MichiganCardinal

I was trying to send a picture earlier and my phone was acting up and the preview was just a black box. Let’s see if it’ll post now. This was an hour before kick.

I think it will have a 2022 OSU feel. Run it down their throat until they stack the box, then take the top off.

Regents Field

I think the fire code is going out the window tonight. This place is PACKED.

Line is up -6 now

Ann Arbor bars are already turning people away. I’ve got my spot at Regents Field. If they have a camera here, wave to me.

Well I could see him okaying the play. It wouldn’t have been a fake kneel though. He wouldn’t let someone undermine him where he says no and they do it anyway.

That kind of move wouldn’t fly with Payton. No way.

It sounds like it’s the same injury Kelce had week one, and IIRC the narrative then was “if it was a playoff game he would go”

Jaguars should get a yearly Christmas card from this front office.

I really doubt he is in the league next year. He's not good enough to start, and if he can't follow simple directions, he's not worth the baggage as a backup.

This is great. What's incredible about it too is that Ford Field was a relaxed environment yesterday too. People were just there to have fun, there was no real concern about win or lose. It was pretty cool. I think we're going to take the top off of the place on Sunday Night. With ticket prices as high as they are and playing a team like the Rams that won't travel and has little to no local contingent, I would expect 99% Lions fans just there to make noise and be a problem. It won't be the Ford Field Stafford remembers.

I remember Rod Wood pushing to make the Lions-Chiefs game the Germany game this year (before it was announced as the opener), so that we wouldn't lose a home game next year.

I really liked and agreed with what he said about Michigan being built to beat teams like Washington (Ohio State). That was how Harbaugh turned it around, was building the defense to withstand that kind of offensive firepower. They are designed such that they can give up close to 400 yards and multiple TDs to a QB like Penix or Stroud and still win the game, by limiting possessions, limiting their own mistakes, and running the ball down your throat.

If we have to give a home game for the international slate next year, I'm perfectly fine not seeing Seattle at home again. Jacksonville in London probably makes sense too, since the NFL seems to think they have more fans in England than they do in Jacksonville.

Generally speaking I think the conference not being the "big two and little eight" is better for the sport. College football is more fun when a little engine that thinks it can like Purdue (train puns) or Rutgers or Northwestern can go on a run. It will be nice to see those smaller market teams have the chance to go 10-2 and make the playoff, and get their puncher's shot against the Alabamas of the world. I think there will still be haves and have nots, and I agree that programs like Alabama and Ohio State (who have not stopped bringing in the lion's share of 5* recruits) are better suited to have a graphic showing of "have not missed the College Football Playoff since expansion" in ten years. At the same time, I think it's an opportunity for that disparity to become a little more saturated. In a four-team playoff, if you're a 5* recruit, you know if you go to Alabama, you'll play for a Championship. You don't know that if you go to Michigan, Notre Dame, USC, Texas, or any of those programs that are just outside the Alabama/Ohio State tier. And you do know you won't if you go to a G5 school or a mid-market B1G or ACC school. As the playoff expands, I think there is more chance for those programs to steal more 5*s as the opportunities to make the playoff increases. It also allows for great recruiting and coaching in smaller markets (like Purdue and Northwestern) to mean playoff appearances and a chance at a title. Those programs couldn't sell those opportunities in years' past with a straight face. They knew the ceiling was an Outback Bowl appearance where your best players wore sweatshirts on the sideline for the game. Maybe they'll be able to sell actual championships moving forward.

Someone has to answer for this. I’d be surprised if Jameis is back for the Saints next season, and it wouldn’t shock me if Dennis Allen gets fired too. If you’re Jameis, you’re a backup QB. Do what you’re told. I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s out of a job come week one next season. He falls in the line of “guys who aren’t worth bringing in unless they’re going to be your starter, who aren’t good enough to be your starter”. See Cam Newton. If you’re Dennis Allen, it doesn’t speak highly of your leadership if your team is going behind your back to run fake kneels. It’s terrible for something like this to happen, especially when it plays out publicly. Who will want to go play for that guy this offseason? I don’t have a problem if they wanted to get Jamaal a TD just like I didn’t have a problem with the Lions getting Reynolds his bonus. Jamaal has had a really tough season. But there’s a way to do it, and it’s by earning a TD. Your team against their team. It’s not by saying you’re taking a knee and then twisting the knife.

I kind of hope this works for the Tigers sake.

12 hours from now we will probably already be in our 5th commercial break.

At 98 years young too

I’d be surprised if he did. He’s won the right to be a little bit picky, and if he wanted to go to Carolina I think he could have done so last year. I suspect he goes to the Chargers or Commanders.

It’s one of 32 jobs. I don’t think it’s like Carolina where you avoid if you’re a desired commodity like Harbaugh or Johnson. They’ll probably hire a coordinator from somewhere. Glenn might get an interview, there’s a rivalry connection with the Saints.

Smith has made it easy for Fontenot to point the finger at him. “The dude has Kyle Pitts, Drake London, and Bijan Robinson and he won’t use any of them what do you want from me”