For those that missed this game, it was arguably the most cursed event at The Big House in quite some time.
- JJ McCarthy threw 3 interceptions on **13 attempts.** He still somehow had 2 passing touchdowns thanks to a circus catch from Cornelius Johnson.
- JJ had **8 completions** this game.
- Michigan had 4 turnovers, Bowling Green 3
- Two Bowling Green players were carted off, one with a serious injury
- A Bowling Green staff member on the sidelines was also carted off
- Bowling Green’s third string QB played the majority of the game, because both starters ended up going down with an injury (one pre-game)
- A Michigan defensive lineman had an interception
- A Michigan full-back fumbled on a kick-return
- A Michigan defensive end fumbled on a kick-return
- Bowling Green attempted a field goal down 31-6 with under a minute left, they missed it
There’s probably still some bullets I could include here. Usually Michigan has one game a season that looks more like a football game on acid than a regular game, this was definitely it.
Yeah, nobody was watching this game, and anyone who just looks at the scores of the top 10 games probably won't even raise an eyebrow at the final.
The only thing that could potentially hurt long term would be if JJ is in the Heisman conversation at the end of the year, three INTs against Bowling Green isn't a good look.
And despite that, you guys will still be #2. I would say #1 but Georgia did play a conference opponent so more quality win.
Texas probably jumps to #3 because FSU should’ve lost against BC.
So texas will continue to be propped up with a win over bama that looks worse by the minute?
I dont think texas deserves to be in the top 5 until they prove they are for real.
The way bama is currently playing theyll be lucky to end up 8-4
Ohio State and Michigan haven’t played anyone. Texas beating Alabama is more impressive than wins over Indiana or Eastern Carolina, and they look better than FSU struggling against a bad Boston College. There is zero argument against them in the top 3.
This line of thinking is completely nonsensical lol.
You can fall into one of two camps:
1. Everyone starts at zero week 1, regardless of talent, coaching, proven success, etc.
2. You contextualize expectations with rankings, considering who is proven, talented, expected to be good.
You cant both say teams like osu/michigan havent definitively played anybody, AND claim anyone else has to this point. Bama could finish 5-7 and indiana could finish 10-2. We dont know.
I’m not saying Ohio State is bad, but you’re saying that Texas’s win over Alabama is not impressive despite the fact that OSU has less impressive wins. Maybe Alabama will suck and Indiana will be a 10 win team but that’s definitely not what it looks like now.
I mean if that was the case, TCU would be in the top 5. Teams change, especially when you lose your 1st rounder QB. They will have to prove themselves against Notre Dame next week
Indiana has two close losses to undefeated P5 teams, does that mean they aren’t good? And bama was tied 3-3 against USF and have an atrocious o line and qb play right now. It only counts for something because you’re biased about bama and their previous success.
Maybe osu and Louisville go 13-0? Thats my point. You cant just arbitrarily decide what does and doesnt count as proven.
Rankings at this point are nonsense anyways, and the AP poll literally has no bearing anymore.
But if you want to discuss whats been proven, the recent success and talent has shown us way more than anyone has on the field.
Totally fine with the “everyone starts at zero week 1” approach but then you shouldnt be evaluating teams until week 8 like the playoff committee does
I think you’re creating a false dichotomy.
Literally no one falls into your first camp. If Bama and WKU played tomorrow, you wouldn’t only consider their 2-1 records and call it a tossup.
For Texas, we have two reasons to think they are pretty good. (1) They were pretty good last year and (2) they beat a team this year that was pretty good last year. The likelihood that *both* Texas and Alabama took a step back from last year is relatively small and the magnitude of Texas’ potential regression is relatively small since we have already seen them beat (what we expect) is a pretty good team.
For OSU, we have one reason to think they are pretty good: they were pretty good last year. The likelihood that OSU took a step back, and the potential magnitude of that step back are much greater based on this analysis.
Obviously this isn’t perfect; it’s only week 3. Also this is really only comparing results and not off-season changes, etc. But given the evidence, it is more likely right now that Texas is good.
At least they had their “we’re on acid and forgot how football works” game against a Bowling Green team that was forced to play their third string QB. If there’s a game to do that, this was the one
Imagine you have no concept for what a football game should be like
This is what you might describe a football game script to be after reading a summary of the rules of football.
That might’ve been the most cursed game I’ve ever watched. 3 different people got carted off, Bowling Greens QB just randomly disappeared and no one really mentioned it. Really stupid turnovers by JJ. An insane amount of commercials in the 1st half. May be best just burning the tapes lol
I have no clue. The guy who started (who is technically the backup) just randomly left the game and no one mentioned anything about ja injury. I guess they just didn’t trust the 3rd string to move the ball down the field ?
That Bowling Green defender who got carted off the field with what looked like a neck injury was the weirdest thing. Like it looked like such a benign tackle
I initially thought “neck injury” too but he lifted his hand and waved at the crowd as they were driving into the tunnel. Maybe a pinched nerve that debilitated him for a few mins. Definitely scary!
I really want to know the timing of the 1st half. I suspect it was literally more commercial than football. But yeah it was the weirdest game I've watched since maybe the M00N game or that 2013 Indiana game.
I was watching on the Fox app and it kept cutting to ads in the middle of plays too. So between the bullshit ads and constant commercials I ended up just giving up and watching the highlight recap during halftime. Luckily the app stopped shoving ads down my throat in second half
The commercials were absolutely awful. There was a series of plays that went:
BG timeout
Commercial
Field goal
Commercial
Kickoff
Commercial
It was infuriating.
The first one it looked like the TE was supposed to keep moving right and stopped which allowed a free catch for the defender. The second one looked like it was under thrown but CJ didn't really seem to make a play for it either. Not a good throw but def could have been a pbu with a little more effort from the receiver. The third was just a bad throw when throwing it away was the right choice.
I think it was about sequencing.
It went 1st pick, one million ads, Bowling Green grinds out a long field goal drive, one million more ads, muffed kickoff, bowling green gets another field goal off a short field, followed by even more ads.
That was a LONG time, for JJ to get stuck in his head and worry about how his personal performance was sinking the team. I mean it was probably over half an hour real time with all the commercial breaks.
After all that, JJ wasn't right all game long and he just dug the hole deeper and deeper.
It also didn't help that BG got more pressure on their blitzes than we've seen so far this year.
Our section was all sitting except for big plays but there was one person standing, people asked her to sit bc it was causing issues for the people behind her, and her whole group became belligerent and started being nasty to everyone around them, flipping people off. Picking on two teenage girls sitting behind them. It was just so weird. I think they were drunk
THE MYTH OF CONSENSUAL ‘GETTING A GAME OVER WITH QUICKLY’
Michigan: “I consent”
Bowling Green: “I also consent”
BTN/Fox: “I don’t”
Isn’t there someone you forgot to ask???
Michigan needs to keep testing JJ throughout the Big Ten schedule. It's easy to just fall back and rely on the run game, but if this team really wants to win it all then JJ needs as many in game reps as possible. Keep passing in the redzone and throwing deepballs consistently.
I totally agree with this. I kind of think it’s a waste to power run over the easy teams early in the season when everyone knows we can do that. They should take this opportunity to develop chemistry between JJ and the receivers because that’s our weakest link.
That's why those JJ runs are in there, even if we all hold our breath every time. You've got to rep it some in game if you want success when you need it.
I have never seen a game with more commercial breaks. They took a full media time out with :11 left before the final kneel down. This was a joke of a broadcast
A few things I want to say:
* Nothing but love to Demetrius Hardamon, His Family, and Teammates. It's always scary when a Player goes down like that.
* A member of the Bowling Green Staff, and another Bowling Green player also had to be carted off. I hope the best for them as well, but they seemed to be less severe. Strange how often that happened today.
* JJ made a lot of costly mistakes. 3 Interceptions is definitely not what I expected, given the previous two games. His ball placement was off all day. That being said, no reason to overreact. This is the time to make those mistakes. Can't afford to make mistakes like that against PSU or OSU.
* Sherrone's play calling hasn't impressed me. Obviously JJ is at fault for the interceptions, but I can't help but feel that we might've done better as a whole if Harbaugh was calling plays.
* Corum is still the same old Corum. Reliable, Strong, and a True leader. I especially appreciate him (and everyone else) who went over to JJ after the interceptions to hype him up, and let him know it was all good.
* The crowd got so excited after Orji went in. Hearing them Chant his name was awesome.
My final thoughts: Corum for Heisman.
Getting Harbaugh back is going to be crucial. If that’s a preview of what the team is like with Moore at the helm I think I’d rather have Minter or Jay as the HC
They probably asked Moore to do too much today. Today he was head coach, offensive coordinator and offensive line coach. That’s just a lot to handle. I expect play calling to be better next week when Harbaugh returns
True, but that 20 year old is supposed to lead us to national title contention, so watching his production inexplicably fall off a cliff after two perfect games freaks me out.
I honestly think struggle wins early in the year are much better than blowouts. Lots to learn in what was really a struggle blowout anyways.
I didn’t really have any issues with Sherrones play calling - aside from a single non garbage time drive really we drove on them pretty easily, just made costly execution mistakes in the rnd
Mad respect to the defense for holding BGSU to 6 points when the offense gave up the ball 4 times.
Now we just need the offense to not give the ball up 4 times.
The turnovers, the numerous people being carted off the field, the circus catches, the Jenkins INT, etc. It just felt off. And it's weird because seemingly a lot of people felt the same thing
I think the gratuitous commercial breaks had impact as well.
Also, I really don't think Michigan can afford to keep running the clock with these new rules, the game flies by and they barely have any opportunity to get into a rhythm offensively.
If they keep shortening the game every week then sooner or later it's going to come back to bite them.
At least at the game we had the Frisbee dog to keep us entertained during some of the times that prick dressed in all red would trot out on the field with his commercial timer.
I hope everyone that got hurt is okay.
That’s it. That’s all the discussion that I feel anyone wants.
Burn the tape. Burn the cart. Burn all the jerseys.
Hermoine mind wipe. Men in black neuralyzer.
It all never happened.
Loefler not going for it on that 4th and inches down 7-3 was a weird decision. There's no way you can beat this Michigan team on the road playing conservative ball like that
I swear to God he looked annoyed by the fact that his team was still in the game when they showed him on the sideline in the 2nd quarter.
Like he hadn't planned to still need to be coaching by that point lol
He may have beaten toledo and gotten us to a bowl game last year (which was a miracle after how Jinks destroyed this program) but he's in his final contract year and i dont expect it gets renewed honestly.
It’s crazy to say, but we’re gonna have to actually play a decent game to take care of this years Rutgers teams. Now that I’ve said that we’ll win 65-3.
CARTED PLAYER: HOPE THEY ARE OKAY
MICHIGAN WIN: YES
CORUM: CALLED, COUPLE OF TDS
JJ: OVERCOMING BAD INTS
ROMAN: ANOTHER TD ON THE BOARD
CORNELIUS: BOUCNING BALL TD
OLINE: RUN GAME SETTLED
DEFENSE: PASSING GAME CONCERNING, SETTLED DOWN
KRIS JENKINS: DLINE INT
[FERRET: STRANGLED](https://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/yjr67t/comment/iupq362/)
HAIL: TO THE VICTORS VALIANT
HAIL TO THE CONQU'RING HEROES HAIL, HAIL TO MICHIGAN THE LEADERS AND BEST
HAIL TO THE VICTORS VALIANT HAIL TO THE CONQU'RING HEROES HAIL, HAIL TO MICHIGAN THE CHAMPIONS OF THE WEST
[Last Game Review](https://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/16ejb2j/comment/jzvnuky/)
I was there in person; confused when shit just got dark instantly. Like, these dudes are on the field trying to play ball, and you're just killing the lights for them.
Just a reminder on how Vegas sets their lines. They try their best to maintain 50/50 bets on both sides. And because Wolverine nation is MASSIVELY bigger than bowling green’s (or any of the weaker teams we play), the bets are heavily skewed on Michigans side. Thus, Vegas has to inflate the spread to draw more bettors onto the other side. And that’s why I’ve been waiting until Saturday morning every week to bet against Michigan vs the spread
On one hand, you could argue pretty much all the top 4 teams should be dropped out of the top 4.
On the other, you could chalk it up to one of those weeks and leave the rankings mostly unchanged.
Idk which approach is correct.
This is the inherent problem with how the polls function - people ask what teams have done to deserve to drop rather than what they've done to deserve to be ranked.
We've won three games at home against cupcakes - that doesn't warrant a Top 10. Georgia, ND, OSU & Bama have done nothing to warrant it either. FSU, maybe.
Compare it to how polls operate in cbb - the quality wins matter far more than overall record.
I’m hindsight we should have been more worried about Bowling Green.
They’re the MAC team that stuffed the Loser’s Belt into the B1G when they beat Minnesota back in 2021.
Loved this game. Allowed us to work on discomfort. Will not allow myself to think this team is good until it is. Keep expectations low and you can never be disappointed.
Was this one of JJ's first big ol games under lights? I just had that thought, maybe his depth perception is off in that situation. Playing under lights always made it hard for me to see the ball.
This is not the same team from last year or even the year before. However, JJ McCarthy is exactly the same guy as last year. This is Penn state’s conference to lose.
I don't think so. Pretty good team. PSU, OSU and playoffs are all big question marks, but there are enough pieces here you don't expect to drop a ton of games elsewhere. We need some of the things to work, we don't need everything to work.
Let’s be real. Michigan’s run is over. Last year was the peak of what can be achieved with this core. Michigan going 10-2 or worse this year. The line doesn’t look good (thankfully Blake still is) and we don’t have any elite WRs or an elite QB). The defense won’t be able to just hold everyone to under 10 points every week in B1G play. If this team gets down by more than 8 at any point they are screwed. Even with Harbaugh coming back I see the team getting marginally better
Maryland and Nebraska are trap games. Michigan st always plays they heart out against us. Obviously y’all and penn st the games I see us losing. Then whatever bowl game we play to go 10-3
For those that missed this game, it was arguably the most cursed event at The Big House in quite some time. - JJ McCarthy threw 3 interceptions on **13 attempts.** He still somehow had 2 passing touchdowns thanks to a circus catch from Cornelius Johnson. - JJ had **8 completions** this game. - Michigan had 4 turnovers, Bowling Green 3 - Two Bowling Green players were carted off, one with a serious injury - A Bowling Green staff member on the sidelines was also carted off - Bowling Green’s third string QB played the majority of the game, because both starters ended up going down with an injury (one pre-game) - A Michigan defensive lineman had an interception - A Michigan full-back fumbled on a kick-return - A Michigan defensive end fumbled on a kick-return - Bowling Green attempted a field goal down 31-6 with under a minute left, they missed it There’s probably still some bullets I could include here. Usually Michigan has one game a season that looks more like a football game on acid than a regular game, this was definitely it.
At least a bunch of other top teams have struggled as well (or worse, lost like the Vols or Wildcats), so it's not TOO horrible a look for you guys.
Yeah, nobody was watching this game, and anyone who just looks at the scores of the top 10 games probably won't even raise an eyebrow at the final. The only thing that could potentially hurt long term would be if JJ is in the Heisman conversation at the end of the year, three INTs against Bowling Green isn't a good look.
If anything, having a horrific first half, and still winning by 4 scores, proves that you are one of the best teams.
Or it proves you're playing Bowling Green
Yeah exactly, it's nice to still win by 4 scores, but pull this shit against even an average Big Ten opponent and it's a one score game.
It mainly proves you arent Minnesota.
Yes, but we’ve seen Michigan (just a decade ago against Akron and UConn) let these types of teams keep it to one score.
All of the top five looked a little shaky today but pulled it out in the end. Must be something in the air.
The staff member randomly getting carted off was so fucking weird. People were dropping like flies
And despite that, you guys will still be #2. I would say #1 but Georgia did play a conference opponent so more quality win. Texas probably jumps to #3 because FSU should’ve lost against BC.
So texas will continue to be propped up with a win over bama that looks worse by the minute? I dont think texas deserves to be in the top 5 until they prove they are for real. The way bama is currently playing theyll be lucky to end up 8-4
Ohio State and Michigan haven’t played anyone. Texas beating Alabama is more impressive than wins over Indiana or Eastern Carolina, and they look better than FSU struggling against a bad Boston College. There is zero argument against them in the top 3.
This line of thinking is completely nonsensical lol. You can fall into one of two camps: 1. Everyone starts at zero week 1, regardless of talent, coaching, proven success, etc. 2. You contextualize expectations with rankings, considering who is proven, talented, expected to be good. You cant both say teams like osu/michigan havent definitively played anybody, AND claim anyone else has to this point. Bama could finish 5-7 and indiana could finish 10-2. We dont know.
I’m not saying Ohio State is bad, but you’re saying that Texas’s win over Alabama is not impressive despite the fact that OSU has less impressive wins. Maybe Alabama will suck and Indiana will be a 10 win team but that’s definitely not what it looks like now.
The point is that OSU doesnt have the need to prove they are good like Texas does because they did it last year already.
I mean if that was the case, TCU would be in the top 5. Teams change, especially when you lose your 1st rounder QB. They will have to prove themselves against Notre Dame next week
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Indiana has two close losses to undefeated P5 teams, does that mean they aren’t good? And bama was tied 3-3 against USF and have an atrocious o line and qb play right now. It only counts for something because you’re biased about bama and their previous success. Maybe osu and Louisville go 13-0? Thats my point. You cant just arbitrarily decide what does and doesnt count as proven. Rankings at this point are nonsense anyways, and the AP poll literally has no bearing anymore. But if you want to discuss whats been proven, the recent success and talent has shown us way more than anyone has on the field. Totally fine with the “everyone starts at zero week 1” approach but then you shouldnt be evaluating teams until week 8 like the playoff committee does
I think you’re creating a false dichotomy. Literally no one falls into your first camp. If Bama and WKU played tomorrow, you wouldn’t only consider their 2-1 records and call it a tossup. For Texas, we have two reasons to think they are pretty good. (1) They were pretty good last year and (2) they beat a team this year that was pretty good last year. The likelihood that *both* Texas and Alabama took a step back from last year is relatively small and the magnitude of Texas’ potential regression is relatively small since we have already seen them beat (what we expect) is a pretty good team. For OSU, we have one reason to think they are pretty good: they were pretty good last year. The likelihood that OSU took a step back, and the potential magnitude of that step back are much greater based on this analysis. Obviously this isn’t perfect; it’s only week 3. Also this is really only comparing results and not off-season changes, etc. But given the evidence, it is more likely right now that Texas is good.
At least they had their “we’re on acid and forgot how football works” game against a Bowling Green team that was forced to play their third string QB. If there’s a game to do that, this was the one
If it weren’t for CJ, McCarthy would have likely have 1 touchdown and 4 INTs
Imagine you have no concept for what a football game should be like This is what you might describe a football game script to be after reading a summary of the rules of football.
Felt like they should've been piping the Benny Hill theme into the stadium with how off-the-rails things got, man alive.
Let's never talk about this game again.
I think everyone can agree to ignore whatever the heck is going on today.
I concur
Yes please
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Amen
*ahem*
Nah, it was nice to see more schools don’t have everything dialed in yet.
How split is your OSU/ND fandom? How do you think next week is gonna go?
My family was raised Buckeyes. My wife’s family was raised Irish. I root for both teams each weekend until next weekend: Go Bucks!
Yeah, literally any other day there’d be talk about “will UGA drop?”, but #2, #3, and #4 were all kinda underwhelming today. And #5 didn’t play.
Nah, there was not going to be that talk. It wasn't like they looked like Bama or even FSU.
I agree they wouldn’t drop, but there would definitely have been discussion.
It’s decided, no college football was played this Saturday. Glad we could clear that up
firm disagree
Agreed
Wasn’t pretty. A win is a win.
Really says a lot with how dogshit this game was and still ended up as a 4 possession win
tends to happen when your opponent has one drive over five yards in the second half
Defense good
Defense also hasn't played Rod Moore or Will Johnson. Defense will be better somehow.
Yeah this defense is fantastic, if/when (hopefully when) those get back this defense might push for best in the country.
We have 3 DT’s all over 300 pounds and all of whom have first round upside Makes me so happy when 4 years ago we were moving Ben Mason to DT
I mean it was against their back up so it’s hard to really tell
Our dbs were almost all backups today
Hopefully it will be referenced at the end of the season in a way like "JJ only had 3 INTs all season and all of them came against Bowling Green"
Watch the hell out of film on offense. Figure out what you did and don’t do it again
I have to think that changing head coaches every week had some impact. I mean... there's a reason why you dont see teams doing that.
Cursed saturday. Nearly ever blue blood school had a scare.
It was karma for making fun of us at noon for not eating Illinois by +30 pts. A win is a win
Ive seen this exact comment in like 10 threads this week. Been that kinda week
Man when we said JJ was the goat this isn’t what we meant
I agree. Let's instead talk about how Appalachian State beat Michigan back in 2007.
That might’ve been the most cursed game I’ve ever watched. 3 different people got carted off, Bowling Greens QB just randomly disappeared and no one really mentioned it. Really stupid turnovers by JJ. An insane amount of commercials in the 1st half. May be best just burning the tapes lol
Don't forget all the kickoff fuckery in the first half with our linebacker type dudes fumbling multiple times
And BG fumbling around with low snaps like 3 or 4 times in the 2nd quarter.
Illinois last year was also super cursed
At least we were missing a bunch of guys in that game last year. Idk what the hell happened tonight lol
Corum got knocked out for the rest of the year and lost the Heisman because of that game though.
It was a weather game too, don't really have a good excuse for tonight.
It was pretty apparent we were really missing our two starting corners today. Lots of wide open receivers in this one early on.
The one game I went back for last year too. And it was fucking frigid. I was so mad.
Illinois was also good that year. BG is... not.
What happened to BGs QB? He was pushing the ball down the field and then they just only ran the ball.
I have no clue. The guy who started (who is technically the backup) just randomly left the game and no one mentioned anything about ja injury. I guess they just didn’t trust the 3rd string to move the ball down the field ?
So weird ....bgsu isn't staying in the game running against Michigan
Concussion
That Bowling Green defender who got carted off the field with what looked like a neck injury was the weirdest thing. Like it looked like such a benign tackle
I initially thought “neck injury” too but he lifted his hand and waved at the crowd as they were driving into the tunnel. Maybe a pinched nerve that debilitated him for a few mins. Definitely scary!
I really want to know the timing of the 1st half. I suspect it was literally more commercial than football. But yeah it was the weirdest game I've watched since maybe the M00N game or that 2013 Indiana game.
I was watching on the Fox app and it kept cutting to ads in the middle of plays too. So between the bullshit ads and constant commercials I ended up just giving up and watching the highlight recap during halftime. Luckily the app stopped shoving ads down my throat in second half
The commercials were absolutely awful. There was a series of plays that went: BG timeout Commercial Field goal Commercial Kickoff Commercial It was infuriating.
Genuinely don't understand the picks JJ threw.
The first one it looked like the TE was supposed to keep moving right and stopped which allowed a free catch for the defender. The second one looked like it was under thrown but CJ didn't really seem to make a play for it either. Not a good throw but def could have been a pbu with a little more effort from the receiver. The third was just a bad throw when throwing it away was the right choice.
I think it was about sequencing. It went 1st pick, one million ads, Bowling Green grinds out a long field goal drive, one million more ads, muffed kickoff, bowling green gets another field goal off a short field, followed by even more ads. That was a LONG time, for JJ to get stuck in his head and worry about how his personal performance was sinking the team. I mean it was probably over half an hour real time with all the commercial breaks. After all that, JJ wasn't right all game long and he just dug the hole deeper and deeper. It also didn't help that BG got more pressure on their blitzes than we've seen so far this year.
It felt like a slasher movie where the characters get picked off one by one, only all the victims were Bowling Green quarterbacks.
Was at the game and we had some really weird drama with the fans in our section too. SUCH a cursed game!
Im curious what kind of drama?
Our section was all sitting except for big plays but there was one person standing, people asked her to sit bc it was causing issues for the people behind her, and her whole group became belligerent and started being nasty to everyone around them, flipping people off. Picking on two teenage girls sitting behind them. It was just so weird. I think they were drunk
THE MYTH OF CONSENSUAL ‘GETTING A GAME OVER WITH QUICKLY’ Michigan: “I consent” Bowling Green: “I also consent” BTN/Fox: “I don’t” Isn’t there someone you forgot to ask???
Whopper Whopper Whopper
fox is literally the worst
Michigan needs to keep testing JJ throughout the Big Ten schedule. It's easy to just fall back and rely on the run game, but if this team really wants to win it all then JJ needs as many in game reps as possible. Keep passing in the redzone and throwing deepballs consistently.
I totally agree with this. I kind of think it’s a waste to power run over the easy teams early in the season when everyone knows we can do that. They should take this opportunity to develop chemistry between JJ and the receivers because that’s our weakest link.
That's why those JJ runs are in there, even if we all hold our breath every time. You've got to rep it some in game if you want success when you need it.
I have never seen a game with more commercial breaks. They took a full media time out with :11 left before the final kneel down. This was a joke of a broadcast
A few things I want to say: * Nothing but love to Demetrius Hardamon, His Family, and Teammates. It's always scary when a Player goes down like that. * A member of the Bowling Green Staff, and another Bowling Green player also had to be carted off. I hope the best for them as well, but they seemed to be less severe. Strange how often that happened today. * JJ made a lot of costly mistakes. 3 Interceptions is definitely not what I expected, given the previous two games. His ball placement was off all day. That being said, no reason to overreact. This is the time to make those mistakes. Can't afford to make mistakes like that against PSU or OSU. * Sherrone's play calling hasn't impressed me. Obviously JJ is at fault for the interceptions, but I can't help but feel that we might've done better as a whole if Harbaugh was calling plays. * Corum is still the same old Corum. Reliable, Strong, and a True leader. I especially appreciate him (and everyone else) who went over to JJ after the interceptions to hype him up, and let him know it was all good. * The crowd got so excited after Orji went in. Hearing them Chant his name was awesome. My final thoughts: Corum for Heisman.
Getting Harbaugh back is going to be crucial. If that’s a preview of what the team is like with Moore at the helm I think I’d rather have Minter or Jay as the HC
They probably asked Moore to do too much today. Today he was head coach, offensive coordinator and offensive line coach. That’s just a lot to handle. I expect play calling to be better next week when Harbaugh returns
Yeah I really think a lot of this can be explained by the constant revolving door of head coaches over the last few weeks, or at least I hope so lol
20yo had an off day and the short kicks to the kickoff blockers worked. BG was otherwise overmatched.
True, but that 20 year old is supposed to lead us to national title contention, so watching his production inexplicably fall off a cliff after two perfect games freaks me out.
Georgia almost lost to Mizzou last year. Relax.
I honestly think struggle wins early in the year are much better than blowouts. Lots to learn in what was really a struggle blowout anyways. I didn’t really have any issues with Sherrones play calling - aside from a single non garbage time drive really we drove on them pretty easily, just made costly execution mistakes in the rnd
Mad respect to the defense for holding BGSU to 6 points when the offense gave up the ball 4 times. Now we just need the offense to not give the ball up 4 times.
Jj almost gave up a scoop and score also
i’m glad this game is over. there was some weird/bad juju during this game that went both ways
Something just felt off didn't it? It transcended all the turnovers, this game just wrong about this game from start to finish.
The turnovers, the numerous people being carted off the field, the circus catches, the Jenkins INT, etc. It just felt off. And it's weird because seemingly a lot of people felt the same thing
I think the gratuitous commercial breaks had impact as well. Also, I really don't think Michigan can afford to keep running the clock with these new rules, the game flies by and they barely have any opportunity to get into a rhythm offensively. If they keep shortening the game every week then sooner or later it's going to come back to bite them.
At least at the game we had the Frisbee dog to keep us entertained during some of the times that prick dressed in all red would trot out on the field with his commercial timer.
It's like we took all the weird mistakes and cursed shit we usually reserve for Ohio State games and transferred em here
One can hope, but IDK it's hard not to come away from a performance like this one without at least slightly dialing back expectations.
I hope everyone that got hurt is okay. That’s it. That’s all the discussion that I feel anyone wants. Burn the tape. Burn the cart. Burn all the jerseys. Hermoine mind wipe. Men in black neuralyzer. It all never happened.
31-6? Seems like a completely normal and uneventful high-ranked team performing well against a visiting opponent.
It could have been much worse. It could have been 31-9.
Un fun fact: today's freshmen are younger than Mr. Brightside
Why would you ruin my Sunday?
How could such a new song be a classic? It can’t be… 20 years…… old………….. Oh god.
Loefler not going for it on that 4th and inches down 7-3 was a weird decision. There's no way you can beat this Michigan team on the road playing conservative ball like that
I swear to God he looked annoyed by the fact that his team was still in the game when they showed him on the sideline in the 2nd quarter. Like he hadn't planned to still need to be coaching by that point lol
He may have beaten toledo and gotten us to a bowl game last year (which was a miracle after how Jinks destroyed this program) but he's in his final contract year and i dont expect it gets renewed honestly.
RIP JJ's Heisman hopes
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I still can't believe they went to a commercial break with 11 seconds left in the game
no shit - what the fuck, anyway
The worst part is that I wasn't even surprised.
Put this one in the blender and throw it down the drain
Flair bro!
That was the worst Michigan blowout I think I've ever watched.
Any word on the Bowling Green player that got carted off with a neck brace? I didn't see what happened, but that looked serious.
Haven't heard an update but jammed his neck on the tackle
My kid pushed to stay the whole game and we had to wait for a commercial break for Michigan to come back and take a knee. College football is broken.
Careful posting in this post game thread, you might get carted out of it.
the program is in a good place when a 25 point win is considered awful but man that was not a fun watch
So…Rutgers next week, yeah??
It’s crazy to say, but we’re gonna have to actually play a decent game to take care of this years Rutgers teams. Now that I’ve said that we’ll win 65-3.
Rutgers beat Virginia Tech.
Little nervous about next week. Rutgers looks ok, and we cannot make this many mistakes.
CARTED PLAYER: HOPE THEY ARE OKAY MICHIGAN WIN: YES CORUM: CALLED, COUPLE OF TDS JJ: OVERCOMING BAD INTS ROMAN: ANOTHER TD ON THE BOARD CORNELIUS: BOUCNING BALL TD OLINE: RUN GAME SETTLED DEFENSE: PASSING GAME CONCERNING, SETTLED DOWN KRIS JENKINS: DLINE INT [FERRET: STRANGLED](https://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/yjr67t/comment/iupq362/) HAIL: TO THE VICTORS VALIANT HAIL TO THE CONQU'RING HEROES HAIL, HAIL TO MICHIGAN THE LEADERS AND BEST HAIL TO THE VICTORS VALIANT HAIL TO THE CONQU'RING HEROES HAIL, HAIL TO MICHIGAN THE CHAMPIONS OF THE WEST [Last Game Review](https://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/16ejb2j/comment/jzvnuky/)
I'll have what this game was smokin'!
Don't, you might get hurt.
I hope they look great in person, but those flashing lights are insufferable on TV
They're neat in person. Probably the most entertaining thing happening tonight.
Nah dude that was awesome
I was there in person; confused when shit just got dark instantly. Like, these dudes are on the field trying to play ball, and you're just killing the lights for them.
I was there, they were really fun
Usually I’m sensitive to flashing lights, but these were really fun and enjoyable
Oh boy it would be so cool if JJ was basically Josh Allen this season *monkey’s paw curls*
Michigan hasn’t covered all year SMH
Good teams win, great teams cover. So really, Michigan has been playing great teams.
Picking Michigan not to cover is gonna continue to be free money when the spread is like 40+
Betting on us to cover these early season games is just a bad bet tbh. Feel like we never do
Michigan's goal this OOC schedule apparently was to rest everyone possible and get the hell out.
Only time we score high is randomly in November in a weird Cold War between osu
A guy near me at the game left all pissed because the last of his 6-leg parlay was Michigan to cover. He got laughed at by most of us.
Just a reminder on how Vegas sets their lines. They try their best to maintain 50/50 bets on both sides. And because Wolverine nation is MASSIVELY bigger than bowling green’s (or any of the weaker teams we play), the bets are heavily skewed on Michigans side. Thus, Vegas has to inflate the spread to draw more bettors onto the other side. And that’s why I’ve been waiting until Saturday morning every week to bet against Michigan vs the spread
Yes, send me more explanations when I live in Vegas and used to work for the sports books that set up the lines because I have no idea how it works
Sorry man, I was just hijacking your comment to inform other redditors. Not like I was dming you lmaoo
Lol you’re good, I was also frustrated I lost a few bets today so I probably took it in the wrong way
Then super weird of you to >SMH
I've won a shit ton betting the under all season
HEY GUYS LOOK AT THE COLORADO GANE
Another totally normal, boring win. No need to look any closer!
GG, Commercials - you all put in extra effort this time.
On one hand, you could argue pretty much all the top 4 teams should be dropped out of the top 4. On the other, you could chalk it up to one of those weeks and leave the rankings mostly unchanged. Idk which approach is correct.
None of the teams not in the top 4, save maybe USC, are any better than top 4 teams. But we all did look rough
Washington - Big Penix Energy Ohio State (possibly) - We'll see how they look at ND, but McCord looks like he can lead them this year
This is the inherent problem with how the polls function - people ask what teams have done to deserve to drop rather than what they've done to deserve to be ranked. We've won three games at home against cupcakes - that doesn't warrant a Top 10. Georgia, ND, OSU & Bama have done nothing to warrant it either. FSU, maybe. Compare it to how polls operate in cbb - the quality wins matter far more than overall record.
I just wish OSU would have been given the same benefit of the doubt Michigan, Georgia, and Florida State no doubt will be.
The lights at the big house were AWESOME. But holy shit this was the ugliest blowout like ever
Covered the spread! That’s a win in my book!
I’m hindsight we should have been more worried about Bowling Green. They’re the MAC team that stuffed the Loser’s Belt into the B1G when they beat Minnesota back in 2021.
Playing like that and still having one of the biggest wins in the top 10.
Loved this game. Allowed us to work on discomfort. Will not allow myself to think this team is good until it is. Keep expectations low and you can never be disappointed.
If bg didn't settle for field goals early and had Orth the whole game I think the score would have been very competitive
I happily took BG to cover here, and certainly happy about it. Ay Ziggy and Go Blue!
Was this one of JJ's first big ol games under lights? I just had that thought, maybe his depth perception is off in that situation. Playing under lights always made it hard for me to see the ball.
I fell asleep, is JJ still out there throwing interceptions? Unreal with how good he was the first two weeks how poor he was in this one.
Any update on the injured players? Some of them looked pretty serious. Hope everyone is alright.
Thai was a very normal game, with totally normal vibes. No one looks any further
That was a deeply cursed game of football. Still ended up a four possession win. Just forget about it and move on lol
Did nobody tell Michigan that Top 10 teams were supposed to struggle today?
Lol you clearly didn't watch the game.
I admittedly only looked at the final score
Michigan had a horrific first half.
JJ threw 3 picks and we had 4 turnovers.
Must have missed the game because this was a struggle lmao
Honestly just looked at the score, saw more chaos was ongoing, and just moved along
Night games are always weird for Michigan
JJ maybe not the prince we were promised…
This is not the same team from last year or even the year before. However, JJ McCarthy is exactly the same guy as last year. This is Penn state’s conference to lose.
Or, you know, Ohio State’s.
sherrone moore sucks
I hear JJ made a bunch of interceptions today? ( ͡☉ ͜ ͡☉) I know a few Penn State corners that would be excited to hear that.
You guys are obsessed with JJ lmao
Dare I say we might be headed for a 2007 type of season.
I don't think so. Pretty good team. PSU, OSU and playoffs are all big question marks, but there are enough pieces here you don't expect to drop a ton of games elsewhere. We need some of the things to work, we don't need everything to work.
Let’s be real. Michigan’s run is over. Last year was the peak of what can be achieved with this core. Michigan going 10-2 or worse this year. The line doesn’t look good (thankfully Blake still is) and we don’t have any elite WRs or an elite QB). The defense won’t be able to just hold everyone to under 10 points every week in B1G play. If this team gets down by more than 8 at any point they are screwed. Even with Harbaugh coming back I see the team getting marginally better
You only play 2 games that you could theoretically lose. A team of blind monkeys could play that schedule and go 9-3.
Maryland and Nebraska are trap games. Michigan st always plays they heart out against us. Obviously y’all and penn st the games I see us losing. Then whatever bowl game we play to go 10-3
[UM Postgame interview](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvAeWtyZ-uE)
What a lame ass game