Big ten changing covid protocols

The conference is going to do what benefits the conference. If we had a good football team they’d do the same. Unfortunately, we don’t.

You think Michigan against another conference in a major game, the B1G wouldn’t do whatever they could do to help Michigan... wow... that’s just an absolutely asinine take

Or, like I posted above, maybe start beating them more than once every 17 or 18 years.  We'd know for sure then.  But I guess I'm asking for too much.

Michigan does a fine job of tanking itself. It doesn’t need outside assistance. 

Right on, Fields is terrible against pressure. It had to due to good schemes by the secondary in both cases. Fields will hold on waiting on progressions to break down the defense.

If you play that game too long, OSU will say , ok then let's play man ball and kick your ass.

They hate too be a run orientated scheme with a passion, and Fields can be human, but terrible?

You don't watch UM games then.

It was also revealed that he sprained his right thumb in the 1st quarter yesterday and had it wrapped.  But still. his decision making is a head scratcher at times and he holds onto the ball way too long.at times

Well the WR coach, Brian Hartline, who is responsible for getting the backups up to speed was also out under the COVID contact tracing protocol.

The past few years OSU has gone ~6 deep with WRs. No spring ball, limited/no summer workouts, no September non-con games to play young players in the second half = inexperienced, young WRs aren't able to gain experience with reps.

Had 2020 been normal circumstances, Jameson Williams and probably 3 of their true freshmen WRs would be better prepared to take the field and take on an increased role as part of the 6-man rotation. As it is, it's primarily been a 2-man receiving corps with Olave & Wilson. Once Olave was listed as unavailable (and his primary backup) I knew it would be trouble for their passing game against a really good secondary in NW.

EDIT: And yes, Hartline being out didn't help with what could have been on-the-spot instruction.

You don't give your back-ups many reps with your 1st team QB, unless they pass the eye test in practice, oryou had early season injuries.

If you think that looked like crap, it's because the back-ups ran the wrong adjustments, leaving Fields looking like  UM QB.

Timing / Route Discipline is the OSU strength, and it takes more than a week to develop it.

The problem is that they always bend backwards for osu.  Look at 1973.  Look at when they jumped PSU recently.  Look at this year when it should have been indiana in the championship game.

Letting then go to the cfp just build more momentum for osu that they don't already need.  This death machine has been built by getting more air time on tv and more press

The cfp is a big boost for a teams future, win or lose.