Good too see that the program mentality was that this mattered.

Heroic effort by the defense and Marshall.

And one good play by Orji.

Michigan does it again, beating Alabama and Jalen Milroe in a bowl game for the second time this year.
OFFENSE
WR -- 0 MORGAN, 39 Taylor
LT -- 71 LINK
LG -- 68 PRIEBE
C -- 51 CRIPPEN
RG -- 58 EL-HADI
RT -- 54 SPRAGUE
QB -- 16 WARREN, 10 Orji
RB -- 23 MARSHALL, 28 Hall
FB -- 44 BREDESON
TE -- 17 Klein, 80 Hansen
WR -- 81 O'LEARY, 12 Bell
SLOT -- 3 MOORE, 14 Goodwin

DEFENSE
EDGE -- 8 MOORE, 91 Brandt
DT -- 95 PIERCE, 92 Iwunnah
NT -- 26 BENNY, 92 Iwunnah
DT-- 17 ETTA, 26 Benny
EDGE -- 42 GUY, 33 Nichols, 52 Bennett
LB -- 15 HAUSMANN, 30 Rolder
LB -- 1 BARHAM, 34 Hood
CB -- 12 HALL, 16 Edmond
SS -- 28 JOHNSON
FS -- 13 WALKER, 6 Hillman, 25 Curtis
NICKEL -- 10 Berry
CB -- 10 BERRY, 20 Hill

SPECIAL TEAMS
PK -- 96 ZVADA
KO -- 96 ZVADA
P -- 90 HOLLENBECK
LS -- 49 WAGNER, 45 Tarr
H -- 90 HOLLENBECK
PR -- 0 MORGAN
KR -- 39 TAYLOR, 23 Marshall, 0 Morgan

Special Teams Contributors: 0 Morgan, 1 Barham, 3 Moore, 5 Oden, 6 Hillman, 8 Moore, 10 Berry, 12 Bell, 12 Hall, 13 Walker, 15 Hausmann, 16 Edmond, 17 Etta, 23 Marshall, 23 Sullivan, 25 Curtis, 26 Benny, 27 McLaurin, 28 Johnson, 29 Ka-apana, 30 Rolder, 33 Nichols, 34 Hood, 36 Harris, 39 Taylor, 41 Kuzdzal, 42 Guy, 42 Hoffman, 44 Hewlett, 45 Tarr, 49 Donahue, 49 Wagner, 51 Crippen, 52 Bennett, 53 Guarnera, 55 Efobi, 58 El-Hadi, 68 Priebe, 71 Link, 80 Hansen, 81 O'Leary, 83 Marshall, 90 Hollenbeck, 91 Brandt, 92 Iwunnah, 95 Pierce, 96 Zvada, 97 Anwunah
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It's pretty amazing that we have won two big games with no passing game.

Both teams we beat had outstanding talent at receiver, both teams had a solid run game, and both teams had stud QBs on paper. In both games, our D choked the life out of them.

But I love it.

Our revamped D-line abused their O-line. Perhaps Bama is getting a little soft under DeBore

Nm

Wink showed he adjusted to the college game. Can't wait till next year.

This game should speak volumes to HS recruits and those in the portal.

Our team played lights out across the board. This game demonstrated that player development at Michigan is HUGE.

To all those that have been hating on Moore, you lost your fan card in my book. How many of you fired Wink midway through the season?

Fact is we just beat a team with significantly more talent on the field than we had. At least that’s what we were lead to believe. Our young guys played like studs.

Offensive play calling was poor at times, but it fit how we need to win games this season. And that had already been addressed with a new OC.

Fact is this guy is a straight up leader. And won some big games this season with a ton of turnover almost everywhere.

There isn’t a team in the country that would want to play us right now. A testament to DEVELOPMENT AND LEADERSHIP.

Take a lap coach.

It’s telling that Michigan, after Warren has virtually no one the coaches trust to throw the ball down the field in any way shape or form.

Than to lose by not attempting one.
Go Blue!!!

Josh won’t be around as he deals with a personal matter, Brock is obviously in Tampa, and I’m still getting over my illness.

Appreciate you guys keeping the convo going here!

to catch the eye of DT's and Edges to see how young guys at Michigan is getting developed. This is incredible. WOW! Wink is an incredible DC.

I feel like OSU could win the whole thing. My problem is I'm not in love with Oregon's D, and I don't think they know how to make the game ugly, which OSU hates.

This game could be a 50-49 affair.

Live updates as Michigan takes on Alabama in the ReliaQuest Bowl:

After a poor season with 5 losses, only spared by an amazing victory at OSU, we have 9 NFL-draft eligible players sitting out of the bowl game. Meanwhile, Bama - a team that many realize probably should have been in the CFP and really has nothing to prove - has all of their NFL eligible players playing for what posters here are describing as a "meaningless" game. But it's not. As DeBoer said today, a bowl game is the opportunity to play one more time with your teammates, the opportunity to leave the program in the best condition possible and the opportunity to set the right tone for next year. I understand kids need to make a decision in what they believe is their own best interest, but its a real shame that we didn't have more of these type of players willing to play tomorrow and/or the university didn't purchase some insurance for them (like Colorado did). I find it stunning how people attempt to rationalize this game as meaningless - if we get our ass kicked it's not going to feel good and it doesn't help recruiting or morale, at all.

A look at some huge moves here:

My dad and stepmom got me a bottle of Blanton’s for Christmas so I’ll be cracking into that

The next QB to get paid is usually the highest paid QB, but are the Niners going to give Purdy that kind of deal? Would he accept anything less?

San Fran has taken advantage of him being so cheap from being a 7th round pick, if they reward him what message does that send? Will players start holding out as soon as they have a good year?

Throw in Darnold in Minnesota with JJ, a draft some very interesting QB prospects, and this is going to be interesting offseason for the QB position in the NFL.

Been places I can’t talk about, for people I tortured during my background check because there was no way they could have found me…legally. Which means they broke laws…like that matters anymore. Wish I could tell the tale..but I’ll go to my tomb with that a many other things I’ve been doing…totally on my terms or not at all. They seemed to think I’m some wizard after “obtaining” the 2 controversial proprietary analysis reports I was supposed to be insulated by 2 contracts from any exposure. But it’s 2025..the dawn of the new Global Gilded Age. If you don’t know what I’m implying, I suggest you should. A dangerous time that I could write a book on here.

I’m getting paid cash money homies. Tax free. I only worked 10 days out of every of the last 3 months
I got to visit places I’ve always wanted to go
I barely had to do shit was compile data and what it indicated, with suggestions for all possible actions.
- Then to had rebuttal sheets to officials that I had ready to go..because I start at the worst possible outcome in everything I plan in my life.

- I wish I could tell you the whole “China has one of our subs propellers!!” total kill shot I passed to the group. Think of it this way, that massive secret bronze aluminum propeller is a highly sensitive musical instrument that must be tuned with computer help, but the critical tuning is still done by hammer, dolly, fine files, and also must be tuned to the submarine’s special characteristics. There are 2 countries that can do this work, The US and England..that’s it. Today’s technology, even with the new variable blade pitch technology that just makes the job infinitely harder. These people are recruited from the musical instrument industries and are part of a closely guild of the highest level national security assets. Great..China has a damaged, untuned propeller we’re abandoning for something silent, makes no man-made low frequency sounds, is shockingly affordable, and will be the submarine propulsion of a massive drone surface/submarine force already in production, and will be the propulsion system of the next gen large multiple munitions and anti hypersonic missile killer modular platform. Say goodbye to the Trident’s. They’re no longer needed with other stuff coming I’m not at liberty to say..yet. The game has definitely changed from the end of the Cold War days.

- I got to submit my …uh…I can’t say where. My proposal that is basically “Strike, explain the new reality, build a daring plan that would immediately benefit the US by being bold enough to think a decade ahead.

Home now. Exhausted. Meds were no issue as my boy Theo’s family is a giant in Swedish Big Pharma…I had to say no to many other items offered.

That’s my one job for the year. I did it for 2 reasons, 1). my Pop was proud of me. 2). My own recon. You never really know what an ally is thinking until you see the expression of their face change in anger over a particular topic, if they are giving signs they’re talking from a prepared script they’ve memorized, if they are giving involuntary body signs that indicate they could be lying, or are they looking at you eye to eye, killer to killer..in that kind of confidence of someone speaking truth. 2/3rds of the time I had no fookin’ idea what was being said, I was sitting in a row of folding chairs just taking notes on “Straight black haired woman in official blue grey jacket”, noting every tic, if they were sweating, involuntary eye movements, avoiding direct eye contact, etc. The science on physical tells is hotly debated. All I know is from what I’ve read and employed in my life: If you’re female, I’ll be blinded for a while, but I’ll eventually regain what had proven to be true since my mid-20s…you’d have to be a Ted Bundy Sociopath in order to get away with lying to me.

I’m like Walken in this iconic scene. I could not find a SFW version, so if you were born after 1979, don’t bother playing the link, okay?

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So, it was a mixed bag. I’ll never work for those people again. Others? Yes. And I’m thinking about suing a whole bunch of people for breach of contract…but then I remember I absolutely do not want the amount of illumination suing would bring. Nooooo thanks. I still got enemies with long memories… I like that everyone from that time of my life assumed I was dead.

It was great listening to another Ass whoopin’ in ohio. Sherrone Moore scares Ryan Day now..it’s hilarious. I just saw Nick Saban call the whole state delusional psychotics who need Michigan therapy! Then I saw Conor Stalions dart board Xmas gift. I once thought Conor was an idiot, but after watching how he systematically developed his system from 3000 hand signs, and his cold as ice answers to NCAA accusations in the hearing that SCREAMED to me he had military training in interrogation. I would know, I’ve read all the manuals, declassified and others I’m familiar with that are still in use today. I’ll be the first to say it, Stalions needs his own local radio show.

Love what extremely little info I was able to pick up about Michigan while I was here and there. I had no private phone or laptop. Got home a few days before Xmas and I’ve been knocked over by the good news flowing in.

More after the new year.

Memento Morte
Amor Fati

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Michigan football takes the field one last time during the 2024 season when it takes on Alabama on New Year’s Eve in the ReliaQuest Bowl.

Previewing the matchup and making a prediction

Anyone think he could be a good NFL coach.

*I'm just trying to find an upgrade from Matt Lafleur. I'm tired of seeing my team beat up on the average - bad NFL teams and always losing to the good teams*

Was told of an interesting situation to potentially look for tomorrow at punter of all positions.

We were told that Marlin Klein is the backup punter currently. He’s actually been the emergency punter all season for road games.

Hudson Hollenbeck is going to be the punter/holder but IF Klein is used tomorrow, don’t be surprised. I wouldn’t stake a career on it but his soccer background in Germany has given him some power.

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Excited to watch Michigan whoop Ohio State next week!