October 12th, 2019 at 7:22 PM ^
Gave you an upvote before the downfall.. cheers!
October 12th, 2019 at 7:24 PM ^
Seconded
October 12th, 2019 at 7:25 PM ^
Hell yeah! Got the O’Fest going about to slide on over to bourbon for the night games on this fabulous football Saturday Night!!
October 12th, 2019 at 7:46 PM ^
Wings-Leafs is on, so PSU-Iowa during intermissions only.
Labatt Blue Light, and life is good on a Saturday!
October 12th, 2019 at 7:53 PM ^
Another of my favorites! The Blue Light on a crisp fall Saturday night! So glad my team, The Michigan Wolverines, won today! Not sure who half these other posters are rooting for??
October 12th, 2019 at 7:53 PM ^
"Go Leafs Go"
Blue Light tho? WTF?
(insert WTF meme)
October 13th, 2019 at 9:07 AM ^
GO NATS!
GO YANKS!
October 12th, 2019 at 7:54 PM ^
You need more TVs. ND-USC, PSU-IA, TT-Baylor 2OT waiting for FL-LSU.
I love this time of year.
October 12th, 2019 at 8:00 PM ^
It is a fantastic football night! We have all devices tuned to different games!
October 12th, 2019 at 7:25 PM ^
Cool, didn't expect to see a post about Rutgers tonight.
October 12th, 2019 at 10:29 PM ^
Rutger
...and I forgot they won a game this year!
October 12th, 2019 at 7:26 PM ^
Are you pleased with the way this team plays ?
October 12th, 2019 at 7:30 PM ^
Just realistic. They turned it off after halftime because Illinois was playing like a soup can. The team started looking ahead to PSU and we were missing a lot of key players today. They flipped the switch back on in the 4th and put them back away again. I ain’t gonna cry about a win and just toss in the towel for the rest of the season!
October 12th, 2019 at 7:51 PM ^
Serious question - who were we missing?
October 12th, 2019 at 7:53 PM ^
Well, Nico Collins for one. I found that out the hard way in another thread when I complained that he had no targets and I got neg-napalmed
October 13th, 2019 at 12:32 AM ^
We were sorely missing Nico and his one catch for 50 yards.
October 12th, 2019 at 7:54 PM ^
Nico, Paye, Lavert Hill, Josh Ross, and more...
October 12th, 2019 at 7:55 PM ^
Nico Collins
Lavert Hill
Josh Ross
Sean Mckeon
Eric All
Kwitty Paye
That's a significant list. Not sure it should really matter vs Illinois, but that list is 25% of our starters
October 12th, 2019 at 8:43 PM ^
I am sooooo sick of that "missing players" excuse. EVERYBODY is missing players this time of year.
October 12th, 2019 at 10:32 PM ^
I’m sick of you.
October 12th, 2019 at 11:21 PM ^
It’s true, Michigan is the only team this year with injuries.
October 12th, 2019 at 7:31 PM ^
At this point Illinois is borderline a signature win so I guess we should be thrilled for now.
If everyone has lowered their expectations for Michigan football I/we have to oblige I guess. So be it. I have no control over the program.
But to answer that question, no. Not at all.
October 12th, 2019 at 9:12 PM ^
They were supposed to win in the three touchdown range they fell about a touchdown short. It's not the end of the world nope but they dominated for long stretches then had a rough patch which happens to teams that are not elite which nobody should think this team is.
They're decentv this year that's all. Look to be at the levels that Michigan State and Iowa are at most seasons which means they fell backwards from last year unfortunately. This looks a lot like the 2017 team. Not the end of the world and not hard to get back up to a higher level problem again. Also need Ohio State to drop a level to be even with them.
October 12th, 2019 at 7:26 PM ^
Wunderbar!
October 12th, 2019 at 7:27 PM ^
this one is certainly better than the 'akron' one.
October 12th, 2019 at 10:07 PM ^
AKRON WOULD BEAT THE CRAP OUT OF US THIS YEAR!!!
October 13th, 2019 at 12:23 AM ^
A BOLD STATEMENT SINCE WE DONT PLAY AKRON THIS YEAR!!!
October 12th, 2019 at 7:27 PM ^
The best posts are the “We would be WAY worse if not for our defense.” As though defense isn’t part of football.
October 12th, 2019 at 7:39 PM ^
I also get a kick out of the people who are preemptively "pissed off" about an assumed loss at Penn State next weekend. We actually match up quite well against them this year, and should be mostly healthy for that game.
Remember dudes, Penn State doesn't have Saquan Barkley anymore. Our defense is currently elite, and the Offense is getting better every week.
October 12th, 2019 at 8:20 PM ^
This offense is better? Or we just played Rutgers 2.0?
October 12th, 2019 at 8:27 PM ^
There is currently very little evidence to suggest that the defense is elite. The best offense they have faced is Wisconsin, who are 34th in total offense. Next closest is Iowa, who are somewhere around 54th. Three opponents are in the 100s.
If the defense is elite, it will show next week against PSU. Right now, because of the schedule they have played, there simply isn't enough evidence to say one way or the other.
October 13th, 2019 at 3:39 PM ^
Tempo-adjusted, Wisconsin's offense was #6 (oFEI) going into this week and I don't think they hurt their ranking against MSU, whose defense was #4 coming in. Penn State's offense was 16th.
October 12th, 2019 at 7:55 PM ^
The corollary to this is the "Jim is so lucky to have Don Brown as his DC or he'd be screwed" line. Jim is the reason Brown is here.
October 12th, 2019 at 7:27 PM ^
Touchdown Bluenin!?
October 12th, 2019 at 7:30 PM ^
WE'RE GONNA LOSE ALL THE GAMES.
October 12th, 2019 at 7:33 PM ^
Meh...the B1G favorites and the year we were finally going to break through looks like a clown show. Poorly coached, wasted talent.
When we win a big road game in the Harbaugh era, then we can start with the sarcasm. Until then, keep celebrating the mediocrity.
October 12th, 2019 at 7:53 PM ^
I wish I could downvote you twice. Make some other stupid remark so I can do it again.
October 12th, 2019 at 7:59 PM ^
Stand by for next week. Shaquan Barkley isn't walking through that door.
October 12th, 2019 at 7:34 PM ^
are you talking about the spread?
October 12th, 2019 at 7:36 PM ^
What the fuck? WE'RE 0-6!!!
October 12th, 2019 at 7:53 PM ^
Cumong man, even in the worst BPONE fantasy, you still give yourself a win over Rutger.
October 12th, 2019 at 7:55 PM ^
Nah man, we did squeak past Rutgers
October 12th, 2019 at 10:04 PM ^
We should've beat them 82 to 0! OSU is going to beat them 217 to -24!
October 12th, 2019 at 7:37 PM ^
Hey, it was a rivalry game! Anything can happen.
October 12th, 2019 at 7:43 PM ^
We have two groups of fans arguing over two completely unrelated things. One group says: our record is great! 10 wins a season! The other group says: we're Ohio States bitch! They've beaten us every year, will continue to do so, and that's never going to change! One group says: we're doing great compared to average teams! Lucky day! The other says: our rivals and bowl opponents are laughing at us and can't wait to embarrass us! Both things are true, so both sides are technically right. This is a pointless argument, and a fucking stupid post, op, by proxy.
October 12th, 2019 at 7:45 PM ^
Correct, and I'm in group B above.
October 12th, 2019 at 8:06 PM ^
A stupid post? As opposed to two dozen posts this week about why Patterson, Gattis and Harbaugh all suck?
October 12th, 2019 at 8:14 PM ^
The post is childish. A rant of name calling against anybody in the fanbase who dares to complain about legitimate issues that persist over 5 seasons. Yes. Incredibly stupid. Those other posts are stupid as well, and have been nuked. This should be as well.
October 12th, 2019 at 7:44 PM ^
Let’s just hope that OSU didn’t get some of our choice plays on tape.
October 12th, 2019 at 7:48 PM ^
Balls