Punt/Counterpunt: Indiana 2016
[Bryan Fuller, 2013]PUNTBy Bryan MacKenzieChaos. Football is a study in chaos. It is, at its heart. an incomprehensible number of variables plugged into an immensely complicated equation. What's the...
View ArticleIndiana 2016 Liveblog
Indiana links: Preview, FFFF Offense, Defense[Eric Upchurch, 9/2/2011]Happy Senior Day. Put your insta-thoughts in the liveblog, and your senior haikus in the comments.New features this week: Just some...
View ArticleMichigan 20, Indiana 10
De'Veon Smith's diving touchdown put Michigan up for good. [Eric Upchurch]For 40 minutes, Senior Day at Michigan Stadium couldn't have gone much worse. The offense had nothing going with John O'Korn,...
View ArticleIndiana Postgame Presser: Jim Harbaugh
[Eric Upchurch]News bullets and other items:Wilton Speight is “day-to-day”Asked whether he will practice next week, Harbaugh said, “We’ll see.”Can you talk about what De’Veon Smith and your offensive...
View ArticleTicket Watch is Upon Us
It has come to this. [UPDATED at 5:22 pm]THE GAMEGmJulAug9/169/3010/710/2411/811/15Now@OSU$250$282$275$311$349$298$320$345$367The biggest Game in a decade is priced like the biggest game in a decade....
View ArticleOne-Play One-on-One: Chris Wormley
[Eric Upchurch]I saw Chris Wormley on the list of players available to the media Monday and knew that I wanted to talk to him. I didn’t know exactly which play I’d talk to him about; it’s a heck of a...
View Article2016 Week 12 CFB Bullets
[David Zalubowski – AP]A week after chaos reigned in college football, this was a return to normalcy. Most conference races remained unchanged and there were relatively few upsets. I was actually able...
View ArticleUnverified Voracity Just Wants It To Be Saturday
Rivalry bleah. I find myself completely unmoved by all the rivalry stuff this week, from OSU trying and failing to remove Ms from their campus to Markley spelling out "FUCK OSU". I don't care that...
View ArticleMonday Presser 11-21-16: Players
Erik Magnuson, Kyle Kalis, Jake Butt, and Chris WormleyFor the Ohio guys especially, is this the biggest game you’ve ever played in your career to date?CW:“I think so. It’s #2 versus #3. It’s for a Big...
View ArticleOpponent Watch 2016: Week 12
About Last Week:Upchurch The Road Ahead: Ohio StateWhen they play Michigan: This is a pretty simple week.We can discard with the usual trappings of this column. Every other week of the season we recap...
View ArticleUpon Further Review 2016: Defense vs Indiana
SPONSOR NOTES: Yeah man, rate hike. Rate hikes are bad for you unless you get in before them, which you should. I know rate hikes are like streetcars and seem hopelessly outdated, but it could be a...
View ArticleHoops Preview: South Carolina
THE ESSENTIALS WHAT #15 Michigan (4-0) at #57 South Carolina (4-0) WHERE Colonial Life Arena Columbia, South Carolina WHEN 5 pm ET, Wednesday LINE Michigan -2 (KenPom) TV ESPNU PBP: Kevin Fitzgerald...
View ArticleWednesday Presser 11-23-16: Don Brown
[Bryan Fuller]MGoQuestion: This is one of the faster teams you’ll play this year. How do you counter that tempo defensively?“Do you mean tempo meaning speed between plays or do you mean the team...
View ArticleSouth Carolina 61, Michigan 46
Not great. pic.twitter.com/DzuujyGixt— Brendan F. Quinn (@BFQuinn) November 23, 2016Sometimes it's not your day.Zak Irvin had the worst performance of his career, fouling out with five points on...
View ArticleWTKA Roundtable 11-23-2016: Let It Be Yours
just 20 minutes[Bryan Fuller]Things Discussed:Lloyd Carr’s life advice for Sam and CraigHi Craig since you’re the only one who reads these bullets you and I should talk about City of Thieves...
View ArticleFee Fi Foe Film: Ohio State Offense
[Happy Thanksgiving! We’re on holiday. Hope this is enough to chew on]:I’m guessing you don’t need to be told what we’re up against. The spread offense liberated running games from under center, and...
View ArticleWednesday Presser 11-23-16: Tim Drevno
[Bryan Fuller][Happy Thanksgiving! We know that three hours ago we said we hoped one article was enough to chew on, but what fits the spirit of the day more than a second serving? Here’s one more to...
View ArticleUpon Further Review 2016: Offense vs Indiana
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View ArticleFee Fi Foe Film: Ohio State Defense
Previously: Ohio State OffenseWhen half of your defensive depth chart gets requisitioned by the NFL it’s usually a bad sign. Somehow, Ohio State is getting even more production out of the replacements....
View ArticleMoving the Stati-Sticks: Post-Indiana
[Bryan Fuller]The title of the post still says “Post-Indiana,” but I seriously considered bucking convention and naming it “Pre-Ohio State.” With the stakes of The Game as high as they’ve been in a...
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