October 12th, 2013 at 9:22 PM ^
October 12th, 2013 at 9:35 PM ^
That loss is all on the caching staff played not to lose instead of to win. Up by 10 and they try running the clock out with that line that can't run block. They think all of a sudden they will be able to. So pissed at those stupid decisions from Brady n Borges. I think Borges sucks he is not willing to adapt it seems and runs the same plaus over and over no creativity. I think to become an elite team we need new off. Coordinator. Borges is a fat ass and needs to retire or just be a qb coach.
October 12th, 2013 at 9:39 PM ^
It was like they were channeling Lloyd Carr, but a really stupid Lloyd Carr, in OT.
October 12th, 2013 at 9:44 PM ^
direct snap to the kicker for a punt you are spot on. Shameful effort.
October 12th, 2013 at 10:17 PM ^
Ouch man, that really hurt.
October 12th, 2013 at 10:55 PM ^
October 12th, 2013 at 9:35 PM ^
Lol, nice attempt at a silver lining. If you think we still have a chance at Indianapolis, you're totally delusional. Have you seen MSU and Nebraska's schedules? Have you seen our team play? Lol.
October 12th, 2013 at 9:49 PM ^
if you think Michigan doesn't at least have a chance to get to the BTCG. NW has two losses. We still control our destiny. It will be harder, and the odds certainly dipped a lot after tonight. But I think it's hyperbole to say what you just said.
Let's not forget that Michigan SHOULD have won tonight. As in, they practically did. If not for almost every imaginable thing going wrong in the last 4 minutes of regulation.
October 12th, 2013 at 9:58 PM ^
I wish I could be more optimistic, but I just watched our running game get 28 yards on 30 carries against a shitpoor PSU defense.
I just watched our QB throw giftpicks and get mauled by nine defenders on every third and long (which was almost every third) because our OC apparently hasn't learned how to take advantage of a tipped full house blitz in long yardage passing situations.
I just watched us get outplayed, outcoached, outclassed by Akron and UConn.
I just watched MSU and Nebraska do what you're supposed to do with shit teams like PSU.
We are a bottom half conference team in a bad conference.
Start asking hard questions.
October 12th, 2013 at 10:56 PM ^
October 13th, 2013 at 9:46 AM ^
October 12th, 2013 at 10:03 PM ^
The coaching and playcalling will cost this team 3-4 more games this season.
October 12th, 2013 at 11:38 PM ^
To top it off our d gives up 80 yards in 57 seconds. Stupid effing conservative coaching. Stupid game mgmt. MAKE A EFFIN GD FIELD GOAL.
Can't imagine what the test of this season brings.
Can we beat Indiana? Hmmm.
MSU at msu. Nope.
Nebraska at home. Hmmmm
NW at nw? Hmmmmmmm.
Ohio. Hmmmmm.
Not feeling good guys. Not feeling good.
October 12th, 2013 at 11:44 PM ^
I'm not convinced we can even win at Iowa at this point.
October 13th, 2013 at 7:49 AM ^
Iowa at Iowa....hmmmmmm.
My question is....How can we not show improvement. With runblocking. I'm no football guru but THEY all say "offensive linemen love to runblock". Put a big body on another big body and move him backward. Even a yard would be nice. It's time to answer the big questions? Why arent we improving in the run game. I think its because our players aren't getting coached properly on it. We have the talent. Yet we fail to show improvement from week to week. To top it off I just dont think Fitz is the guy we are looking for. He seems stuck in the spread offense of yesterday. Gets the ball and automatically starts running down the line instead of just pounding it straight forward. I know its hard to pin on him with the way the blocking is but the combination of our Oline and him is just terrible right now. We blow. Defenses know it, and our coaches just cant seem to help out our players.
Am I giving up on the team. No. But its extremely frustrating to watch lesser teams get the better of us on a weekly basis. I guess we're just at the point where there is no more rabbits to pull out of our as*es. Its all going to boil down to how bad the players want to fight, scrap and claw. Especially DG. Running the ball 20 times a game...its going to be a punishing season. Buckle up fellers, its could get ugly.
October 13th, 2013 at 1:06 PM ^
We do not have the talent. We do have one all-american, one good end, and then: doom. I don't want to be the guy to beat the RichRod dead horse, but let us not forget the horrible recruiting he did on the O line, or on the entire roster for that matter. For every starter RR recruited we have two "doesn't play here anymore's." Additionally, he recruited one OL in one of his years (2010?). Brady Hoke is not only rebuilding a program, but is digging out of the greatest craters ever created at Michigan.
As for the general complaining about the play calling. Was it great: no. But you people have played way to much Madden/NCAA for your own good. We have a weak OL, a QB that can succumb to idiotic turn overs on a moments notice, and a kicker who has been pretty solid this year. Many act like we should be gunslinging down the field with reckless abondandment instead of releying on easier than average kick from and above average kicker. We cry about how many TOs this team gives up and then turn on the coaches when they do something showing an aversion to TOs.
/uninspiring rant off
/still pissed
October 13th, 2013 at 1:52 PM ^
October 13th, 2013 at 5:15 PM ^
/s
October 13th, 2013 at 10:12 AM ^
October 12th, 2013 at 10:14 PM ^
I don't understand why people think that matters so much...Your record in the division still goes by overall conference record.
October 13th, 2013 at 11:44 AM ^
The only way to Indy would be to win our games, if we beat teams in our division and have the same record, we get the tiebreaker. This is why
October 13th, 2013 at 9:36 AM ^
October 12th, 2013 at 9:23 PM ^
Nothing to contribute, that summed it up pretty damn well.
October 12th, 2013 at 9:23 PM ^
Worst piece of coaching from this staff since they showed up. Terrible decisions on all fronts.
October 12th, 2013 at 9:24 PM ^
I'm not sure about the IQ of the coaching staff. Not calling that TO before the end of regulation? NO ONE was paying attention to the play clock in that situation? How can that happen? Those 5 yards wre precious.
October 12th, 2013 at 9:29 PM ^
October 12th, 2013 at 9:41 PM ^
He out less-stupided us.
October 13th, 2013 at 9:05 AM ^
October 13th, 2013 at 1:12 PM ^
Yes that delay of game penalty at the end of the game was killer and completely within the ability of the coaches to avoid by calling time out from the sideline. To me, that was the one biggest error especially given how avoidable it was.
October 12th, 2013 at 9:24 PM ^
I spend all week at the police academy getting my rear end kicked. All I look forward to is watching michigan games on the weekend. I feel like I just went through a redman scenario after that one...
October 12th, 2013 at 10:10 PM ^
October 12th, 2013 at 9:24 PM ^
October 12th, 2013 at 9:24 PM ^
October 12th, 2013 at 9:24 PM ^
Call me crazy, but I actually liked what I saw out of Devin Gardner today. Had some bad turnovers but rebounded much better than I thought he would have.
October 12th, 2013 at 9:30 PM ^
October 12th, 2013 at 9:33 PM ^
Gardner looked pretty good (especially in the second half). Of all the problems with this game, Devin was one of the smallest.
October 12th, 2013 at 10:10 PM ^
but he was a huge reason we lost. He gave up 3 turnovers. Yes, that happened early in the game, but it still happened. Devin should be our starter, but he needs to get better at protecting the ball. It finally cost us the game.
October 12th, 2013 at 10:20 PM ^
The other thing is that Gardner's turnovers probably make the staff gunshy about using him when it isn't absolutely necessary. I don't think they fully trust him, which is understandable but a problem when we can't run the ball with anyone else.
October 13th, 2013 at 1:15 PM ^
Couldn't disagree more. Sure Devin's early mistakes hurt, but without him we would've had nothing going on O, especially on the ground.
October 12th, 2013 at 9:39 PM ^
Aside from the two terrible INTs in the first half (which were truly terrible, and completely on him), I agree. He did pretty good.
October 12th, 2013 at 9:47 PM ^
October 12th, 2013 at 9:52 PM ^
Exactly. Gardner is inconsistent and the run game is non existent. That's not a good combination.
October 12th, 2013 at 9:59 PM ^
Gardner plays like a very talented RS freshman. Moments of brilliance mixed with moments of wtf. That is cool and all but the talent around him is not sufficient to be so bipolar. He cost us 14 points straight away. The defense played more than well enough to win this game and by a comfortable margin. There are many places to place blame for this game and as well as Devin played in the 2nd half he did a major disservice to the team in the 1st half. That said he has no OL and no running game at all to support him so its a clusterf***.
October 12th, 2013 at 10:11 PM ^
Great way of putting it.
October 12th, 2013 at 10:59 PM ^
That was my thought too. The silver lining was he threw two picks, one bad one but didn't implode. He made some nice throws and also nice decisions to tuck and run. That's not bad when it's pretty clear the entire offense was on his shoulders, that's a lot of pressure for anyone, and he handled it well.
October 12th, 2013 at 11:01 PM ^
A silver lining is a good thing, not a bad thing.
October 13th, 2013 at 1:20 PM ^
The silver lining is he did not implode despite throwing 2 picks and fumbling.
October 12th, 2013 at 9:24 PM ^
October 12th, 2013 at 9:26 PM ^
This was extremely humorous. Thank you.
October 12th, 2013 at 9:29 PM ^
Having a date with Tacopants. Or taking creep shots of Jabrill Peppers.... either would have been more pleasant.
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