Looked like the same old Red Zone play calling. In a game like this, why aren’t we running anything more creative?
That being asked, it’s the only glaring weakness I see on an otherwise great team that is bonding together big time.

Heading up on Friday for the game. What are the best brunch places in Ann Arbor?? Preferably places with Mimosa/Bloody Mary availability.

You guys were great with the Bar/Craft beer recommendations!

Thanks!

who their West opponent will be.

This may end up being the perfect game for this team. Rutgers threw absolutely everything the possibly could at us in the 1st half, and found themselves ahead 17-14. Credit Greg Schiano - I think he coached a whale of a 1st half. The punt block was a great scheme, and the onside kick was a brilliant call. Still can't believe we recoved that. He also had their DL and front 7 ready to play - they played hard, and tough, and should be credited for that. The punt block TD changed everything about the 1st half, and I think that adversity will prove to be galvanizing for this team. In a way, we needed that kind of adversity (trailing 17-14 at half). It's going to make this team better down the road, IMO.

I've been vocal here that I'd like to see the passing game improve. And that really has nothing to do with the run game - I'd just like more creativity when we do pass it. At the half, the BTN reporter said Jim had adjustments, and I was skeptical. Well, Jim backed that up. The obvious offensive adjustment I observed was to utilize Donovan Edwards in the passing game. Had a big catch on the 1st drive in the 2nd half, and then caught the TD (what a catch, by the way!). Credit to Jim and staff for making good adjustments in the passing game at the half.

Jesse Minter...man, that guy was a home run hire. The Will Johnson INT was just beautiful. He brought pressure, which led to a quicker type throw. Instead of having Will Johnson in press man, he had Will backpedal so that the play was in front of him. The Rutgers QB tossed up a 50/50 type ball, which is what their preparation likely called for. Our DB's have struggled in those situations. As soon as Will started to backpedal, and as he threw the ball I was screaming "pick it!". Thanks to Minter's call, Will had the whole play in front of him, saw the ball thrown and broke on the ball to made the play. That is absolute beauty from a defensive perspective. Jesse Minter schemed up that INT. That doesn't happen if Will is playing press coverage.

One thing I noticed from a play calling perspective - every time we threw the ball on 1st down, we followed that up with a run on 2nd down. Unless I missed something, I think that was the sequence every time we threw on 1st down. I'd like to see the offensive staff be comfortable following up a 1st down throw with another throw. This aspect of the offensive game plan was very conservative. Hopefully they are trying to build up tendencies that they will ultimately break in Columbus?

And how about Michael Barrett? His mistake led to the game changing play (blocked punt TD). So what does he do? Goes out and makes a great INT in zone coverage, then follows it up with a tipped INT, ridiculous spin move, and a return TD. Congratulations to that kid for more than making up for the missed assignment on the blocked punt. Love to see that.

And on that note, it was awesome to see our defense force turnovers. The 1st and 3rd INT's were 100% our play calls, which is awesome. The 2nd INT on the tipped ball was more on Rutgers, but give Barrett credit for making the play. We've all seen too many missed opportunities to get an INT this year, and in years past. It was great to see 3 of these in the 2nd half.

The first half wasn't fun, but if we're looking long term I don't think this game could've gone any better. We faced real adversity on the road, made adjustments, and came out and played a ridiculously good 2nd half. The coaching staff now has plenty of ammunition to push this team and get even better.

Seems like the top 3 are obvious…
(1)Georgia
(2)MICHIGAN
(3)OSU

They were in places that nfl qbs put them and wrs/tes routinely make those catches. He lacks some touch on deep balls but everything else is on a rope

3:50 p.m. Update: Can confirm that Kalel Mullings is out tomorrow, too. He was the other name hinted below.

Michigan is expected to be without the likes of Mazi Smith, Jaylen Harrell and Makari Paige tomorrow to go along with Ryan Hayes being out, multiple sources have confirmed.

All have minor injuries that aren't going to sideline them long. As I was told, all could play tomorrow but won't. A bummer, for sure, but fortunate news overall. Next man up.

I'm working on one more potential absence, a non-starter on defense, that could not appear tomorrow.

Let’s get Will Johnson some run, Turner burned like a cheap cigarette all year

Nebby, per FanDuel.

Bielema on Michigan State injuries: "They set a record for injuries and miraculously everyone came back but that's the game, that's how it's played. It was really hard for us to get tempo going because they got injured"*

Maybe next time don't go out of your way to defend tucker and how he's such a great man and doesn't promote the culture that created the tunnel incident.

And then say. I have comments on our tunnel and will say them "at the right time."

Because you just slurped a guy who then "respects" you so much, his gameplan was to continually fake injuries and he dominated you as a 16 point dog in your "dream" season.

Good Luck to you bert.

Because in two weeks, you are gonna get stomped into the Stone Age.

Failure and disgrace

3rd and 4 throw to Schoon, no let’s run up the middle…only team in the country that can dominate a game and be up by 2 at halftime

Three of the top 6 teams go down tonight and Michigan took care of business on the road against Rutgers in the second half! This is very good news for Michigan as they can move up in the CFP rankings! Meanwhile...OSU struggled against NW earlier today and even in those conditions...they got exposed!

...21-2 last 2 season

Obvious winning formula

Reining B1G champs

CFP

Have a Heisman contender in Corum

Incredible depth on both sides of the ball

The now and the future are quite bright!

ITS GREAT YO BE A MICHIGAN WOLVERINE

And against the great Aaron Rodgers. A boyhood dream perhaps!

Anyone see the Mel Tucker on-field post game interview?
Either he has a sinus infection or is doing bumps on the sideline all game. That’s my hunch, based on how amped up and angry that dude is.

Well, this should be fun to look at...

OFFENSE
WR – 6 C. JOHNSON, 1 Anthony, 4 Walker
LT – 79 PERSI, 77 Keegan
LG – 77 KEEGAN, 58 El-Hadi, 72 Bounds
C – 55 OLUWATIMI, 62 Anderson
RG – 65 ZINTER, 74 Atteberry
RT – 52 BARNHART, 75 Gentry
QB – 9 McCARTHY, 16 Warren
RB – 2 CORUM, 7 Edwards, 23 Stokes, 22 Dunlap, 41 Gash
TE – 86 SCHOONMAKER, 18 LOVELAND, 82 Bredeson, 84 Honigford, 88 Hibner, 89 Selzer
WR – 8 BELL, 0 Clemons
SLOT – 3 Henning, 13 Morris, 8 Bell, 81 O'Leary

DEFENSE
EDGE – 90 MORRIS, 91 Upshaw, 8 Moore
DT – 94 JENKINS, 91 Upshaw, 55 Graham, 78 Grant
NT – 58 SMITH, 55 Graham, 99 Goode, 26 Benny, 54 Rooks
EDGE – 18 OKIE, 17 McGregor, 91 Upshaw, 42 Guy
LB – 25 COLSON, 29 Velazquez, 4 Pollard
LB – 23 BARRETT, 30 Rolder
CB – 5 TURNER, 36 Harris, 4 Walker
FS – 6 MOTEN, 28 Q. Johnson
SS – 19 MOORE, 31 Perry
NICKEL – 0 SAINRISTIL, 12 Jones
CB – 2 W. JOHNSON, 33 Green

SPECIAL TEAMS
PK – 13 MOODY
KO – 13 MOODY
P – 91 ROBBINS
LS – 45 TARR
H – 91 ROBBINS
PR – 3 HENNING
KR – 3 HENNING

Special Teams Contributors: 0 Clemons, 0 Sainristil, 2 W. Johnson, 3 Henning, 4 Pollard, 4 Walker, 5 Turner, 6 C. Johnson, 6 Moten, 12 Jones, 13 Moody, 17 McGregor, 18 Loveland, 23 Barrett, 25 Colson, 28 Q. Johnson, 29 Velazquez, 30 Rolder, 31 Perry, 33 Green, 36 Harris, 39 Taylor, 40 Boivin, 41 Gash, 42 Guy, 45 Tarr, 58 El-Hadi, 58 Smith, 75 Gentry, 78 Grant, 79 Persi, 80 Neff, 81 O'Leary, 82 Bredeson, 84 Honigford, 86 Schoonmaker, 88 Hibner, 89 Selzer, 90 Morris, 91 Robbins, 91 Upshaw, 94 Jenkins, 96 Welschof