Always try to do a follow up post
from Monday on Wednesday during the season.
I will try to do the same thing this year…
The Mailbag…
It seriously sounded like you were supporting Braylon Edwards and his
calling out of players and Harbaugh. Say
it isn’t so and you blame this malcontent for what he is – a backstabbing
traitor to the program.
Part of the reason I do
this blog is because, for a short period of time while I was in school and time
was valuable, I gave freely of that time to support the football team. I believe that gives me the right to call out
the team and the school and when I see that there’s something going on that
could be done a lot better. In
some cases, a WHOLE LOT BETTER.
Braylon Edwards earned the right to wear
the #1 Jersey and provided a $500K scholarship for the player (wide receiver)
who earns it since 2006.
He is also the son of former
player Stanley Edwards. Berkley Edwards is also currently on the Michigan Roster.
When you have that much Michigan
Football Family associated with one namesake and a scholarship donation to
boot, I’m going to cut all of the Edwards a little slack. What Braylon came back with later on Monday
is FACT: Michigan is 0-17 on the road in
ranked games. Their record against LNU
and THE Sex Toy U also blows.
This team needs to understand that the Michigan fan base is just as
passionate as any in the country when it comes to their desire for winning and
as a result: WE’RE ALL EXTREMELY
FRUSTRATED. READ: Patience is wearing thin. Better said:
The Michigan fan base understands that winning every game is impossible
(for the contrarian view: See Alabama
fan), but they DEFINITELY WANT TO SEE THE EFFORT put forth in every
aspect of the game when the team is playing.
ESPECIALLY when playing a rival.
And frankly, what we saw on Saturday appeared and looked an awful lot
like a lack of effort.
And that includes the coaching
staff.
So, no, I’m not calling Braylon out for
being a malcontent (even though he was often in Lloyd’s Puppy House). Braylon earned the right to call his team out
any time he wants. Now, is it what every
Michigan Man would or should do on Social Media? Absolutely not. And Braylon has paid a price for that rant by
losing his job with the BTN, temporarily at least. But I respect him more for doing that and
doing what he believed was right and suffering the consequences. He’s still a Michigan Man, he just has some
apologizing to do and I think the Michigan Men playing today would benefit from
listening to Braylon and become a little more passionate about the game
they’re playing and the school they’re representing.
I think we lost the game
due to:
Offensive Coaching
– although we utilized the shot-gun, the play calling was way too
conservative and predictable.
Defensive Coaching –
while I like Don Brown a lot, we can’t be blitzing all the time.
Déjà vu from the Outback Bowl. We have the opposing offense penned back
to the goal line. It’s 3rd and long, and we give up a huge
play by being ultra-aggressive. While we should not play prevent, we
should try to play the odds and just keep them from making a first down.
Here we pin them back on the 5 yard line, and they go 95 yards for a TD.
I agree 100%. Play calling really seems to be a mess. It doesn’t appear that Harbaugh did anything
to change his base offense (POWER MANBALL) and while they gave a few nods and a
wink to a “spread” look, it was still the base offense we saw last season. I didn’t get into the fact that Michigan does
not have a “named” OC, but if I was a reporter in one of Jimmy’s Monday Pressers,
one of the questions I’d be asking is “WHO IS CALLING THE OFFENSIVE PLAYS AND
WHERE ARE YOU HIDING MIKE DEBORD???”
Because that’s what some of it looked like.
I think Rich Rodriguez is available for
consulting. Just like Butch Jones going
to Alabama as an offensive consultant.
Go find Rich – we KNOW HE KNOWS offense!
So, ho hum, we drop in the polls after this week, we’ll go on to beat
everyone right up to Wisconsin, people will be excited as we climb back in the
polls, and we’ll drop the 2 games to the Cheeseheads and Sparty. What then for the rest of the season? PSU and OSU revenge?
Well, yeah. What then?
Again, I’m not trying to be as negative as some of you and I get where
the anger and general malaise is coming from. I’m actually surprised you think we can beat
Maryland that easily. Tells me
you didn’t watch that Texas – Terps game very closely. Again, give it a month. But I even hate myself for typing that
because it SHOULDN’T TAKE A DAMN MONTH to figure this stuff out.
No mention of Nebraska from the weekend?
Nebraska was rained out – game
was cancelled. The Cornhuskers will be
looking for a game on their bye week as they only have 11 games now for
a shot to win 6 of them to get bowl eligible.
This Week In Schadenfreude…
I’ve always loved this blog,
especially when Brian at www.mgoblog.com was
writing it, but it’s still as good as ever.
Except of course when Michigan is
the feature…
One good take: We would have destroyed App State (PSU), Utah
State (LNU) and Oregon State (STU) (which kind of DID get destroyed). That being said, the B1G East looks very
beatable right now.
This Is Cool
I know, it’s bad when I start
blogging on Hoop Stuff in Week #2 of Football Season, but this was too good to pass
up.
I like these pre-season Tourneys
and this one might – MIGHT – be a fun one to go to. The Bahamas in November is probably nicer
than Michigan in November. Just a hunch…Took
advantage in 1998 when Michigan Football played a post Sex Toy U game in
Hawaii. Saw the football
team on Oahu and then went to my cousins on Maui and caught a couple of games at
the Maui Civic Center during the Maui Invitational – which isn’t as big
as most high school gyms.
File Under “Satan on Being Satan”
Satan goes off on an ESPN
reporter in a post game interview.
I don’t blame Satan for this rant. He’s sick of answering the damn
question. Let it go…
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