Michigan 27, Northwestern 19
via @cjzero, obviouslyI can't. I just... I can't. Thank you, Northwestern, for being Northwestern.Consider this an open thread to celebrate(!) a victory(!!) featuring multiple touchdowns!!!(Shhhhhhh,...
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THE ESSENTIALS WHAT Michigan at Iowa State WHERE Hilton Coliseum, Ames, Iowa WHEN 5:00 pm EST, Sunday LINE Iowa State –1 (KenPom) TV ESPN2/WatchESPNRight: With Melvin Ejim likely sidelined, Georges...
View ArticleA Moment Of Stillness Amongst Chaos
11/16/2013 – Michigan 27, Northwestern 19 (3OT) – 7-3, 3-3 Big TenBryan FullerIn the long history of clock-running fire-drill field goal attempts there has been only pain and misery. When the game's...
View ArticleMonday Recruitin' Moves On
Life After HandIt goes on, believe it or not. Michigan responded to missing out on Da'Shawn Hand by immediately offering Berrian Springs (MI) DE Jhonny Williams, a Missouri commit since September, and...
View ArticleMGoPodcast 5.10: Drink Deep The Sweet Nectar
Bryan FullerOFFENSEHey! Positive yards, you guys. Fourth and two call… oy. Throw a fade to Funchess. Devin Gardner, persisting.DEFENSEAnother good to very good performance with more safety rotation;...
View ArticleMonday Presser Transcript 11-18-13: Brady Hoke
Bullets: The bubble screen was praised. I may or may not have been there for it. I may or may not have been crying inconsolably all day as a result. Devin's left arm went numb during the game. Had to...
View ArticleHokepoints Wins a Medal for Participation
Fuller didn't get a shot of Dileo that he put on Flickr, but he got this 6-yard catch by Butt on 2nd and 5, when Dileo was busy running off two defenders.The primary complaint with Michigan's offense,...
View ArticlePhotos from Michigan at Northwestern 2013
Photos from the Northwestern game---a win is a win: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mgoblog/sets/72157637744982483/
View ArticleMailbag: We Should Have Been Screwed, Funk Position Paper
"I hope we're all up on the latest changes to the NCAA rule book." [Fuller]Wait, substitution. Wait. Wait, what?Yo Brian, So when the bearded lady rushed into the center ring to launch the football out...
View ArticleOne Frame At A Time: Northwestern
Despite watching this approximately 457 times, I'm still in utter disbelief that this worked. Things required to have this happen: Jeremy Gallon immediately pitching the ball to an official. That...
View ArticleA Quick Review of the 4th Down Decision
I’m not touching the play call itself. Most of have pretty strong feelings about it. Criticizing a failed play in hindsight is usually a pretty lazy thing to do, but Michigan has a set of plays this...
View ArticleTuesday Presser Transcript 11-19-13: Greg Mattison
Opening remarks:"How’s everybody doing today? Come outside and practice outside with us."…“We’re excited about going to this next challenge. This is going to be a definite challenge. We’ve got a chance...
View ArticleThis Week's Obsession: Ingredients for Suck Pie
Peter Frampton:Michigan's offense::Let's stop this analogy right now.It's nearing Thanksgiving; which means it's time to make pie! Who likes pie? Everyone likes pie! Unless it's a "why our offense...
View ArticlePicture Pages: Devin Gardner's Near Interception Pity Party
SITE NOTE: due to this taking longer than I wanted it to and triple OT, UFR will be in the evening today.Devin Gardner threw many passes that hit Northwestern defenders on Saturday, a good number of...
View ArticleFee Fi Foe Film: Iowa Offense
Greg Davis totally-not-a-photoshop via BHGP, obviouslyDue to the nature of available video, the lack of teams that are remotely comparable to Michigan either in style or skill, and the strange ways of...
View ArticleWednesday Presser Transcript 11-20-13: Brady Hoke
Bullets: Quinton Washington and Jibreel Black have been splitting snaps situationally. QWash could get more snaps against Iowa because of Iowa's offensive style. Hoke is disappointed that Taylor Lewan...
View ArticleUpon Further Review 2013: Offense vs Northwestern
FORMATION NOTES: Northwestern stuck to a 4-3 virtually the entire game, with pretty predictable rules as to how they would line up.When Michigan aligned its strength to the short side of the field and...
View ArticleOpponent Watch: Week 12
About last week:It’s not your fault. Well, actually it might be partly your faultUpcoming Opponents:Iowa (6-4, 3-3 B1G)Last Game: BYERecap: BYE means they didn’t play football. So there isn’t much to...
View ArticleTuesday Presser Transcript 11-19-13: Al Borges
The Borgias. Has anyone watched this show? Is it any good?How much of the better running game was getting Derrick some snaps, and how much of it was coming up front?“I think it was both. We gave them a...
View ArticleThe Weekly Six–Northwestern
C’mon Fitz, Courage would have made the tackle there (Fuller) 1. The Six Factors Exp ScoreEarly ConvBonus YdsAvg 3rd DistAdj 3rd ConvRed ZoneMichigan 33.2 56% 104 7.8 -22% 3.8Northwestern 28.4 39% 80...
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