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How are Michigan fans feeling about the game coming up on Saturday night? How big of a game is Michigan vs Washington? What's the vibe and outlook against the Huskies?
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How big of a game is this? 1:30-10:27
Feedback on game 10:28-14:52
Vibe 14:53-24:17
Feedback vibe 24:18-33:27
Outlook 33:28-38:57
Outlook feedback 38:58-50:24
Jadyn Davis doesn't want to play 50:25-1:12:59
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Any indication of game time? I'm trying to plan that Saturday, coming from STL, and am wondering if this will be an early or late game.

I have a feeling it won't be long before people catch up with my annoyance with how the Big 10 chose to structure itself.

The manner in which the conference has been structured in order to determine a champion is nothing short of absurd. Folks have just rolled with it to this point. Yeah, we're adding USC, UCLA, Oregon and Washington. Watch out SEC!!!!

Meanwhile the prostitutes in charge count their incoming money and roll out an 18 team league whose championship drive includes:

- Each team playing slightly more than HALF of the conference. There's 17 possible opponents for each team and each team plays only 9 of them!!! No divisions to section off teams and ensure apples are being compared to apples. 8/17 unplayed by every single team!!! No little league administrator would keep their job setting up such utter nonsense.

- Half the league plays 4 home games and the other half plays 5. That's a massive BUILT IN disadvantage for HALF of the conference.

Nobody seemed to care. They looked at the schedules and thought "seems pretty even some have it a little worse than others. You've got to win your games".

The fact that you have to win your games is completely separate from the job that administrators of athletic competitions should be doing - setting up as even a playing field as possible to determine a champion. But instead they showed they couldn't care less about an even playing field, simply maximizing cash and we get this.

The Indiana resurgence story is great. I'm happy for Indiana fans and love a turnaround.

However, their having to travel only to @UCLA, @Evanston, @East Lansing, and @OSU is a complete joke. The OSU loss is a throw away of course. 0-1. UCLA looked tough on paper but Evanston could be tougher because UCLA is hot garbage. And that's the obvious, you can't project who will be good or bad and use that projection to try to massage schedule balance. You just don't know.

Then Indiana has five home games the toughest of which is Michigan who looks to be the fourth best team in the Big Ten AT BEST?

Now compare that to what Nebraska, also a resurgent team has to play. They have five road games @OSU, @USC, @Iowa, @Indiana, @Purdue.

Its a damn joke that they are "competing" for the same crown. We will see this EVERY year in this structure.

And people will still sit back and say "oh well, luck of the draw it will even out over the years, what can you do?"

What can you do? Set up a structure with competitive schedule fairness. Its not hard!!! Its done in every community in every sport across the planet.

We could be walking into an OSU-Indiana rematch in the Big Ten championship game because of this blatant prostitution.

When you set up an athletic league, you should be making every effort to ensure teams are playing on a level structural playing field in terms of their schedule. Again ALL little league administrators are held to this standard.

That wasn't even a consideration in this mess. Only the almighty dollar was.

I remain disgusted and, for now, seemingly alone in my disgust.

Rest In Power John Amos & James Earl Jones

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Next year should be scary unless we raid the portal and we pay big money.

Jaishawn Barham had high expectations for himself that matched the expectations of the Michigan fan base.
It was a frustrating start for the Maryland transfer, but as Barham adapts to being a piece of the Michigan system, he is improving each week.
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Does anyone have any good dinner recommendations for Buffalo, NY. Have to travel up there for work. Only there for one night, but I have never been and it’s on the company, lol.

Go blue!

-Ben

A Bama type offense? More designed runs and QB draws? I feel bad for Campbell because he's so hamstrung with Orji as a passer. And even more hamstrung with Warren.

Started 2.5 went to 3 now its just 2. Money is Michigan to win and cover and hit the over per CBS Sports line. Just sayin....

We've been talking about this for months, it is inevitable.
The Big Ten and SEC are in a league of their own, and may literally be in the future.
Right now the focus is increasing stake in the CFP, they want the top 4 teams from each conference to get in. The argument is obvious, they play the toughest schedule and shouldn't get left out over a two loss team from the ACC for instance.
They are going to make that schedule even tougher with a crossover game each season. The Big Ten is requesting the SEC move to nine games with that format, a fair request and one I don't think the SEC will oppose any more given how many teams they have. That means each B1G and SEC team would play nine conference opponents and one team from the other conference. This is going to be terrible news for Notre Dame because USC and other B1G/SEC teams are not going to want to play them with such a tough 10 game slate.
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A couple common (and completely baseless) themes keep popping up

-Moore won’t be on the hot seat. There will most likely be staff changes but Moore is safe.
-Tuttle will most likely not see the field this season. He can’t get and stay healthy, and it’s not like IF gets healthy enough to play it’s not like he’s going to come in and just automatically everyone plays better
-Jayden Davis is not playing this year. He’s not ready physically and would get destroyed behind this line.

Some of you are really showing you don’t understand what this program is and thinking this is last year’s roster.

I didn't see him come back into the game. Did he? Any word about him after the game?

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and the team will be fine.

To some, the crazy narrative is that USC wasn't good, and that we won't be able to beat any other teams is ridiculous.

USC's clobbering of Wisconsin in a game eerily similar to last week's: USC was down 21-10 in the first and exploded in the second half for 28 unanswered points should be proof that we didn't beat up on an over-ranked team last week and actually held on vs good competition. I'm excited to see what USC does going forward- they could beat PSU with their kicking and scoring woes, and at home, I think they could beat ND.


By season's end, this could be looked at as as good a win as Texas was a loss.

Miller Moss struggled the most with Michigan's maligned (by some of you) defense, and had his lowest passer rating and completion % this season, and his opponents include LSU and Wisconsin.

I find it hard to believe that (with our key players like Will and Josiah back to healthy) we will see yesterday's defensive collapse late in the game, especially against the good handful of B1G QBs who aren't as good as Miller Moss, and whose supporting cast is nowhere near as talented as USC's.

The same folks who screamed about how many five stars USC and how good their QB was, rendering them unbeatable by a "one-dimensional offense had to then move their chips to "USC sucks" basically tucked tail and acted as if the win was an aberration.

The only impressive "also ran" team I've seen thus far (and not tested yet, mind you) is IU. They actually look like last season's 2nd tier leader, Maryland: Not close to the big time teams, but pretty darn good so far.

Illinois basically got bullied by a half-assed PSU team that doesn't have a FG kicker (0-2 from inside 45 yards) and Luke Altmeyer looked like "Luke Altmeyer facing his first real competition". Illinois not being able to run the ball, along with having issues with pressure up the middle is a good matchup for Michigan.

Washington got beat by Rutgers, despite their offense outgaining Rutgers by 222 yards...Starting to think that Rutgers (115 yards passing, 184 yards rushing) will be more of a stylistic challenge (as they play the same way). I can see wins in both of these.

Those blubbering over possible losses to Oregon and OSU, are basically parroting the vast majority's (including my own) pre-season expectations. OSU should beat Michigan this season- All of the chips, including experience across the board, is in their favor. My preseason predicted losses to OSU and Oregon because they have significant advantages.

I'd be willing to bet that those who are scared of MSU and Illinois haven't really watched them play, and are also being willfully (pun) ignorant about missing our top CB and pass rusher, and acting as if 5 sacks, and INT and a forced fumble is the ceiling for this D, when whole again (which should be as soon as next week).

Not to mention the very real idea that, of all program, shouldn't the one with the most new pieces take the longest to get running smoothly?

The idea that 5 games in, those thinking that this is what we are, are missing the little improvements made game-by-game by teams that are both young and haven't played football together for a long period of time.

This is the exact type of team with a higher ceiling as the team plays more. Are there things to fix? YES. Are they fixable? Well if the issues are based on inexpereince, of course, with experience things should get better. There were steps taken in the passing game, and the overreaction on the one INT is indicative of people stuck with a pre-judgement of one QB over the other.

I saw Orji throw Colston into the coverage- Bad throw, I agree...
I also saw Colston with both hands on the ball, and the ball get wrested away by the much smaller defender. Colston on a 50/50 ball vs Ethan Robinson - IMO, he should've had that catch.

Now, I'm just looking for the team to play an entire game, and change how they come out in the second halves of games.

I mean, if we look at the two first halves of the last two weeks, Michigan dominated. We outscored USC and Minnesota 34-6, had 8 first half sacks, and held both USC and Minnesota to negative first half rushing yards.

Whatever happens at the half has more to do with than just "not being able to pass"...Something happens with the D, the pass rush, the play calling...etc.

In fact. having a lead should put a running team in the best position to win.

Put together two halve like our first half, and Michigan will win more than many expect.

Of course those who picked Michigan to definitely lose to USC should have their expectations for the season already surpassed, vs the opposite.