Michigan Sports Thread 2018-2019

[FireBird71]

#GoBlue

 

[Konnan511]

JV with a no hitter .

Best Jack Whitehall impression: "what a Ledg!"

 

[raymond23]

JV with a no hitter .

Best Jack Whitehall impression: "what a Ledg!"

I still love that dude. Absolute legend

 

[The Zetterberg Era]

I don't think there is an athlete that left Detroit that is more beloved than JV. I mean I guess Gibby when he was with the Dodgers... But seriously, I root for him second after the Tigers and have been overjoyed to see his success in Houston both individually and with the team. I wish it could have been here, but I am glad to see him do well.

 

[Ezekial]

Theo shoulda made the power move for Verlander and he didn't. I, as a Cubs fan, like Yu Darvish (even with everything that happened in his 1st year I knew his stuff was unreal), but the Cubs had every opportunity to trade for Verlander - and Verlander wanted to be here - and he didn't. Instead we got Chatwood and Darvish. Can't do anything with our talent on the hitting end (excpet for Castellanos who's .336 as a Cub), joke team.

 

[Winger98]

What's scary is that can anyone realistically see Verlander's production slowing down a lot? Yeah, injuries can happen to anyone, but the guy looks like a freak. He has the easiest looking heat I've seen in a long time, and the guy has just been a beast the past few years. If he wants to I can see him playing until he's forty. at least.

 

[Konnan511]

So in bizaro world...

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/27523106/minor-leaguer-dies-skateboarding-accident

 

[deca guard]

 

[Bondurant]

Patterson with a mindnumbing turnover. Take the sack, kid. Army now leading early.

 

[Ezekial]

Being a Michigan fan has been bad for my health.

 

[Ezekial]

Lucky ass team, Go Blue

 

[YpsiWings]

Lucky ass team, Go Blue

Very lucky, this bye week couldn’t have come at a better time. Michigan deserves to drop in the rankings, do not deserve the top 10 at this time.

 

[Bondurant]

Very lucky, this bye week couldn’t have come at a better time. Michigan deserves to drop in the rankings, do not deserve the top 10 at this time.

Army took Oklahoma to the brink last season when Sooners were ranked #5. Not a pushover team.

 

[YpsiWings]

Army took Oklahoma to the brink last season when Sooners were ranked #5. Not a pushover team.

Didn’t say they were, Michigan still played like trash.

 

[Lil Sebastian Cossa]

I hate this weekend.

Michigan was ass. Thankfully they didn’t lose.
MSU blew out Western, so damn 97.1 is gonna be insufferable with Spartan fever
EMU took it in the rear from UK.

 

[ManwithNoIdentity]

Yikes UofM looks bad

 

[Martinez]

Michigan looks like a team that lost its three impact players on defense. Hill is good but after him no one is making plays.

 

[The Zetterberg Era]

I hate this weekend.

Michigan was ass. Thankfully they didn’t lose.
MSU blew out Western, so damn 97.1 is gonna be insufferable with Spartan fever
EMU took it in the rear from UK.

State's defense didn't look great, really bothered by how well the slant worked. That unit should be a lot better, but the line and running game on offense was the best it had been in a while. Weak opponent but still nice to have an offense with a pulse.

 

[Konnan511]

I hate this weekend.

Michigan was ass. Thankfully they didn’t lose.
MSU blew out Western, so damn 97.1 is gonna be insufferable with Spartan fever
EMU took it in the rear from UK.

UofM played like shit, they should be talking about the better team.

 

[Lil Sebastian Cossa]

UofM played like ****, they should be talking about the better team.

That is fair. But this week all you'll get is.

"UM IS GONNA LOSE LIKE SEVEN GAMES!"
"SPARTY TO THE PLAYOFF!"

Like I'm not an idiot. I know that the team who played better is going to get talked about. But all of this is going to be "Oh man, Sparty is back, baby!" When they beat a MAC school like a drum. And the runaway narrative is that Michigan's just flat garbage. Yeah, they played like crap yesterday. Yeah, that was inexcusable and we can't do it again... but it was literally growing pains of a new offense. Look at how many plays they have a TE or G pull and there was nobody to block. I saw Eubanks at least twice and Ruiz at least twice pull and the guy they were supposed to hit wasn't there. He had just driven upfield. Shea wanted to make something out of nothing on that first drive and stupidly fumbled the ball.

And for as "bad" as the defense was, they didn't give up any points in the second half. Also, if not for quickblow McWhistler, U-M is up 14-7 early in that game and Army's whole offensive gameplan has to change

 

[guinness]

Fortunate that other schools never have players that graduate, leave, get hurt, new coaches, or new systems to worry about.

That would make transitions and coaching so much easier.

 

[Reality Check]

UofM played like ****, they should be talking about the better team.

Sparty never has nor never will move the needle. Hence why you'll more Lions talk than anything on the Red Wings throughout the year.

Michigan's offense is garbage right now and they are over-ranked(as usual). But I will say that Army is way underrated.

That same team took Oklahoma(a far better team than Michigan) with the future Heisman winner to OT in Oklahoma. They're legit and would have pulled it off if not for Michigan's defense.

 

[RabidBadger]

Question for UM fans: Do you think Patterson is "the guy", or do you want to see what D-Caf can do? From what I've seen he hasn't delivered very often pressure situations/big games.

In short, is this the guy you want to trot out in big games or is it time for Harbaugh to mix it up to give the team a better chance at makining it to Indy?

 

[RabidBadger]

Hockenson is having a real nice 1st NFL game! The Lions look fairly comtetant overall.

 

[Konnan511]

Beastin'