2022 Michigan Football

[lordstanley]

Decent 3rd quarter. 

[RandyMarsh]

I love how Donovan Edwards has been patient and waiting for the blocks to open up instead of just going full speed ahead as soon as he gets the handoff. 

[lordstanley]

Turns out to be a very good day for Michigan. 35 point win while Bama and Clemson lose. 

[romad1]

Glad our subs got a touchdown.  

[Motor City Sonics]

So, I'm thinking Tuesday night.........

1 - Georgia   - The ol' leap frog.  Statement game

2 - Ohio State - Can't drop them because it was close - crazy weather

3 - Michigan - Made a serious statement in the 3rd quarter

4 - Tennessee - Still up there, they can certainly still earn a playoff spot

5 - TCU - All the ranked teams they beat  wound up looking bad

6 - LSU - Brian Kelly killed a kid. 

7 - Oregon - They have only lost to the #1 team, they should be higher

8 - USC (if they win) - I do expect them to win, they get sizzle points for market size

9 - Ole Miss - The can drive a wooden stake into Alabama's heart next week, but LSU had the tiebreaker

10 - Alabama - I should be tuning into sports radio in Alabama to hear the Fire Saban bring in Coach Prime calls

11 - UCLA  (if they win). - it will be cool to see the red & blue showdown mean something again

12 - Clemson - They were a fraud.  Weak schedule.  Ass kicked.  I'm sure Dabo is whining about something tonight

13 - Utah - They just kind of hang out around the edges in a very interesting Pac 12

14 - Penn State - Not a lot of strength beyond the top 7 or 8, but they are not that good

15 - North Carolina - I thought they would be the ones to foil Clemson in the title game

16 - Texas - If they had Quinn Ewers all season they would be higher.  

Sorry Tulane............

Edited November 6, 2022 by Motor City Sonics

[MichiganCardinal]

Question remains whether Ohio State gets punished for their lackluster performance. The weather is a valid excuse but they did not play like the #2 team in the nation. 

1- Georgia

2- Ohio State

3- Michigan

4- TCU

5- Tennessee

[romad1]

Michigan still needs to get Roman Wilson back and figure out how to use Andrel Anthony. 

Blake Corum needs to not have the flu. 

[gehringer_2]

still don't like the blue pants. 

[RandyMarsh]

I actually like the blue pants with the blue jerseys but I'm a fan of unis with the matching tops and bottoms like you get in other sports. I just think it looks sleeker than the mismatched top and bottom. 

[Motor City Sonics]

The punter from Michigan looks like he's 40. 

[MichiganCardinal]

This Monday will be two years to the date that Wisconsin came into Ann Arbor and won 49-11.

Pretty impressive two years later to be the defending B1G Champs, have won 21 of the last 23 games, and appear poised to go to 10-0.

[gehringer_2]

poor clock management my M there. Probably score 7 if they use the TOs earlier.

So everybody is on JJ's case because they don't connect long, and he did overthrow one, but I've yet to see an M wide receiver get any separation on the misses today.

[Motor City Sonics]

53 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

poor clock management my M there. Probably score 7 if they use the TOs earlier.

So everybody is on JJ's case because they don't connect long, and he did overthrow one, but I've yet to see an M wide receiver get any separation on the misses today.

Their passing game must get better in the next 2 weeks or they're gonna be blown out.  

[gehringer_2]

6 minutes ago, Motor City Sonics said:

Their passing game must get better in the next 2 weeks or they're gonna be blown out.  

They are going to have to just stay with the short stuff that works because this WR corp doesn't get open deep unless the scheme manages to break the D's coverage. Schonmaker is out today - do they get him back or is he done? 

Edward's not playing much either and he may actually be their best receiver. If they want to improve the deep passing game they should probably just play him at WR.

Edited November 12, 2022 by gehringer_2

[Motor City Sonics]

24-3.    I think this is where Nebraska goes on their run..........

[gehringer_2]

8 minutes ago, Motor City Sonics said:

24-3.    I think this is where Nebraska goes on their run..........

....down the tunnel?

[gehringer_2]

M offense with the clown show play that goes for a TD

[gehringer_2]

Why is the Space force guy in camo?

shouldn't it be more like this:

Edited November 12, 2022 by gehringer_2

[Motor City Sonics]

I know it's 31-3, but careful here......Nebraska is poised to strike. 

[Motor City Sonics]

I really hate Nebraska's helmet, with the plainest N they could come up with............Come up with SOMETHING better than that. 

[lordstanley]

The closing line was -30.5 I believe, which might explain why some in the crowd cared that Moody made that late kick. 34-3. 

[lordstanley]

Five 10-win seasons for Harbaugh now and if they win next week will mean he has averaged 10 wins in his seven non-Covid seasons. So far: 12-2, 10-0, 10-3, 10-3, 10-3, 9-4, 8-5, (2-4). 
 

 

[Motor City Sonics]

Nebraska is gonna be dangerous now.............Better be cautious here if you're Michigan.  I know the game is over, but Nebraska is a devious and sneaky state. 

[buddha]

3 hours ago, gehringer_2 said:

still don't like the blue pants. 

me neither.

not sure why they feel the need to mess with the best uniforms in sports, but at least its not dave brandon making them look like bumble bees.

[MichiganCardinal]

Just saw this thread today. Bacon is traditionally a very fair and balanced reporter for Michigan sports, and I think this is significant, and well worth the read.

I think it's fully possible the Big Ten elected to wait until law enforcement concluded their investigation to start theirs. Bacon mentions this possibility briefly towards the end of his thread, but I don't know if he does that theory justice, because I could fully understand why the B1G would want to do that, from a corporate standpoint. It's an easy path 'out' from a toxic situation that's inevitably going to leave some of your constituents upset... Allow law enforcement to investigate first, let them do the dirty work, then come in from behind with clean-up if/where needed.

If Crump and/or others are charged with assault this week, there is not much the B1G needs to do with them. MSU will likely formally boot them from the team, and they will likely be looking at a lengthy period of probation, if they get a reasonable judge (and assuming there is no criminal history). I don't foresee the B1G levying any sort of institutional charge against MSU, even despite what is contained here. Maybe the game officials or field mics can corroborate some of it, but a lot of it (language in particular) will be denied, and that's that. It's laying the foundation for a possible pattern of institutional behavior, but I can't imagine what the B1G would do with it on its own. A public reprimand? It's hard to say that MSU did anything wrong in their response to the tunnel incident, quickly suspending eight players and issuing public apologies.

I will say - if this is what Warren is doing, there would be no harm in saying so. A two-sentence statement reading that the investigation remains ongoing and that the B1G is awaiting the results of the police report would silence a lot of this.

I will further say (and this is somewhat political so I'll tread carefully) that a lot of the criticisms laid upon the feet of Warren here can be extended to the UMPD, short of something unknown being contained in the report. That assumption taken as true (that nothing new earth-shattering is going to come out that took them time to flesh out), Bacon is 100% correct that this two-week investigation could have been completed by a journalist in two days. There is no need to churn this out long-term, and police departments often do so for bureaucratic reasons (so-and-so is on vacation, this needs to be approved by X, this needs Y's signature too) that defy a sense of justice. Cases that can be forwarded to a prosecutor in two days should be forwarded to a prosecutor in two days.

In this case, I still firmly believe that Crump should have been arrested the day of the incident. Dragging this out, and all cases like it, only hurts the victim(s), the alleged perpetrator(s), and everyone else involved. I'll step down from the soap box now.