Michigan vs. Penn State officially a Night game
https://twitter.com/umichfootball/status/1181224596608958464?s=21Via Michigan Twitter account kick off at 730pm In Happy Valley. Go Blue!
Pray the offense improves a lot.
October 8th, 2019 at 1:54 AM ^
The college football fan in me loves it.
The Michigan football fan in me wishes it was at noon on BTN overflow.
October 7th, 2019 at 12:42 PM ^
With all due respect, I believe this will be our finest hour.
October 7th, 2019 at 1:20 PM ^
Is Gene available to coach our game?
Pretty sure he's still around NASA pulling strings somewhere, and we have a great aeronautics program... someone get him on the horn please!
October 7th, 2019 at 12:43 PM ^
This fanbase is SOFT.
October 7th, 2019 at 12:46 PM ^
Have you seen anything out of the offense this year that would inspire confidence heading into Happy Valley for a night game?
October 7th, 2019 at 1:05 PM ^
or have you see anything out of this team on the road against a good team in over a decade? Probably the best game we played on the road was against OSU in 2016 and we still lost (the refs didn't help, but you get the point)
October 7th, 2019 at 12:51 PM ^
So we're playing them at night. So what. This message board is being soooooooooooooft.
If we lose I'm pretty sure it's going to be because we're not operating a real offense right now, not because it's at night.
October 7th, 2019 at 12:53 PM ^
I'm with you about the offense holding the team back. Playing them at night definitely does not help.
October 7th, 2019 at 1:04 PM ^
Yep...well, the reason everyone should think we get our ass kicked probably should just be we havent not shit the bed against a good team on the road in over a decade. As soon as our players start calling the game "a business trip" , then we'll know for sure they'll play passive and roll over quickly
October 7th, 2019 at 12:53 PM ^
Barring an offensive renaissance in the next two weeks, I have a hard time envisioning Michigan winning. I doubt it will be a blowout like it was two years ago, because Trace McSorely, Mike Gisecki and Saquon Barkley ain't walking through that door. But Penn State's defense honestly might feast on our offense if there isn't major progress made before then.
If the game were played today, it feels like it would be a 28-13 kind of game.
October 7th, 2019 at 12:59 PM ^
The Penn State White Out--50% of the time it works every time
All year long on here everyone talks about Franklin being the worst coach in the conference but now its panic city because the game is at night, and they may play Zombie Nation an extra time or two.
I'm more confident now and not less, this will give our team the chance to play with the chip on our shoulders. The Nits are a top 10 team either way, let them have to play with the pressure of the moment.
October 7th, 2019 at 1:10 PM ^
Come on man, Zombie Nation is Iowa. 7 Nation Army is PSU.
October 7th, 2019 at 2:28 PM ^
Iowa you say, now that's a road game I always dread.
October 8th, 2019 at 1:57 AM ^
PSU is Zombie Nation big time. More that Iowa. Trust me on this one.
October 7th, 2019 at 1:02 PM ^
Someone mentioned it on the other thread, but I concur that the spread for this game will be about -7.5 Penn St , and I envision Michigan loses by 21 plus.
Reasoning: We haven't not shit the bed in a true road test in over a decade.
October 7th, 2019 at 1:03 PM ^
I just don't understand how they always get to host us for night games. Doesn't really seem fair.
Why don't we play every good team at night too? It's such a home field advantage
October 7th, 2019 at 2:32 PM ^
TV ratings.
Jim Harbaugh against a highly ranked team = big tv ratings. Jim Harbaugh gets better tv ratings than Nick Saban.
Now you know.
October 7th, 2019 at 9:26 PM ^
What’s not “fair” about a night game? Are you suggesting all good games should be noon kicks so it’s “fair? The minority of this fan base absolutely drives me nuts!!!!
news break... we do play the majority of our good opponents (prior to November) at night nowadays. November games need to be approved by both schools, not gonna happen...
October 8th, 2019 at 2:01 AM ^
We can also host them as a night game anytime we want.
With PSU, we are not locked into a (false) noon tradition like OSU, or a they-are-a-bitter-rival-so-it's-too-scary excuse like MSU.
Nobody is stopping us but ourselves.
October 7th, 2019 at 1:27 PM ^
the longer we've gone not winning a road game vs a ranked team, the closer we are to beating a ranked team on the road.
October 7th, 2019 at 1:34 PM ^
Is that what Rutgers tells themselves too?
Pretty sure that's not how it works.
October 7th, 2019 at 2:09 PM ^
Yeah, because Michigan is like Rutgers. Thanks.
October 7th, 2019 at 1:50 PM ^
so you're saying we will never beat a ranked team on the road?
I'm saying it will happen, you're wrong.
Want to place a wager?
October 7th, 2019 at 2:03 PM ^
Of course it'll happen after enough trials. But the fact that it hasn't happened in a while doesn't make it more likely to happen on the next trial. Your logic is faulty.
Each game is an independent random trial based on the quality of teams playing and this next trial is the only one that matters here. We aren't as good as PSU right now and home field is a big advantage for them.
We have a 25-30% chance of winning. I'm as hopeful and optimistic as anyone on here that those odds hit. I think with a better QB those odds go up but M's chances have nothing to do with previous seasons.
The memoryless property of this trial actually causes me to be more optimistic than most observers. Rutgers doesn't win road games against ranked teams because they are very bad have have a tiny chance of winning those. Some people think Harbaugh "can't win the big game" and give him an even less chance than the quality of the teams imply. I adhere to the cold hard probabilities and will be hoping that a game in which we have a 1 in 4 chance is that 1 positive outcome.
October 7th, 2019 at 2:08 PM ^
if you predict rain every day, eventually you will be correct.
October 7th, 2019 at 3:11 PM ^
Lets put money here...
$100.00 straight up winner for the UM vs PSU game.
I WANT YOUR MONEY!
October 7th, 2019 at 2:08 PM ^
Gosh, everyone's so happy-go-lucky.
October 7th, 2019 at 2:41 PM ^
And Sheas last game as a Wolverine.
October 7th, 2019 at 2:45 PM ^
Good night and good luck.
October 7th, 2019 at 2:52 PM ^
Feels like that scenario... doesn't it... may have to educate the kiddies on this statement of yours!
October 7th, 2019 at 2:59 PM ^
We're toast.
October 7th, 2019 at 3:14 PM ^
Roll out the all Maize Uni's for PSU?
October 7th, 2019 at 6:10 PM ^
I don't know if ur serious, but I'm on board. Look good, play good.
October 7th, 2019 at 9:21 PM ^
Inevitable, and terrible news. Grow up fast young men, you’ve got 12 days to “figure it out”.
October 7th, 2019 at 10:25 PM ^
Never under-estimate Franklin's ability to muck things up (and then talk in the post-game presser about using this loss to spur the team to "the next level"). For the last 2 years, they've held double-digit leads on OSU late, only to choke. You should have heard the howls around State College last year when they had a 4th and [I think] 3 and they start out in the freakin' shot-gun. (Field goal would win it.) They take the ball out of McSorley's hands (who'd torn us up all night) and Miles Sanders takes the hand-off 5 yards behind the LOS. Chase Young tears up the play; game over. Franklin's considered an excellent recruiter and all-around cheerleader, but his in-game decision-making is painful. The white-out is daunting. I don't know how easily you guys can score on them, but if you can make it a defensive struggle, most of the student body will get bored and pass out.
October 7th, 2019 at 11:51 PM ^
The game has to be close for Franklin to have a chance to muck it up. M's offense has to improve a lot for it to be close.
October 11th, 2019 at 9:04 PM ^
I know in this age of TV there has to be night games, but I just can’t stand them. There is nothing worse than waking up on game day and being excited, then having to sit and wait HOURS for the game to start. If I go to the game it’s a little better, but then I don’t get home until 12-1ish.