Kolek planning to go pro
The score was far more indicative of not Army's play but Michigan's continuing struggles with ball security. You can't give up the ball that many times and expect to win. Michigan's offense needs to figure things out and they will - ball control, short yardage situations, and stupid penalties is fixable. And Michigan's offense has far too many weapons to remain stagnant.
The early returns: On one hand, things are at least OK. The Wolverines scored 40 points on Middle Tennessee, and though they nearly lost to Army on Saturday, Oklahoma nearly lost to Army last season, and it still made the CFP. The Wolverines outgained Army by 97 yards and went to overtime only because of fumbles and fourth-quarter, fourth-and-short failures, neither of which are necessarily sustainable.On the other hand, those fourth-and-shorts were awfully telling. Everyone in the stadium knew what Michigan was going to do (hand off to the running back between the tackles), and Army sent the house and made two stops. Michigan seems stuck between identities at the moment.Also, the fumbles might be sustainable, given that the Wolverines have eight of them so far.
College football is rich in tradition. Some of the better ones:- The Go Blue banner- Play like a champion today- The Ohio band dotting the i- Texas A&M's 12th Man- War Eagle- Tennessee: Checker Board End Zones and Rocky Top- Ten Thousand Men of Harvard- The Game: Michigan-Ohio State- The Winged Helmet- Touchdown Jesus- Game watching from boats on Lake Washington- Woo pig sooie- Rammer Jammer, Yellow Hammer- Rolling Toomer's Corner- White Out- Kidnapping Navy Goats and Army Mules- Little Brown Jug- The Beer Song- Blue Turf- Sparty's Spinning S- Penn fans throwing toast- Notre Dame's post game Alma Mater- Hail to the Victors- On Wisconsin- Fight On- Victory March- Boomer Sooner- Bow Down- The Haka- Rock Chalk Jayhawk- Army-Navy- Harvard-Yale- Bama-Auburn- Apple Cup- Cal-Stanford- The Civil War- Red River Shootout- Miami Smoke- The Grove- Lighting The Tower- Cowbell- Hook 'em Horns- Midnight Yell- Pink Locker Room- Irish Guard- Planting the Spear- Gator Chomp- Ralphie- Tunnel Walk- Stanford Band- Tightwad Hill
The celebration that was weird I saw (ACC Network), was Florida State winning on a missed extra point in overtime versus UL Monroe.
Not sure what you are referencing here. The Michigan players and band always head to the student section end zone after a win at The Big House where they sit on the wall to thank the students. This is a Big House tradition going back to Jerry Ford's time.The Michigan players and staff were joined by the Army contingent where they sang each other's fight song and celebrated the joy of playing college football. It was a phenomenal demonstration of sportsmanship. Frankly, I believe the nation as a whole could learn from that.
Lynn Swann resigned today out here
Clay Helton pulled a big win v. Stanford the other night. His career at USC will be decided the next four games (at BYU, Utah, at UW, at ND.)
Lynn Swann out as USC ADWhat former football player gets the gig now? Matt LI have a toothachert? Carson Palmer? Keyshawn?
I think he's already a dead man walking. New AD is going to want to bring in his own guy.Heck, Clay may have been a dead man walking the moment Urban Meyer "retired" from tOSU.
Monken is the most underrated coach in America. Brought Georgia Southern up to FBS from FCS and beat Florida in his last year. Triple option isn't sexy, but its incredible the precision and discipline they play with on both sides of the ball. They took Oklahoma to OT last year in Norman. Incredible. Don't see Navy winning the matchup as long as he's at West Point and Niumatalolo is in Annapolis.As for Michigan, I think another problem is Patterson stinks. I don't know if he'll be bad in perpetuity, but he's a far cry from the Heisman candidate he's been hyped to be. Harbaugh is a good coach, but yet to be seen if Gattis can call a competent offense on his own.
Even the commentators noted after the game they were surprised at Michigan’s celebration instead of a “act like you have been there”. This was not in regard to their tradition at end of games
JustinPatterson has been stinking it up. The fumbles and the bad throws are a problem and are central to Michigan's struggles with the ball. Let's see if he gets his sh1t together.Interesting about Niumatalolo. A couple seasons ago he could do no wrong. Now his seat is hotter than a pistol. Crazy business.
Urban Meyer will be next USC coach
Meyer is dirty. The guy has left town in the middle of the night just ahead of the cops. I cannot believe USC would want his issues clouding their program.What price victory...
His departure from OSU was even more squirmy
Today's thoughts:**I was wrong about Clay Helton**Chip Kelly might be a worse coach at this point**Alabama's defense isn't what it usually is**Ohio State may be the best team not named Clemson