This is the best way to get an advantage, but the opportunities are dwindling. I think only FanDuel and DraftKings are doing it this way now - and it seems to be $5/$100 or $5/$150 instead of $5/$200. The "matching" $250 at BetRivers is long gone. At least i did those three when they still had good opportunities.
This has to be qualified. Goff is worse under pressure than most NFL starters. But he's also better than most when kept clean. Behind a top-flight OL, Goff will win the Lions many games. But that's the conundrum with re-signing him, especially long-term. You have to maintain the OL at a very high level as well, or else there's trouble.
[EDITED: Apparently, my statement is categorically wrong. But I'll leave it up so the response correcting what I said doesn't look silly. My bad, though.....]
This is the correct answer. Both main points, or sets of points, are true. Warde and Harbaugh did not have a great working relationship. Harbaugh also wanted to go back to the NFL. Whether or not Harbaugh was being completely honest when he said "all I wanted was for Michigan to show me the love" is something I doubt we'll ever know.
My position stays the same -- this all happened, fine, but fundamentally I don't care, because we won a title. Under the most difficult circumstances possible, we won the National Title. Michigan Team 144 might be the pinnacle of team football, bar none.
It's becoming a crazy, crazy world of college athletics, but the only thing I am pretty certain of -- IMO, of course -- is that Title IX will impact this in very significant ways.
Haha, LOL. we have had almost zero indication that DE will be used that way. In fact, word is he has bulked up (15 pounds gained? Something like that) presumably to be a better between-the-tackles runner.
As others have said, I'll believe The Don will be utilized consistently as a pass catcher when I see it in games. Then, I will gladly admit my wrongness.
Nope, we're going to run A LOT and any effective passing game will go through Loveland. He will have to have a huge year for us. Welcome to Rock Fight Season.
One prominent term in the Xfinity / Bally flap is "downtiering" -- meaning they want to stick Bally Sports on a specialty tier to get more revenue from customers. This probably factors into the overall disagreement somehow.
If the customer service on the call is poor or comes with a bad attitude, then yeah I get the vitriol. But getting pissed about the price? All you're really doing is making someone's shitty day in a shitty job worse. Do you get pissed at the grocery store cashier about the prices going up too?
The only thing to do is cut the cord, and even that will have zero effect.
All good points made here. Both main themes are true. Michigan won a National Championship by focusing on the run -- even with the best college QB the team has ever put on the field. That got us all the way to the title, yes, but it also is a clear message to transfer WRs looking to make a splash to get on draft boards that that splash is not going to happen here. Add in the issues at QB this year, and WRs are going to stay away. I'm not surprised much at all. What does surprise me is that we're not getting the best of TE/OL/RB that's out there every single year. Those players should be lining up to be featured here.
Back to listening to the Tigers on the radio.....what a throwback. I'm oddly okay with it. I won't be okay with not having the Wings, so something will have to change before that season starts.
I agree with being able to watch so many from the '23 team. What a special group!
The storyline I will watch most, though, is the progress upward of the teams in the NFC North. It looks like the Packers for certain, and also probably the Vikings and Bears (perhaps delayed by one year) have gotten measurably better. Granted, so have the Lions, but their road to repeating as division champs will be much tougher in 2024. And, for all the talk of Super Bowl, it all starts with getting that division title and home playoff game.
That being said, I like your other points, and I am looking most forward to watching Blake Corum. Probably my favorite Michigan player of all time. I hope he tears it up this season.
This was my first thought. The author just figures "NFL = pass first" and Michigan was run-first. What the author missed / is missing is when Michigan needed JJ to pass, he was money a great deal of the time.
Probably figured he wasn't going to start over Hill, or he didn't really want to compete that hard.
If this was due solely to a deficiency in Michigan's NIL program then we would have......you know what, I'm not typing it. I'm not manifesting that shit.
Yep, someone probably guaranteed him a starting spot.
Yep. We have to hope that the Don will be more consistently like big-game Edwards and that the OL is a reload rather than a rebuild. Even if both of those things happen, we need at least a functional (i.e. Cade-level) passing game to have a shot at 10 wins with our 2024 schedule.
No need to predict a record before fall camp, thankfully.
Reading what was said and inferring from what was not said, I think it's probably time for me to move on from "I don't care much, because 2023 National Title". Put simply, this offense is concerning. Not much at QB, OL already banged up, no strong in-line TE, not much at WR. This pretty much leads me to maintain earlier thoughts -- as of right now, we are start-of-the-year 2023 Iowa on offense, plus a much more dynamic RB. Fortunately, we are better than 2023 Iowa -- and better than pretty much anyone else -- on defense, and that will keep us with a good shot at a decent record for the regular season.
Here's to hoping for portal magic, at least at QB and WR. Failing that, our shot at 10 wins is a Cade-level Tuttle or a much-improved Denegal.
His deep throws looked fine at the combine. Plenty of air. I think he's got the ability, and he was being coached to "put the deep ball where only your WR can get it", i.e. put it a bit long / away from the DB.
I'm thinking he'll be fine on that, after some good NFL coaching.
I've been a longtime golf fan, but none of the newer generation of players has jumped out to me to become a favorite, so I'll be rooting for an exciting day and an exciting finish.
I did put a bet on Morikawa to win, but for small change. Scheffler was minus odds to win, so no go there.
This game above all else showed the tremendous value of a goaltender that steals one, especially on the biggest stage. For the Caps, the goalie turned it up to eleven and became a wall. That's what it takes sometimes. This was a playoff game, and in the playoffs, the goalie has to come up huge. And he did.
What the Wings had to do was one of two things:
Play superior, A+ defense. Just shut everything down. But they don't have the horses for that. Players that could bring the team from worst in the league to middle of the pack -- not gonna name names but we know who they are -- are not skilled enough to get them over the hump.
Make it ugly and gritty and manage to get ugly goals. To find a way to get it done. And they couldn't do that -- they're not built that way. I was so happy when we finally got rid of Zadina.....but this team still has too many Zadinas.
So, most likely no playoffs, and that's probably a good reflection of where they are right now.
I will read this closely soon, but the important thing is that we should start every post with "Good afternoon (morning, evening), National Champions.......
Probably the biggest game of the year so far. Wings need to learn from last year and understand that intensity is the key. On the plus side, it seems like they took at least the physicality to heart against Buffalo.
Intensity and tighten up the defense. That's the recipe for a win.
Seconded....Zipper merge is the way, but people have to understand what's happening, plus, you know, put their ego aside for 0.05 seconds to make it happen. See my earlier comment.
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This kicked ass. The Korean War is always interesting, and I learned a lot about lacrosse.
Thanks for another superlative effort, DWT!
This is wonderful -- thank you!!
Great compliments! MattEM making a difference for this generation AND the next!
Came to post this, so you get the +1 instead.
I thought this topic was going to be about Blake Corum and Ben Mason.....
Condolences to the families and friends of Obi and Darius....dang.
Hug your loved ones, y'all.....
Says it all. Walker (and tempo) beat us in that game. Didn't have much to do with Thorne.
Walker: 23/197 for an 8.6 avg and 5 TD
Thorne: 19/30 for 196, 0 TD/2 INT for a 48.4 QBR
And it still took stupid officiating shenanigans to beat us that day.
Good call.....I edited my post to add that stats proved me wrong. +1.
This is the best way to get an advantage, but the opportunities are dwindling. I think only FanDuel and DraftKings are doing it this way now - and it seems to be $5/$100 or $5/$150 instead of $5/$200. The "matching" $250 at BetRivers is long gone. At least i did those three when they still had good opportunities.
This has to be qualified. Goff is worse under pressure than most NFL starters. But he's also better than most when kept clean. Behind a top-flight OL, Goff will win the Lions many games.
But that's the conundrum with re-signing him, especially long-term. You have to maintain the OL at a very high level as well, or else there's trouble.
[EDITED: Apparently, my statement is categorically wrong. But I'll leave it up so the response correcting what I said doesn't look silly. My bad, though.....]
This is the correct answer. Both main points, or sets of points, are true. Warde and Harbaugh did not have a great working relationship. Harbaugh also wanted to go back to the NFL. Whether or not Harbaugh was being completely honest when he said "all I wanted was for Michigan to show me the love" is something I doubt we'll ever know.
My position stays the same -- this all happened, fine, but fundamentally I don't care, because we won a title. Under the most difficult circumstances possible, we won the National Title. Michigan Team 144 might be the pinnacle of team football, bar none.
It's becoming a crazy, crazy world of college athletics, but the only thing I am pretty certain of -- IMO, of course -- is that Title IX will impact this in very significant ways.
IOW, he didn't want to block. And if there's one thing you have to do, and have to want to do, for Michigan, it's block.
Haha, LOL. we have had almost zero indication that DE will be used that way. In fact, word is he has bulked up (15 pounds gained? Something like that) presumably to be a better between-the-tackles runner.
As others have said, I'll believe The Don will be utilized consistently as a pass catcher when I see it in games. Then, I will gladly admit my wrongness.
Nope, we're going to run A LOT and any effective passing game will go through Loveland. He will have to have a huge year for us. Welcome to Rock Fight Season.
One prominent term in the Xfinity / Bally flap is "downtiering" -- meaning they want to stick Bally Sports on a specialty tier to get more revenue from customers. This probably factors into the overall disagreement somehow.
If the customer service on the call is poor or comes with a bad attitude, then yeah I get the vitriol. But getting pissed about the price? All you're really doing is making someone's shitty day in a shitty job worse. Do you get pissed at the grocery store cashier about the prices going up too?
The only thing to do is cut the cord, and even that will have zero effect.
Benetti (sp?) has been very entertaining. I definitely see the talent......
Good Morning, National Champions....
All good points made here. Both main themes are true. Michigan won a National Championship by focusing on the run -- even with the best college QB the team has ever put on the field. That got us all the way to the title, yes, but it also is a clear message to transfer WRs looking to make a splash to get on draft boards that that splash is not going to happen here.
Add in the issues at QB this year, and WRs are going to stay away. I'm not surprised much at all. What does surprise me is that we're not getting the best of TE/OL/RB that's out there every single year. Those players should be lining up to be featured here.
Back to listening to the Tigers on the radio.....what a throwback. I'm oddly okay with it. I won't be okay with not having the Wings, so something will have to change before that season starts.
We used to get smiley-face stickers for good work in elementary school. That stuff's pretty important.
This is a great scenario and deserves A LOT more than the +1 I can bestow upon you.
I agree with being able to watch so many from the '23 team. What a special group!
The storyline I will watch most, though, is the progress upward of the teams in the NFC North. It looks like the Packers for certain, and also probably the Vikings and Bears (perhaps delayed by one year) have gotten measurably better. Granted, so have the Lions, but their road to repeating as division champs will be much tougher in 2024. And, for all the talk of Super Bowl, it all starts with getting that division title and home playoff game.
That being said, I like your other points, and I am looking most forward to watching Blake Corum. Probably my favorite Michigan player of all time. I hope he tears it up this season.
All-name team.
This was my first thought. The author just figures "NFL = pass first" and Michigan was run-first. What the author missed / is missing is when Michigan needed JJ to pass, he was money a great deal of the time.
Grew up watching Bob Cole and Harry Neale on good ol' Channel 9!! Great calls always.
Especially when De-Troy-It was playing!
Probably figured he wasn't going to start over Hill, or he didn't really want to compete that hard.
If this was due solely to a deficiency in Michigan's NIL program then we would have......you know what, I'm not typing it. I'm not manifesting that shit.
Yep, someone probably guaranteed him a starting spot.
I don't know, is he on the phone?
Haha, yeah that really pisses me off since we los......
Oh wait, no it doesn't. National Champions. Yep, I'm fine.
Thread title is so generic it needs a black-and-white label with just a barcode....
(I hope some of you are old/ancient enough to remember that in the grocery store.....)
I would like to upvote this response either 30-24 times, 26-0 times, 27-20 times, or 34-13 times.
National Champions. Chill on the concern trolling, OP.
Came to see if this post was in the red to triple digits, was not disappointed.
Since posting images apparently isn't working now(?), then I'll just say, "Lighten up, Francis!!"
Best post in the thread.....
Anything is an improvement over the GRAY uniforms. Ugh, those were/are the worst.
Good afternoon, National Champions....
What I am hoping to see is one (or more, but definitely one) QB executing a functional passing game. Everything else, to me, is subordinate to this.
Yep. We have to hope that the Don will be more consistently like big-game Edwards and that the OL is a reload rather than a rebuild. Even if both of those things happen, we need at least a functional (i.e. Cade-level) passing game to have a shot at 10 wins with our 2024 schedule.
No need to predict a record before fall camp, thankfully.
Good evening, National Champions.....
Reading what was said and inferring from what was not said, I think it's probably time for me to move on from "I don't care much, because 2023 National Title". Put simply, this offense is concerning. Not much at QB, OL already banged up, no strong in-line TE, not much at WR. This pretty much leads me to maintain earlier thoughts -- as of right now, we are start-of-the-year 2023 Iowa on offense, plus a much more dynamic RB. Fortunately, we are better than 2023 Iowa -- and better than pretty much anyone else -- on defense, and that will keep us with a good shot at a decent record for the regular season.
Here's to hoping for portal magic, at least at QB and WR. Failing that, our shot at 10 wins is a Cade-level Tuttle or a much-improved Denegal.
His deep throws looked fine at the combine. Plenty of air. I think he's got the ability, and he was being coached to "put the deep ball where only your WR can get it", i.e. put it a bit long / away from the DB.
I'm thinking he'll be fine on that, after some good NFL coaching.
"Maybe......yes sirrrrr!!" Top-5 sports call of all time.
Good Sunday Afternoon, National Champions....
I won't be going, but I want to add my welcome to the Sherrone Moore era. May we continue to plow teams on offense and dominate on defense!
Go Blue!! (But also Go Maize, for this game!!)
I've been a longtime golf fan, but none of the newer generation of players has jumped out to me to become a favorite, so I'll be rooting for an exciting day and an exciting finish.
I did put a bet on Morikawa to win, but for small change. Scheffler was minus odds to win, so no go there.
Oggy Ogle-torp??
You hoard, so that you end up with a horde.
The best TV theme song is another Mike Post -- the theme for Hill Street Blues. They actually play that one on the Yacht Rock channel on SiriusXM.
Good afternoon, National Champions....
This game above all else showed the tremendous value of a goaltender that steals one, especially on the biggest stage. For the Caps, the goalie turned it up to eleven and became a wall. That's what it takes sometimes. This was a playoff game, and in the playoffs, the goalie has to come up huge. And he did.
What the Wings had to do was one of two things:
So, most likely no playoffs, and that's probably a good reflection of where they are right now.
It's all ball bearings now -- maybe you guys need a refresher course!
I will read this closely soon, but the important thing is that we should start every post with "Good afternoon (morning, evening), National Champions.......
Probably the biggest game of the year so far. Wings need to learn from last year and understand that intensity is the key. On the plus side, it seems like they took at least the physicality to heart against Buffalo.
Intensity and tighten up the defense. That's the recipe for a win.
Seconded....Zipper merge is the way, but people have to understand what's happening, plus, you know, put their ego aside for 0.05 seconds to make it happen. See my earlier comment.
Clicked on this to say exactly this.
Oh, and a lot of the drivers in Metro Detroit.
100% Agree. It's Tuttle if he's healthy. He's Cade or Cade-plus, and that's what we need to contend for the playoff.