Jon Runyan a first team all BIG!
November 28th, 2018 at 6:43 PM ^
Amazing accomplishment - So many people owe that guy an apology.
November 28th, 2018 at 6:55 PM ^
We pretty much owe Runyan and Warinner all our firstborns based on how much shit was talked. Mea culpa as well
November 28th, 2018 at 8:17 PM ^
First born just turned 3. Think they'll take him off my hands for the next year or so?
November 28th, 2018 at 7:21 PM ^
If you're referring to the criticism after the ND game, I don't think an apology is necessary. I wasn't vocal about it, but he did not have a good game and he acknowledges that. Having said that, Jon is a shining example of what the late pop star Aaliyah sang about many years ago.
If at first you don't succeed (first you don't succeed)
You can dust it off and try again
You can dust it off and try again...try again......try again.
November 28th, 2018 at 7:28 PM ^
Mmmmmm … That. Woman.
Why, God?
November 28th, 2018 at 8:46 PM ^
Cousin Larry?! Back from Bolivia?
November 28th, 2018 at 7:24 PM ^
No apology.... he played horribly vs ND, and deserved the ire.... since then he has improved steadily and played well enough to earn All BIG, and deserves the recognition and admiration.
November 28th, 2018 at 8:05 PM ^
Did he though? The only players that deserve that type of criticism, I think, are Crable (late hit @OSU ‘06/ The horror missed block ‘07) and Boren for being a dick while exiting the program.
November 28th, 2018 at 8:14 PM ^
The horror missed block ‘07
So now this delusional fanbase is calling the App State win on account of missing a block.
That is the hawtest of hawt takes. Even for this board.
November 28th, 2018 at 8:18 PM ^
Did I say that the reason we lost was strictly due to the block? No. I said that is one of the only players that (again in my opinion, keyboard warrior) deserve that type of criticism.
November 28th, 2018 at 8:27 PM ^
Personally I blame Johnny Fucking Sears
November 29th, 2018 at 1:38 AM ^
Did I say that the reason we lost was strictly due to the block
Dude, I effing QUOTED YOU!
Everyone, up until now apparently refers to the game as the horror... You decided to throw the missed block in there. Not me -- YOU did.
LOL.
November 29th, 2018 at 5:31 AM ^
For his play.
Is Runyan the reason we lost to Notre Dame?
Good talk.
November 28th, 2018 at 9:12 PM ^
Speaking about people who owe him an apology...a certain guy who likes to "chat about sports" had a youtube video where he point blank said that Runyan didn't have the talent to be in the BigTen.
November 29th, 2018 at 12:17 AM ^
You’re right. I remember that. He kept calling him “Little Jon” till late in the season. But I’ve never heard him offer an actual insight of any sort, and his so-called “insider” information isn’t anything you wouldn’t see here, only with fewer dumb misses.
November 28th, 2018 at 11:49 PM ^
Absolutely. Hey, that Warinner guy might be a pretty good coach!
November 28th, 2018 at 6:45 PM ^
And when one revisits where the fanbase was on Runyan, say, that first week of September... This is awesome news.
November 28th, 2018 at 6:45 PM ^
That's awesome. Even though the OSU game didn't go our way, I'm still amazed at the OL transformation. Congrats to Jon!
November 28th, 2018 at 6:45 PM ^
Cool to see, congrats Jon! Hope Warriner stays and continues to develop our line because if Runyan jr was able to turn the corner the way he did then oh boy our line is about to explode onto the scene real soon!
November 28th, 2018 at 6:50 PM ^
Evidence #1,507 that 5th year lineman>1st year lineman.
November 28th, 2018 at 6:58 PM ^
Is he a 5th year lineman ?
November 28th, 2018 at 6:59 PM ^
You may be right, but Runyan is only in his 4th year as a U of M lineman.
November 28th, 2018 at 7:23 PM ^
Oh my bad...I downvoted myself out of spite for getting that wrong.
November 28th, 2018 at 7:28 PM ^
This is the kind of commitment to the point system that we need.
November 29th, 2018 at 1:29 AM ^
Buckle up?
November 28th, 2018 at 6:52 PM ^
That kid has to be pretty damned smart.
He fixed a lot of mistakes pretty damned fast.
November 28th, 2018 at 7:04 PM ^
Or the prior OL coaching was that bad...
November 28th, 2018 at 7:38 PM ^
And it was!
November 29th, 2018 at 10:10 AM ^
Both, but the biggest culprit was the scheduling. He had to face good players in his first start, at a new position, on the road.
If we played ND 3 weeks in and he played just as poorly, we’d rightly be calling that game a weird blip instead of an event he needed to improve from. I also think he wouldn’t have played as poorly if he had a few games under his belt.
November 28th, 2018 at 6:56 PM ^
Well done. Impressive turnaround.
November 28th, 2018 at 7:01 PM ^
What an amazing transformation for Runyan and the rest of the O-line. Another year of experience (minus JBB), guidance under Warriner, and strength and conditioning with Herbert and this line could be top of the conference next season! Congratulations big fella!
November 28th, 2018 at 7:11 PM ^
Nice going Jon, Congrats.
November 28th, 2018 at 7:17 PM ^
1% of the fan base would have believed this pre-season, and 0% after week 1. Big ups to Jon and Coach O!
November 28th, 2018 at 7:22 PM ^
His dad is Jon freaking Runyan and ppl doubted him? Some people are not intelligent. And I am including recruiting rankings who had him way too low with those bloodlines.
November 28th, 2018 at 7:26 PM ^
Nonsense... he is guard sized and wasn't highly regarded coming out of high school, and playing out of position... an INTELLIGENT person would in fact doubt he would succeed at the most critical LT position at his size and arm length... Good for him... not good for you.
November 28th, 2018 at 11:58 PM ^
This explains why Marcus and Jeffrey Jordan are the two best basketball players in the world.
/s
November 28th, 2018 at 7:34 PM ^
He was easily their best lineman Saturday, so I buy it.
November 28th, 2018 at 7:43 PM ^
Nice work
November 28th, 2018 at 7:57 PM ^
So does this now mean he leaves for the NFL and sits out the bowl game?
November 28th, 2018 at 8:00 PM ^
Warriner gets a big raise
November 28th, 2018 at 8:38 PM ^
I'll chip in, if necessary!
November 29th, 2018 at 12:03 AM ^
Double his salary. I legit thought Runyan had the worst performance I'd ever seen out of a M lineman against ND. By the end of the year the dude was genuinely good. Amazing job from Warinner and Runyan.
November 28th, 2018 at 8:43 PM ^
So does he play guard next year (a more natural position)and have Mayfield to LT?
November 28th, 2018 at 9:09 PM ^
Doubtful he would be a better guard than our 2 returning starters, so if one of the younger guys is better at LT, Runyan would probably move to RT.
November 28th, 2018 at 9:32 PM ^
I met him once. Very good, nice kid. Blue Runyan blood!
November 28th, 2018 at 9:46 PM ^
Congrats. Awesome to see! Now, keep warinner and see the even bigger leap taken going into next year!
November 28th, 2018 at 10:32 PM ^
Nice progression this year Jon!
November 28th, 2018 at 11:59 PM ^
Hard work rewarded ! Coming back next year to lead an OL resurgence to greatness. Strap it on and let's go ... shit yes !!!
November 29th, 2018 at 7:45 AM ^
Wow congrats to him!!! He is a 5th year sr right? Sucks to lose him but looking at what is coming back in warinner's second year could this unit be elite? I guess I should define elite...say a top 10 unit in a college football?
That could be an overreach I was just shocked at the improvement and I'd suspect another huge jump from year 1 to year 2 with this coach.
**edit...does he have one more year? I was thinking this was his 5th year.
November 29th, 2018 at 10:13 AM ^
I told you so. (Not that he’d be All-Conference, but that he’d be fine.)
That said I also told you that I had less confidence in the RT position than I’d ever had for a position at Michigan. You win some, you lose some.