Fox
Was A BAD Deal…
For Michigan Football Fans:
MGoBlue.com announced on Monday that the Minnesota Game on November 4th
will kick at 7:30 PM. That
noise you heard on Monday afternoon was a collective “F@#$%CK!” from the Michigan
faithful that has more or less had its fill of night games this
season. (The Fox deal called for
Michigan committing to 3 night games over the next two seasons,
and with next season’s home schedule, this was the better game?). Now, it could be nice and balmy or the game could
start in the 40’s in a rain storm and with a temperature drop from there…
It’s all about the money…Money, money, money!
The Early Forecast from Weather.com
Looks like the rain storm is ahead of nice a balmy…
I’m really starting to dislike the Night Time
Kicks for what should be noon games.
But Michigan draws a big TV number. Fans AND Haters want to watch.
And
The Beat Goes On…
“We’re going to lose
to the suckeyes in the worst possible way. In our own house and by a score that’s going
to be WAY WORSE than last time they were here.
This is going to go down as one of Harbaugh’s WORST SEASONS EVER as a
head coach of college or pro.”
And
that was one of the nicer bits of feedback this week.
Listen: I know things look bad. Even the normally very up-beat and blue sky MMQ
is having a hard time seeing any sliver lining or having any hope of being
competitive with the conference elite moving forward. My worst fear is dumping one to Maryland,
Minnesota or (god forbid) Rutgers along the way. This team is better than that and the coaches
need to figure out a way to move the ball and win the games with what they
have. Stop making these guys try to
play like pros and let them play what they can play. If Michigan isn’t 8-2 rolling into Wiscy,
there’ll be problems in Camelot with respect to Harbaugh and his staff. And let’s not forget you reap what you sow and the
2013-14 recruiting classes weren’t even in the Top 25…
Here’s a link to a pretty good round-table in Yahoo Sports
analyzing Michigan. Sort of the same
stuff I’ve been saying…
Isn’t
it time for Peters? (redux)
Harbaugh
stated he was getting ready to put him in against PSU at his Monday Presser.
Again,
how can it possibly be any worse? FFS, Michigan is tied for 4th in
the East with Rutgers! Unless Peters is a complete disaster
and utter bust, ala Drew Henson, which was discussed at AP’s house on Saturday where the
Tailgate Crowd convened. Even
though Henson had some good games over the course of the season and a half that
he played. I guess we’ll probably get to
see Peters
in some sort of fashion against Rutgers, but I wouldn’t count on seeing much. He’ll be handing off and I doubt they’ll give
him too much leash…
What I’d really like to see is a little more creativity in
the play calling. PSU style, thank you.
What
Does It Mean For the Future?
It means that the coaching staff either A: Has their work cut out for them to get to a
point of being competitive with the elite of the conference or B: Michigan suffers for at least another
cycle (think good thoughts for 2020 and beyond) before being able to resemble a
true top 10 team.
That means potentially dropping two to the Domers as well
over the next couple of seasons.
Nuts…
Slappy
Fan Grief Stage?
I had the Michigan Fan Base in Bargaining on Monday,
but maybe the MMQ has taken a short cut and gone all the way to Acceptance. Each game this season has been one
dick-tripping episode after the next and Speight going down was really the
icing on the cake. I knew in the
back of my mind that it couldn’t get better (even though the suckeyes found a
way with their 3rd string QB to win the National Title) as Speight
was the only part of the problem, but he knew things about the offense well
enough to perhaps mask some of the holes.
O’Korn is playing as well as he’s going to play right now.
In short, it is what it is and Basketball Season
starts in 17 days!
CFP
– It’s Never Too Early To Play “What IF”
The things I look at and think about in my spare time…
I touched on my list for the CFP on Monday, but what I
failed to mention is that the Pac 12’s hopes cling to however the Domers
finish the season (and then, maybe not even that). Yep, you read that right. If the Domers win out (low probability, but it
exists), they will have effectively eliminated any chance that the Pac 12
has of getting a team into the CFP. 1-loss
Domer team to Georgia would look way better than what would probably be the
worst 1-loss team out there. A Husky Pac
12 Champ that lost to a Cellar Dweller Arizona school.
There are still countless scenarios in play, but that’s one
observation. Another really good question
is:
Do
the Domers even have a chance? Assuming for a second that it doesn’t
matter who wins the Georgia-Bama Showdown, either of those teams will have a
better 1-loss game under their belt than the Domers. Assuming either PSU, Wiscy, or, at this point
based on where they’re ranked, OSU wins out, the B1G has one team in
(with or without a loss). And the Big
12 could either have an undefeated Champ or a 1-loss Champion with an extra
data point over a really good team…And if Clemson wins out, they’ll be a
champion in the ACC with a really crappy loss to the Cuse, but
still a champion (in the league that the Domers partly identify with). All of this assumes for the moment that the
committee learned its lesson last year with respect to PSU and the suckeyes
regarding putting the Conf. Champ into the CFP…Or they might just
figure it’s time to put two teams from the same conference in (Georgia – Bama).
So are the Domers already doomed even if they win out
with a single loss to Georgia by not being in a conference?
But
Mr. MMQ, it’s difficult to believe there isn’t a scenario where the Domers get
in with 1-loss (to a potential SEC Champion???)
I
know, right? And
they can almost be guaranteed a spot if the following occurs:
1. Clemson
DOESN’T Win the ACC.
IF Clemson wins the ACC as the defending NC, I’m not sure the loss to
the ‘Cuse hurts them that much in the committee’s eyes. Anyone else (NC State or Miami – the Domers
play both) wining the ACC helps the Domers chances (and give them a victory
over ANOTHER Conference Champ!).
2. Either
or both Bama and Georgia lose before the SEC Championship. Giving the runner up in the SEC 2-losses…meaning
that every Domer fan just became a huge Gus Malzhan and Auburn fan.
Stay Tuned!
Forde
Rightly Calls Out D’Antoni
I know they beat Michigan and I was going to leave this
alone, but somebody called it out for me. Pat Forde at Yahoo Sports called out the
Sparty Coach in the Forde Yard Dash this week. This is bush-league, even for the Italian
Stallion….
COACH WHO SHOULD RIDE THE BUS TO WORK
Mark Dantonio (39), Michigan State. Taking the bus is the safest mode of transport for Dantonio if he wants to be safe from the next moving violation committed by his running back, LJ Scott, who was arrested last week after a seventh driving-related offense – most of them stemming from a suspended license. Dantonio, whose program has had a lot of garbage flowing through it recently, laid the hammer on Scott on Saturday by making him sit out one entire offensive series against Indiana. As a colleague noted Saturday night, after Scott scored the final touchdown in the victory over the Hoosiers, “Never forget that Dantonio was a Jim Tressel guy.”
Mark Dantonio (39), Michigan State. Taking the bus is the safest mode of transport for Dantonio if he wants to be safe from the next moving violation committed by his running back, LJ Scott, who was arrested last week after a seventh driving-related offense – most of them stemming from a suspended license. Dantonio, whose program has had a lot of garbage flowing through it recently, laid the hammer on Scott on Saturday by making him sit out one entire offensive series against Indiana. As a colleague noted Saturday night, after Scott scored the final touchdown in the victory over the Hoosiers, “Never forget that Dantonio was a Jim Tressel guy.”
Who’s
Gonna’ Sing First?
NCAA Hoops has been unusually quiet in the aftermath of Pitino’s
disastrous interview, the UNC Getting Away With Murder and the FBI arrests. It’s been like 4-5 days since anything
newsworthy has happened, leading me to believe we’re in for something juicy in
the next couple of days.
It could be this guy, Rashan Michel, turning evidence on everyone
to keep his butt out of the slammer.
Everything
about him reads, “ME, ME, ME”.
FIVE
TOTALLY REAL AND IRRATIONAL MESSAGE BOARD THREADS
“Hey
Clay, have you thought about just staying in Chicago?” - wearesc.com
“Art
Briles; Just say yes.” - hogville.net
“Why
isn’t there an angry mob with pitchforks and torches on Holmoe’s front door?” -
cougarboard.com (BYU)
“How
long are we stuck with Jimbo? Serious question” - warchant.com
“Urban
Meyer = master Foister” - orangebloods.com (Texas)
Etc.
Penn State tries to ban suckeyes alternate jersey due
to lack of contrast, but apparently the unis are “legal” according to
AD Smith.
I dunno... all looks pretty grey to me.
Hill Apologizes for flipping the
bird…
Michigan is the headliner in
TWIS:
Great Read on Which is the Better
Job? Tennessee or Nebraska? Clue:
It’s not in the SEC…
Timberlake
To Sing At Superbowl
And everyone should remember what happened last time he sang
with Janet Jackson in 2004.
More
Boobies on stage? Why Not?
