Coach D Taking the Knee vs. SCum...

Heat Miser wrote:FYI...Coach D ran out the clock against SCum rather than running up the score in 2013, 2011, 2010, & 2008. As long as they don't do anything stupid, he will again in the future. Don't poke the bear.

LoneWolfSparty wrote:

After the stake I don't think he'll ever take a knee again.

The coach has clearly lost control of his team. Asked afterward if he was aware his players had planned the pregame stake stunt, fourth-year Michigan coach Brady Hoke replied:

"I think I was aware that something happened. But I'm not fully aware."

Which pretty much sums up Hoke's countenance all season – like a '70s housewife whacked out on Prozac.

What coaches genuinely feel and say behind the scenes and what they offer for the cameras have become so totally separate lately that we almost expect it. But I think it's fair to say that a lot of people around the league are immensely enjoying seeing Michigan, for so long a place so totally enveloped in a cocoon of smug self-adulation, come completely off the rails.

The same was probably true of Ohio State in 2011 and Penn State in 2012. Everyone enjoys seeing the downfall of the self-righteous.

In each case, when things are going well for you, "best practices" (as a corporate-PR operative might term it) probably suggest that, especially these days, you avoid the indulgence of declaration and simply take your win, shake hands and get home.

For anything more extraneous, payback always comes eventually. And you might get it shoved.

InTenSity wrote:ESPN is saying this is the game in which we finally looked focused. There were parts that were hard for me to watch because we were watching at a bar, but the run game looked good. Was um's secondary really that good, or was something off? I guess it doesn't matter because we are so balanced now. I hope the team keeps the feelings of disrespect, and get fired up for O$U. They are going to need to play the full 60 minutes in that one.

Heat Miser wrote:FYI...Coach D ran out the clock against SCum rather than running up the score in 2013, 2011, 2010, & 2008. As long as they don't do anything stupid, he will again in the future. Don't poke the bear.

Rodeo Burger wrote:It looked pretty windy down on the field, I think a few of those passes might have been just fine under better conditions. The 1 sack we took would have been a TD too, since Cook had just spotted a WR that was completely uncovered, but didn't have time to get the pass off.

LoneWolfSparty wrote:

Cook was a little off. Missed some open guys, and also missed that some guys were open and threw to the wrong guy. I like the way he threw the ball away a few times instead of forcing it. But in general Cook was just not real crisp. Proof that their secondary is not very good is the Lippett TD. That was the worst play by a DB I've ever seen.

SeeRockCity wrote:



Wide open Kings standing on the 5-yard line waving his arms like he's landing a jumbo jet made me cry a little when they showed the replay. Cook hits that and we get a 2nd easy touchdown, game might have been a lot longer for the bad guys.

LoneWolfSparty wrote:
After lowering his shoulder on the keeper on the first drive, he get a pass from me in every thing else! That. Was. AWESOME!