Preview 2020: Wrap
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Hello. You have reached the end. This year's season preview checks in at 53,598 words and approximately three hours of podcast. There are a lot of quotes; thanks to everyone who wrote some of them.
STUFF I STEPPED ON
Preview: Minnesota. Jug Time.
Neck Sharpies. What Minnesota seeks to do.
Opponent Watch. Week 0/8
Punt/Counterpunt. Fire management nonlinearity.
THE STORY
My Body Is Stupid. Football makes no sense now, or ever, but let's do it anyway.
OFFENSE
Quarterback. I don't know and you don't either.
Running Back. Got a bunch of guys.
Wide Receiver. Bell and a bunch of short fast guys.
Tight End. Erick All puns eschewed.
Tackles. Greg Frey: good at recruiting, bad at job selection.
Interior OL. One time! One time.
5Q5A: Offense. Can we speed in space this time?
DEFENSE
Defensive End. Two All-Americans?
Defensive Tackle. Zero All-Americans.
Linebacker. Bush 2.0.
Cornerback. *grimace emoji*
Safety. Dax Time!
5Q5A: Defense. Fighting the last war.
MISCELLANEOUS
Special Teams. Alabama avoided folks.
Podcast 12.4A. Podcast 12.4B. Podcast 12.4C. wsgs Ace and Seth. RIP, podcast numbering paradigm.
Heuristics and Stupid Prediction. 6-3.
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Usually this bit has a couple of posts other people did about college football and why it is a worthwhile thing to pay attention to. The uncertainty of this season and the sprint to the finish here means I haven't seen any of the usual odes. But Michigan State has given up 28 points in the first half against Rutgers. QED. Let's have a season.
[Bryan Fuller]
Go Blue. There is no content after the jump.
October 24th, 2020 at 2:04 PM ^
LFG!
Imaging getting blown out by Rutgers..
October 24th, 2020 at 2:08 PM ^
Thank you so so much for (still) doing this Brian. As always, you’ve got the best coverage of Michigan Football around, and I’m so lucky to be a Michigan fan and get the privilege of enjoying it.
October 24th, 2020 at 5:33 PM ^
Like a nice rug making a floor that's gone all to hell feel almost okay.
October 24th, 2020 at 2:17 PM ^
Thanks for doing all of this! Quite a bit of normal in an otherwise hellish year!
GO BLUE!! And GO RUTGERS!
October 24th, 2020 at 2:21 PM ^
Thanks for everything MGoTeam -
once more into the breach, dear friends.
October 24th, 2020 at 2:23 PM ^
Everything is awful. I have never in my life been so indifferent to sports.
But for a few hours on a couple of Saturday afternoons, maybe there will be just a bit of normalcy.
Sports remains one of those small places where significantly different people can share something common. I’m glad for that. The people here are my friends, and l want to be able to enjoy stuff like this together even when there is so much else that cannot be enjoyed
The memories are still rich. The helmets are still glorious. The sport is still magnificent. Let’s watch together, friends.
Might as well have a season. Football is here.
October 24th, 2020 at 4:58 PM ^
Well said. Thanks!
October 24th, 2020 at 2:24 PM ^
If the past five years have taught me anything, it's to enjoy the first 11 games of the season & completely ignore the last one. Adjusting for a shortened schedule, I plan on doing the same in 2020.
Go Blue.
October 24th, 2020 at 2:27 PM ^
Wow I have a lot to catch up on with all the previews.
Question though we've known the date of tonight's Minnesota game for a while - yet seems like a LOT of content was crammed in a short window.
Was it to keep Fleck in the dark? (Sarcasm)
Just curious why it wasn't more spread out.
Thanks for the hard work and info!
October 24th, 2020 at 2:32 PM ^
Sounds like you haven't been around here for a while.
Brian always writes practically a book's worth of preview content the week leading up to the first game. It's perhaps the most glorious time on the blog's calendar every year.
October 24th, 2020 at 2:39 PM ^
Brian also mentioned a few weeks back that things at home were quite hectic, and asked us to be patient with the content.
Having two young ones at home, with two working parents, during a pandemic. Godspeed to everyone in that situation. We only have one toddler, and sometimes it’s insanity!
Thanks as always for all the awesome content MGoBlog crew!!
October 24th, 2020 at 2:36 PM ^
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ROSE BOWL.GIF
I NEED IT
October 24th, 2020 at 3:04 PM ^
Go Blue, indeed.
October 24th, 2020 at 3:55 PM ^
Good preview. I am in favor of keeping the bar low for Michigan. There is so much we don't know about this Michigan team, most of which is on offense. M Go Blog will be buzzing tomorrow, win or lose.
October 24th, 2020 at 4:48 PM ^
This is totally the season where we go undefeated and beat OSU. Then all our rivals will put an asterisk on it because COVID.
October 24th, 2020 at 5:27 PM ^
I look forward to this week on MGoBlog all year long. It's the most comprehensive preview of a college football team on the entire internet.
You probably don't hear this enough, but thank you very much. Great job by you and the rest of the crew.
October 24th, 2020 at 5:56 PM ^
hear hear, thanks to Brian and the team, we are fortunate to have them and this blog
Two hours to kick off and finally finished them all, now LFG!
October 24th, 2020 at 5:39 PM ^
Let me add my two cents: Thanks, Brian and the MGoGang, for not only the amazing quantity of stuff, but also the impressive quality.
To quote Blue Vet (Oh — that's me) on the Stupid Predictions page: heuristically speaking, "I'm hoping for glory, bracing for a tough year, and pretending to myself that I'm taking the long view."
Go Blue.
October 24th, 2020 at 6:32 PM ^
Cool recap and linking of content.
I think I've read everything already.
October 25th, 2020 at 10:59 AM ^
Minnesota Preview looking almost 100% spot on in the cool afterglow of the game this fine Sunday morning...
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