buddha

i thought jj played well. purdue upsets a lot of big teams for a reason: well coached and hard to play against that offense, especially when the weather is nice (or climate controlled). how good is will johnson going to be? they schemed charlie jones on him and he held his own and came up with two picks. roldan got a lot of run as a linebacker tonight and the young dts played a bunch too. michigan's defense has some potential players on it for next year. homestly, if they go to the portal it might be at oline again given the coming graduations. or running back if corum leaves (and that's still an "if", in imo given michigan's nil potential, how the nfl thinks of rbs, and his injury). hot take: edwards will be drafted higher than corum and might even be a low first round pick after next year. big, strong, fast, and a great receiver. he's like deandre swift with a heart. next year sets up ok for them as they have the buckeyes at home and their usual pansy ass non conference cake walk. minnesota, nebraska, penn state, and sparty on the road. that's not easy and i would bet they drop at least one of those games. but you never know! i didnt think they would beat osu in colombus this year either...

after watching yet another loss to yet another good team, it gets sort of depressing to think of how far away the wings still are. there is no jack eichel or jack hughes or austin matthews or mitch marner on this team. nor is there one in the farm system, to be honest. seider is playing a bit better, but he's still nothing like he was last year. edvinsson isnt doing much statistically at GR (although i havent seen any games so i dont know how he's playing). all we have to go on for kasper is highlights from sweden, but he doesnt look like a scoring dynamo, and instead looks more like dylan larkin (not a bad thing at all, but not a world beater). plus their best trade chip is hurt and probably untradeable (unless you think larkin is getting moved...). bert being out and vrana bring drunk have really killed this team. what might have been a borderline playoff team is now firmly stuck in no man's land: too bad for the playoffs, too good for the top of the lottery.

the schedule toughens up and the losses start coming.

im all about arguing usc over osu. usc had to play a top ten team twice (once on the road) and play an extra game. they beat notre dame more thoroughly than osu did. osu got spanked at home. osu doesnt deserve it.

tcu's luck might have just run out.

this is shaping up as one of the greatest world cups. holy cow argies.

exactly.

berhalter's brother is a us soccer high up official. i doubt he goes anywhere. in fact, id be stunned if they fired him. after all, he did his job, they got out of the group (thanks to england playing for a tie).

a reminder to michigan: any given saturday. btw, rewatching that game, michigan is up 4 and osu has the ball at midfield. they call a fake punt that likely would have worked. that game was closer than the final score. a few plays here and there and its a different game. i dont want osu to have another chance until next year in ann arbor.

i think a tcu loss puts a rematch in play. tcu, michigan, and georgia win and its georgia v osu and michigan v tcu. tcu loses and its georgia v tcu and michigan v ohio state. it really shouldnt be. usc should be in over osu. its unfair that usc has to play an extra game against a top 10 team and osu doesnt. usc should be in.

now youre down 2 goals at halftime. you might want to bring your most creative player off the bench...

ohio state fans talk about sec fans like michigan fans talk about ohio state fans.

this is very depressing. ohio state was dead and now they have a new lease on life. i would not want to face them again. root for georgia and tcu.

gio still on the bench.

lol. and i thought michigan fans were the most self righteous holier than thou fans, but here comes usc giving us a run for our holy money! 🙂 mazi smith had a gun in his car. that's not a big deal. mel tucker had multiple people beat the shit out of a guy on camera. and they were dealt with accordingly. thats a big difference to me. michigan's problem is in their fans' attitude that their players and school are somehow better than others or that they take these things more seriously than others. the idea that a kid who signs with michigan becomes an instant paragon of virtue. or that the school and program are above reproach and only others cheat. michigan players are humans like everyone else and they are entitled asses like others too. that said, mazi's crime is pretty low on the spectrum. if they suspend him for indy, that's fine. if not, that's fine too. the msu comparison is apples to oranges here.

when i draft a second round linebacker, im really hoping he turns into a special teams ace. the bob quinn era in a nutshell.

meh.

nor is michigan...

welp. there goes that trade chip. gambled on keeping him and it didnt pan out.

couldnt happen to a nicer guy...

is okudah back this week? that would help.

they played well against buffalo, but daniel jones threw for 350 against them. the bears dont count cause fields doesnt throw.

countdown to jeiii's "killian's turning the corner" article in 3...2...1...

as long as its not an octopus.

exactly. corum was a second or third round pick.