Best thing you saw: Week 11

Submitted by mi93 on

Chaos everywhere.  This week offered one of the best late season slates not on conference championship weekend.  Who knew so many match-ups would be blow outs.  College kids.

Non-M: I didn't get to watch as many games as I usually do, but caught most of the early games.  The evisceration of Sparty was beautiful - and ideally OSU got it out of their system.  That said, best thing I saw...the number of impressive catches in the ISU-OkSt game.  A one-hander while falling OOB for a ISU TD, the tie that was called an INT that sealed the game for OkSt.  Pretty solid theater.

M: A very solid first half with balanced play calling, effective passing, a deep pass to the TE, and an effective knock-out by halftime.  Many may not like how the second half played out, but the turtles weren't coming back to win.  Let's hope the injuries aren't significant.  In sum, the best thing from College Park was seeing an overmatched opponent properly put down by halftime.

Best thing you saw?

Matte Kudasai

November 12th, 2017 at 1:31 AM ^

Non M: Sparty getting demoralized.  Their jaws were flapping a bit much so I thoroughly enjoyed that.

Michigan: Hmmm...Harbaugh telling Nordin he needs to get his shit together.  I honestly think if there's a solid option from under 40 I would make the move already.  Nordin's head is clearly a mess and it's been several weeks now.  Other than that, I didn't see alot that I liked.  Maryland dominated the 2nd half and the injuries continued to pile up.

WestQuad

November 12th, 2017 at 1:59 AM ^

Other than his Hail Mary out the back of the end zone the kid was a baller. Trucked a Bama lb on a TD run, hit some tight windowed passes and was lights out. I thought MSU was the better team for most of the game.

The Fan in Fargo

November 12th, 2017 at 2:16 AM ^

So many great things in Maryland game as I watch the highlights. Lot of impressive position groups but have to say I'm most excited about the offensive line and what the offense can accomplish with them when they bring the wood. Oh and to hell with Notra Dame and their season.

NittanyFan

November 12th, 2017 at 2:57 AM ^

game ended at 12:55 AM local MT.  LATE night football.  It was a fairly fun game to watch, biggest comeback in Boise State football history.

Not a "best" thing but this stat is kind of amazing --- with Tennessee's loss to Missouri they now have an active losing streak against EVERY SEC team.

Optimism Attache

November 12th, 2017 at 6:23 AM ^

Michigan best: 1) Peters continuing to play without any major mistakes. At a minimum, he's a competent game manager for now. That's not enough for Wiscy or OSU, but we'll see. 2) The number of Michigan fans who came out and froze their assess off to watch us play a bad Maryland team in College Park. Terps are always gracious hosts when we invade. 

Non-Michigan best: Gold chain Miami demolishing ND. 

Worst: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/true-crime/wp/2017/11/11/a-mother-m…

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Perkis-Size Me

November 12th, 2017 at 6:55 AM ^

1) Peters continued to play fairly well, didn’t make mistakes



2) ND and Sparty getting exposed as paper tigers



3) General chaos overall. Georgia getting waxed, ND getting taken to the cleaners and beat senselessly. Bama looking extremely mortal, as they have all year. There is no clear cut # 1 team this year. The polls should be very interesting on Tuesday evening. I’m thinking they’ll be:



1) Bama

2) Oklahoma

3) Clemson

4) Miami



First three out are Auburn at 5, Wisconsin at 6, and Georgia at 7.

Catchafire

November 12th, 2017 at 7:18 AM ^

Peters threw a beauty to DPJ that got a PI call. Really enjoyed the pass. The future is bright at the QB position.

I didn't like seeing Nordin and coach argue.

RainbowSprings

November 12th, 2017 at 7:26 AM ^

Brandon Peters actually checked-down on a couple of passes, a concept never grasped by Speight or O'Korn. Now if our OL could only consistently pass block...

non-UM: Notre Dame and Sparty losing big.

LSAClassOf2000

November 12th, 2017 at 7:41 AM ^

Seeing Tennessee manage that which even their staunchest supports thought was unmanageable - an active losing streak against the entire SEC - was kind of amusing. I wonder when Butch Jones finally gets the boot. 

After all the analysis and handwringing about the OSU-MSU line, it was fun to watch OSU take out their frustrations on MSU. I don't even know if the Spartans are fully aware of which train just hit them. 

Notre Dame being curbstomped? Well, once always wants this.

michfan23

November 12th, 2017 at 8:02 AM ^

It wasn’t perfect, but Michigan winning for a third straight week was very nice. Maryland isn’t very good, Minnesota is good, and Rutgers (although improved) is still bad, but you have to still win. Michigan’s offense did the job they needed to do in the first half and shut down the offense in second half, although this is annoying at times, was completely understandable.



Miami thumping ND was wonderful. Perfect end to a good day.

AmayzNblue

November 12th, 2017 at 8:06 AM ^

M: Oline run blocking impressive. Pass blocking slightly improved. Chris Evans wants to tote the rock and showed it. Peters is progressing nicely. Right now he is a game manager QB, and that may be all it takes this season to pull out wins against UW and OSU.



Non M: purple face. Mork’s confused look during his butt whopping. Miami fans have a reason to cheer again. I feel happy for Mark Richt and that he should feel vindicated after getting ousted at Georgia. Purple face. ISU really looked solid even in a loss. No one watched or talked about PSU or Barkley this week. Did I mention purple face?

SD Larry

November 12th, 2017 at 8:15 AM ^

good offensive live generated holes for the running game, turnover free football,  Peters going through progression reads when he has time, good defense that threatened shut out.

Sparty humiliated in a game that made complete sense.  Mississippi State going toe to toe with Bama before losing a heartbreaker.  Bama wore them down a bit late, but it was a heckuva game.

MgoHillbilly

November 12th, 2017 at 8:29 AM ^

UGA getting stomped. I can't stand that school and their redneck bandwagon fans.

It was also nice to see the score at the half for ND even though I have a low opinion of Miami so long as they're using that turnover chain crap.

Get off my lawn?

1VaBlue1

November 12th, 2017 at 8:31 AM ^

Best non-M: Purple Face and Sparty getting sandblasted.  I also liked that Georgia got sandblasted.  KSmart's team has senior leftovers from Richt's solid teams, and are one dimensional running the ball.  Smart (and Fromm) gets more credit for doing the same thing Harbaugh did last year - with SEC butt-licking attached to it.

M: the TE seam for a TD.  We haven't seen that play all year, and its the type of quick pass that will beat a pass rush and back off the safeties without stressing a hard throw.

DT76

November 12th, 2017 at 8:45 AM ^

Stanford taking down Washington Friday night. Now all the locals here can just stfu.

Poggi, Gentry, McKeon, Uice.

Taking knees at the end. Cool to be kind.

bacon

November 12th, 2017 at 8:53 AM ^

With the win Michigan guarantees an above 500 year in the big ten. It’s a small thing, but Bo, Lloyd, Gary Moeller never had losing seasons in the big ten. Rich rod and hoke had 3 and 2, respectively. I hope Michigan never has another losing season in the big ten.

lhglrkwg

November 12th, 2017 at 9:37 AM ^

M: Probably Peters TD pass to Gentry. Nice toss

Non-M: Notre Dame getting humiliated on the national stage. I guess we're still waiting on their return to glory

Everyone Murders

November 12th, 2017 at 10:13 AM ^

Non-Michigan:

OSU curb-stomping MSU. If we can somehow beat OSU, this changes so many narratives. And it also helped underscore MSU's character-driven lack of depth.

Miami curb-stomping ND. It was hilarious to watch, except I kept promising Ms. EM that Kelly would turn purple, but instead he looked a Dantonio Gray throughout the parts I saw.

Auburn beating UGA. I don't particularly like Auburn, but have a terminally ill friend who (along with his wife) is a diehard Auburn fan and alum. (Middle aged, three kids, and a terrific family.). Absent a miracle, he won't see games next season, so I was really happy for him and his wife to have a few hours of happy distraction in a hellish year.

Michigan:

I don't have BTN, so just checking in at halftime and seeing 28-0, with 21 points in the 2nd quarter and no dopey turnovers was really nice. Also, watching Wisconsin, who is rightfully favored against us, reveal themselves as a good team for our runstopping defense to play.

Mgoczar

November 12th, 2017 at 10:41 AM ^

Dude took some hits against Maryland , that improv play to higdon he took a shot and got back up. He is not shying away and taking these hits sort of makes the "callus" , I think we are witnessing growth of peters that will hopefully pay dividends next year when he stands in the pocket takes slight pressure and delivers a bomb downfield (almost did to dpj with the PI)

JWG Wolverine

November 12th, 2017 at 1:39 PM ^

Peters' throw to Grant Perry is the best M thing I saw.

Notre Dame getting humiliated was the best non-M thing I saw.

I always love when the constant false hype of ND gets destroyed!