The Official Indiana vs ][V][ichigan Game Thread

[Michlady]

Yes defense got shredded last year aNd at start of this game

 

[Michlady]

ESPN stats

Shea Patterson is the 4th player in Michigan history with 20 Pass TDs in multiple seasons, joining Chad Henne, John Navarre and Elvis Grbac.

Patterson is also the 2nd player in Michigan history with 5 pass TDs in a game (Jake Rudock had 6 against Indiana in 2015).

 

[wlvrnstlr4life]

With the way Michigan has been playing and with the losses by some teams today, they could move to number 11 or possibly 10 depending on the committee.

 

[tinselwolverine]

Fox is marketing The Game like there’s no tomorrow.

Objectively, I don’t think it’s the best rivalry in college football anymore.

It may return to it one day, but Michigan has blown ass for far too long for it to be the best rivalry right now.

Anyways, I guess Michigan has been playing well enough lately for Fox to hope it’s a game that will attract eyeballs.

 

[hungry]

Amen.

why is Patterson taking hits with a 25 pt lead in the 4th Q, a week before the biggest rivalry game in the entire goddamn UNIVERSE???

We were saying the same thing. That should've been Dylan time.

 

[hungry]

That was NOT a 1st down.

Yeah, by then the refs just wanted to go home. He started off spotting the ball behind the yellow and he moved forward as he walked to place the ball to a spot ahead of the line. I don't think anyone cared, though.

 

[hungry]

still playing our defensive starters... why?

I noticed that, too. They had some subs, but they left others out there the whole damn game.

 

[hungry]

The defense better play a whole lot better next week, cuz they looked like shit today. We still would have won, but the score would have been much different if IU didnt lose all those guys to injury in the 1st half.

IU's first 2 drives were good. Michigan clamped down the rest of the game until that very last drive. I guess you could blame the injuries or maybe they made adjustments after those first 2 drives. IU went 3 and out like 5 drives in a row after that.

 

[hungry]

With the way Michigan has been playing and with the losses by some teams today, they could move to number 11 or possibly 10 depending on the committee.

Would not be surprised at all to see them in the top 10. More publicity for the big Noon kick-off!!! 2 top 10 teams!!

 

[hungry]

The game was extremely weird, but it was IU, so I guess that is par for the course.

The production stunk. I don't know if it is, because their stadium sucks and they might not have camera angles or what. They almost missed the 2 pt play completely and we never got a replay. There was another play where 2 IU guys got injured and rather than show us the replay, they showed the players getting tended to for 10 minutes. I never got a good view of the play. The commentators were bugging me, too. The first td that Patterson laid right into Bell's hands, they called it an easy throw and I don't think it was an easy throw. It was a really good throw by Patterson. He placed it right over Bell's shoulder and into a perfect position to be caught.

The refs were weird. The head ref just bugged me. They called some strange penalties and let others go. I guess that happens a lot.

The offense seemed to stink, but then you look at the scoreboard and they scored 39 points on the road. Patterson made some horrible throws, then he'd make a perfect throw. They seemed like they had trouble lining up sometimes. IU was scouted as being bad against the rush and then Michigan hardly ran the ball. I'd be saying, "damn i wish they would run the ball more," then Patterson would throw for a td.

Hart stunk on some of his punts, which is odd for him.

Maybe some of it was the elements they were playing in.

 

[hungry]

Oh yeah and what was up with the pre-halftime "drive." I have no idea what Michigan was trying to do. Then they call a time-out with 24 seconds to go and IU has the football, 2nd and 1.

 

[hungry]

Sorry. IU scored on their 1st and 3rd drive. In the middle was the interception by Hill that the Michigan O did nothing with.

 

[GoBlueInAtlanta]

Gotta block Young next week if they want to pass the ball down field.

Exactly. Fortunately, we have an All B1G left tackle who shut down Gross-Mattos and Espenesa. Let's see how he does against Young. Because he moves around more than the other two I listed, I expect he'll spend more time on the left D end against Mayfield. Jalen has proven himself this year, but we better have the running backs helping him out.


Mayfield played in three games his freshman year so I assume he's a redshirt sophomore (though mgoblue lists him as sophomore).

 

[GoBlueInAtlanta]

ESPN stats

Shea Patterson is the 4th player in Michigan history with 20 Pass TDs in multiple seasons, joining Chad Henne, John Navarre and Elvis Grbac.

Patterson is also the 2nd player in Michigan history with 5 pass TDs in a game (Jake Rudock had 6 against Indiana in 2015).

Hey ML.

Would you post the link you're using for ESPN stats? Thanks.

 

[GoBlueInAtlanta]

With the way Michigan has been playing and with the losses by some teams today, they could move to number 11 or possibly 10 depending on the committee.

I was looking at that. I doubt we move much.

We're 13th in the CFP. It looks like they're going to keep Wisconsin (12) ahead of us due to the head to head. The only two teams above us that lost were Penn State (8) and lost to 2 in a good game, so they will only drop a few spots, maybe to 10 and Oregon (6). Penn State will stay ahead of us, again due to head to head, but Oregon may drop below us with the bad loss to Arizona State.

I think we move up to 12th place. Otherwise, they'd have to move Penn State, Wisconsin, and Michigan as a group above some teams that won yesterday, which I don't see happening.

so I see:
10 Penn State
11 Wisconsin
12 Michigan


Edit: We moved up to 7 in FPI, just below Penn State at 6. Wisky is 13.

 

[GoBlueInAtlanta]

Yeah, by then the refs just wanted to go home. He started off spotting the ball behind the yellow and he moved forward as he walked to place the ball to a spot ahead of the line. I don't think anyone cared, though.

I noticed that, too. He was looking at the other linesman as he walked, so I assumed the other guy was a bit further upfield.

 

[wlvrnstlr4life]

The game was extremely weird, but it was IU, so I guess that is par for the course.

The production stunk. I don't know if it is, because their stadium sucks and they might not have camera angles or what. They almost missed the 2 pt play completely and we never got a replay. There was another play where 2 IU guys got injured and rather than show us the replay, they showed the players getting tended to for 10 minutes. I never got a good view of the play.

The refs were weird. The head ref just bugged me. They called some strange penalties and let others go. I guess that happens a lot.

I did. I went back and rewinded it, because they wouldn't show what happened. They were so focused on the injuries, no one, not even Harbaugh saw that it was a fumble. It was a no doubt fumble, too. Clear as day and no one thought to look at it.

 

[hungry]

I did. I went back and rewinded it, because they wouldn't show what happened. They were so focused on the injuries, no one, not even Harbaugh saw that it was a fumble. It was a no doubt fumble, too. Clear as day and no one thought to look at it.

That's what I thought, too.

 

[bphillips4gg]

I thought the pass Ronnie Bell caught that was ruled out of bounds was worth a review. I thought his left foot was still down in bounds and his right foot hadn't come down when he got control of the ball. The fumble when 2 IU guys got injured should have been reviewed. The PI on Lavert was awful and then Ronnie Bell gets his feet cut out on the next drive and no flag.

 

[GoBlueInAtlanta]

I was looking at that. I doubt we move much.

We're 13th in the CFP. It looks like they're going to keep Wisconsin (12) ahead of us due to the head to head. The only two teams above us that lost were Penn State (8) and lost to 2 in a good game, so they will only drop a few spots, maybe to 10 and Oregon (6). Penn State will stay ahead of us, again due to head to head, but Oregon may drop below us with the bad loss to Arizona State.

I think we move up to 12th place. Otherwise, they'd have to move Penn State, Wisconsin, and Michigan as a group above some teams that won yesterday, which I don't see happening.

so I see:
10 Penn State
11 Wisconsin
12 Michigan


Edit: We moved up to 7 in FPI, just below Penn State at 6. Wisky is 13.

They slipped in Florida.


10 Penn State
11 Florida
12 Wisconsin
13 Michigan