Two interesting nuggets I picked up in Madison this weekend

I don't know enough about football schemes and X's and O's to know if the right calls are being made at the line, but I sincerely doubt this guy's second point is true. 

While Harbaugh hasn't made many friends since returning to Michigan, I can't imagine the media backlash that would occur if there was ever hard evidence that came out that either the NCAA or the B1G were systematically working to screw Harbaugh and Michigan over just out of some petty distaste for the guy. Despite a lot of people hating Harbaugh, that would be blatant corruption and abuse of power, where the perpetrators getting fired is probably the least of their concerns (legal action, death threats, etc.). An act like that far outweighs any of Harbaugh's shenanigans. 

Imagine the potential legal ramifications. Would Michigan have a legal right to sue the Big Ten or the NCAA for willfully contributing to sabotaging their teams and their student athletes? I imagine they'd have a case against them for directly and knowingly acting against the best interests of their students. And....you know....supporting student athletes is what both organizations are supposed to stand for. 

Even if Delaney wanted to do this, I just can't imagine that the pros outweigh the cons here. Heads would ROLLLLLL if something like that ever got out. 

Whatever the reason for the awful pass protection on the OLine, at the end of the day it clearly falls in Tim Drevno. He bears the most responsibility for this. He had a previous track record, but after 3 years it doesn’t really mean as much. It’s time for Drevno to go. Maybe it’s too much to be OC and an OLine Coach. I don’t really know.

If the players aren’t executing, it falls completely on their coaches.

Are we ever going to get an o-line coach that knows wtf they’re doing ? I️ say take a risk and try and get Pete Stuursma from the d3 level. He has a proven track record of developing offensive lines

to notice that you upvoted your own OP.  I feel as though that is more thread-worthy and credible of a topic then the other random fans throughts and drunken exagerating of your friend 

...we need to run crossing patterns into the umpire until none are left. Then prison rules will ensue.

Chicken McNuggets are shit but still better than your highest. Did you really think these “nuggets” were worth posting? I didn’t think so. Just another I’m an attention whore post by Maizen. Pathetic.

Hopefully calm Jim Harbaugh has earned the good graces of the officials for next year.  Because we are going to need it.

Sat next to my dog on the couch during the game. My dog didn't actually say anything beyond barking, since he's a dog and all, but if he could I am sure that he would say we need to stop throwing fades to McDoom. Also, dogs hate cats and they especially hate the wildcat and the pepcat in particular. Also, no more play action on 3rd and long, he thinks that's dumb. Like how when i pretend to throw the tennis ball but don't, well, he can figure that out and he's a dog so it's probably not going to fool Wisconsin's LBers either. I'm not an offensive coordinator so I have no idea if my dog's analysis is correct. Probably not breaking news, but it was a confirmation of sorts that our offensive might have a systemic problem. Per my dog (he's a boxer so he's probably right). 

The illegal block called against Michigan on the successful fake punt that was called back in Bo's final Rose Bowl was established as a "pay back" call by one official with an ax to grind.

Given the world we live in today, I can buy into this to a degree.

You are the worst. 

I clicked the link hoping for either golden nuggets or chicken nuggets.  Got neither.

These are issues that don't have solutions until 2018 and beyond.  Moreover, whether what you say is true or not doesn't explain what is happening.

1) We're getting beat in pass pro.  We don't need anyone to help us understand this.

2) We're getting screwed by the refs.  Said every fanbase in America every year.  If it's really a biased situation, let the AD handle it.  There is no other solution.

the first except when you look at how Michigan games are actually officiated.

Michigan has traditionally not committed a lot of penalties. But Michigan has drawn some of the lowest ranked crews in the league this year. That has resulted in some strangely marginal differences in both the quantity and nature of penalties they have drawn. Against Indiana, for example, Michigan set a record for penalties called against them with a rookie crew doing the game and Tom Allen screaming along the sideline about Mchigan's illegal play on every down.

Harbaugh was pretty much an ass in his first year as coach to officials on the sideline and field. But when you compete in a business where the fianancial stakes are just as competitive and remunerative at the coaching level as they are on the pro level, even the suggestion of impropriety in officiating is a point of concern.

That is why Harbaugh got fined last year for his public comments after the Ohio State game, even if if was correct in his assertions. College and pro football must always protect the integrity of the officials and the reputation of their officials. It matters not whether they got everything right from that standpoint. You can't have outsiders questioning the legitimacy of the game because of kept officials.

Look, Michigan fans are smart, observant and know the game. They are horrible whiners after losses and persistent cry babies, too. But they know when their team is getting hosed. And the officiating odor wafting from their games this year is apparently drifting into the camps of other team fan bases.

Let's be clear, there were truth and consequences resulting from the Ohio State game officiating last season. And they have bled over into this year. And if the league doesn't want to acknowledge it, the evidence is there to document it.

I thought this thread was going to be about chicken and cheese curds....

but I totally believe the second story. 

all this story made me want to do is meet Maizen - he seems a little salty, and I like it.

 

trying to say we should fire him since officials and the B1G will never let him win anything we should just move on now