MGoPodcast 10.8: Called Out
We are at the Residence Inn Ann Arbor Downtown.
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1. Offense
Starts at 1:00
What happens when their trash program does their trash stuff, and Michigan isn’t going to apologize anymore. Michigan gains about 400 yards, 78 of which on the fly to DPJ that’s been coming for years. Recurrence of Shea’s nervousness, one bad read on an arc keeper, but the zone reads were camera fakeout-level. Were able to grind out the end of the game.
2. Defense
Starts at 28:22
MSU ran a trick play from the 4 yard line to score—when you’ve got to do that… Ton of opportunities for MSU to get a PI, missed long a bit but for the most part refs fairly allowed the guy who won the route to run it. Lewerke did and didn’t practice this week. Uche had two sacks, leads the team with five despite little in the way of snaps. A Rutger is when a team gives more points than they have yards (so for example MSU had a rushing Rutger).
3. Special Teams, Thoughts and Feels
Starts at 44:03
Bad punting decisions. You cannot punt on 4th and 5 from the 38—that was an 18-yard net punt. If you’re in go-for-it field position you should be setting up a makeable 4th down. Wish M had a play to get a second score from spending all 2nd Q in MSU’s zone. The worst punter in the conference made the play of the game. Guy was punting ground balls with eyes that you can’t field in a rainstorm. Dantonio’s sad timeouts: there’s no dignity being a Spartan.
Marcus Ray: shut up. Old players bashing the team aren’t helping the team; they’re trying to get notoriety at its expense.
4. Around the Big Ten with Jamie Mac
Starts at 1:01:05
How’s Michigan going to defend Rondale Moore? Is Ohio State’s defense just bad? Haskins made Woody roll in his grave 73 times, 20 more passes than the previous Ohio State game record. 4th down is a different world sans Barrett. Wisconsin and Illinois played a weird snow game. Iowa gave Maryland no big plays, i.e. nothing. We nearly lost a conference room to the worst Rutgers team since they joined the conference, which is saying something. IU outgained Penn State but lost in a #Chaosteam-like performance and kickoff returns. If the playoff committee is considering 1-win teams, Nebraska is first. Frost will be fine but what about Fleck?
MUSIC
- "Hate to Say I Told You So"—The Hives
- "You Ain’t a Killer"—BigPun
- "My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion"—The Flaming Lips
- “Across 110th Street”
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What part of the Wisconsin secondary is checking Rondale Moore?
October 22nd, 2018 at 7:44 AM ^
Venom filled podcast...loved it
October 22nd, 2018 at 7:48 AM ^
Marcus Ray is the worst M Alum since Ted Kaczynski.
October 22nd, 2018 at 7:50 AM ^
What did Marcus Ray say this time?
October 22nd, 2018 at 9:46 AM ^
It doesn't matter anymore. It's basically time to give Marcus Ray the "your 15 minutes are up" treatment; he's earned it.
October 22nd, 2018 at 7:55 AM ^
Marcus Ray is and will continue to be an embarrassment. There’s something very wrong with him and he should feel bad. The need he has to publicly decry and demonstratize the only institution that has given him a platform to do anything of note is concerning. He has nothing of importance to say or that is groundbreaking, so he does what politicians do and just starts throwing mud. I am glad Brian stood his ground.
October 22nd, 2018 at 8:04 AM ^
A little Marcus Ray context for everyone.
You don't make money talking about football because you got run off WTKA because your takes are too stupid. I make money because I put the work in. You haven't put in any work since 1997. https://t.co/l9qjJrNgqo
— mgoblog (@mgoblog) October 21, 2018
October 22nd, 2018 at 8:07 AM ^
Can’t wait to listen. I’m not sure I’ve looked forward to a podcast more than this one.
October 22nd, 2018 at 8:19 AM ^
Massive Thumbs up for the Fuck Yo Couch ref. Twas an awesome show.
October 22nd, 2018 at 12:11 PM ^
Me too, I loved it. But, then I remembered the Murphy brothers beat the shit out of him after that hah. Thank god that didn't happen.
October 22nd, 2018 at 8:52 AM ^
We worry about Rondale Moore in the unlikely event that we play them in Indy this year. Unlikely because I don't think Purdue gets there; Wisconsin should beat them..
Otherwise, we don't play Purdue until 2020, in AA.
October 22nd, 2018 at 9:24 AM ^
The worst punter in the conference made the play of the game. Guy was punting ground balls with eyes that you can’t field in a rainstorm.
I mean, I think you do have to give the Sparty coaches credit for ordering up those kinds of punts. It would take a really dumb and stubborn coaching staff to just accept the obvious punting deficit they have, particularly in a puntfest of a game, and not do anything about it.
October 22nd, 2018 at 9:27 AM ^
Could someone explain the conference room joke? I know the Residence Inn has all the conference rooms for every Big Ten team but what are supposed to be the rules for getting your conference room (jokingly) destroyed?
October 22nd, 2018 at 12:03 PM ^
The rules change by season but they're generally related to either Rutgers or Rutgers-like behavior. The original joke was there are 13 conference rooms (get it?) and then some teams lost to Rutgers and they lost their conference rooms. The owner of the building then asked us off air why Wisconsin hasn't lost theirs because they lost to Rutgers in basketball that one time. So we had to make it clear that you get your conference room back at the start of each year, however Ohio State and Maryland already lost theirs in the preview pod to scandals.
October 22nd, 2018 at 4:31 PM ^
Gotcha, thanks so much, Seth. Wouldn't mind seeing a bulldozer take out Sparty's room on the last week of the season...
October 22nd, 2018 at 9:57 AM ^
Wow, West division suddenly got very interesting. Iowa and Wisconsin both have to play Purdue and not only does that not look like gimmes to them anymore, Purdue's in it.
Northwestern has the inside track but they're about hit the worst part of their schedule. They've been in some grinding games and are 3-2 in them. On one hand, one of those losses is to the #5 team in the country. On the other, they beat Rutger by 3 points. Very inconsistent but not in any way their opponents can count on (you don't want them to hang around -- just ask Michigan), so they just might do things.
NW vs. ND has playoff implications for UM. ND looked vulnerable against Pitt so if NW can also drag them into a SLUDGEFART game they might knock that obstacle out of the way -- NW beating ND makes UM look only marginally worse.
October 22nd, 2018 at 12:18 PM ^
I knew NW was going to struggle in that game and not cover the spread. No matter who they play NW brings the other team down to their level. I don't know if any team in the country plays more close games than them. If they played Alabama or the Patriots they'd lose by 4 points. If they played the worst high school team in the country they'd win by 2. Could be a real interesting game against ND. ND hasn't played too many good teams and they've struggled against a few weak teams.
October 22nd, 2018 at 1:01 PM ^
+1 for Sludgefart
October 22nd, 2018 at 10:17 AM ^
FUCK YO COUCH!!
October 22nd, 2018 at 10:23 AM ^
A+ for the Big Pun track. Also, thank you for making my ride into work so much better.
October 22nd, 2018 at 4:05 PM ^
A better Hives song could have been Walk Idiot Walk. But I digress. Either works.
October 22nd, 2018 at 11:04 AM ^
"That's a Purdue game where everyone in the stadium (except Urban Meyer) will remember the experience for the rest of their lives."
October 22nd, 2018 at 12:14 PM ^
This was the best podcast I ever heard from Brian. Life is good
October 22nd, 2018 at 12:14 PM ^
why weren't we even on Rondale Moore? He looks like the top weapon in the country.. even MSU was in on him.. maybe it was forgone conclusion he'd go to Texas, and with our huge WR haul.... someone chime in please.. this kid is a star... looks like tyreek hill with some barry cuts...
October 22nd, 2018 at 1:11 PM ^
I'm not sure if I'm as high on Moore as Brian is. All-Conference? No question. All-American? Well, consider:
vs. Missouri: 11 catches, 137 yards, 1 TD, long of 42
vs. OSU: 12 catches, 170 yards, 2 TDs, long of 43
Small sample size, but his receptions and yards per catch have been pretty consistent. So, did he just shred an elite defense, or is OSU's pass D not that much better than Mizzou's?
It's hard to tell because of pore-o-vision but it seemed to me OSU just didn't respect him. He had room to run and made the most of it. Don't get me wrong; he's a damn good player. But I wonder if it was scheme or how OSU was playing him, because I didn't see much in the way of ankle-breakers, though the weather might've had something to do with that. Also, he was scraping out a stupid amount of yards after contact against OSU. He's 175 pounds. He's not De'Veon Smith.
He looked to me a lot like Jeremy Gallon. Extremely dangerous if you underestimate him, with the speed to take it to the house, but not an NFL-caliber skitterbug. If OSU actually treated him like a Dangerman I think they could've contained him a lot more. Also, OSU's tackling this game was garbage.
October 23rd, 2018 at 3:23 AM ^
He is far, far faster and shiftier than Gallon. Dude is a stud and makes you want to watch Purdue games.
October 22nd, 2018 at 12:17 PM ^
Prolific intro, thank you for that.
October 22nd, 2018 at 12:26 PM ^
Calling out both MSU and Marcus Ray is a fantastic day in the podcast studio.
October 22nd, 2018 at 1:20 PM ^
You know we are getting back to normal when or qb is getting heat after victory.
October 22nd, 2018 at 2:58 PM ^
As far as I'm concerned you can play The Hives every week. While I get that "Hate to Say I Told You So" had a meta purpose, I think "Walk Idiot Walk" would have worked very well this week. Other Hives songs for your consideration is: "Try It Again", "Main Offender", "Abra Cadaver" (Rutger), "Die All Right", "Won't Be Long", "You Got It All Wrong", "My Time Is Coming", Two-timing Touch and Broken Bones", and "Fall Is Just Something Grown Ups Invented".
October 22nd, 2018 at 4:29 PM ^
Loved DPJ's Bunyan-esque TD pose & the fine aesthetics-of-attitude he added.
Well-toned Savvy.
Reminded my of Jordan Poole ... obviously, they should do a TV show together. (or at least a podcast)
October 22nd, 2018 at 6:27 PM ^
Fuck yo couch!!!
October 22nd, 2018 at 10:03 PM ^
The Nebraska victory over Minnesota may be more a reflection of the Gophers. Will Scott Frost rebuild them? It is a different era than when he played QB for the Huskers and a long time since Johnny Rodgers played for them - 24 hour sports culture, cable TV, teams appearing on TV every week. It is going to be hard to recruit the top players to Lincoln
October 22nd, 2018 at 10:21 PM ^
Amazing intro. Great podcast as always
October 23rd, 2018 at 8:10 PM ^
Turned an alum friend/fan from the 90s on to the podcast and said it was great. He suggested and I agree Brian and the guys should all introduce themselves clearly at the start of each cast.
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