Today will be
brief on the re-cap. When there isn’t a
lot of good to comment on, I don’t like to kick a team when they won. And AWIAW.
That is, “A win is a win”.
I should have thought
of this for the FMQ, but it’s still a classic and we should honor the
Ufe every time Michigan plays the Hoosiers:
Back to today’s
entry title: what’s the TGFH
all about?
Thank God For Higdon
He was the lone
bright spot (200 yards rushing) in what was otherwise a pretty un-remarkable
game for the Michigan Wolverines.
The defense sputtered, O’Korn is out of his depth when he’s a starter
and Michigan is literally receiverless. 10
out of 20 for 58 yards passing yards against INDIANA???? And with a little less than 2
minutes to go in the 1st half, Michigan managed to run- get this –
they ran TWO PLAYS for 7 yards!!! That’s
some 2-miute drill, donchathink? Oh, and
on the first series coming out of half time, Michigan went an all TOO FAMILIAR
3 AND OUT!!!! If anyone
asks: This was approximately the time when
I lost
my mind and began drinking heavily…
Did I miss anything?
Oh yes: I almost forgot. Michigan did set a school record with a
whopping 16 penalties on Saturday! 3 on
ONE SINGLE Defensive PLAY ALONE!
Wait
Mr. MMQ – There HAS TO BE SOME Bright Spots?
Uh, let’s see….they
won?
The coaching
was better regarding play-calling, but Michigan seems to telegraph their
intentions when they get to the line of scrimmage. I was mentally trying to call what Michigan
would run (on offense) and I think through the first half I missed about 4
plays…
Again, that’s a problem.
I could offer my services to every B1G team that Michigan plays from
this point going forward and sit next to the opposing team’s D-coordinator during
the game and tell him what’s coming. And
it would make me a valuable commodity.
So, Penn
State looms and a QB-less Michigan goes into a night game in Happy Valley. However, I absolutely hate throwing Peters
into that showcase and have that team and that crowd turn him into a shell of a
human being.
Problem is – I don’t think
O’Korn fares any better.
He’s just not a starter. Great off the bench when he hasn’t had a week
to think about it, but craps his diaper when he’s going to be “The Guy”. It’s gonna’ be ugly in Happy Valley. The 10.5 early point spread is a gift and might
creep up to the 14-point range. IF
you’re laying the points, jump on the 10.5.
What to
do? I don’t like coming back to this,
but I
expected more out of Harbaugh at this point. Penalties are a sign of a frustrated
team. This team is exactly that. I expected that Harbaugh would have taken his
NFL
hat off and realize that sometimes you need to go away from the standard
vanilla NFL style offense that keeps you in a game and go to a “surprise”
approach in order to keep opponents on their toes.
What does it mean for PSU?
It means it’s
going to be a long night in Happy Valley and while Michigan has sort of, kind
of owned Penn State, I have a feeling all those years of misery that
Michigan was dumping on Lions may come hauntingly back to roost…
Of course, the
last time PSU was ranked in the top 5 and came into the Big House and no one
gave Michigan a chance to win the game, this happened:
So, we have that going for
us, which is nice…
The
Rest of the Mess
YHMA
– You Have My Attention
Bryce Love: The
2nd place (soon to be first if Michigan’s D can contain Saquon
Barkley) Heisman candidate has 1,387 rushing through 7 games this season. He didn’t even play in the 2nd
half on Saturday due to a minor injury and Shaw simply didn’t need him. Love’s all-purpose yards stand at 1,406. Assuming he keeps that pace, he could
possible hit 2,500 yards for the season. That’s incredible!
Cal: Completely
and utterly dominated Wash State on a Friday night GD Pac 12 AD game. (That’s “God Damn Pac 12 After Dark” as those
late games are ruining my weekends.)
Cal looked very impressive in the dismantling of the Coogs. I watched a completely different team a week
ago defeat USC. I guess the old saying
is accurate: You have to show up every week.
Bama:
I guess it’s the world against Satan at this point. Alabama looked like an extremely complete
football team on Saturday. They lack
nothing. They are truly a Death Star…that
is favored by 38 points in a rivalry game against the hapless Cremesicles.
NC State: Now,
go into South Bend and validate this season!
TIYFC
- Turn In Your Football Cards
Cornsuckers: I was hoping you might at least be
competitive. But as they say: Hope in one hand and you know what in the
other and see which one fills up faster.
The Huskers hired AD Moos from Washington State and the Riley
re-assignment is probably a foregone conclusion. Best thing on Twitter on Saturday? “Watching Nebraska now is like seeing
a once popular band play at the free stage at the State Fair”
Arkan-see-sas:
See Nebraska. If Bielema somehow
survives this season, it won’t be as result of this game. Hawgs weren’t even competitive. They sucked.
I think Brett really wants the buy-out at this point.
CUD
– Complete, Unmitigated Disasters!!!
Clemsoning: Syracuse isn’t that good but the regular Clemson
Tigers didn’t show up. At least, not the
Clemson team that had dominated the college football world through
6 weeks of play. Everyone who’s
lost to Clemson wishes they would have had a shot at the team that was on the
field on Friday night. Yes,
losing the starting QB is a problem, but Clemson should have been able to absorb
that set-back against the ‘Cuse.
Big upset and great win for the Orange.
Clemson has entered the 1-loss “No Mistake Territory” of the
season.
SOW: The State of Washington was riding high
last Monday and this Monday, they are crawling into work and grumbling around
the water coolers and coffee station bitching about what could have been. The Huskies loss is truly a headscratcher as
Arizona State had been giving up 30 points a game and they could only score 7? Unfortunately, I think both of those losses kind
of takes Washington (plural) out of the CFP discussion.
And the QB from Oregon State did this:
Flippin’ Into The End Zone!
Auburnt: You won that game, right? I mean, you were leading 20-0 in the 3rd
quarter, right? That’s a lead you can manage and
win the game, right? Malzhan just got
back into the Hot Seat lead with that uninspired 2nd half of play.
Louisville: I know you’ve already been in this category
once, but losing to BC at home 45-42 when Lamar Jackson tallies 526 yards is
just…well, it’s not good.
Gatorland: These are the games that are pissing the gatorland
fans off. COMPLETELY OUT-STATTED Texas
A&M (more yards, 1st downs, and TOP). Still 0-fer against SEC West teams this
season…
Cremesicles: Lost to South Carolina and Bama is on the
horizon. Jones status is dire and
the fans have had enough…
CBOTL
– Come Back Off the Ledge
These are losses that looked bad, but there’s no reason to
panic and sell the season duckets yet.
Purdue: Almost pulled off the upset of the
Cheeseheads. Brohm is turning into the
best hire of the B1G and even though Purdue’s record doesn’t warrant it, Brohm
should get some honorable mentions for B1G Coach of the Year.
Utah: Had the guts to go for a road win and went
for 2 with 42 seconds left in the game. Personally,
I thought Utah was playing well enough to take the issue into OT, but Wittingham
had other ideas. I didn’t mind the call,
but the play execution was atrocious.
Gottta have a 2-point play that gives you a better than 50-50.
PGL
– Pretty Good Loss
Texas: In a rebuilding year under a new head coach,
losing late by a score isn’t terrible, but you’d rather have the W.
WWB
– We Won, But…We Should Be Worried
Michigan: Saturday night could be a disaster of
biblical proportions in the making. I’m
worried. And if I’m worried, you should
be worried, assuming you’re a Michigan fan.
Miami: You were beat up and down the field and got
a last-minute Figgie to win. I know, a win is a win, but they’re not
going to get any easier from this point forward.
And
the Rest…
BC @
Louisville: Formerly winless in the ACC
Boston College went into Louisville and beat last year’s Heismann trophy winner
45-42! LOL!!!
MSU @
Gophers: Gophers
come storming back but it wasn’t quite enough against the Spartans.
TCU
vs. K-State: TCU is
striking me as possibly being the real deal and may soon get my attention. Normally competitive K-State was NOT
Competitive Saturday and TCU dominated.
Akron
@ Western: Didn’t
play Saturday because THIS:
They claimed they pumped over a Million gallons of water
out of the stadium. And then lost on Sunday to Akron
by a point…Nuts.
The 5
Stages of Slappy Fan Grief
- Denial and Isolation –Michigan. We still only have one
loss! The season can be saved!!
- ANGER –Clemson did
what they haven’t done in a long time and went “Clemsoning” again in
Syracuse.
- Bargaining –Anyone one of the 4 following fanbases: Clemson, Auburn, Washigton and Wash
State…
- Depression –Florida...So
if you do fire McElwain, how does if fix ANYTHING?
- Acceptance
–
Gophers and Louisville. There’s always next year.
I still can’t believe the pussification of the NCAA at this point
in time. Academic fraud is Academic Fraud,
by any other name. I’m pissed
that the cop-out of: Well,
yeah, they were “Write a two-page paper classes, but EVERYONE COULD TAKE THE
Classes!” somehow gets UNC off the hook. BTW –TO Everyone that DOESN’T want to pay
Student Athletes: UNC reportedly spent close to $20M
(That’s $20,000,000) to defend this case over the last 7 years. 7 Years!
Think that money could have gone to say…hmmm, I dunno, paying
student athletes or at least creating better academic classes for student
athletes to take? The Business of Sports? Instead, it went to a bunch of lawyers and
lined their pockets. And they’re
laughing all the way to the bank!
I’m still pissed. Incredible
waste of time, money, and human resources. If this is your conclusion, why take so long
and waste so much money and human effort?
Or is that the NCAA’s way of making you pay when they knew they didn’t
have a case? Make you lawyer up
and defend yourself until your bank account feels the pinch.
If that’s your line of thinking, then strip the titles
(initially) and make UNC appeal and waste some more time and dough.
F’ing
Morons….
Idle
Thoughts from Saturday
-So Clemson went “Clemsoning”
-As did Wash State
-And that wasn’t even competitive
-How can one team be so high one week and so down the next?
-Game Day!
-Why James Madison?
-I get that FCS schools need love too…
-But FBS should really be Game Day’s focus
-However the crowd really shows up at JMU
-And they couldn’t even find a guest picker?
-ESPN had to turn to one of their own?
-That should really be enough to tell you not to do FCS
anymore…
-And Corso scared the JMU mascot nearly off the table!
-Michigan at noon.
-I have a queasy feeling about this game.
-Like Indiana might be sneaky good.
-Play-calling is better
-At least airing it out on 1st down on occasion
-Why couldn’t DPJ get under that ball?
-O’Korn, you have to make that pass
-Higdon a machine right now
-At least were run blocking better…
-Of course, it is Indiana
-Nordin and Higdon are having good games
-Okay – 2 minutes to go in the half
-Let’s do the two-minute drill and-
-Wait - WTF are we doing?
-DIDN’T HARBAUGH SEE MY POST LAST WEEK?
-Final 5 minutes in the 1st half and 1st
5 minutes of the 2nd half are THE MOST IMPORTANT IN ANY GAME!
-2 F@#$ING PLAYS?
With a Minute and 46 seconds left?
-2 F@@#$%ING PLAYS?????
-I hate you Harbaugh.
-Play the fucking game to win
-Okay start of the 3rd.
-March down and score
-something…anything
-3 and out on the first series after halftime? 3 AND OUT???
-3
AND OUT????
-Harbaugh – you’re clearly not reading the MMQ!
-O’Korn is lost out there.
-Isn’t a good starter.
-Can come off the bench (Purdue)
-Can’t start….
-sigh….
-Defense seems to be slipping a little
-Been on the field a lot
-It’s Indiana, for crap’s sake.
-Stop these guys!
-All right, up two scores in the 4th
-Harbaugh – Would you PLEASE KEEP CALLING PLAYS like you NEED TO
SCORE!
-Playing “Not to lose” is a recipe for disaster
-3 and out?
-Punt….
-And there it is.
Big punt return by IU
-And there it is.
All IU needs is a Figgie.
-GET A DAMN FIRST DOWN!
-No - 3 and out…There’s a F!@#$!$%ING PATTERN HERE!
-And there it is
-46 Yard Figgie and we’re going to OT
-I wonder how long this will last…
-TGFH!
-Hold them!
-INT
-Doesn’t feel like a win….
-Feels like impending doom
THE MMQ’s “I DON’T NEED A COMMITTEE!”
Will return when the Committee makes their first ranking!
The Hot Seat
Still looking for Hot Coach’s wives suggestions!
It’s no wonder why Bielema wants his buy-out to get to the
beach! He has an extremely
beach-worthy wife! I would say the
Bielema married above his status.
Million dollar contracts will do that….
ZAPPED
List
We’ll keep track of who’s gone as the season progresses….
- “Holier than Thou” Hugh
Freeze
- Andersen – Oregon State
- Kugler – Texas El Paso
Electric
Chair of Death Seat!
- Riley - Nebraska. Just gonna leave the comment from last
week: As
the great Corso says, “Lose at home and it’s okay. Getting BLOWN OUT at home is a recipe
for disaster…”.
- Bielema –
Not sure how he survives the season
- Butch Jones –
Ditto…
- PETRINO – Lost
AT HOME TO BOSTON COLLEGE!!!
The Hot Seat
1. Fedora
– UNC
2. Mulzahn – Up 20 and lose on the road? And out-coached by Orgeron?
3. Odom– Mizzou. Luckily he’s a grad. Might survive a bad season
4. Mullen
– uh oh. But
he’ll get a job somewhere else. Too good
of a coach.
5. Sumlin:
Still needs a big Win.
6. McElwain Two SEC losses in a row to bad SEC West teams
7. Ogeron
-LSU slowly moving down the list with wins
8. Rich Rod
9.
Graham
10.
Beatty
– Kansas. They really suck
11.
Lovie
Smith – Illinois. Lost the Battle of the
B1G Basment
12.
Ruhle
– Baylor. Could go win-less
Etc.
Schadenfreude
First we had the squirrel.
Now we have a Jack Rabbit for Heisman!
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