Lots of talk from Stal bombs and others about Catapult. I have googled but still wondering… what exactly does Catapult do? What is their role in NCAA football?

Is there any legitimacy to the vast network stories coming out on OSU. Seems like they are running a much more illegal operation

Hi Everyone,

I am heading up Saturday solo this year and looking for one ticket and a tailgate. My Dad can't make this year so running solo and cannot miss this game. GO BLUE!

Has the media lost its mind regarding Harbaugh and Michigan ??? Like WTH is this person I have never heard of talking about ? With such confidence ?? " I know things the public does not know" " FBI probe". "vacated wins". "Harbaugh is gone " Like. what the hell is wrong with our "journalists" these days ??? Insanity. Login to view embedded media

Sherrone Moore has gotten well-deserved criticism for the offensive play while JH has been out. The extent to which Harbaugh helps or operates that Offense is only known by people within those walls. Regardless, he will need to do some self-scouting and break some tendencies to be successful. If he does, we can put up points on this OSU defense based on how I think they'll play. If not, then we will struggle again.

If you haven't already, rewatch the Ohio vs PSU game, as it's the most relevant when comparing the two against a good common opponent. (and don't let anybody else tell you otherwise) I believe we'll see a similar Ohio defense in this game compared to how Ohio has played others. Heavy box, Safety's keying on the run, wanting JJ to beat us with his arm. That said, Ohio Will not be as hyper-aggressive as they were last year, where they played a ton of cover zero.

Here's to me how we break our norm and give ourselves the best chance to win

1. Turn on QB reads and runs - most obvious and straightforward. It takes away a defender from a loaded box.
2. Let JJ be JJ - he already alluded to this in his presser, but to me, this is to get JJ out of the pocket and give him run-pass options. It will slow down those speed rushes as well if they're worried about contain and force them to be true in their rush lanes.
3. Throw when motioning TEs/Bredeson into the backfield/LOS. It's my opinion that teams are keying on this - you can tell by how the safeties are reacting.
4. More Play action - how we're not the biggest PA team in the nation is wild to me.
5. Have a plan for Barnhart if needed. Barnhart was going fine at RT vs Maryland, and most people don't realize that switching from RT to LT is like trying to throw left-handed - everything is backwards. However, chipping with a TE or RB will help if he struggles.

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Not my video, but I enjoyed! GO BLUE

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For what it’s worth. 👀

Just curious do the fans boycott game day? I know it was talked about just wondering.

All blue.

Taking a few days off. Wishing all on the board a great holiday. See you all Sunday. AA will be rocking can't wait to be there

28-24 Michigan
Yes we get Underwood on January 6th two days before we win a NC.

JW Marriott in Indy will be rocking December 1st and 2nd. See you all there.

It's going to be very interesting to see what the conference and national reaction is if/when it becomes clear that OSU hired a private investigation firm to dig up dirt on our program.

Where does that fall into sportsmanship and conference etiquette (and I won't even get into the use of illegal means of obtaining information).

I feel quite comfortable saying that if we had hired PI firms from the moment Tressel arrived I'm not sure they would have even gotten to the Urban Meyer era and legacies would not be what they are now.

Coaches know this is a dumb game to play that is a recipe for mutual destruction. Yet its looking more and more like Charmin did exactly that.

Where does it go from there? Anywhere? There doesn't seem to be much uproar now, but when the news cycle doesn't have games and Harbaugh to bait clicks with, will this resurface in a big way? I'm not sure but I'm curious.

And the extent to which the NCAA penalizes them will be fascinating. It will certainly have implications for any future cases of sharing stolen signs of a mutual opponent.

Great coach!

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Enjoy!

I don't why some of you are fans. Honestly.... We have not lost a regular season game in two plus years. Don't the kids deserve the benefit of the doubt? Bandwagon will still have occupancy I guess come 4pm Saturday.
28-24 Michigan

Think the kid is legit and has huge upside.

BUT, what I expect Saturday is an opponent that is going to focus a whole bunch of time on making sure JJ is the only reason they lose this game.

To me, it is JJ's game. Michigan has to throw successfully and I fear that anything under 275 yards and multiple passing TD's will mean an unhappy ending to the regular.elseason

Roman, please be ready.

JJ, play the game of your life and become a legend

I was able to get multiple confirmations about what kind of evidence that Michigan possesses.

I’m not going to list schools because I don’t have that information confirmed.

However, here’s what I know they have evidence of:

- Where the PI firm came from, which started this whole process.
- While there’s talk there’s evidence of Michigan’s practices being filmed, there could POTENTIALLY be evidence of practice film being stolen. We’ll see about the last part.
- Michigan’s signals being stolen and the likelihood of that information being shared to other programs.
- Recruiting violations which includes both high school and transfer portal prospects.

Tomorrow could be very explosive if this goes as we’ve been told it would be.

And throw passes. And said they were in big trouble before the 2021 game. I predicted a three year run of Michigan wins. This is the third year, and until the Harbaugh suspension, I felt the most confident about this year. Not so much anymore. A lot of my prediction comes from sports psychology, having competed in the Big 10 for Michigan. As the week goes on when I get time, I want to talk about where I think the psychology is and where the pressure is. But first I want to just take in what we talked about before the game last year.

People were picking OSU because they still believed recruiting rankings over their eyes, or maybe they were not watching the games critically. And lamented that "this is at OSU, we never win there! Plus Blake is out!" I would have picked UM in this game by double digits again, but this suspension....makes for a very unlevel playing field in this game. Look for more on this later this week.

But this is what I said last year.

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Last year (2021) on the night before the game, I wrote this long skreed. Before UM won. I basically talked about all of the things that people have been talking about since the 2021 game. Toughness, competitive greatness, that "It's Michigan showing up on Saturday, not Rutgers." That Michigan is talented and will be the hardest thing OSU has seen and they will struggle to respond to that. Etc, Etc. And I almost didn't hit send/post because I was like "these people are going to think I'm crazy."


But the truth is, this is the same game as last year. Michigan is better on the lines. Michigan will run the ball. Blake is going to play...that's my gut talking. I have no inside info. But that hit was like on his knee funny bone. If that's true, he'll play.

As I said before Illinois, conditions have not significantly changed. Ohio is going to try to throw for 50 points and won't be able to do it. They are a one trick pony, and paper tiger. The dudes who are lining up tomorrow on defense for OSU are some of the same dudes who we smashed last year and our line is better this year. Ohio State is a "style points for the committee" team that is great at style points for the committee, but isn't built for Michigan.

What I know personally is that, ballers live for this moment. And only when placed in a conference championship setting can they "arrive to greatness." By the way these teams are built, the call to greatness favors Michigan's blueprint. And their players being the ones to emerge. If whe have a QB who is a "gamer" then he will show out tomorrow.

I will die on one hill. Ohio State won't score more than 28 points on Michigan. I don't know how Michigan will score more than 28 with these injuries, but I just believe they will. Ohio State in the 20s for the Michigan win. The Ohio State that you see and fear....wasn't lining up against Michigan. What you saw versus IU or Maryland and fear....that won't happen against Michigan's talent. Their punter and kicker will be busier than he's been all year.

Now granted you can manipulate stats in a lot of ways but I want to take a look at something.
Ohio State has played five road games this year. Let's look at their average scoring in these games.

At Indiana 23
At Notre Dame 17
At Purdue 41
At Wisconsin 24
At Rutgers 35.

Average these five games out and you get 28 points per game. Replace Purdue with Penn State (to get a gauge on how they handle adversity/ a good opponent), and you get an average of 23.8 points per game... Because Ohio State only scored 20 on Penn State. That's five games. Their worst five performances. Almost half of their season output. Not very impressive if you ask me . Let's look at their best scoring performances

Youngstown State 35
Western Kentucky 63
Maryland 37
Purdue 41
Michigan State 38
Minnesota 37

The average points per game here is 251 points divided by six games. And voila Ohio State averaged 41.8 points per game against these opponents. Now, I don't want to get everyone's hopes up that we shut this team out because they are hitting their stride.

They have players. They can score and they could win. But when you break them down offensively against their best opponents (best defenses/performances) their offense is about as scary as a baby kitten nursing warm milk from a bottle, or at least somewhere between said kitten and a terrifying old elephant that's really sick and moves very slow. Like family Guy cut away gag slow. Picture the elephant "I'm worthless without my nasal spray" (stereotypical old guy voice)

In short, I do believe we can slow these guys down as good or better than we did Maryland especially at home. MHJ/EE is always a threat and Trayveon Henderson gives this team some teeth to their run game. Pressure Henderson contain the run. Go home with the W. Go Blue!