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Maryland came to play and we didn't. Dan Lanning looks like he is coaching practice. Are the fans even loud?

I don't want throwback anything for the CFP, especially the CFCG. What if we win it all and want to do a throwback of those? A throwback of a throwback? No. Let's write a new chapter.

"Could" I guess they could beat those teams. Penn State not so likely. It's so weird for us going from a conference that had the most parity to a conference that has the least.

The photo above was just a photo, not a freeze frame of the feed the refs had access to. There was a video from behind the end zone showing the ball's nose see daylight and touch the turf just before Stewart hit the ground. To me that was the only conclusive video, but apparently not enough for the replay team.

Just to close this out, a picture is worth a thousand words:

Lanning has said he has a sports psychologist consultant that provides him with a theme every week. He doesn't have to be a genius motivator himself, but he does take ownership of it. Definitely all the smiling thumbs down by the offensive players at the end of the game near the goal line makes sense after the video. They were pining to go for it and score rather than kneeling out the game. No mercy.

If the new QB is not substantially better than Moss, then Riley will have destroyed his last claim to fame of being a QB whisperer, having unnecessarily thrown a QB under the bus. That will not go over well with elite recruits with options.

Bowl eligible! After we win against Maryland next week we'll be playoff eligible.

I didn't know there was such a thing. I'd figured Big Noon Kickoff was the defacto pregame for the B1G.

Everyone needs an escape from that, so why not FishDuck? I love it. Thank you Charles.

Physicality cannot come at the expense of the goal of an offense, which is to score as many points per drive as possible. Physicality for the sake of physicality is just a meat head peeing contest. I appreciated this line as well. It's why there is little to fear from bottom feeder B1G teams: "At least in the Pac-12, teams in the lower half of the conference generally had a puncher’s chance because they were still capable of scoring points. But, in the B1G, that does not seem to be the case."

I think Indiana beats Michigan easily. Washington is about as good as Michigan and they beat Washington by the same score we beat Michigan this weekend. It is easier to go west than east for jet lag, BUT the game time can outweigh that generality. Playing a game east that starts at 12:30 pm PST is easier than headed west to play a game starting at 8-10pm EST.

Fine is relative term. Out weeks for a knee injury is fine compared to being down 12-18 months with an ACL injury. Marcus was just trying to stay positive.

""I don't handle losing very well. It hasn't happened much in my career. That part of it is unacceptable."" Oh. So the parts about the program, the fans, and the kids losing are acceptable then huh? What a Freudian slip by a self absorbed egomaniac. Surprised at the 50 fan comments on Twitter that slipped right by them. He really does fit in well in LA I guess.

Then yes indeed there can be too much of a good thing. OMG.

That's a possibility too. And It isn't smart to stop doing what is working until the other team proves they can stop it.

Agreed. If it isn't working, then change it. 3 and out of 6 and out accomplishes nothing that early in a game.

I feel we've lost a lot without Tez. I think it affected Gabriel quite a bit to not have a safety blanket that can get open at will, and cost us somewhere between 3 and 10 points, which I expect to continue until he returns. And it was Lowe that moved to the slot for the most part which allowed Holden back in full time out wide. I love Lowe, but he is merely great while Tez is the most efficient WR in the country, and truly elite.

Mario used to do the same thing trying to coast for a full half. DL wasn't like this previous years where he cared most about winning the middle 8 minutes of the game, which included putting up a lot of points in the first drives of the 3rd quarter. Players coming out flat is a very real thing too. My son's U14 soccer team did just that yesterday too. It's physiological, and they need to get it figured out with the on staff sports science and sports psychology staff.

This is my presumption. Unfortunately it could be the difference between winning and losing the conference championship against Ohio State. It's a huge loss. Some of those 3 and outs yesterday don't happen if Tez is on the field instead of Lowe.

The pass was not caught. Yes it was touching his upper forearm at the same time it was touching the ground, but not even Evan can control a ball with just a forearm. I thought the angle from behind was the best that showed the ball contact the ground with velocity. With regards to the intelligible man down field, it was called against Harper at the top of the screen who did drift down field farthest at the point in time the ball was released. The video does not give a clear shot of where the ball was snapped from, but my guess would be the first hash after the five yard increment line, and it appears Harper was just shy of five yards from that. Is the call like a QB passing beyond the line of scrimmage where their whole body must be past it, or is it any part of their body past it or some approximation of their center of body past it? It sure seems like the ref was trigger happy. Could have been a make up call for the earlier missed call.

A&M didn't show up. Pate saw this coming though, so tip of the cap to him. How ya like that parity SEC? Having fun yet?

It's definitely giving me Mario Cristobal vibes that we build up a big lead in the first half, then go into a shell waiting for the game to end. I can't figure out what it is though. Are we changing, or are the other team's adjustments really working?

Their QB is definitely putting it together which is making a significant difference. You saw how it started to open up their running game some in the second half. He made some beautiful the throws you have to tip your cap to.

44-6 Ducks 3 takeaways 3 sacks 326 passing yards Michigan D is decent in the red zone and with an O that can't score I see DL taking field goals on 4th downs early. Michigan's punter sucks, and their ability to play error free football is still highly suspect after 1 clean game, so I picked 44 instead of 37, and 6 instead of 9 or 13.