyve been in classes for a month. The spring window would be when it happens.

There's no additional window for an assistant leaving.

Guys, if he was planning on…

Guys, if he was planning on leaving he wouldn't have been at the press conference. Calm down.

Yes, and Brian wrote that…

Yes, and Brian wrote that article

All they have to do is look…

All they have to do is look at Nico Collins to see that, uh, being awesome does not necessarily mean you will get the ball more here. Massively insufficient chucking it to Nico in 2019.

If it's only Outkick saying…

If it's only Outkick saying this, given their site owner's strong propensity for being wrong, Jim's probably negotiating with Atlanta or staying at Michigan

Not for nothing, but Notre…

Not for nothing, but Notre Dame typically used Bettis in a 2 back backfield with one of the Brooks brothers during his career (first Tony, then Reggie). Michigan could get very creative using a lot of Mullings/Dono on the field at the same time. 

So we again go into the year…

So we again go into the year with CB2 a question, but maybe less of a question given how good CB2 turned out this year. McBurrows won't be Sainristil but he'll probably still be good. LB a downgrade because no Barrett and no superathlete Colson but... Hausmann and Barham and uninjured full go Rolder might still be pretty darn good.

Then the best DL in the country, the best CB1 in the country, and the best safeties in the country. Yeah, I'm thinkin the defense will still be good.

Multi-sport (including track…

Multi-sport (including track) so he has a lot of runway to get better, hopefullly Michigan's talked with him about his QB trainer and likes him so he doesn't learn bad habits as they work on the mechanics, but the floor decent as-is and the athleticism and arm talent is "this is a 5 star if he'd played quarterback all the time since 6th grade" like most high-major QB prospects seem to be these days. Harbaugh loves the multi-sport guys and for good reason. Having taken a high-floor, possibly lower-ceiling guy in 2024, this is the perfect kind of prospect to have for 2025 if you aren't getting Underwood. 

Georgia should be the…

Georgia should be the favorite. Returning excellent QB, always excellent on defense. OSU will have a really good defense but they lose Marvin and assuming the new QB will actually be an upgrade on McCord, and that their offensive line will get better, is not an assumption I'd want to make. Georgia's starting from a much better position. 

Seems like people already…

Seems like people already know where he's going as well as Downs. Downs following the DBs coach to Georgia, Proctor going home to Iowa.

Already 5 years in the…

Already 5 years in the program, someone will take him in the late rounds or sign him as a UDFA, he'll make a practice squad at minimum. 

Thaw wants to start/get lots…

Thaw wants to start/get lots of playing time at receiver. That still ain't gonna happen here, given there were multiple guys ahead of him on the depth chart already. 

Rod Moore announces his…

Rod Moore announces his return and we immediately gack up the entire lead.

Given how his prior NFL…

Given how his prior NFL experience went their isn't a chance in hell Harbaugh goes somewhere that he doesn't know who the GM is and that it's someone he likes or trusts. Unless he's given full veto power on the GM hire. 

Everyone got exactly what…

Everyone got exactly what they wanted on this one. He won the left tackle job (eventually) to show some additional positional ability for NFL scouts, and everyone got championship rings. 

There's a reasonable chance…

There's a reasonable chance someone hires him as a head coach, he's already getting requested for interviews.

Yeah, Washington is either…

Yeah, Washington is either going to eat a ton of run game or they're gonna have to go unsound and then die on a PA chunk play. Bad run defense against a team that will spam the run until you stop it, and then possibly spam it some more? That has proven they will simply not throw it if they don't have to? 

Washington will move the ball and will score some points, make them kick field goals when they do move the ball and Michigan wins. Especially if we can throw in a pick or two from the secondary.

Some of that is tempo and…

Some of that is tempo and Pac 12, total defense is just a raw number not adjusted for tempo or opponent. They're 44th in SP+ defense... which is still unusually bad for a CFP finalist, but not 90something.

If I recall correctly, they are quite poorly rated even in adjusted stats for run defense though.

A Bama blogger agreed in…

A Bama blogger agreed in discussions on social media. Attack those interior linebackers with the TEs and RB running a pattern out of the backfield (not split out as a receiver), those are ways you can attack a Saban defense in general, and especially the case this year because the players there aren't the superstars he's had in the past at Bama. Fully activate the JJ run game and you hit on everything that has worked against them this year 

One of the guys who crunches…

One of the guys who crunches tape for RBR is somewhat (understandably) distracted with some medical stuff so it's probably why there isn't a post really analyzing things in detail, but he thinks (1) it's a bad matchup for Michigan (he thinks we'd slaughter Washington and would have a good shot on Texas), and (2) Michigan can absolutely do things to hit Bama's defensive weaknesses between using the TEs heavily (which we probably would do anyway) and throws to running backs running patterns out of the backfield (something Edwards can do better than most, if we game plan for it). Attack attack attack on the interior linebackers. He's said Michigan should be looking at past Dan Mullen game plans because he would give even great Saban defenses fits with that kind of stuff, misdirection, etc. 

I still think Bama internet folks underestimate how good our defensive players are, and also underestimate the offense because if anything they mostly watched late season injured JJ offense where we took QB run out of the playbook entirely, and some Milton Berle game plans showing only enough to win. There's more in there especially if JJ is close to 100% with the rest.

Man did he take a beating…

Man did he take a beating against Michigan his first game starting. He also made some "how is this guy a redshirt freshman starting at a MAC school" kind of plays where you could see the talent.

Josh Allen had like a 56%…

Josh Allen had like a 56% completion rate against lesser competition than Milton has had. Josh Allen is also about the only guy that has actually improved his accuracy in the pros.

Someone's absolutely going to think Milton's worth a pick in the later rounds thinking they can work with him and maybe make it happen. It's not like Milton's a bad teammate or something either, I've read nothing but positive things about him. Especially if a team has multiple picks in the 4th or 5th round, taking a shot at a big reward at fairly low risk makes a lot of sense. He's got physical tools guys taken down there typically don't have. 

He's guaranteed to get as…

He's guaranteed to get as many snaps as he wants there, in addition to the money (I assume his other contenders had cash on the table too). Playoff is attainable with their schedule too, their road games are 3 teams that missed bowls and don't look to be better, Wake, and LSU with a new QB. They get Oklahoma and Georgia in Oxford. 11-1 is quite doable if things go right and that'd be in. 10-2 might even be in. 

A school year (two semesters…

A school year (two semesters, three quarters) of PE is (or was, maybe they got rid of it, I ain't gonna look it up) actually required for all colleges in Ohio, I think it was pretty common to get credit for it. You did have to show up, at least where I went. Although I also think you could get it waived if you were a varsity athlete for a year. 

He was ACC Running Back of…

He was ACC Running Back of the week a couple games ago, ran for 154 on 17 carries

Waiting for the later…

Waiting for the later signing period. Neither he nor the schools really have to rush it since he's going on mission so he's not really a 2024 anyway

Yeah, my assumption is there…

Yeah, my assumption is there's an investigation (which sounds like it's ongoing/already happening) and something indeed happened. Just the fact that one was filed doesn't mean for sure something bad happened, but it's not like this is someone who has a track record of filing BS complaints or something where you could say they're super sensitive or something. 

Unless Warde is using the…

Unless Warde is using the Mark Dantonio definition of zero tolerance, a confrontation that was bad enough that a HR complaint was filed seems like it'll be it regardless of what's happening on the court (and I think it's hard to blame or credit him too much this year on that, he was away from the team for basically all the preseason, and his defenses are indeed usually much better than this so the logical conclusion is he's important for coaching that on his staff)

Either they are very stupid…

Either they are very stupid and ran off the best QB on their roster with no backup plan, or they've tampered with someone better not yet in the portal that they assume they are getting.

To be that good defensively…

To be that good defensively despite an absolutely dire offense is very difficult. Your margin for error is so low, and your offense isn't going to keep you off the field and give you a break. And it isn't like he does it with a bunch of 4 and 5 star uberrecruits.

He's been there since 1999…

He's been there since 1999. I'm sure he could have had offers if he had been interested in head coaching at some point, or someone paying him more as DC, but he obviously likes it there and hasn't felt the need to go anywhere else.

"We'll get back to you once…

"We'll get back to you once you serve time in jail for that massive Medicare fraud you oversaw that helped fund your jump into politics."

He has given up 25 returns…

He has given up 25 returns for 146 yards, but… eh.

Yeah - see "number 1 in the country in net", those returns are probably coming on like 55 yard punts, and he drops punts inside the 10 routinely. 

Of course, we got a guy for that too, we just don't have to use him that much.

Cornelius Johnson is…

Cornelius Johnson is probably going to get pretty bored in this one, and Roman might too. Probably a lot of throws to Loveland, Barner, and good one to get Dono involved in the passing game too. Target the linebackers in coverage. Avoid big mistakes and Iowa isn't going to get to double digits in points. Won't be surprised by a lot of "only three things can happen when you throw it and two of them are bad" kind of play calling.

Offense is 9th.

Offense is 9th.

I think the fact that there…

I think the fact that there was basically no JJ called runs, and them putting Orji in to do Incredibly Obvious Run Plays that we actually have run with JJ (and those plays are likely better run with JJ because the entire defense isn't automatically thinking the QB is probably running the ball), means JJ is still definitely dinged up and they wanted to reduce the number of hits he took where they could avoid it.

 

Amazing that the creator of…

Amazing that the creator of HR Pufnstuf passed right as Michigan State hired another Jo(h)n Smith

With the hearing not until…

With the hearing not until Friday, and no guarantee that the court would rule by like Monday or Tuesday, I can see where they might have thought "ok what's the point, let's not let uncertainty drag into OSU week and get the conference to say they're done and this is all they will do" was a good enough result. 

It's still weird, because I think we are correct and the conference is wrong, but sometimes you just settle it because you want the certainty. 

Well, the mob wanted him to…

Well, the mob wanted him to do something to Harbaugh that even the conference seems to have realized they didn't have the power to do. So the B1G tried to do something that likely still was outside their power but were able to put a fig leaf on it that has at least a chance of working, unlike an full-on suspension of Harbaugh. 

So maybe the mob is pissed, but the mob doesn't care about the rules, they just want blood.

On the Goode hands to the…

On the Goode hands to the face the broadcasters had thought it was going to be a holding call (which it could have been, although it wasn't in the top 5 most egregious unflagged holds of the game) and I said "oh you sweet summer child, holding's turned off for the entire game of course it's not holding"

I don't think they called a single one on either team.

IIRC we were 87%, first game…

IIRC we were 87%, first game not at 100% the entire season.

Yep, between game state and…

Yep, between game state and explosives, this kind of stat isn't going to reflect Michigan owning the game after the adjustments after the first two possessions went quite poorly.

According to the heuristic…

According to the heuristic of "guy that sets announcement date right after visiting a school usually is committing to that school" we are probably in good shape.

That high school team…

That high school team Streets was on (and probably the best player on the basketball team) his senior year was the one that took down the Kevin Garnett/Ronnie Fields team in the state quarterfinals in a huge upset. That Thornton team was funny - multiple recognizable names on that roster... except most of them for football. Only one (sophomore at the time Melvin Ely) went to the NBA, but Streets, Napoleon Harris and Antwaan Randle El all went to the NFL. 

They lost in the finals to Peoria Manual, which won a bunch of state titles in the 90s, and sent multiple guys to Illinois (Sergio McClain, Marcus Griffin, Frank Williams off the top of my head)

He's good at all sports he…

He's good at all sports he calls (he is always unbelievably prepared) but he's particularly excellent compared to others as a team's PBP guy, because in a long season you need a guy who can not just call the action on the field but banter with the analyst day after day and not lose your interest and man is he great at it. 

I suspect the argument is:

I suspect the argument is:

(1) They could suspend Harbaugh for up to 2 games if they had evidence that Harbaugh himself had done something wrong, but...

(2) If they don't, and they're relying on the Sportsmanship clause, the letter of that only allows punishment of an "institution" not individuals