October 20th, 2020 at 11:44 AM ^
I can think of a better preview...
#BRINGBACKOPPONENTWATCH
October 20th, 2020 at 12:54 PM ^
Will the graphic hold you over for a couple threads? ;-P
October 20th, 2020 at 1:12 PM ^
At least use the new one I made a year or two ago.
October 20th, 2020 at 12:04 PM ^
Not all of us can watch videos while at work, so a summary would be nice... Of course, I could actually do some work and not think about this site.
HAHAHAAAAAHAHAHAAAAA!!!!!! Whatever... Do work...
October 20th, 2020 at 12:20 PM ^
Summary: They apologize for knowing so little about the teams at this point, and will learn as the season goes. 2020 will be weird. Os are ahead of Ds. Oline and DB continuity are huge in game 1 of 2020. Strength on weakness for both sides. One dude likes MN in the game (based on O continuity), one likes UM (based on D continuity - bigger deal in 2020). UM schedule is brutal. Ceiling is 2 losses and floor is 4 (but likely 3). MN if they win have a breeze to the B10 CG vs likely OSU.
October 20th, 2020 at 1:19 PM ^
Eye-ball test would agree O is ahead of D in most cases, but trying to prove that is difficult.
Overall combined ppg is up, but is that due to no P5 v FCS/G5 games? B10 not playing yet? Only good weather games have been played so far comparing to full seasons?
October 20th, 2020 at 2:23 PM ^
Thanks! Seems like a predictable outcome of the video...
October 20th, 2020 at 12:15 PM ^
Couldn’t watch, guy seemed douchey from the start.
October 20th, 2020 at 1:45 PM ^
Seems okay to me.
October 20th, 2020 at 3:13 PM ^
They actually do some of the best previews on the net.
October 20th, 2020 at 12:17 PM ^
This has to be one of the most anticipated games in some time... seems like we've been waiting forever and a day ! My liquor stock is over-flowing...
Might add, I could go ballistic if we lose to Fleck.
October 20th, 2020 at 1:48 PM ^
could? what kind of fan are you? all the pentup B-Pone will be unleashed, this game thread is going to be epic!
UMich doesn't score on opening possession? #fireeverybody
Lose the game? #itsallover
Win, but not by 30? #thisteamsucks
and yep, I'm to blame too #meaculpa
October 20th, 2020 at 12:27 PM ^
These nerds can pound sand after they got me hyped up for the OSU game in 2018.
October 20th, 2020 at 12:45 PM ^
The entirety of the 2018 season including game week had me hyped. I can't blame these guys. Nearly everything I had seen that year felt different. And then it was same as it has been -- except worse.
October 20th, 2020 at 1:53 PM ^
Just like everything else - come up with a narrative and analyze the hell out of the situation based on whether it fits with the narrative or not.
October 20th, 2020 at 2:08 PM ^
I don't understand. What's the "narrative" here? They said they wouldn't be surprised by any result.
October 20th, 2020 at 3:06 PM ^
"Continuity" in early season games had the greatest likelihood of predicting the outcome. Continuity on the O-Line, continuity at corner, continuity of scheme, continuity of players in the scheme. They then walked it all back with the, "but this is 2020, so who the hell knows." At the end of the day, they threw something out there, didn't support with anything except references to the early Big XII games, and then walked it all back with a big shrug, which if you think about it, is all that predictive sports analysis ever really amounts to.
October 20th, 2020 at 2:22 PM ^
Ain't bad but I agree with @crg, #BRINGBACKOPPONENTWATCH
October 21st, 2020 at 8:11 AM ^
It's a thing.
October 20th, 2020 at 2:34 PM ^
I'm pretty nervous about this game. We have some very inexperienced DBs, and Minnesota has the talent to exploit that.
We also have a coin-flip QB situation: there doesn't seem to be much chance of "average", it'll either be a disaster or amazing.
And maybe I'm still suffering PTSD, but Minnesota used to be full of head-hunting dirtbags, and the expectation of dirty play still lingers.
October 20th, 2020 at 8:58 PM ^
Morgan, Bateman, et. al are good. And, it's hard to blitz them because they get the ball out so quickly. But, why can't we run the ball down their throat? Who does Minnesota have on defense? I think we wear them down. It will be a bad weather game. Hold onto the ball, don't turn it over, play field position, and run the ball and UM wins. Minnesota's style won't work in bad weather and we should be able to get pressure with rushing just 4. I'd give the slight edge to UM in a close game that comes down to the last possession.
October 20th, 2020 at 2:36 PM ^
It's already snowing up in Minneapolis.
October 20th, 2020 at 9:56 PM ^
I’m leaning towards taking us to cover the 3.5 points. Empty road stadiums may prove to be a nice benefit for us this year and we overcome some demons
October 21st, 2020 at 12:42 PM ^
In my mind this game is about which team has the better headcoach. If Fleck can beat us with our talent superiority I'm gonna be in a dark place. Hopefully this is the year that Harbaugh's record vs road teams goes from pathetic to decent or better.