Saturday - November 17, 2007

There is no God

Briefly Stated

That sucked.

The defense went unchallenged by an opponent playing the ultimate game of Lloydball. Tressell knew that the way we were playing 14-3 was safe, and he wasn't risking anything.

There is *nothing* that a single player or a playcaller can do when the offensive line is as bad as it was today. We laugh at Charlie Weis for thinking he can scheme his way to victory while ignoring the fundamentals, then we turn around and think it's our offensive scheme that causes a loss like this.

The WRs had their worst game of the year. Five drops, at least, none more critical than the 2 by Manningham after the Englemon pick late in the 1st half.

People suggesting that the entire offensive coaching staff should go are ... well, let's not lose the point by being too polite ... they are stupid. See point #3. "Throwing the baby out with the bathwater." Simply changing *everything* instead of figuring out what needs to be changed is a good way to make sure you're back in the same position again soon.

Henne was just not Henne. He was playing great football from the time he came back from the knee until the pick at Wisconsin. He was terrible today, and something was clearly wrong.

Columns based on the idea that the columnist can get inside the heads of Bill Martin and Lloyd Carr and that they know what those two men are not worth reading. There is a difference between an opinion and baseless speculation, and the latter is worthless. And the Michigan fan base loves to worry; all someone has to do is write a plausible sound bit of insane speculation that ends with "head coach Mike DeBord" and a thousand UM fans will stare at it and say "Oh my god, he's right!"