Saturday, August 30, 2008

Unfamiliar Place: Michigan vs Utah


Forecast: Cloudy chance of despair
Listening To: Be Alright by Skillz

Can we get a Do-Over? No? We're these growing pains? Yes. I wasnt alive in 67' I do not know what its like to have a losing season. I am an optimist, I expect Blue to win every game they compete in. Why doesn't this feel like an upset? Why does this feel like another missed opportunity? A fall from grace, a Long Road Home: Imaginary Place. Great teams come and great teams go, the potential is there for this team to become GIANTS.


Things I am Now Tired Of
  • Other teams celebrating on our home field
  • The UM crowds

We dont even seem to have an intimidating place to play anymore, you don't just stroll into Michigan Stadium and walk out with a win, especially if your school name is Michigan. Today I saw another team stumble into our house and make it their own. Today I saw us go down by two scores once again, today I was reminded of Sept 1, 2007 for the first time in 363 days. Without Hart, we still showed heart, without a proven offense I saw us battle back, we tried to have fun. Today after a loss, I am actually excited about Michigan Football.......

Game Outtakes
  • Who the hell is Marell Evans? He is a liability on D.
  • Michigan D 101-Seams SEAMS sEAMS.
  • Sheridan looked like a lost child at K-Mart.
  • O-Line has a LONG road ahead.
  • MCGUFFIE!!!!!!!!! Run straight ahead please...solid game, however.
  • 50/50 on Stevie Brown, broke up a Donovan Warren INT....good job.
  • Special Teams-Fantastic job, kept us in the game ALL DAY, but Donovan fair catch sometimes, and B. Harrison, its ok to let your KO returner take it out of the endzone on occasion.
  • Playcalling: Boggled me all day. Deep Pass=not working, but we keep doing it. Flairs, working fairly well, scrap that nonsense. Needed a few more runs, Utah were just defending the pass half the game.
  • Good god Utah's kicker is amazing.
  • Did Michigan make defensive adjustments at half? Holeeeeeeee sh**.
  • Did I mention Marell Evans is ass.
  • WE ARE JUST 1 BLOCK AWAY, I REALLY TRULY BELIEVE THAT

Final Thoughts-This team is very very young, younger than I could've imagined. Saw some good things, saw more bad things. 4th qtr showed signs of what this team SHOULD be, just gotta work at it My revised outlook on the season 7-5. Half of the teams in D1 have to start 0-1....it'll Be Alright

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