Week 2 LOL’s

wazzu31 said:
Yeah no idea it would be different in college cause that play is dumb. Guess smart heads up play by the other Duck guy…but that is a rule that needs to be changed.
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Seems fine. It obviously wasn't intentional.
 
MrFlyingV said:
I was reading Syracuse coach is sending Ryan Day a bottle of Dom Perignon for letting Kyle McCord get to the transfer portal.
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Kyle has looked awesome for them. It's a perfect fit for him and I hope he keeps balling out.
 
MAIZEandBLUE09 said:
That's because we won a national title, not because we actually had the talent on the roster.

Defense is fine. Offense gave Texas a lot of short fields and they were on the field for basically the entire game. Can't fault them for giving up some points to one of the best offenses in the game. I can fault the offense for keeping them on the field. No defense is going to hold up under those circumstances. They only gave up 7 points in the second half.
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Texas took their foot completely off the gas to be fair. Ewers threw the ball 26 times in the first half and only 10 in the second. They knew michigan couldn't move the ball so why not just kill the clock and get the statement W? The michigan defense will be just that - fine. They'll look great against bad offenses and likely look like this against better offenses.
 
Across The Field said:
Texas took their foot completely off the gas to be fair. Ewers threw the ball 26 times in the first half and only 10 in the second. They knew michigan couldn't move the ball so why not just kill the clock and get the statement W? The michigan defense will be just that - fine. They'll look great against bad offenses and likely look like this against better offenses.
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I think they'll improve throughout the year, but they're going to struggle if the offense is only running like 20 plays a game.
 
MAIZEandBLUE09 said:
I think they'll improve throughout the year, but they're going to struggle if the offense is only running like 20 plays a game.
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I don't understand how they're going to improve though. The talk all offseason is how the defense was returning all the talent from last year aside from a few guys. Could it be that this defense was solid last year but also greatly helped by the offense controlling the clock meaning they were always fresh?
 
Across The Field said:
I don't understand how they're going to improve though. The talk all offseason is how the defense was returning all the talent from last year aside from a few guys. Could it be that this defense was solid last year but also greatly helped by the offense controlling the clock meaning they were always fresh?
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Well pump the brakes a bit. Michigan had only 4 returning starters on defense, and compared to the 1 on offense that's a lot, and of the 4 we had returning, two are elite, but that's still a lot of new players to break in. It's also an entirely new staff on defense. Texas was exploiting the guy (I don't even know his name) opposite of Will Johnson all day. Defense has also been our best recruited position, so it has a bit more depth than the offensive side of the ball (a lot more depth actually).

So the unit looks pretty good as is but I still think there's a lot of room for them to improve..that was likely one of the best teams we face the entire year (and a team favored to win the national title this year), if not THE best, and we played them in game 2.

Michigan doesn't need an elite offense like last year, we need to work on achieving an average one and we'll be fine.
 
MAIZEandBLUE09 said:
Well pump the brakes a bit. Michigan had only 4 returning starters on defense, and compared to the 1 on offense that's a lot, and of the 4 we had returning, two are elite, but that's still a lot of new players to break in. It's also an entirely new staff on defense. Texas was exploiting the guy (I don't even know his name) opposite of Will Johnson all day. Defense has also been our best recruited position, so it has a bit more depth than the offensive side of the ball (a lot more depth actually).

So the unit looks pretty good as is but I still think there's a lot of room for them to improve..that was likely one of the best teams we face the entire year (and a team favored to win the national title this year), if not THE best, and we played them in game 2.

Michigan doesn't need an elite offense like last year, we need to work on achieving an average one and we'll be fine.
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I mean, be that as it may, we still heard all offseason how michigan was still going to be fine because the defense would keep them in games. On top of that, we've heard how over the last 3 years they built up all this depth because they were rotating so many guys.

I'm not sure how in these two games, you can say the unit looks pretty good. Obviously Texas did whatever they wanted offensively, but even Fresno's QB got 235 yards on 61% passing without even a shred of a run game (they couldn't even run against Sacramento St, so I wouldn't say michigan did anything spectacular against them).

Until Moore figures out he needs a real QB, things aren't going to be better on either side. Not getting one from the portal was a monumental fuckup on his part.
 
Across The Field said:
Could it be that this defense was solid last year but also greatly helped by the offense controlling the clock meaning they were always fresh?
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:dingdingding:

Such is often the case. Defensive stats for teams with offenses that play ball control/milk the clock style are very often inflated because of that.

Now when you have a team with defensive stats like Iowa last year, you know they are more of a true picture because their offense didn't help in any form or fashion.
 
Deep Creek said:
:dingdingding:

Such is often the case. Defensive stats for teams with offenses that play ball control/milk the clock style are very often inflated because of that.

Now when you have a team with defensive stats like Iowa last year, you know they are more of a true picture because their offense didn't help in any form or fashion.
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That may be what michigan is this year. That Iowa defense was really solid but just got gassed every other game since there was no offensive output. michigan hasn't even gotten into the meat of their schedule from an opposing defense standpoint. USC's defense is definitely improved and should look good against michigan, but I think the Washington game on 10/5 out in Seattle will be the defining game for the rest of the season. I had that as a michigan W before the season but I'm definitely not so sure now.
 
Seems like some of you need to be reminded that these LOL threads are about bringing the funny, not rehashing the same arguments that are in every.single.other.thread. on this forum.

But I'm way too klassie to be a scold, So I'll let someone else do that
 
Hu War Yu said:
Seems like some of you need to be reminded that these LOL threads are about bringing the funny, not rehashing the same arguments that are in every.single.other.thread. on this forum.

But I'm way too klassie to be a scold, So I'll let someone else do that
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lol at Iowa for having to live in Iowa.


The Grinch Smile GIF by Peacock
 
Across The Field said:
I mean, be that as it may, we still heard all offseason how michigan was still going to be fine because the defense would keep them in games. On top of that, we've heard how over the last 3 years they built up all this depth because they were rotating so many guys.

I'm not sure how in these two games, you can say the unit looks pretty good. Obviously Texas did whatever they wanted offensively, but even Fresno's QB got 235 yards on 61% passing without even a shred of a run game (they couldn't even run against Sacramento St, so I wouldn't say michigan did anything spectacular against them).

Until Moore figures out he needs a real QB, things aren't going to be better on either side. Not getting one from the portal was a monumental fuckup on his part.
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Yeah, Michigan has simply been avg on defense this far. I'll be curious to see how they do against teams like IU and Illinois who have looked better than anticipated.
 
ericd7633 said:
Yeah, Michigan has simply been avg on defense this far. I'll be curious to see how they do against teams like IU and Illinois who have looked better than anticipated.
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Illinois looked fantastic on defense against a talented Kansas team, that's for sure. Offensively they have their limits, so I will probably be better the under on that game, but it's not a surefire W for michigan.

Indiana looks great but they've played an even weaker schedule than Ohio State to this point. I was a big fan of adding Rourke though. If he can stay healthy I think they definitely go bowling this year, and could even surprise some teams.
 
Hu War Yu said:
Seems like some of you need to be reminded that these LOL threads are about bringing the funny, not rehashing the same arguments that are in every.single.other.thread. on this forum.

But I'm way too klassie to be a scold, So I'll let someone else do that
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Fear not, we are still LOLing, but it's a slow burn. Also, klassie as well.
 
Hu War Yu said:
Seems like some of you need to be reminded that these LOL threads are about bringing the funny, not rehashing the same arguments that are in every.single.other.thread. on this forum.

But I'm way too klassie to be a scold, So I'll let someone else do that
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duck dynasty GIF
 
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