2020 ohio state

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1. Penn State Recap

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Hunter Dickinson is a legit star. So nice to be able to run the offense out of the post when they're shutting down your perimeter. Johns as backup C went worse than it looks because they made threes, but wasn't bad. Box-outs were a problem for everybody. Turnovers were a problem. Respect shown to various PSU defenders.

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Football things discussed:

• Kirk Herbstreit should have had to play QB for Ohio State
• Warde's presser: recruiting clearly is not their top priority.
• If Harbaugh wanted to come back for what Michigan wanted to offer it'd be done now.
• Behind the scenes: Harbaugh probably testing NFL, Michigan likely checking out the alternatives.
• The entire sky isn't falling: they'll still have most of a class signed on Wednesday.
• Nobody's going to take a coordinator job on a sinking ship unless he wants the top job after.
• Whatever you do you have to get a recruiting titan.
• If Michigan's going to pay they're not going to get Isaiah Wilson.
• Is there a Juwan Howard of college football?
• Franklin hires guys because they have hot wives.
• If you're a recruit and you have an opportunity to sign on to a transition class, you are going to get more of an opportunity to start.
• Buyout doesn't seem plausible, so bottom line is if Harbaugh has an NFL exit he might take it and if he doesn't they sign an extension that Michigan can get out of if there's a bad year.

Hoops things discussed:

• Big Hunter Dickinson! His +/- keeps going up. Just slicing through Toledo. Who in the B10 verse can stop him?
• Perimeter communication needs work on defense.
• Chaundee Brown shootin like that: Charles Matthews with a shot? Prefer him to a 5-star.
• Around the Big Ten: MSU looks tough, Illinois's shooting is unsustainable but Adam Miller can play.

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For the first time since 1917, Michigan will not play Ohio State.

"This decision is disappointing for our team and coaches but their health and safety is paramount, and it will always come first in our decision-making.” pic.twitter.com/IHXOD6lXyj

— Michigan Football (@UMichFootball) December 8, 2020

While it's the correct decision, and does break the streak, I'm sure it's heartbreaking to players who dreamed of doing it the old fashioned way.

Michigan would still have to get a significant number of guys back from the 21-day window in order to participate in the showcase game, and will almost certainly be without a number of key players if they do make it.

There will be much gnashing of teeth over the fact that Ohio State did not play the minimum number of games required to qualify for the Big Ten Championship Game, followed by the Big Ten changing its rules to let 5-0 Ohio State, the only team to miss just one game for its COVID outbreak, in over a currently 6-1 Indiana, which had zero COVID outbreaks, but lost to Ohio State. Since Michigan probably would have won, I'm sure the Buckeyes will now line up in gratitude for saving their playoff hopes, not to mention the health and safety of their players.

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