September 11th, 2021 at 9:53 PM ^
JH? Go ahead and downvote
September 11th, 2021 at 9:56 PM ^
-1, Michigan is up 10. Defense is rolling, momentum is all Michigan.
September 11th, 2021 at 9:58 PM ^
Yes, that is why the crowd was booing headed into halftime.
Come on. It's OK to admit this offense looks absolutely abysmial. And I think that is 99.99 percent on the OC, unwilling to try ANYTHING.
You think they are going to beat actual, good teams playing this way??
September 11th, 2021 at 10:13 PM ^
UW has a good defense. Their offense is garbage, so I get the conservative game plan. Let's see what happens in the second half, but the goal is to win the game and until UW puts a threat into them, I'm good with grinding the ball on the ground and getting this over before midnight.
September 12th, 2021 at 12:10 AM ^
Rushing for 300 yards, controlling the clock, and dominating the LOS? Yes, thats often an excellent way to win all sorts of games. Desr Lord the cult of spread around here can become a caricature of itself.
September 12th, 2021 at 12:44 AM ^
Yes we should run our offense how the fans want.
September 12th, 2021 at 9:20 AM ^
That's why fan fiction are sooooooo popular and greeeeeeat quality.
September 12th, 2021 at 5:50 PM ^
only morons were booing before halftime. we had the ball with barely a minute left inside our 20. no reason to do anything risky there and make a mistake and allow wash to get into the game. may as well get the 2H kick and start from the 25 with no time constraints...and it worked.
September 12th, 2021 at 9:43 PM ^
Hmmmmmm. Seems to me you take what they give you.
September 11th, 2021 at 10:00 PM ^
In a game they can afford to do it and still scrape cause UW's offense sucks but guess what that gets you nowhere against good teams and therefore UM will never win anything of significance with this mentality. Guess what happens when you ask your QB who you haven't allowed to build confidence in earlier games to actually win a game for you, they can't.
September 12th, 2021 at 3:07 AM ^
Yup. Or ask your OC to bail you out of a 14-0 deficit when all he's been doing is running the ball up the middle and throwing passes 2 yards behind the LOS every week.
September 12th, 2021 at 8:16 AM ^
There will always be apologists for whatever obviously negative thing is happening on the field. Of course they’ll forget all about that sunshine when a real team shreds that secondary and they try to overcome a 2 TD deficit running counters and throwing screen passes.
September 12th, 2021 at 8:47 AM ^
Why would you ever, as a coach, TRY to make one player win the game for you when you are winning as a team?
Perhaps next week, if they bring the same intensity and focus, they will have a chance to open up the passing game more.
I get being concerned, but saying Harbaugh NEEDS to put the game in McNamara’s hands—why? If we have two dominant RBs and a strong line, establish them. As Corum said, the offensive line was waiting for this game after UW talked about stopping the run game.
Losing Bell, McNamara need to get comfy with Wilson—and Wilson needs to step up and learn to adjust to the ball.
September 11th, 2021 at 9:54 PM ^
This is all Harbaugh, every time he gets a lead he gets super conservative.
It’s embarrassing, I can’t imagine any WR or QB recruit at the game is liking any of this
September 11th, 2021 at 9:59 PM ^
you’re embarrassed? grow up.
September 11th, 2021 at 10:07 PM ^
He’s conservative before he gets the lead and gets worse from there.
September 11th, 2021 at 9:55 PM ^
Maybe we should fire harbaugh and throw the bag at Matt Campbell...oh wait
September 11th, 2021 at 10:00 PM ^
Thank the lord for Iowa today. Maybe that will finally stop the Miracle Matt crap on this board.
September 12th, 2021 at 1:30 AM ^
Did you see that stats of the game?
September 11th, 2021 at 10:01 PM ^
I’ve always said he’s Brady Hoke with more hype. He a really good coach. He also can’t beat Iowa, who is ISUs version of Ohio State.
ive never liked him as a head coach at UM and he keeps proving me right
September 11th, 2021 at 11:23 PM ^
Yeah. You guys are right. Let’s keep Harbaugh around. He is aging like a fine wine in Ann Arbor.
September 12th, 2021 at 12:07 AM ^
Sure. Let’s hire a guy who can’t beat Iowa.
he can totally beat OSU tho right …… right?
September 12th, 2021 at 8:18 AM ^
So you want to hire Kirk Ferentz? He can beat OSU.
September 11th, 2021 at 10:03 PM ^
Not my point, give some confidence to Mac, you can’t win every game running the ball all game
September 11th, 2021 at 10:53 PM ^
Your point is kinda bad tho.
*Michigan winning by 14 at home with 260 yards rushing and an absolutely dominating defense.”
MGoBlog: I was worried about our Defense and <insert excuse> and we suck we don’t have 400 yards passing
September 11th, 2021 at 10:58 PM ^
I digress … I was wrong.
We’re up 21 by simply cramming the ball down their throat.
Though I would still love to neg your other opinions on tonight’s completely unnecessary passing game
September 11th, 2021 at 10:59 PM ^
Still not a good team. I think that’s the point.
September 11th, 2021 at 11:08 PM ^
Matt Campbell still does more with less talent.
Imagine our talent being lead by a coach who can run schemes from this century, not schemes he ran when he was a QB in the 80's
September 11th, 2021 at 11:42 PM ^
Like get ass kicked by Iowa
September 12th, 2021 at 1:28 AM ^
Iowa didn't really beat up on Iowa St. Iowa St had lots of turnovers.
September 12th, 2021 at 8:20 AM ^
Let’s not let facts get in the way of their circle jerk.
September 11th, 2021 at 9:56 PM ^
Do Harbaugh and Gattis know the rules allow them to throw on first down?
September 11th, 2021 at 10:25 PM ^
...or 2nd or 3rd down?
September 12th, 2021 at 12:32 AM ^
You can’t win the Big Ten without a creative game plan and a balanced offense.
Predictability will lead to eventual death.
September 12th, 2021 at 1:34 AM ^
....and to the people called wide receivers???
September 12th, 2021 at 1:38 AM ^
That's the thing that that was the strangest to me about this game. Michigan has great WRs. Throw the ball to them. I mean, why did the coaching staff even want Daylen Baldwin to come here? And why would Daylen Baldwin even want to stay here?
September 11th, 2021 at 9:56 PM ^
Not usually a fan of the halftime hot take, But constipated play-calling is consternating. At some point it would be great to enter the twenty-first century.
September 12th, 2021 at 12:11 AM ^
It's the year 2119, and Michigan Football offense has finally entered the 21st Century.
September 11th, 2021 at 9:57 PM ^
Someone go grab a screenshot of Gattis earlier in the game. That’s not the face of someone that’s getting to do what he wants to do.
September 11th, 2021 at 10:00 PM ^
Noticed that as well. The face of a man out of his element or being chained by his HC.
Not good in either case. If it's him, Jim needs to let him go. If it's Jim, Gattis needs to fight for his career because Jim is making sure he'll be unhirable after this stint at UM.
September 11th, 2021 at 9:57 PM ^
You shouldn't get downvoted, UM will never win anything of significance with their current offensive mentality period. Anybody who believes otherwise is delusional.
September 12th, 2021 at 12:32 AM ^
I believe
September 11th, 2021 at 9:58 PM ^
If it's Gattis he shouldn't have a job at this point. If it's not Gattis, the same is true about Jim.
It's not a time or personnel issue at this point. This group cannot coach or organize a modern offense regardless of who it is.
September 11th, 2021 at 10:02 PM ^
I mean it can still be a personnel issue but instead of playing to strengths this staff forces you to play their way. It’s like continuing to make everyone fit your mold exactly instead of utilizing what you have.
September 11th, 2021 at 10:09 PM ^
I mean at this point a personnel issue is just as damning for JH.
September 11th, 2021 at 11:32 PM ^
"but instead of playing to strengths..."
Our 2 best offensive players are our running backs....I'd say they are 100% playing to the strengths of the offense.
September 11th, 2021 at 9:58 PM ^
If I’m a wide receiver visiting I definitely want to come play for the Michigan Wolverines!
September 11th, 2021 at 10:05 PM ^
I’m not saying that, we all know our RB room is strong but let the kid mix in a throw once in awhile
September 12th, 2021 at 1:34 AM ^
If I'm a wide receiver currently at Michigan I want to stay.
Really, the door following Giles Jackson out to a different team is pretty easy to go through.
September 11th, 2021 at 9:59 PM ^
The million tight ends offense is definitely Harbaugh. Somewhere out there, Bo Schembechler nods approvingly...