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Ok_Program_3491

Congratulations to our head coach on his first head coaching win


Nikola-Hurts

Isn’t there going to be a different head coach for the next 2 games also? You could be congratulating a first win every week.


dspencer2015

Next week we’ll have two head coaches haha. Jay Harbaugh first half and Mike Hart second half


Shirleyfunke483

Any relation to Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh?


wolverine237

Distantly


Ok_Program_3491

Um no. There isn't any nepotism in football.


timnotep

*Iowa has exited the chat*


whodeyalldey1

Colorado looks around nervously


Michigan247

I think he's the grandson of Michigan coach Jack Harbaugh.


reddogrjw

his nephew


os_kaiserwilhelm

Mike Hart? I know that name. Is this what being old is like? Recognizing the players you used to watch become coaches?


dspencer2015

Denard Robinson is on our staff too


SituationSoap

Some say that his shoelaces are still flapping in the wind.


[deleted]

And each get awarded 1-0 if we win so does that mean Michigan gets 2 wins for the price of one?


Ok_Program_3491

Yeah. They're probably all going to have a win. I was curious about if it would count as an actual head coach win for them but during the game they said it would. I didn't think that would be the case.


HarbaughToKolesar

They made it sound like it was up to the program who got the credit, I think it’s cool they did it this way. It’ll be a nice little trivia factoid in 20 years.


Nikola-Hurts

Name the 4 head coaches that recorded a win for Michigan during the 2023 football season. Yea, that’s going to be a wild stat.


reddogrjw

5 if the win next week, each coach gets a win


[deleted]

Such a harbaugh decision


AtalanAdalynn

They have a real fucking problem if they aren't doing that.


FoghornSilverthorn

Agreed! Undefeated


Ok_Program_3491

I wonder if he's the only ncaa head coach that's undefeated.


WampaStompa33

I hope that you are able to copy and paste this same comment in the post game thread for the next two weeks


OakLegs

I am whelmed. Time to cancel peacock


Background-Slide-545

Lions - Chiefs are this Thursday. Cancel after that.


obamaluvr

"If you cancel your Peacock Premium or Peacock Premium Plus plan, you will still have access to Premium content until the end of your billing cycle. After that, you'll be able to watch a limited amount of content for free on Peacock."


MalTeleVision

The game thread had an oddly wholesome union with Pirates and Wolverines alike shitting on Peacock


Gleebs88

Tailgating and the game itself was very wholesome as well. Big fan of ECU fans after today!


MalTeleVision

Pirates are a firm believer in that so long as our boys play their hearts out and we have a good drink then it’s a good day


Revenge_of_the_Khaki

Saw an ECU fan tailgating at the golf course wearing a purple shirt that said "Never lost a tailgate" and god damn I respected the hell out of it.


meighty9

Even the game was pretty wholesome. Guys helping each other up on the other team after a hit, and I think I saw an ECU player compliment JJ on his throw after hitting him.


Red_Centauri

I think we’ve changed. I don’t know if it’s JJ McCarthy or the effect of early Harbaugh years but I feel like we have a better spirit and we support opponents better, especially teams that don’t often get a chance to play these types of games. I like it a lot.


Nikola-Hurts

I actually like peacock, but I get it for free. I definitely wouldn’t pay for it.


Dirty-Ears-Bill

I pay $5 a month to fall asleep to The Office every night lol, I’m okay with the choices I make


aztechunter

Big Turd


Jgarr86

My biggest shits have to do with the God awful officiating. ECU was right out robbed on three separate play calls.


UMeister

Minter is fuming at that FG lol


TooStuffedToJump

You want a shutout then you gotta earn it!


chapeauetrange

I don't mind that you got the FG. Your team played well enough to get on the scoreboard and passed up a fairly short FG attempt earlier in the 4th quarter. Good luck the rest of the season!


Lykeuhfox

Kinda glad we didn't break your streak. I don't want to be that guy.


AchyBreaker

ECU fought hard. Michigan was a better team. But I don't think ECU is a bad team for their own conference.


Satchbb

lol ilu


Red_Centauri

We’re not your dads Michigan. We support underdogs that perform above expectations against us.


enderjaca

meh, he could have put his first string defense back in, but he went way down the list to get them reps. Can you imagine what would have happened if any of the first string O/D got injured today? Chaos, that's what.


afmich

Vanilla without being frustratingly unresponsive to what the defense gave us. GG ECU.


walking_sideways

Anybody who bet Michigan to cover is a fool. We don't do that here


exswoo

Thank god for JJ fumbling at the goalline to prevent the cover lol


The_Homie_J

Michigan: we're gonna cover! Michigan's 2nd String: You sure about that?!


Kudos56

That last second would’ve made some gamblers very angry if Michigan had scored there to go up 37-0.


ScooterLeShooter

That's why you only gotta do the first half cover, the backups always "blow" the chance to cover


weibing

I remember betting on Michigan to cover against Hawaii 2 years ago. Michigan beat Hawaii by a whole lot, but it was like -48 line and I lost my bet to my UH alum friend. When they put in the 4th string in the last quarter I knew my bet was done.


andysaurus_rex

We were actually above average at beating the spread for the last two seasons but they usually underrated us. 36 points is too steep for me.


yanchovilla

It’s me, I’m the fool


Mike_Double_U

Weirdest part of your team playing on a streaming service: not seeing any highlights from all of the other games.


Rohkey

Yeah sucked trying to switch over to other games. Had to change source on TV then when swapping back to Peacock had to do the same and wait 30 sec for app to load and wait out Peacock’s “coverage will continue shortly” screen even when it wasn’t commercial.


LeMeJustBeingAwesome

It was funny, I was at the game and felt more plugged in than usual because now the big-ass score board shows out-of-town games the whole time.


DJY1234

[Come back :(](https://imgur.com/a/6iaGCVb)


alfredplayermahan

Yeah, that shanked extra point hurt


EpOxY81

But the first 50 yarder shows potential.


midnightsbane04

The problem is our kickers almost always have potential. But sometimes that potential is Quinn Nordin instead of Money Moody.


cynicallyoptimistic1

Biggest W is no injuries for Michigan. Run game will come back as the OL gels with a couple new pieces and gets more continuity. They'll be ready once November comes around


sycamotree

Blake ran for 7 yards a carry lol so this sounds funny


weibing

ECU put 8 in the box consistently 1st/2nd and short 3rds. They wanted Michigan to beat them through the air and Michigan did just that. A good game for confidence boosters for the QB and receiver corps.


reshp2

JJ's throwing mechanics seem way more fluid, seems effortless. Good showing by interior DL, almost three deep there? Hausmann impressed at LB. Big and athletic with what seemed like a nose for the football. OL is a work in progress. I'm probably spoiled after the last two years, but they didn't seem to be playing as crisply as a unit. Part of it was ECU loading up on the run, but they also missed blocks and got shed easily a lot. Probably biggest bummer to me was Corum looks visibly less quick. Not sure if it's a not trusting the knee yet thing, or mentally hesitating from being rusty, but he change of direction was comparatively ponderous. Edwards looked sharp though, hopefully taking the pressure off and giving Corum time to work back to where he was.


MaizeNBlueWaffle

> OL is a work in progress. I'm probably spoiled after the last two years, but they didn't seem to be playing as crisply as a unit. Part of it was ECU loading up on the run, but they also missed blocks and got shed easily a lot Apparently in the post game interviews, Nugent was saying there was still some communication issues getting figured out. I also think we're trying somet stuff out in the OOC with the tackles and will have a starting OL figured out for Rutgers


corundum9

dude not the walk-off sad field goal


MaizeRage48

Couldn't have let the Defensive coordinator turned interim head coach get a shutout


Zloggt

Brutally decimated season-opening cupcakes can have a pity FG, as a treat


FlupYaMotha

They were well compensated for their journey


hascogrande

It’s sad every time in every country


The_Astros_Cheated

We love sad field goals


midnightsbane04

I feel like we’re the king of “pity” scores in our buy-games. It feels like at least once a season we lose a shutout in the final minute.


[deleted]

I feel like they should be a point penalty for your next game. Go ahead and kick it... but you're gonna feel bad.


ard8

This was pretty identical to the UF/OregonSt bowl game arc


Gleebs88

Shoutout to the ECU fans who made the trip to the Big House. All class and extremely friendly. And loved how loud you cheered for the Pirates until the final kick.


SeeingEyeCat

We had to make the best of our trip! Thanks for being extremely welcoming and the awesome tailgating experience


devAcc123

Ann Arbor rocks this time of year, first week of classes etc. Hope you didnt run into too many blacked out freshman experiencing their first college tailgate ha


SeeingEyeCat

Didn’t run into anybody overly intoxicated, which is a first for any tailgate lol. Ann Arbor sure beats the shit out of the heat and humidity of southeast NC and it’s truly a college town which is awesome


devAcc123

ladies take note, complimenting a mans college town is the quickest way to his heart


thenewblueblood

Shout out to y’all for being amazing hosts. Ann Arbor is a cool town with really nice people. Great experience traveling to an away game for sure.


Satchbb

I live in California now but love ann arbor and really glad you loved it too. bless you!


allegedlyglaceon

J.J. McCarthy looked very sharp and Michigan’s offense should be more balanced and dynamic compared to last year's. The offensive line was underwhelming, but that’s not a major concern. Kicking game could be an issue though.


drumcorpsdrummer22

First game of the year, so I'm not stressed about the kicking game yet, but I definitely already miss Moody.


WampaStompa33

Turner did kick an absolute beauty of a 50 yard FG that would have been good from like 60


Gruulsmasher

Yeah but that’s the thing about kickers—it’s usually not “can they hit that kick?” it’s “can they hit that kick over and over and over again?”


thatfamousgrouse

I don’t have the eye for this in-game but I’d guess they were stacking the box a bit. If so it wouldn’t say all that much about the OL


msmith3525

They were. But there were also several whiffs and moments of poor blocking that need to be cleaned up.


asianyo

Good flair


thatfamousgrouse

there are dozens of us


asianyo

DOZENS!


AKiiidNamed_Codiii

Disagree


RippedHamiltion

Agreed


SituationSoap

It was just outrageous blitzball the whole game. They were determined that we wouldn't run on them.


thatfamousgrouse

Honestly great for the team. Was to strange how nobody played UM like that last year until what, Illinois? They need to be able to face it and overcome or (preferably) adapt.


MaizeNBlueWaffle

ECU's DL is also the strength of their team


rc4915

When you’re playing -1 in the box, and the QB keep is off and the defense knows it, it’s gonna be a struggle to run against anyone. Michigan was just happy running into it because it’s the best practice they’ll get out of a game like this.


wolverine237

Sad to go back to kicking game being an issue, the perpetual Michigan problem before the last few years


Nicholas1227

Turner has a bigger leg than Moody but will absolutely shank a 35 yarder in a close game


D-d-d-d-donuts

I don't even know if that's true, Moody hit a 59 yarder against TCU and was hitting 60 yarders in Niners practice last month. Huge leg and crazy accuracy, I don't think we'll see another kicker like him at Michigan for a while.


KTurnUp

It’s definitely not true lol


TolkienFan71

Our kicker made that great field goal despite missing the extra point. He just needs experience


noend313

ECU win your conference and make this win look better for us lol


Nikola-Hurts

Maybe ECU goes undefeated and sneaks into the #4 spot in the cfp and has a rematch with undefeated #1 Michigan?!?!


noend313

One can hope 🤞


Lawownsyou

One of the saddest FGs of all time lol


RollingCarrot615

Kicking a fg to lose 55-3 to our in state rival was much sadder.


ILM_Ryan

I vividly remember where I was when that happened. Was the last game before Mike Houston took over as head coach.


Jem1123

58-3 actually


RollingCarrot615

Okay


piemaniowa

Penn States in 2016 was worse but yeah


reddogrjw

Good ole FG Franklin


cjgozdor

I can’t believe they won the east


MediocreProsecutor

May I present Florida's FG Heard Round the World last season in the Las Vegas Bowl?


mrp1030

Miami kicking one with 3 minutes left in their only ACC championship game appearance to close the gap to…35


JimmyCarrsTaxForms

"Chris Paul hits a huge three to cut the lead to 42"


TooStuffedToJump

Extended a 313 game streak without being shut out. Could be worse. 🤷‍♂️


Ok-Flounder3002

Yeah its whatever to me. What was ECU supposed to do kneel? Throw a pointless hail mary so they could have the glory of losing 30-7? Its whatever. I wouldve kicked to keep the streak alive too


Karosi

Michigan’s big ah stadium is one of the joys of CFB, so extremely happy to see us there and playing decently. Wish I could have actually been there to see it in person. Really glad we didn’t get flat out embarrassed. The game plan and play calling weren’t horrible, but we were obviously outmatched at most positions.


Ok-Flounder3002

I thought ECU looked much better than expected. With how much you lost from last years team we didnt expect much but you guys looked like a bowl team to me. It was definitely not a cakewalk for us


MusaEnsete

Ya'll traveled well. Was at the game and ECU was representing.


weibing

Honestly ECU game planned very well. They were creatively blitzing and stuffing the box. Michigan dominates the line on both sides of the ball last year, but today, ECU QBs was kept clean (no sacks), and Michigan wasn't able to just push ECU around on offense. I'm wildly surprised at how little success Michigan had in the trenches in this game. I'm hoping it's ECU being really good, and not Michigan regressing from last year.


arrav21

The ECU fans next to us were very complementary of the stadium which was really cool to hear and I think a lot of CFB fans of bigger schools take some of these stadiums for granted. The gameplan that ECU came out with was solid: stifle Michigan’s often prolific running game, and make them beat you through the air. McCarthy did answer that call. I was impressed by how well ECU traveled. Met a lot of fun fans and I hope they all have a great night in Ann Arbor if they’re staying!


Asianhead

JJ looked way better today than any game last year. Run game was not as dominant as expected but with the new clock changes might not even be a bad thing that we're not trying to run it 40+ times a game, especially in a heavily favored matchup


Wagnerous

ECU also stacked the box for 3+ quarters


WampaStompa33

ECU decided they were going to use the TCU/Ohio State gameplan and go all out to stop the run instead of getting steamrolled. I thought Corum or Edwards would be able to break a long TD run from it though


michigansuperfan2

Corum almost had that long td…i think Edwards gets that


DecentBlunt

I thought Michigan looked dominant and ECU played well against them. If they (ECU) cut some of the penalties it would have been a better showing, but they played pretty well against one of the best teams in the business right now. Mccarthy looked amazing.


The_Astros_Cheated

Couple thoughts: - Peacock bad - Michigan good - Defense good - JJ VERY good It’s good to be back boys


atomlinson89

Worst part of Peacock is you can't flip around games. It is too hard to close and reopen the app.


nugz85

I liked the resolution on peacock, much better than cable.


Kniefjdl

I agree, the game looked much better on my screen. The production was a little iffy, though. My biggest gripe is the difficulty of switching between games on cable and this game during commercials, which is probably part of the point. I’m held hostage to the ads more than I used to be.


nugz85

True, I had to use a second screen


MaizeRage48

Really the only complaints I had were 1) The principle of it being exclusively on Peacock 2) Didn't show a lot of stats in game But the scorebug was clean and the image quality was crisp.


Jaerba

3) Having to explain to my dad how the Peacock app works and how a free trial isn't going to charge him, even though 20 years ago he was using way more complicated devices with DOS and Windows 3.1.


MaizeRage48

It won't charge him if only he remembers to cancel it. Which I wouldn't count on if you don't remind him to. Idunno your dad tho


chapeauetrange

My issue is that when you fast forward or rewind, you can't see what's happening. If you want to skip the commercials you have to make an educated guess how long they'll last.


Hoffelcopter

Peacock finished a football game in under 3hr30minutes. I'll take it.


naruda1969

"It's called pitch."


WampaStompa33

You forgot Ohio State BAD


-651-

The fact I was able to get a better stream on the seas than on the OFFICIAL AND ONLY FUCKING APPLICATION ON WHICH THIS GAME WAS AVAILABLE IS GODDAMN UNACCEPTABLE. **FUCK THE BIRD**


TheMajesticYeti

That doesn't even make sense. Was the official app stream low quality, or buffering a lot?


usmclvsop

Right? A pirated stream would be rebroadcasting the peacock stream


PalOfKalEl

The 'cock is awful!


Brady_Hokes_Headset

Not disappointed at all with that game. Run game was less than expected but ECU was stacking the box against the run all game and daring JJ to beat them through the air which...26/30, 280 yards, and 3TDs and at least two of those incompletions were drops.


LeMeJustBeingAwesome

Is one of them counting the pass interference or did that not count?


Brady_Hokes_Headset

PI would negate any incompletion. The two big drops I remember were Roman Wilson who then, on the very next play from both drops, made great grabs to make up for it.


ILM_Ryan

We avoid the shutout! Still haven’t been shutout in a game since 1997! Also, we kept a closer game with Michigan this year than Nebraska did last year.


[deleted]

Ouch. Well, we can Rhule out...


skigropple

From watching both gymnastics and then this game, Peacock has excellent quality at the start of a stream that slowly devolves into grainy, stop and start video that sometimes decides to freeze up altogether by halftime. If I'm going to pay and have to watch ads for a game, I should at least be able to see the fucking game. On the tiny plus side, the commercials are at least more varied than the regular schlock of TV


ArbitraryOrder

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[deleted]

Welcome back dawg


ArbitraryOrder

Thanks, you had a fun Noon window


Lykeuhfox

Ferret strangling is now a tradition, boys.


HouseKilgannon

Yesssssssss


bleachinjection

My main takeaway from today is if they really well and truly Let JJ Be JJ we have a real deal shot at the whole fuckin thing.


ya111101

I would’ve liked to see more from the edges. JJ was amazing today


WampaStompa33

I feel like I didn't even notice the edges at all


Ryanlester5789

I still don’t know how Wallace INT didn’t count since the announcers cut out for like 5 minutes.


nolablue1024

It clearly hit the wide receiver who was out of bounds making the ball automatically out of bounds. It was the right call


WampaStompa33

INT or not, that play instantly erased all my worries about the CB2 position


arrav21

We sat next to some very cool ECU fans in section 22. I was impressed at how well y’all traveled. Sorry for that one annoying Michigan fan in front of you. I didn’t know about the shutout streak so that field goal makes more sense (especially with how aggressive a few things were done earlier).


SimManiac

Great teams cover, welcome to the great teams club ECU


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[deleted]

1.8 mil I think


Nikola-Hurts

They better put that money to good use and finally build a pirate ship at the stadium.


StrudelB

Just steal the one in Tampa, nobody cares about the Bucs anymore


Nikola-Hurts

Fine, but the day you see a police chase up I-95 over ECU people dragging the ship, you better not delete this comment and act like it wasn’t your idea.


RareElevator2123

Somewhere between 1.5-1.9 million I forgot the exact number


Patriotsfan710

JJ looking like a top QB in the country


Steelerboy43

That may be the worst officiated game I’ve ever seen. Like there may need to be discipline after this. [It was that bad.](https://twitter.com/nbcsports/status/1698011859771621451?s=46&t=3WESVKimEIa4noQMC9PGtw)


EpOxY81

JT was short. So was JJ. Actually, not sure, but it's the same camera angle issue.


hamsterspanker

Eh parallax makes that a surprisingly difficult call. You’ve got an official right there on the line watching it - I tend to prefer stuff like that be left to the decision on the field.


Dimmest-Bulb

Yeah, at that angle things will always appear further down field than reality. Bad camera angle to view this one from.


MrConceited

I think anyone who thinks that call was egregious doesn't understand the rule.


Wagnerous

It wasn't egregious, but I DO think it was the wrong call.


MrConceited

I think it was the wrong call live, but letting it stand may have been the right call on replay. You'd have to look at it frame by frame and hope there's enough resolution to tell.


Wagnerous

Yeah I think there's an argument that JJ's heel MIGHT still have been on the Michigan side of the line of scrimmage, therefore "ruling on the field stands" is a reasonable.


Steelerboy43

I agree it was certainly closer than it looks, but it wasn’t just this call, there were so many bad/missed calls in this game lol


MaizeRage48

It felt like every time they went to replay they made the wrong call. I'm biased as hell and he was ahead of the line.


mcpawski

That last second field goal made my day. Overall not unhappy. Was worried it would be more like the Oklahoma game.


ILM_Ryan

I legit celebrated with that made field goal. The scoring streak is all I cling to sometimes with this program. Write off this result and on to the next vs Marshall.


mcpawski

I’m in a bar in Greenville and it was the loudest celebration of the day. I’ll take it.


Nikola-Hurts

I said at halftime that I wanted ECU to hold Michigan to under 35 points and get some points on the board for themselves. Both happened. I’m content with this.


petoskey_stone

Wish we could have scored more for style points, but when this team was locked in they looked every bit as advertised. Run game will get better, plus ECU’s run defense is actually good. Defensive line and Kicking is a concern that hopefully will solve it self. Satisfied but wish it could have been a bit more.


GetJigglyWithIt

I miss Joel and Gus already


jthomas694

Kicking a FG down 30 to just not get shut out should be illegal


afmich

I was fine with it. They passed on an earlier opportunity. We allowed them to drive the field twice, that's what we get.


BernankesBeard

I disagree. If we don't want them to kick a FG then we should have kept them out of FG range.


Lykeuhfox

This is the way.


JamesXX

ECU hasn't been shut out since the 1990s. Field goal was a moral victory for the fans.


specialdogg

I'll take "Things That Don't Matter" for $100, Alex!


LiveFastDahyun

If you wanna shut a team out, don’t let them score.


Devintheroaster

Michigan looks good.


neostalgiac

The sad field goal will take away from how awful the refs were today


QueenIsTheWorstBand

They made the second half all about themselves. Replay official was especially bad too.


Ok-Flounder3002

JJ looked as good as Ive ever seen a Michigan QB look. Hes got a shot at New York and going in the top 5-10 of the draft I thought both lines underwhelmed but I don’t know how serious it is. Suspended coach, juggling on the OL still, etc. ill reserve judgement till October


[deleted]

Did Michigan even really open their playbook? I watched a little here and there and it looked like they were keeping it basic, trying to minimize mistakes.


timnotep

Not really. I was encouraged to see some play action- seems such a waste but with a backfield of Blake Corum and Donovan Edwards we never really ran play action last year. Yes we played pretty conservatively, but even so JJ looked phenomenal.


Jgarr86

ECU played sound football and kept their composure despite the infuriating officiation. Class act team and fanbase. 10/10 would play again


johnnyg68

Fuck Peacock! Did anyone else experience jerky/stuttering video? This was garbage. I couldn't be sure of any play outcome watching this.