Early season byes suck
Or neg me to oblivion. I don't care.
It's such a tease to have the buildup for the season, then play 2 games, and now we have to wait an extra week to be entertained again. I don't care that this team needs the extra time to prepare for Wisconsin.
September 12th, 2019 at 11:29 AM ^
Did you Not at least feel alive? YOu may have been seething Mad and cursing at anOther Run into a stackEd box, but at least you felt soMETHing. I just want to feel again, man.
September 12th, 2019 at 11:01 AM ^
It's like another offseason.
September 12th, 2019 at 11:02 AM ^
Not as much as crappy threads during an improvement week.
September 12th, 2019 at 11:02 AM ^
The offensive performance in the first two games suggested to me that the guys weren't ready. This early bye is good. I don't like it either but if it helps us have more success this season then it's worth the wait.
September 12th, 2019 at 11:08 AM ^
Well, this one came at a good time and it lets me pay a bit more attention to other programs I enjoy following like
Cal (2-0) hosting North Texas. Cal is coming off an upset over #14 Washington in Seattle. I can also just enjoy watching games and not be freaking out in my head about the upcoming potential disaster in Madison
September 12th, 2019 at 11:08 AM ^
If it gives us time to work out our kinks on offense and perform better I'm all for it. Although, I remember saying the same thing in 2017 prior to MSU game - and then saying WTF did they practice all week during the bye.
September 12th, 2019 at 11:27 AM ^
And what did you say when we killed top 15 PSU off a bye when we didn't have JOK?
September 12th, 2019 at 11:10 AM ^
You just say neg you because you know the point system isn't working.
September 12th, 2019 at 3:10 PM ^
Those points (positive and negative) are piling up in some interwebs holding area. When fixed, there will be a reckoning.
September 12th, 2019 at 11:11 AM ^
You know what sucks more? This weekend's schedule. Not one top 25 matchup this week, not sure how that is even possible. Syracuse getting hamblasted by Maryland took away the best opportunity for a ranked matchup against Clemson. Just terrible games this weekend. A few great games would have helped offset our bye week.
September 12th, 2019 at 11:12 AM ^
I recently moved and have so much shit going on, I welcome the bye week.
September 12th, 2019 at 11:13 AM ^
Not this year. The offesne is already beat up and out of sink. They need a week off.
We also have a second later bye, so what are you complaining about?
September 12th, 2019 at 11:22 AM ^
beat up and out of sink
Out of the sink and into the toilet!
September 12th, 2019 at 12:07 PM ^
I believe you mean out of the sync and into the toilet
September 12th, 2019 at 11:13 AM ^
Would this Saturday be wife day or is the next bye week Saturday wife day? Or do we have two of those this year? My wife is gone this weekend but maybe I'll finally build that deck for her.
September 12th, 2019 at 11:18 AM ^
I wish Michigan played Rutgers this week and had a bye after the Wisconsin game, but this isn't bad. I think if Michigan had won two laughers then no one would be too antsy about this bye week.
September 12th, 2019 at 11:25 AM ^
With the injury and running a new offense, it is great timing this year. Hopefully, we are back to full strength and able to add more to this bland offense by the time we play Wisconsin.
September 12th, 2019 at 11:25 AM ^
We had a week 1 bye in 1997.
September 12th, 2019 at 4:16 PM ^
We had the latest start of all the Div 1 teams that year. I think we must have had a 2 week bye that year.
September 12th, 2019 at 11:32 AM ^
For the team, this early bye week is a godsend.
September 12th, 2019 at 11:32 AM ^
View it as an entire Saturday off from football - have you looked at the schedule - Woof! I may not watch any football on a weekend in September for maybe the first time in my life.
September 12th, 2019 at 11:36 AM ^
I’d prefer to play in week zero that way we could have two byes I’d place one right in the middle of big ten play and then one right before Ohio state to have some extra in depth preparation.
September 12th, 2019 at 11:38 AM ^
After the stress of watching that Army game, this is a very welcome bye week. So no, they do not suck.
Stress free days never suck. Bye weeks allow me the no stress while I joyously root against the many, many teams I hate in college football.
September 12th, 2019 at 11:40 AM ^
If this offense was high flying and on a roll, I would agree with you. However, this team has a lot to work on before Wisky. I'm all for this bye week and an opportunity to step away from getting frustrated.
September 12th, 2019 at 11:44 AM ^
Preach, sista!
September 12th, 2019 at 11:45 AM ^
When Iowa-Iowa State is the best game on, well, let's just say there are gutters to be cleaned.
September 12th, 2019 at 3:15 PM ^
Don't you have minions to clean your gutters?
September 12th, 2019 at 11:50 AM ^
You’re the one making the ass-headed argument. You change my mind.
September 12th, 2019 at 11:51 AM ^
No way dude. I made the ass-headed judgment and challenged you to change my mind first.
September 12th, 2019 at 1:12 PM ^
Dammit you win.
September 12th, 2019 at 2:48 PM ^
+1 for being man enough to acknowledge your loss and admit that you are 1/10th the man I am.
September 12th, 2019 at 11:52 AM ^
We have a bye week. Wisconsin has a bye week. Universal balance and symmetry abounds.
September 12th, 2019 at 11:52 AM ^
There couldn't be a better time for our bye week, IMO
September 12th, 2019 at 11:55 AM ^
There IS football---MEEEEECHIGAN Football---another Ufer Classic on WTKA Saturday, toe meets leather at 12 noon.
September 12th, 2019 at 12:09 PM ^
Good post. Would like to see more of these.
September 12th, 2019 at 12:16 PM ^
Well, it probably helps that the last 2 games weren't necessarily entertaining...
September 12th, 2019 at 12:21 PM ^
I think the first bye week is perfectly placed this year. We survived our intro into the new offense beating two fairly decent non-con foes. There are obviously some kinks to smooth over. The two week retraining period is well placed as a prelude to conference play.
September 12th, 2019 at 12:24 PM ^
We have two byes, man.
September 12th, 2019 at 12:28 PM ^
Entitled much?
September 12th, 2019 at 12:29 PM ^
In this case I think it comes at a very fortunate point in time
September 12th, 2019 at 12:35 PM ^
For this year it seems like a good thing.
September 12th, 2019 at 12:41 PM ^
I think it's a good reset button before a big 10 play, gives dinged up players a chance to be healthy, and gives coaches time to iron out issues that showed up on the field. I also like the extra week of prep before a big conference road game. Scheduling service academies sucks, I'd rather we scheduled a local MAC school, or smaller university from the state of Michigan to get them some national exposure.
Conversely I think the way the SEC does it is just dumb. Many of them start conference play on week one, and have boring cupcake games mixed in late in the season. Nobody wants to watch Alabama play Troy in November.
September 12th, 2019 at 4:06 PM ^
That's smart by the sec, though.
By the time you're in November the polls basically work like:
a) lose and drop
b) win and rise
Their strategy basically insures the entire conference rises (or at worst, individual teams stay in place) at a critical time. Beneficial not only in the obvious way for their top tier teams, but because their rivals will be ranked higher during those late season games.
Meanwhile, the other big conferences are playing each other meaning every in-conf win is also an in-conf loss. While the sec essentially spends a week late in the season going undefeated collectively. Think that's by accident?
The sec has done a lot of really smart things to game first the bcs and now the playoff system. They used to do this thing where all their ooc games were basically their strong teams vs somewhat worse teams from other p5 conferences, while their weaker teams played ooc games against g5 conf teams. Just really smart stuff, collectively.
I mean, they've also been strong as hell, especially at the top - but a lot of maneuvering to prop up sos and decrease odds of late season losses as well.
Cheers.
September 12th, 2019 at 12:44 PM ^
Yeah its annoying but it would also suck to play Wisconsin in a couple days
This bye gives Michigan time to work on things and hopefully Wisconsin settles down
Im just going to go golfing this Saturday since I cant on the Saturdays Michigan is playing
September 12th, 2019 at 12:48 PM ^
Another thread on the Pitbull banner would've been better than this one.
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September 12th, 2019 at 2:49 PM ^
No, it wouldn't have.
September 12th, 2019 at 1:13 PM ^
Our defense needs to regroup after an afternoon full of cut blocks. I shall enjoy another Saturday watching other teams lose. I just wish ND-UGA was this week instead of next.
September 12th, 2019 at 1:22 PM ^
I’m sure the players enjoy it. It’s been 5-6 straight weeks of football. Good to relax and adjust.
September 12th, 2019 at 1:30 PM ^
I think this bye week came at the exact time that we needed it. After last weeks game the wheels were coming off. We get DPJ and Runyan back while getting more time to iron out the wrinkles for Wisconsin.
This bye came at the perfect time. I get the take that you need the extra rest later in the season but what would that do if we already have an L because the offense wasn't ready early on.