MichiganCardinal

Lots of time left. Keep playing your game let’s put up some points.

Bad punt there. Need the D to step up.

I’ll take a 3-point game at the half with this team. Make the adjustments and let’s win this.

LFG!!

Stroud has also missed a few open receivers FWIW. A 7-point game is okay right now

I hate Ohio State so much. Just win.

I hope it works out 11 games a year. Nebraska should be a perennial Big Ten West contender.

Only Iowa, Purdue, and Illinois have a shot. Wisconsin and Minnesota can tie, but they lose the tiebreakers. It’s Purdue if they beat Indiana. It’s Illinois if they beat Northwestern and Purdue loses to Indiana. It’s Iowa if both Purdue and Illinois lose.

I feel things are remarkably similar to how they were last year. Michigan remains better on both lines and Ohio State remains better at all skill positions outside of Running Back… if two similar teams play in one week at site A and team A wins 42-27, I don’t think a rematch the next week at site B in slightly better weather would have a drastically different outcome. B might win some number of games out of 10, but they shouldn’t be blowing A out… Expand that out 364 days, and so long as it holds true (which admittedly requires that Corum and/or Edwards is playing and that JJ can play at least on par with Cade), I don’t see why it’s not still true. I understand the inclination to say Ohio State will win because they’re Ohio State and they always win. That’s where I was at last year. There were reasons to expect a tight game last year that were largely ignored, because there was no point. It was just like every other UM/OSU matchup in the last 20 years where OSU had something meaningful to play for. OSU was going to kill Michigan. Again. Until they didn’t. Will Ohio State “care more” than Michigan? Who knows. I am pretty confident that Michigan cares too. And as much is made out of emotions and the rivalry, if you look back at history, the better team has won far more often than there is an emotional upset. At the end of the day it’s a college football game. I expect a really close game that leaves the national media wanting them both in the playoff.

Kyle Pitts was a good selection for Atlanta. Now why they are using their 6’6” / 247lb TE who ran a 4.44 40 to pass block is beyond me.

Whatever Lions draft scouts are doing it seems to be working.

I think Mitchell gets a chance to be the starting TE before they draft over him.

I always think the World Cup is a funny experience in the US, where everyone who doesn't watch a lick of soccer comes out of the woodwork every four (.... or eight) years pounding their chest while chanting "USA" and suddenly knows everything there is to know. They challenge every officials call (who has been working these games for 30+ years), and thinks they could do a better job than X, Y, or Z. When in fact we have no idea what the hell we are talking about. If I actually understood the sport and was passionate about it, I'd probably hate us all too... And despite saying I wouldn't watch this year, I tuned in for today, so clearly they're doing something right. Like I said, I respect the game a lot, it's just not for me. I was a bit imprudent in my "inferior" comment earlier. Hopefully my comments come off in the ironic and self-deprecating way they are intended, and not as a shot at those who genuinely enjoy the game.

West gonna West. Somehow Purdue is going to lose to Indiana and Illinois is going to lose to Northwestern and we'll still wind up with this 7-5 Iowa team in the B1G Championship.

That was dreadful. Almost the catch of the season and we are watching the QB chill out on the sideline.

I feel like I am watching a defensive PAC-12 After Dark matchup where neither team wants to win. Nebraska may really find a way to lose this game. 24-17 and Nebraska is punting.

If the Huskers finish them off, it will be Purdue's division for the taking tomorrow against Indiana... Boiler up, I suppose.

A B1G West All Star Team would have a quality defense and a pretty good offensive line, but wouldn't have a QB or many offensive weapons. I think they would lose to Ohio State... Not sure how they would fare against Michigan. Would depend if they could stop Corum.

With a chance to clinch the Big Ten West, Iowa just needs to beat 3-8 Nebraska. They are down 17-0 at the half.

I think the question is more along the lines of whether Robinson is "special" enough to ignore a general rule that you don't draft RBs in the first round. Similar to the question Kyle Pitts raised two years ago (who I think the Falcons are completely misusing, but that's besides the point). I don't think there is any question that if Will Anderson or Jalen Carter are there, you take them. The question is more so if you have Robinson graded as a top 5 pick and the best remaining defensive player graded top 15, do you take Robinson and wait to grab one of your top remaining defensive players for the second pick? If they they think he is going to be Alvin Kamara or Christian McCaffery, you have to strongly consider it. I'm okay with the answer being no though also. I agree that RBs shouldn't usually be taken in the first round, but if that were a blanket rule you wouldn't have drafted Barry. I know it's a different era, but still.

I'm a fat and lazy American who needs constant gratification to be kept entertained. It's not the sport, it's me.

I don't care for soccer. No offense to those who do. The skill and endurance required is extremely impressive, it's just not for me. I really just want to see England lose to the US in a sport they care about 10-fold more than us. It'd be like England beating us in American football, though maybe not quite as extreme. Scoreboard since 1776, bitches.

Leave it to the inferior football to call a 0-0 halftime score "eventful".

What are people's thoughts on Bijan Robinson, the RB out of Texas? Peeked at a couple mocks this morning and at least one had us taking him with the Rams pick, comparing him to Saquon Barkley. I haven't been blown away by any (either) of the high 1st Round QB prospects. They seem to have a flaw or flaws that could prove deadly, which is a dangerous proposition for a pick you hang your regime on. Plus they probably won't be there anyway, they'll likely go 1 and 2. I like the later 1sts/2nd round QB prospects more (Hooker, Richardson, Levis, maybe Jefferson or Penix), as possible franchise QBs with less risk than a Young or Stroud. I don't think we will be giving Swift any sort of meaningful extension and Jamaal is on his contract year. If we are sticking with Goff for at least one more year, I think his success is directly correlated to the talent that surrounds him. Even beyond that, if we do take Hooker or Richardson (or whoever), their success in late 2024 is also going to be predicated on the talent around him (see Trevor Lawrence, see Mac Jones). I'm not usually a fan of 1st round RBs, but I can see the appeal of putting in a true RB1 bell cow behind this line and between ASB and Jamo. And you'd still have three picks across the first two rounds, plus free agency, to plug-and-play with the secondary (LB and CB especially) and/or take a future QB.

Malcolm Rodriguez and James Houston may have been our two best defenders yesterday - both 6th round rookies. Gotta tip your cap to Holmes and company. That just isn't done in the NFL.