Our special teams are a complete mess as a unit. I can't even tell you who the STC is on the staff...but I'd rather see him fired in-season way more than the OC or DC.

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“I really enjoyed how the coaches and staff were so welcoming and honest with me upfront,” Ivy said. “The atmosphere was electric. The history of the university also stood out. I enjoyed how a lot of the players embraced me and showed me love.”

After seeing him in person a couple weeks ago I think Ivy will become a national recruit.

When time is a factor, and you need points, you call your best plays for your best players.

Taking the ball out of Davis Warren's hands down in the red zone was an epic blunder, especially considering how he has played the last two games.

Better than what could have happened… but to undisciplined

M&BR has placed a new FutureCast prediction in favor of Michigan.

Coach themselves. Like 7 on 7 tackle.
Send Martindale and Campbell to Aruba for the next month.

1. First game I've been to in Ann Arbor this year and it was a beautiful day and lots of fun. Went with an old college roommate - first Michigan football game we've gone to together in 33 years (the last game we were at together was 91 OSU - Desmond punt return/Heisman pose). I think sometimes we as fans often takes college sports way too seriously. I understand for the players, they put some much of themselves in it and, in many cases, it's basically a job. But for fans, it's nothing but entertainment - we have nothing riding on it.
2. I thought Warren looked pretty good - especially when he had time. You can tell he's still learning. I hope he's back next year. I could see where we could win with him if he has a solid line and a few more receivers.
3. What a beast Loveland is. He's so athletic for a big TE.
4. It seemed to me that the interior of the OL struggled more than the tackles. In general, Warren seemed to have time on most dropbacks.
5. What happened on the procedure penalty on us on the punt? What did we do wrong?
6. Mullings doesn't appear to be 100%.
7. As many people have commented, Campbell doesn't seem to have a great feel for play calling. We got behind the chains too much on 1st down. Obviously, the calls late in the red zone were very odd.
8. It was going to take a near perfect game for us to win today with us missing Johnson and Hill. Our defense would have looked a lot different with a secondary of Johnson, Turner, Sabb this year . . . and allowed us to play a lot more aggressively up front (or at least not been burned as much for doing so).
9. We needed more from the front 4 today. Gabriel had way too much time to throw - especially in the first half. Moore has been pretty quiet. I wonder how much of that has to do with health. Gotta give credit to Steward for gutting it out after getting hurt. He's a warrior.
10. Oregon's blocking outside was better than our's - i.e., their receivers.
11. I was sitting around a ton of recruits and their family members (Section 23, Row 7). Unfortunately, I can't tell you who any of them were because recruiting is not my thing.
12. It would be nice if the students would get to the game on time and not leave early. Players deserve more.

1) First TD was BS. You can't miss that as a referee. It's not a judgment call. He dropped it
(4 points)
2) Tyler Morris drop at the 2. We kicked a FG next play. He catches that which he should of we score a TD potentially. (4 points)
3) Stupid penalty on special teams and another dropped pick again by Paige.
(3 points)

These go the way they should of its 24-21 Oregon with the ball at their 15 with 9 minutes to go. This game was that close. Three plays we either got f... on and or didn't execute. We played well just didn't execute when we needed.

M&BR has the some quick notes on Michigan's recruiting weekend.

Here we go. Let's play some football!

Ducks handle the Wolverines at the Big House.
OFFENSE
WR -- 8 MORRIS, 12 Bell
LT -- 78 HINTON
LG -- 68 PRIEBE
C -- 51 CRIPPEN
RG -- 58 EL-HADI
RT – 71 LINK
OL -- 79 Persi
QB -- 16 WARREN, 10 Orji
RB -- 7 EDWARDS, 20 Mullings
TE -- 18 LOVELAND, 17 Klein, 80 Hansen
FB/TE -- 44 Bredeson
WR – 0 S. MORGAN, 3 F. Moore
WR – 81 O'LEARY, 5 Charleston

DEFENSE
EDGE -- 0 J. STEWART, 42 Guy
DT -- 55 GRAHAM, 26 Benny, 17 Etta, 95 Pierce
NT -- 78 Grant
DT-- 78 GRANT, 95 Pierce
EDGE -- 8 MOORE, 91 Brandt
LB -- 15 HAUSMANN, 34 Hood
LB -- 1 BARHAM, 30 Rolder
CB -- 10 BERRY, 16 Edmond
FS -- 28 Q. JOHNSON, 25 Curtis
SS -- 13 W. WALKER
NICKEL -- 7 PAIGE
CB -- 12 A. HALL

SPECIAL TEAMS
PK -- 96 ZVADA
KO -- 19 DOMAN
P -- 19 DOMAN
LS -- 49 WAGNER
H -- 19 DOMAN
PR -- 0 S. MORGAN, 8 D. Morris
KR -- 36 HARRIS

Special Teams Contributors: 0 Stewart, 1 Barham, 3 F. Moore, 5 Charleston, 5 Oden, 7 Paige, 8 D. Moore, 10 Berry, 12 A. Hall, 13 W. Walker, 14 K. Jones, 15 Hausmann, 16 Edmond, 19 Doman, 20 Mullings, 22 Dunlap, 23 Sullivan, 24 Pollard, 25 Curtis, 27 McLaurin, 28 Johnson, 30 Rolder, 34 Hood, 36 Harris, 39 Taylor, 42 Hoffman, 44 Hewlett, 49 Wagner, 51 Crippen, 52 Bennett, 55 Efobi, 55 Graham, 56 Guidice, 62 R. Anderson, 71 Link, 78 Grant, 78 Hinton, 79 Persi, 80 Hansen, 83 Marshall, 91 Brandt, 92 Iwunnah, 95 Pierce, 96 Zvada
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Injuries? I don't follow other teams that closely.

That some people on here are suggesting that the score so far is because of our defense. We are facing a pro offense that is, by far, the best in the country, and our defense has been the field the entire half. Meanwhile, our offense - knowing it has to score points - is once again puttering, led by absolutely horrific 2nd down playcalling. Michigan was going to always need more than 30 points across quarters to win this game. They are nowhere close to doing that.

With the recruiting going like this and a certain someone hopefully in attendance today is the day Michigan writes its story. A win today gets us back in the race for Indy. A win today get us the lead on every sports station in the country. A win today puts this program on a rocket for years to come because of the recruiting we are doing. Meet you all on the field around 7:00 for a party like it's 1984. Go Blue and let's have a f....day.

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Yes I do believe in Santa and he's about to give us an early gift.

That is all.

It took my mother reminding me that three years ago today we started out here. What a crazy three years its been for us. We've taken our lumps, heard all the criticisms here or elsewhere, and kept pushing.

Three years has gone by quickly and deciding to take this endeavor on has been the most challenging yet rewarding decision I have ever made.

Thank you, all, for making this all possible. I wouldn't be here without you all.

Here's to another three and beyond!

Gotta upgrade the staff.