Year 5 and still no light at the end of the tunnel for the Offense. It's like every year it's something different. 3 OCs in 5 years, general malaise with the offensive line recruiting and play, and returning QBs that regress (Speight, Patterson). Yet we have backup QBs that transfer and light up a conference contender (Joe Burrow vs Texas) or it's a true freshman lighting up an annual conference contender (USC's Slovis vs Stanford).
I think at this point it's safe to say Harbaugh has lost his "QB Whisperer" touch. Outside of his first year with Jake Ruddock (who was already a 5th year QB who wasn't as bad at Iowa as people make it out to be), QB play and recruiting has uninspiring. Peters and Speight transferred, O'Korn was a disaster, Patterson hasn't shown any progress from year 1 to year 2 so far, and now some people are saying McCaffery has arm strength issues so not ready to run the offense yet. So where's the light at the end of the tunnel? There is no faith in the offensive coaching staff anymore.
Year 5 into Harbaugh era and the offense still has constant problems. I think this is what we’ll have under Harbaugh - average to sometimes good offense paired with a good to great defense. Enough to get us 9-10 win seasons but not enough to get us to playoffs on consistent basis without a lot of luck. Unless Harbaugh leaves, I doubt we’ll see a major change from this.
Another day another de-commitment. Guess got to trust Harbaugh and staff. This has to be craziest recruitment cycle I've ever seen at Michigan. Harbaugh's madness applies everywhere it seems.
So here's a question - what if Gant, Strobel, etc. don't get their degree by end of spring? They've been on campus for 4 years and it's quite common for people to take 5 years to graduate (I'd say a quarter of my UM friends did).
Would Harbaugh really send them packing without degree on hand? I know we need the space for incoming class, but the idea of these scholarships was to give kids an opportunity at Michigan to obtain a degree due to athletic skills; if they maintain good standing and are model football players, would we really shove them out and possibly have them finish school on their own dime?
How can a football reporter not know what a nickel back is? Who cares about whether Harbaugh does his poll or not? No wonder the news industry is struggling; any clown can get a job as a reporter.
Oh my god how can people complain about this game? That was total domination on both sides of the ball. God I swear Michigan fans will nitpick everything; just enjoy the damn win.
Do people really think Harbaugh is going to stand on sidelines and just clap? He will be heavily involved in game play calling for the offense. I love this hire; Drevno will turn our OL into the nastiest in the land and will help coordinate a dominant run game.
Replace hoke with a 8 year old cheerleader on the sidelines and you won't notice a difference. Well, maybe the 8 year old girl can at least count to 11.
Has any team started 2 walk ons in back to back years? Amazed that after all the highly ranked recruits we landed, we still draw from the walk on kids to build our lines.
Great hire. Love Nussmeier's work with QBs. His initial Washington years should be discounted, as noted by Brian, and he and Sark had to turn around that dumpster fire of a program. His tutelage of Locker, Price, and McCarron will speak volumes to recruits.
And for Lane Kiffin; what in God's green earth to people see in him? Did the Auburn loss turn Saban senile to go to the point of hiring Kiffin? And Kiffin is the most pass happy coach ever; how the hell would he fit down in Alabama's run oriented offense? Some things in life just don't make sense.
This has to be the youngest line ever in Michigan history. Zero of them have won any accolades (Big Ten or All-American). This line has never played together. 2014 is going to be ugly.
We have a true freshman QB and we hardly run the ball and instead run a bunch of gadget plays and throw the ball a million times? This team is a dumpster fire.
There's no hope anymore for this program. These past 6 years have broken my Michigan spirit in half. For the first time in my life, I've given up on this program. Fall of 2014 means nothing to me now.
Michigan not offering KLS is baffling. Coaches are going all in on Jashon Cornell but not sure if eggs all in one basket approach is good or not. That strategy backfired big time when we went all in on Deshawn Hand and had essentially zero backup options, especially when we really need a SDE in the '14 class. Seeing how our pass rush was mediocre this year, we really need to bring in some talent.
M stands for Mediocre. Can't believe there won't be any offensive staff changes after we set program and historical records with back to back negative rushing yards in a game and the complete offense meltdown in November.
No Gator bowl please. I rather play in BW3 bowl so we have new place to go. Jacksonville is mediocre and Tempe is a pretty awesome party city. And lots of hot girls too.
Michigan's defensive rankings having been misleading these past few years. Are we greatly improved from Rich Rod years? Yes. But I think our D ranking are inflated due to below average Big Ten offenses. Put this team in Big 12 or PAC 12 and we'd be shredded weekly.
Secondary play has been downright mediocre and the D passing stats are greatly helped by crappy QB play in Big Ten. This defense has a long way to go to be elite.
Good thing we're recruiting tons of safeties. Oh we told Montae Nicholson we don't need safeties? Jabril Peppers taking visits? That's okay because we have Josh Furman aka Deon Sanders 2.0. Other than that complaint, hats off to our team for a good game.
Never in a million years I thought I'd be betting on OSU for the Game, but it's just too easy of a bet to pass up. OSU will be covering by middle of 1st quarter.
Back to back end arounds? Genius Al, genius. For a net total of zero yards. But don't worry, highly doubt Borges is let go, so 2014 is gonna be all sorts of fun.
This class needed 2 outside WRs and a slot; Drake locked down first outside spot and then Ways beat Williams to the punch for other outside spot. Slot was always between Canteen and Scott. '14 WR recruiting officially done now; time to ramp up heat on George Campbell.
I love how we have so many weapons - TH3 and Burke having off days? No problem Stauskas and McGary step up and dominate. All this talent is finally putting it together and clicking.
Justin Davis, a high 4 star Cali RB prospect is announcing on Thursday; supposedly he is a USC lean. Would USC take 2 RBs with limited scholarships? If USC lands Davis, I like our chances a little better.
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Year 5 and still no light at the end of the tunnel for the Offense. It's like every year it's something different. 3 OCs in 5 years, general malaise with the offensive line recruiting and play, and returning QBs that regress (Speight, Patterson). Yet we have backup QBs that transfer and light up a conference contender (Joe Burrow vs Texas) or it's a true freshman lighting up an annual conference contender (USC's Slovis vs Stanford).
I think at this point it's safe to say Harbaugh has lost his "QB Whisperer" touch. Outside of his first year with Jake Ruddock (who was already a 5th year QB who wasn't as bad at Iowa as people make it out to be), QB play and recruiting has uninspiring. Peters and Speight transferred, O'Korn was a disaster, Patterson hasn't shown any progress from year 1 to year 2 so far, and now some people are saying McCaffery has arm strength issues so not ready to run the offense yet. So where's the light at the end of the tunnel? There is no faith in the offensive coaching staff anymore.
Year 5 into Harbaugh era and the offense still has constant problems. I think this is what we’ll have under Harbaugh - average to sometimes good offense paired with a good to great defense. Enough to get us 9-10 win seasons but not enough to get us to playoffs on consistent basis without a lot of luck. Unless Harbaugh leaves, I doubt we’ll see a major change from this.
Would Harbaugh really send them packing without degree on hand? I know we need the space for incoming class, but the idea of these scholarships was to give kids an opportunity at Michigan to obtain a degree due to athletic skills; if they maintain good standing and are model football players, would we really shove them out and possibly have them finish school on their own dime?
Not criticizing Harbaugh; just curious.
Great hire. Love Nussmeier's work with QBs. His initial Washington years should be discounted, as noted by Brian, and he and Sark had to turn around that dumpster fire of a program. His tutelage of Locker, Price, and McCarron will speak volumes to recruits.
And for Lane Kiffin; what in God's green earth to people see in him? Did the Auburn loss turn Saban senile to go to the point of hiring Kiffin? And Kiffin is the most pass happy coach ever; how the hell would he fit down in Alabama's run oriented offense? Some things in life just don't make sense.
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Braden - Redshirt Sophomore
This has to be the youngest line ever in Michigan history. Zero of them have won any accolades (Big Ten or All-American). This line has never played together. 2014 is going to be ugly.
There's no hope anymore for this program. These past 6 years have broken my Michigan spirit in half. For the first time in my life, I've given up on this program. Fall of 2014 means nothing to me now.
Secondary play has been downright mediocre and the D passing stats are greatly helped by crappy QB play in Big Ten. This defense has a long way to go to be elite.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIeWjLC_SB0
Victory !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Alex, I'll take another crappy bowl game in Florida for a $1000, please"
Quite possible that the 2015 recruiting class will be all 4* and 5* except for Jon Runyan Jr and Andrew David; that's crazy.
I love how we have so many weapons - TH3 and Burke having off days? No problem Stauskas and McGary step up and dominate. All this talent is finally putting it together and clicking.
Hail to the Victors Vailant; Go Blue !!!
Can I get a What What ??? Go Blue !!!! Love this team
Go Blue !!! I love it !!!!
It's time to celebrate. Wooooooooooo !!!!