Siap, interesting bowl projections with connections to Michigan.
November 5th, 2017 at 10:42 PM ^
Links work in the OP.
November 5th, 2017 at 7:05 PM ^
I would like our chances big time in that matchup, doubt this will happen... interesting though.
November 5th, 2017 at 7:06 PM ^
TACO CHARLTON just got his first career sack in a big moment in Cowboys Chiefs game.
November 5th, 2017 at 7:07 PM ^
We are likely going to Cali for our bowl game
November 5th, 2017 at 7:11 PM ^
duh, the Rose Bowl is always in Pasedena
November 6th, 2017 at 6:26 AM ^
That was an absolutely fascinating read, especially the aftermath about players/coaches in the war.
November 6th, 2017 at 9:51 AM ^
That was super interesteting! Thanks for sharing.
November 5th, 2017 at 7:11 PM ^
are any of these ever close to right?
November 5th, 2017 at 7:11 PM ^
No to Arizona matchup. Nothing to gain by playing them. I want a NY6 bowl.
November 5th, 2017 at 7:15 PM ^
You better hope that Peters and the passing game get a hell of a lot better before Wisconsin and OSU then.
November 5th, 2017 at 7:23 PM ^
Go to 11 warriors where u belong. Buckeye Troll alert.
November 5th, 2017 at 7:55 PM ^
Yeah, no.
Nice to see you made it back to positive points.
November 5th, 2017 at 7:59 PM ^
You should be more careful about who you are telling about how your trolling mgoblog. Dummy.
November 5th, 2017 at 9:50 PM ^
I've seen Occam on here for a while. You, on the other hand, I noticed recently as the guy who's always a dick.
November 5th, 2017 at 8:22 PM ^
56 yards in the air is very unlikely to get it done against Wisconsin or OSU. Does that make me a Buckeye troll too?
November 5th, 2017 at 8:27 PM ^
No it does not. He has been bragging to a lot of people about his trolling efforts and he told the wrong person. Full blown Osu fan.
November 5th, 2017 at 8:32 PM ^
Did we need to throw the ball? Was the weather shit? It was the first start for a freshman QB! I thought the kid played just fine. He wasn't asked to do much, and the pass blocking wasn't great. Ruiz struggled badly vs stunts and twists. Peters presented enough of a threat as a passer that our ground game became unstoppable. I have little doubt that peters will get better from here on out.
Obviously I agree with you from the standpoint that 56 pass yards likely won't get it done vs wiscy or the buckeyes, but with our run game hitting it's strides, peters doesn't need to be a world beater for us to have success against the remaining teams on our schedule.
November 5th, 2017 at 9:05 PM ^
Our run game has hit strides against rutgers and minnesota. I doubt we get more than 120 on the ground against wisconsin.
November 5th, 2017 at 10:44 PM ^
see how we maul the Terps... all our east coast players (and we have a lot of them)
will be keyed up to go back east and show what they can do!
I see another 300 yards on the ground again!
November 5th, 2017 at 9:11 PM ^
No, we didn't need to throw the ball against Minnesota, but as I think you imply, Wisconsin and OSU are going to present much more of a defensive challenge. There's no doubt that our OL run blocking is vastly better than it was at the beginning of the season, and Higdon and Evans have proven they're capable of hitting the home run if they just get a crease. I'm just skeptical we can be as one-dimensional against the Badgers or Buckeyes and be successful.
The onus will be on Peters to be able to deliver strikes downfield with consistency and regularity, and he hasn't had the chance yet to prove he can do that with an OL that still struggles in pass pro and young receivers who still have trouble getting separation. Maryland is going to be an interesting test opportunity.
November 5th, 2017 at 9:23 PM ^
Agreed.
Unless Higdon + Evans get their Tim Biakabutuka on collectively, defeating Wisco and OSU will be tough.
I think we match up better with Wisconsin especially now since they lost their most consistent WR for the season it seems.
Whoever manages to rush for more wins that match up. Peters just needs to do enough with DPJ and the TEs to keep the defense honest.
OSU on the other hand, have the athletes to match up toe to toe with us. Going to need Peters to make some plays to win.
November 5th, 2017 at 11:40 PM ^
You're argument is complete horseshit: we didn't pass because we didn't need to because our run game was unstoppable so therefore we lose to Wisconsin and OSU because we leveraged our ability to run the ball and control the game with the least possible degree of uncertainty. That's literally your argument.
November 5th, 2017 at 10:48 PM ^
that Peters did not play better given that there was a beaver moon out. But I think he did a decent job. He seem to lose a bit of accuracy after taking the hard sack. I think he will improve enough to be competitive against WI and OSU.
November 5th, 2017 at 7:25 PM ^
asshole
November 5th, 2017 at 8:20 PM ^
im sorry about your small penis
November 6th, 2017 at 11:03 AM ^
We are going to win out. No way we're going to some lame chicken bowl. The team has new life with Peters at QB. I absolutely guarantee we win out with a big win over OSU.
November 5th, 2017 at 7:13 PM ^
I assume these are bowls projecting us at 8-4 with losses to OSU and Wisconsin. I am starting to think we more likely than not beat either OSU or Wisconsin. We are playing good football now.
November 5th, 2017 at 7:29 PM ^
I mean, kind of? We have some definite flaws, especially if we get behind and have to pass to catch up, OL had major issues keeping Peters clean even against MN. OSU and Wiscy gonna tee off and knock him out of the game unless we make big strides in the next couple weeks.
November 6th, 2017 at 6:42 AM ^
OSU and Wisconsin have flaws too. Wisconsin is not as talented as us this year, they were in a very close game with Purdue recently. They have a good running game with Taylor, but that plays to our strength in stopping the run.
OSU was exposed by Iowa and Oklahoma. The gameplan on how to beat them is already written.
I like our chances to pull off one of two upsets. Two of two is a stretch goal.
November 5th, 2017 at 8:00 PM ^
Fuck yeah, one of those two is going to get an ass whooping. It's this program's destiny to kickstart 2018.
November 5th, 2017 at 7:13 PM ^
CBSSports has UM playing Boston College in the Pinstripe Bowl, 12/27 in Yankee Stadium.
November 5th, 2017 at 7:28 PM ^
ew, that's the Worst Case Scenario Bowl.
November 5th, 2017 at 8:48 PM ^
Is it really worse than the “Foster Farms” Bowl? Can’t they just put a random word in between farms and bowl to make it sound not so terribly cheap? Like even the Foster Farms California Bowl or something that stupid sounds infinitely less stupid than just a sponsor.
November 5th, 2017 at 9:12 PM ^
I was posting it more b/c of the "Don Brown facing his old team" angle.
November 5th, 2017 at 11:44 PM ^
With the big ten looking like they might not get anyone in the playoff, it essentially means everyone in the big ten gets knocked down a notch in the bowl lineup. If the Big ten struggles to get teams in NY6 games then teams will get knocked down even furtber.
November 6th, 2017 at 2:44 PM ^
don't think it will work like that. I think that the BIG could have four teams in the NY6 without a playoff team.
November 5th, 2017 at 7:35 PM ^
That would be horrible.
November 5th, 2017 at 8:04 PM ^
another coaching connection
November 5th, 2017 at 10:00 PM ^
Palm is predicting that no one in the B1G besides Wisconsin make a NY6 bowl. I find it hard to believe that will happen ... Chances are a 10-2 Penn State or Ohio State (or both) sneak into NY6 bowls. If that happens, Michigan's bowl opportunities improve significantly.
Better yet, Michigan beats OSU, Wisconsin, or both, and does no worse than the Outback. Win 'em all and it's Michigan sneaking into a NY6 bowl.
November 6th, 2017 at 1:13 AM ^
we might be playng LSU under that scenario...and you know that Les will be there...
November 6th, 2017 at 12:26 PM ^
I agree that the Outback Bowl is in play, but honestly... is the Outback Bowl really that much better than the Holiday Bowl? It's not like facing off with Mississippi State is any better than playing Washington State, we have gone to a Florida bowl game the past two years so California would be something new. The only benefit is playing on NYD, which I don't think really matters anymore. Especially if we're playing a ranked Pac-12 team in primetime. Playing Arizona, Stanford, Wazzou, or USC is infinitely more interesting to me than an SEC team.
November 5th, 2017 at 7:21 PM ^
Those idiots will have some re-writing to do after we win out!
November 5th, 2017 at 7:37 PM ^
Rutgurz wins out!
November 5th, 2017 at 7:42 PM ^
Michigan would destroy Arizona. Worst possible matchip for Rich Rod.
November 5th, 2017 at 7:52 PM ^
That's pretty much true, but the human-interest angle would be fun.
November 5th, 2017 at 9:14 PM ^
Losing a bowl game to AZ and RR would be "fun" in the way that disaster movies or chainsaw movies are "fun." MGoBlog would be a special place to be in that scenario.
November 5th, 2017 at 8:06 PM ^
Don Brown can show RR how to properly coach a 3-3-5 defense.
November 5th, 2017 at 11:03 PM ^
Over the other toilet bowls listed. Show old RR that his spread does not work when it faces a good D. We know by experience from those lousy years he gave us! Even though Harbaugh should of just kept running on State, I think we would have won if he did. I like how this team is progressing. Now lets work on the passing game against Maryland.