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[biggunsbob]

Is the astronomy picture of the day metaphorically and figuratively symbolic of the philosophical and psychological dilemma within which Harbaugh now finds himself, not unlike those of Hamlet, McBeth, Lear and Othello?

Or did you simply just post it to the wrong thread?

Lol

Not sure how that happened . Mistakes abound from me lol !

 

[thewolverines24]

One caller on a radio show here in gr said today that Jim has been different since the 15 penalty called on the sidelines. He has totally changed his demeanor on the sidelines it feels, and his playcalling is really been going down hill since. Even Valenti said today that the Jim on the sidelines Saturday is not the same Jim Michigan hired. Remember how fired up he got before Stanford games? He was like that the first two years at Michigan but he changed last season. He seems so subdued now. I know it is a stretch but something is off with him, and espically the offense .. I remember trap plays verses the lions when he was at SF, and just better offensive playcalling in general.

His offense was putrid Saturday. Just freaking horrible.

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap180904.html

Maybe Jim's on drugs.

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[Spartanmack]

One caller on a radio show here in gr said today that Jim has been different since the 15 penalty called on the sidelines. He has totally changed his demeanor on the sidelines it feels, and his playcalling is really been going down hill since. Even Valenti said today that the Jim on the sidelines Saturday is not the same Jim Michigan hired. Remember how fired up he got before Stanford games? He was like that the first two years at Michigan but he changed last season. He seems so subdued now. I know it is a stretch but something is off with him, and espically the offense .. I remember trap plays verses the lions when he was at SF, and just better offensive playcalling in general.

His offense was putrid Saturday. Just freaking horrible.

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap180904.html

he needs to switch to a visor.

 

[Michchamp]

One caller on a radio show here in gr said today that Jim has been different since the 15 penalty called on the sidelines. He has totally changed his demeanor on the sidelines it feels, and his playcalling is really been going down hill since. Even Valenti said today that the Jim on the sidelines Saturday is not the same Jim Michigan hired. Remember how fired up he got before Stanford games? He was like that the first two years at Michigan but he changed last season. He seems so subdued now. I know it is a stretch but something is off with him, and espically the offense .. I remember trap plays verses the lions when he was at SF, and just better offensive playcalling in general.

His offense was putrid Saturday. Just freaking horrible.

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap180904.html

I had a coworker also mention he thought the playcalling was better in '15 & '16 because of Jedd Fisch.

I do wonder about that.

I felt pretty sure that Pep Hamilton was responsible for the obvious step back our passing game took in '17.

The poor pass blocking sure didn't help, but I remember too many plays even when the pocket held that there was nobody open.

I think - to the extent it was true - the staff infighting amidst a very disappointing 8-5 season really took the wind out of Harbaugh's sails, and that's why we see the subdued attitude from him. I'm sure he hasn't met his own expectations and now is time for some soul searching.

 

[johnny2x2x]

Edit: we weren't THAT excited. Just thinking that average QB play would have helped a lot last year.

Really? Sure could of fooled the whole country, I don't think any transfer in college football history got more off season hype than Patterson did. Patterson was a bad QB at Ole Miss last year, not good, not average, but bad. He looked better against ND than he did against any good team he played while at Ole Miss though. He's definitely got a fantastic arm and although he's about the farthest thing from a running QB(-16 yards rushing total last season), what he does have is escape ability to extend plays and when he does he's proven to be able to throw well on the run. He is probably shy of 6 feet tall though so he's not going to be a QB that can step up in the pocket and see the field well.

Warriner is a good proven O line coach, but he did have more talent to work with at OSU and it does take some type to improve that position.

Your problem is Harbaugh. The sooner your program realizes that the better off you'll be. Between the South Carolina collapse where he was calling insane runs up the gut to the TE and going for it on 4th and 11 from his own 30 with 5 minutes left in a 1 score game, and the debacle at ND where he went for it with the backup QB on 4th down from near mid field and 8 minutes left, most coaches would be having fans burn him in effigy by now. He's pulling some Marty Morninweg level decisions right now and it's barely a blip.

If there's one thing UM fans should learn from all of this it's that your insiders are total jokes and know zero about what's going on with your football team. Ignore the off season fluff and you'll have much more reasonable expectations and you'll be happier in the long run. But that's impossible to do for some fans, that's why you have people calling for Hudson to start at LT based on zero, based on recruiting rankings or something, but there is zero indication that Hudson has any potential at all as a tackle considering he played D Line in high school, but the hype train says he does so the fans fall for it like they fall for all of it every time. Runyan is playing because the staff hasn't seen anything from the players behind him that indicate they'll not be worse, they'd at least get a series here or there if there was a chance.

Maybe ND sucks...no one can be sure yet.

 

[Michchamp]

johnny just vomited up all the bile building in him all off-season.

 

[Gulo Blue]

Really? Sure could of fooled the whole country

TLR past this, but yes, the hype was from sources other than Michigan fans. Same click hungry websites that also think Harbaugh is in the hotseat.

 

[Gulo Blue]

johnny just vomited up all the bile building in him all off-season.

I admit, it wasn't actually just the length of the post that was the basis for my skipping it. It started off wrong and I had little faith it was going to get any better.

 

[Gulo Blue]

There's an MGoBlog post claiming that in this stretch where we've gone winless in ranked road wins, Wisconsin has gone 0-12, MSU has gone 2-11, and Penn State has gone 3-15.

 

[tinselwolverine]

I admit, it wasn't actually just the length of the post that was the basis for my skipping it. It started off wrong and I had little faith it was going to get any better.

Right off the top of my head Troy Aikman was a way more reported on transfer.

 

[johnny2x2x]

There's an MGoBlog post claiming that in this stretch where we've gone winless in ranked road wins, Wisconsin has gone 0-12, MSU has gone 2-11, and Penn State has gone 3-15.

Hmm, that's not right, probably the same guy who counts retroactive national titles from the 1890s and wins against high school teams and the St. Mary's Dental School.

MSU on the road vs ranked teams:
2017 1-1 (UM)
2016 1-1 (ND)
2015 2-0 (UM, OSU)
2014 0-1
2013 0-1
2012 0-0
2011 0-1
2010 1-1 (UM)
2009 0-0
2008 0-1
2007 0-2

So that's 5-9.

 

[Gulo Blue]

Hmm, that's not right, probably the same guy who counts retroactive national titles from the 1890s and wins against high school teams and the St. Mary's Dental School.

MSU on the road vs ranked teams:
2017 1-1 (UM)
2016 1-1 (ND)
2015 2-0 (UM, OSU)
2014 0-1
2013 0-1
2012 0-0
2011 0-1
2010 1-1 (UM)
2009 0-0
2008 0-1
2007 0-2

So that's 5-9.

Do I have to tell you why you're wrong or do you already know? I tend to think you already know.

 

[Gulo Blue]

Saw elsewhere that the top 25 lost a combined total of 15 home games last season. Typically, top teams play more than 5.5 games at home, but if you assume the average number of home games for top 25 teams is 7 games (it's probably closer to 7.5) then that means road wins against ranked teams happens 8.6% of the time. On average, 17 tries should get you an 78% change of winning at least one of them (which is far from a guarantee). Michigan should normally have a much better than average chance than average, but for much of the time since 2007...'eh, I don't want to think about a lot of that time.