Rudock Hate
I'm and old MGoBlogger. I'm still an advocate for Haloscan. I loved the WLA and posted a few things there. I think RR was a great hire that just didn't pan out. When I graduated from college this blog switched to Drupal and it was harder to post, the community changed and I found myself with a job that kept me too busy to post. This blog is great, the community is too. There's posters that aren't amazing and have horrible opinions but it's so much better than when I was here and we just handle-jacked each other all day. It's been a rough 8 year for those of us who are still around and I remember watching UM football as a person old enough to think "this isn't what I watched as a kid". I'm 30 years old now. And I watch Rudock and think "this is so nice....he doesn't lose every game". I read Bacon's book and everyone of Devin Gardner's stat lines included two picks. I loved Devin and think he was such a great player who just was in the right place at the wrong time. But Rudock is so much less talented and so much more solid than he is.
Please stop saying "if he could throw a deep ball we'd be a top 10 team".
Please stop saying "if we had a real QB we could be Ohio State"
Please stop forgetting that most people thought 8-4 was a good season this year.
This team has performed exactly as expected. Rudock may have more picks than expected but those are mainly from the first game and that was just a better team. He and this team will be good, not great. I'm excited too but let's not act like this team are defending national champs returning 22 starters. They are basically what everyone expected. 2-1 with a winnable game against a good BYU team. They've improved and have a chance to be competitve against everyone they play.
Hate Rudock if you want but don't act like it's been better around here the past 7 years.
September 20th, 2015 at 2:25 AM ^
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Shut it down, you win.
September 19th, 2015 at 11:31 PM ^
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September 20th, 2015 at 11:08 AM ^
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Maybe the problem is the actual level of talent the team has. After all, most of these players were recruited by the last coaching staff, not known for being tremendously competent in the other phases of the game (except for G-Mat).
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September 19th, 2015 at 11:41 PM ^
All I'm saying is that after the past 7 years I'll take mediocre. That's probably what we have and it's better than awful. What we had was far less than mediocre.
September 19th, 2015 at 11:44 PM ^
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September 20th, 2015 at 3:28 PM ^
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September 20th, 2015 at 12:24 AM ^
Rabbit, what hopes DID you have for this year? Unrealistic much? Overly optimistic at all? Quit while you're AHEAD ever?
Let's all agree we're not winning the Natty with Rudock, and steep odds against beating either msu or osu (that osu)... were we REALLY EXPECTING more in year 1??!!
Hoping, okay, but expectations?
September 19th, 2015 at 11:34 PM ^
I miss handlejacking. Brian, can we somehow modify the software to bring that back for one day or something? I'd like to post a few messages as WD.
September 20th, 2015 at 1:38 AM ^
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September 19th, 2015 at 11:36 PM ^
Interceptions are an unfortunate surprise (though he is in a new system, I suppose). I think the passing game doesn't look spectacular because it doesn't have to right now, the run game was getting the job done this week and last week. No reason to throw the ball if they can't stop you on the ground really.
Sure, there's room for a ton of improvement though. I would concede that.
September 20th, 2015 at 11:04 AM ^
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C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | QBR | |
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Dak Prescott | 10/11 | 227 | 2 | 0 | 98.9 |
Nick Dylan Fitzgerald | 4/4 | 90 | 1 | 0 | 99.7 |
Elijah Staley | 2/3 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 98.4 |
TEAM | 16/18 | 372 | 4 | 0 | -- |
These are the stat lines for the three QB's Mississippi State used against a weak opponent. I like Rudock, but want to see these kind of statlines against weak teams in the future.
September 19th, 2015 at 11:48 PM ^
I mean, 55 TDs for Staley is kind of weak. That's less than 20 touchdowns per attempt. Checkdown machine, amirite?
September 20th, 2015 at 12:11 AM ^
Haha +1
September 20th, 2015 at 12:51 AM ^
Damn what a tough statline 227 TD and a 0 QBR
September 20th, 2015 at 1:56 AM ^
September 20th, 2015 at 3:56 AM ^
shit, well he did throw 2 interceptions, what a punk. I like what 4th string qb, Team did better, he was 16/18 with 355 tds.
September 20th, 2015 at 12:06 AM ^
September 21st, 2015 at 5:58 PM ^
Me has a formatting issue.
September 19th, 2015 at 11:39 PM ^
"Hate Rudock if you want but don't act like it's been better around here the past 7 years."
I will say that people say a lot of weird, emoitional shit during games - just look at the open threads and the liveblog, but I think also that there is a realization among most people that 2015 is essentially baselining the Harbaugh era at Michigan. He's working with what's here and - in his opinion to which we ultimately defer, I think - starting the players that maximize Michigan's chances of a win. What that says about Rudock and the state of the offense is up to individual interpretation (it could and should be better, I agree), but it is pretty clear that the staff believes this is the best road right now. The OP is right, however, in my opinion - what you're seeing right now, even if it looks ugly at points, is overall miles above some of the performances of recent years. I'll take it.
September 19th, 2015 at 11:39 PM ^
Delete this crap. No one "hates" Rudock.
September 20th, 2015 at 12:18 AM ^
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September 20th, 2015 at 12:20 AM ^
Rudock was bad today, no doubt about it. But holy hell, people need to calm the eff down.
September 19th, 2015 at 11:40 PM ^
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September 21st, 2015 at 10:47 AM ^
That doesn't pass the smell test. Butt was moving right to left, and the ball was thrown behind and high. No leading was involved.
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September 20th, 2015 at 10:57 AM ^
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September 20th, 2015 at 11:27 AM ^
September 19th, 2015 at 11:47 PM ^
Until we have played a few more games? Jake Rudock has not been on campus that long. Yes he could be better, so could receiver routs. He's brand new to us and we are brand new to him. I think we are asking a lot of him. He's not going to be Connor Cook who has played in the same system for a number of years. Michigan is in a huge transition on QBs. Probably one of the biggest transitions I have seen with a Michigan team. And I have been following since the 70s. Jim Harbaugh knows what he is doing and it will take him a couple of years to get the guy who knows his system, but it will happen.
And after seeing how the top 25 today have done, well, anyone is beatable. And that should be a plus for us.
Go Blue!!
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September 20th, 2015 at 12:59 AM ^
but maybe giving someone who will be here next year some more experience (Morris, Speight, Malzone, Gentry) might help us in the future. With Rudock, I was expecting the guy who threw 5 INTs all year at Iowa, not a guy who throws 5 INTs in the first 3 games and couldn't connect on even mid-range throws today.