November 30th, 2013 at 3:41 PM ^
Fuck yes
November 30th, 2013 at 3:50 PM ^
It was a great choice, but I swear I only saw 3 guys running routes...all on the same side of the field. To me, and I know I didn't get to see a great angle, that was an atrocious playcall for a 2 point conversion. The defense covered that with ease. We needed misdirection or somebody leaking on the back side (which we may have...I couldn't tell but it looked like Fitz stayed put and everyone else blocked).
November 30th, 2013 at 3:57 PM ^
November 30th, 2013 at 8:48 PM ^
In what universe has Gardner had time to read the entire field, particularly on a goal line play? I'm fine with the call.
November 30th, 2013 at 4:01 PM ^
Yes exactly. Love the decision. Hated the playcall. ESPECIALLY after Ohio called a TO after seeing our formation. Dumb dumb dumb to not change the play after that time-out.
November 30th, 2013 at 6:55 PM ^
I could have support this if we thought we could hurry the snap and catch them off-guard. But after the time-out, I be like....Kick the dang ball and win it in overtime. There was no gurantee we would have won it in OT either.
Everyone in my section wanted OT. Is a loss in OT better than a loss in regulation? I dont know.
November 30th, 2013 at 4:11 PM ^
No one was on the back side and we've been killing them the whole day on misdirection. After the timeout we needed to show them something completely different that they couldn't call a timeout for. There should be a play like that in reserve. No problems with the decision at all. You control the game and that's all you could ever ask for today. Can't blame that on "execution" though, just wrong play call. A loss is a loss and that means Borges has to go. Somebody has to be held accountable.
Still though, great call to go for two and couldn't be any prouder of my boy's today! I'll admit that I gave up hope before it even started. These men came out and fought for everything we believe in and showed why you should never give up on Michigan. Go Blue!
December 1st, 2013 at 12:03 AM ^
The second read (fade) looked open to me. If Devin steps up more into the pocket and pumps the first read, nobody from Ohio State is in a position to make a play on the fade.
They were facing zones, they knew they were facing zones, trying to overload the zones was not a bad plan.
November 30th, 2013 at 4:03 PM ^
Hey guys! I missed the game. How bad did we get blown out?
/s
November 30th, 2013 at 4:58 PM ^
It's still a loss, Montucky Yooper. One point or 28, it's still a loss.
November 30th, 2013 at 5:41 PM ^
Really? Are you that big an idiot?
November 30th, 2013 at 8:31 PM ^
My guess is he thought the Northwestern win was awful as well.
December 1st, 2013 at 3:21 PM ^
Obviously, losing always sucks. Losing to a hated rival sucks more. But had we been annihilated in this game it could have affected recruiting. As it turned out, the team proved that there is not anywhere near as much distance between these two programs as anyone thought.
If you think that doesn't matter, a lot, then you don't know that much about college football.
November 30th, 2013 at 3:42 PM ^
nothing to lose really
November 30th, 2013 at 3:46 PM ^
November 30th, 2013 at 3:49 PM ^
derp derp derp
November 30th, 2013 at 4:00 PM ^
That was really our only chance at winning the game. No way we win in OT with the way OSU was playing on offense and the fact that our FG kicker looks like a deer in headlights in big moments.
November 30th, 2013 at 4:04 PM ^
During Ohio's last drive, watching them destroy us with their run, there was no way we would have beat them in OT. They would have run us into the ground.
November 30th, 2013 at 4:12 PM ^
November 30th, 2013 at 4:55 PM ^
It's both. It was a gutsy call and the right one since we couldn't stop them. Our success was on misdirection and fortune that OSU couldn't figure out our play calling. They were straight up mauling our defensive line. They might figure out our offense but we couldn't stop them.
Do you honestly trust Borges with more time?
November 30th, 2013 at 5:46 PM ^
November 30th, 2013 at 7:06 PM ^
I was FURIOUS at the call and outcome, but after thinking about Gardner's condition I think it makes sense. He may not have made it through a few OTs.
December 1st, 2013 at 4:26 AM ^
November 30th, 2013 at 4:05 PM ^
we should have kicked the xtra point
we had the momentum at home
where do we go from here?
5 losses and we are happy we did not get blown out at home by osu?
we have fallen quite a ways.....sadly
November 30th, 2013 at 4:09 PM ^
Defense was negligible.
We had no fg kicker.
Our offense was great but not as consistent as theirs.
November 30th, 2013 at 5:47 PM ^
November 30th, 2013 at 8:03 PM ^
Schedule weak opponents beat them (albeit just barely) and lose to opponents that matter. If we play close games against them we accept it as a moral victory. As long as we do not get blown out is all that matters.
The right call for the two point is to give DG an option to either hand off, pass or run it himself. To restrict the play to one option really handcuffed him.
Hoke and his staff will not have any excuses next year.
November 30th, 2013 at 3:42 PM ^
November 30th, 2013 at 3:42 PM ^
November 30th, 2013 at 3:49 PM ^
November 30th, 2013 at 5:03 PM ^
Agreed, it was a rub route that's worked consistently for us in the past. The receivers didn't use each other to obstruct each other's defenders as well as they could, the throw was a bit inside, and also give Ohio's defenders for jumping the route.
As far as the call, I loved it. I loved the fact that Hoke let the seniors decide even more.
November 30th, 2013 at 7:45 PM ^
December 1st, 2013 at 10:38 AM ^
Devin got hit as he threw as it was, and was on the turf before Dileo even landed.
Someone (Spence?) got through the line, and (if DG had a choice in reads) gave him no time to go anywhere else.
November 30th, 2013 at 7:39 PM ^
Borges has called some fabulous games and some horrible games.I gotta believe during those games he was forced into MANBALL.when allowed to do what he wants, it's pretty Damn good.
November 30th, 2013 at 3:54 PM ^
November 30th, 2013 at 3:59 PM ^
November 30th, 2013 at 4:57 PM ^
I just wish we went for funchess. The guys is taller than any DB
November 30th, 2013 at 5:04 PM ^
He's had a serious case of the drops lately and Dileo was absolutely money all day.
November 30th, 2013 at 5:07 PM ^
I see what you're saying but we had no problem going to funch for the TD the play before.
November 30th, 2013 at 4:03 PM ^
We saw a different team today than we've seen in a while. If we play our cards right...next year... We control our destiny.
November 30th, 2013 at 4:07 PM ^
like we said last yr and the year before and the yr before that, etc?
Youth?
Go Blue!
November 30th, 2013 at 4:24 PM ^
Borgess may have been stubborn early in the year but who's to say brady hoke didn't say "here's the game plan. We stick with it. No questions asked. We have to become who we want yo be eventually". Does making our ultra talented qb learn a new offense in his fifth year make any sense for next year???? I don't think so.
See u next year Al!
November 30th, 2013 at 3:43 PM ^
I support the decision. Oh well. Helluva game
November 30th, 2013 at 3:43 PM ^
Love the call.
November 30th, 2013 at 3:43 PM ^
I had no issue with going for two. That was the right decision. However, staying in the same formation after Ohio State called timeout was stupid.
November 30th, 2013 at 3:49 PM ^
Absolutely. When I saw Dileo in motion I knew it was doomed. They saw it coming the whole way.
Don't disagree with the 2, just the playcall.
November 30th, 2013 at 3:50 PM ^
November 30th, 2013 at 4:07 PM ^
November 30th, 2013 at 3:43 PM ^
Definitely
November 30th, 2013 at 3:43 PM ^