MichiganCardinal

Need to force a mistake.

I’m not sure why these need extended reviews though. Just radio down that he’s out of bounds and get the game moving.

I doubt they’re showing replays live so they have no idea either way

He’s used to losing to his in-state rival.

JJ has looked great. McCord has been up and down. If that maintains I like Michigan’s chances in the second half. Whoever makes fewer mistakes this half wins.

One questionable call has gone both ways. That defensive hold wasn’t going to stop them from scoring there.

They went from the Blue wall to the Blue sieve on that drive. Adjust.

That was WAY too easy. Where’d the defense go?

Defense has to keep doing what they’ve been doing.

WHAT A DRIVE

Good quarter. Big 3rd down upcoming.

Deliver Ford Field’s retractable roof to Ann Arbor

That is a touchdown. No way that’s not a touchdown.

If they get a 2nd and short on this drive I expect them to take a shot

I think that’s the right call in this game. Trust your defense.

I think if that throw is in front of him he picks up the first. The back shoulder throw forced him outside

I think a lot of this is right, but he didn’t do himself a lot of favors. Installing your scheme - one that is completely foreign to the school and conference - at the expense of going 3-9 and losing to Toledo isn’t a recipe for a long leash. Part of that job too has to be politicking. You don’t get and keep a job at Texas, USC, or LSU without shaking hands with the right people and getting an invite to the good boys club. I don’t think he had much interest in any of that. He just did his own thing, which, when combined with losing a lot of games, let the good boys club draw their own conclusions about this perceived outsider. It didn’t help having Captain Domino’s Dave Brandon as AD. That dude was just the epitome of failing upwards. And then they over-corrected by hiring a guy in Brady Hoke that cared more about being at that good boys table than winning games.

I think they would regret dumping Ryan Day for the next decade if they force him out. Lloyd Carr was better than Rich Rodriguez and Brady Hoke.

I don’t think the signs had anything to do with their wins the last two years, nor do I think not having them will have anything to do with the result today. Everything else I pretty much agree with.

Unless Washington manages a spectacular collapse in the Apple Bowl, the PAC-12 looks poised to send its first team to the playoff since 2016.

It’s Penn State outgaining MSU by 518 yards for me.

Going out on a limb here but I don’t think Boston would love to see us in the playoffs.

Imagine giving up a home game to play at Ford Field and getting shut out in the process.

I expect a very different affair than the last two years have been. I expect a low scoring, extremely physical game where the team that wins is the one who first and foremost takes care of the ball. Ultimately, I think JJ is rattled early by the pass rush, thanks in part to the revolving door that is Karsen Barnhart. Without his coach there to settle him down he gets into turnover trouble and costs Michigan a close one. Ohio State 27 Michigan 21 I do think there is a path to victory for Michigan. It starts with establishing the run like it’s 2021, putting a TE on the line as your 6th offensive lineman full-time, using play action like your life depends on it, and generating pressure on McCord in a way he hasn’t experienced this season. Finally, I think the National Champion will be the winner of this game. Either of these teams can beat Georgia head to head.