Before the game, the talk from Michigan fans and radio hosts and blog writers was actually about The Game. How to win it, how not to lose it, and how much a win was needed and wanted. And how possible that win actually was. They picked Michigan to beat Ohio State. They believed it was possible. Hell, they believed it was probable. Or at least they…
You’ll have to forgive me if this week’s edition of Michigan Monday isn’t as boisterous with life and excitement as previous editions, but I’m trying this new thing where my writing mirrors the demeanor of the Wolverines’ opposing coach. This week, my muse is Mark Dantonio, which means why even bother trying to do something new and exciting when slow death…
The most overmatched and poorly coached Notre Dame game I can remember is their 2007 season opener against Georgia Tech. After two years of Brady Quinn at quarterback, Charlie Weis now had to find somebody new to cloak in his decided schematic advantage. Having possibly briefly seen the spread option on SportsCenter or on the news for 30 seconds…
I’m not even sure really where to start. Maybe I’ll start with a timeout like Michigan did. The Wolverines got the ball first in their 28-21 loss at Penn State Saturday night, but had to call a timeout before their first snap in order to avoid a delay of game penalty. If that’s not a sign of the times, such a thing does not exist. The game’s first play…
Michigan went into Champaign, Illinois on Saturday and held a 28-0 lead in the first half before holding on for a 42-25 come-from-ahead win over the Illinois Fighting Illini. I heard a national radio host on Monday saying the game ended up being close because the Wolverines shut things down when it was 28-0, but I have to disagree.
Michigan scored 10 points in the first seven minutes of Saturday’s 10-3 win over Iowa and then Jim Harbaugh and offensive coordinator Josh Gattis spent the next 53 minutes trying to figure out exactly how they did it. “What did you do?” “I’m not sure.” “Well can you do it again?” “I don’t know.” “Weren’t you writing it down?” “I thought you were writing it down!”
Any doubts about exactly how good the Michigan Wolverines were following their 35-14 loss to Wisconsin a week ago were cleared up by Saturday’s 52-0 decisive rout over the Rutgers Scarlet Knights. Rutgers, a team that has won multiple games in many years of its existence, had nothing for Michigan on Saturday. Which, of course, is exactly…
The Wolverines went into Madison, Wisconsin on Saturday to receive their judgment. We were going to find out if Michigan actually was a Big Ten contender, or were they once again overhyped and undermanned. When the Wolverines took the field at high noon to plead their case, they soon found out that they were facing a hangin’ judge and the judge was in a bit of a sadistic mood.
Way back in July of 2015, it was revealed that the University of Michigan had a deal in place to play the Army Black Knights during the 2019 football season. On Saturday, that bill came due, and Michigan had just enough on hand to cover it. The Wolverines came away with a hard-fought and completely draining 24-21 win in double overtime, and Army came away with a cool $1.5 million.
