Sunday Morning Coffee

After gulping down a few cups of coffee today, I started to think about the Purdue game. I use the word game loosely. Many comments on Twitter during the game, "Is this an episode of Peanuts", "This is like the Keystone Cops". With the plethora of turnovers and seemingly chaotic play calling it was quite an experience.

It was a win, an ugly win that gave me bitter beer face, but a win nonetheless. I personally thought that Michigan would again slide all the way through the rest of the Big Ten season without another win. I am glad they have avoided that.

This week I am taking a trip across the country to the Big House. I love to visit my family and go to the game. I love the amazing game day atmosphere, the sounds, the smells, tailgating. Along with my good feelings, I have a very sick feeling in my stomach, kind of like when you know punishment is coming, of course the 83 points the Badgers put up on the Hoosiers did nothing to help that feeling in my stomach, at all.

As always I will be there, all four quarters supporting my Wolverines and I always root for the win. Looking for a little of that magic that happened against Penn State, Henne to Manningham with 1 second on the clock.

Michigan here I come.

Go Blue!

Sunday Morning Coffee

As predicted, once Michigan starts to play tough competition they start down the slide. Three years, the same pattern. Many people think the offense is amazing, and the only thing Michigan needs is a Defense. The offense is good, yet when they get in the trenches with the big boys it tends to be forced to play with a sense of desperation.

I do not pile all of the blame on Rich Rodriguez yet, he did recruit these players, and the numbers do not lie. Rich Rod is 4-16 against the Big Ten. That is no less than embarrassing. If Michigan manages to get one more win, what bowl game will they be in, and isn't that more embarrassing than not going at all?

Many excuses are flying around, injury, young players blah blah. It is not too much to ask for a defense to get better each week, at least a little. There has been no improvement as a matter of fact they have gotten worse.

Some say fire Rich Rod, others say get rid of Greg Robinson. I am pretty sure something will happen, soon. I know Michigan tradition, does not include fighting for who will be the next to last in the Big Ten.

Sunday Morning Coffee

Yes, I am very happy Michigan is 5-0, and 1-0 in Big Ten play but, as I drink my coffee I taste a bit of piss and possibly some vinegar. The kind that Bo used to fill his defense with.

I am almost speechless, this Michigan defense is almost non-existent. It feels as though I am beating a dead horse, because Michigan's D is horrible but they are still winning (thank you Denard). I do not want Michigan to lose to prove the point that the D is horrible, I am just feeling like crap knowing that the day of reckoning is coming.

If Indiana can throw and run at will against Michigan's D, just imagine what the rest of the Big Ten has in store. MSU is this week and they are playing balls out, they have big bruising running backs that they are going to ram through Michigan's d-line like bowling night. The 3 man front is not working and has to go! (well neither is any front but...) How many more examples need to be presented? I am in no way presenting myself as a defensive expert, but a well executed blitz (under control) might be advantageous as well.

My hatred for Sparty goes to depths I care not to get into, and I hope we can heap gallons of misery upon them Saturday at the Big House, but I would be lying if I said I was not worried, nightmare and restless sleep worried.

I am not sure what needs to happen. The boot to Greg Robinson? recruit better talent on D? Make fun of all the Defensive players Mom's? Something has to happen and happen now.

Ugh, I need more cream.

Sunday Morning Coffee

Anyone in their right mind at halftime on Saturday would have said just what I said and what many of my other friends said, "the season is over", "we are an embarrassment", "has the spread come to Ann Arbor to die?"

After ESPN grotesquley flashed on the screen about 400 times that, 44% of Michigan's offensive plays go for 0 or negative yards, and at halftime Michigan had 21 yards of offense and multiple turnovers (not to mention the ND game), I don't think there were many that were saying, "Oh hell yeah we are gonna comeback big time in the second half."

As Mitch Albom said, "The game had been a disaster, a humiliation, the worst Big Ten opener for Michigan in more than two decades. The Wolverines trailed, 19-0, had five turnovers, one first down, negative yards passing — and it could have been worse. Fans were only cheering sarcastically.

When they weren’t booing."

The all of the sudden "Down came the ball, a gift from the heavens" I had barely sat down in my seat after the Michigan touchdown when Thompson got the heavenly rebound and ran it in for another touchdown.

Rich Rod obviously changed his game plan in the locker room at the half. Started to throw to set up the run and that clearly backed off the defense of Wisconsin and allowed Threet to pull off an amazing fake handoff, keeper and ended up running for 56 yards.

Will this game be the switch that turns this team into A TEAM? The spark of confidence that melds a team into a unit? My hopes (dangerously) are high again. I hope the team (the team from the second half ) plays this well this coming weekend, Illinois is allot to handle as seen in the Penn State battle last night at Beaver stadium.

Go Blue!!