Wisconsin 49, Michigan 11

[Tom W]

They crumbled in the first half.

[Mike]

It’s a bad year to fire/hire a coach. Some people with “fuck you money” are gonna need to bail Warde out. Fortunately, Harbaugh’s buyout can’t be much (relatively speaking) with only one year left on his deal. So $7-8M? I would think that can be handled Covid or no fucking Covid. All that’s required is any semblance of a spine.

[Mike]

Oh, btw. The roughing the punter after the 3 and out led to a long Wisconsin TD drive. Lol.

[Tom W]

All that’s required is any semblance of a spine.

Well, that's not happening.

[JRB]

How did this team beat Minnesota?

[Mike]

Yeah, how bad is Minnesota? Jesus.

And there goes Wiscy’s FB up the gut for 43 yards. 2 plays later a TD.

49-11. 7:34 left.

[JRB]

The de-commits should be starting soon...

[lineygoblue]

I haven't been watching. All I'm seeing is the cut-ins from the networks and the crawlers.

For the 4th time in 20 years, Michigan is having to go thru the pains of getting rid of a coach that needs to go. Carr needed to go about 2 years before he actually did. Rodriguez should have never been hired (Les Miles should have been) but Rodriguez should have been gone after year 2. Hoke should have been gone after year 3. Now Harbaugh needs to be gone tomorrow.

I don't expect Harbaugh to be fired during the season, but I'll be shocked if he is coaching here next year. AND, he's probably fallen on the list of "desirable" coach replacements in the NFL. I don't see how any sane-thinking NFL team would take a chance on him now.

Maybe Ryan Day will do us a favor and follow thru on his promise to hang 100 on Michigan this year. I don't know how the need to replace Harbaugh will be made any clearer than that.

I have no idea who will be coaching Michigan next year, and I really don't care at this point. Harbaugh needs to be gone. I don't wish him any ill-will. Just go, and take all your assistants with you.

[Mike]

Carr takes a lot of heat for the end of his career. I like to point out that he won 20 games in his last two seasons and that two year mark has not been eclipsed since (Harbaugh tied it). He also went a combined 6-0 those two seasons against ND, MSU, and PSU capped off with a win over Florida in Tebow’s Heisman season. Harbaugh hasn’t come close to anything like that. And these were the two seasons that people point to as Carr’s bad years/demise.

[Tom W]

And this misery finally ends.

[Cody_Russell]

This M loss reminds me of:
- 2011 M vs Mississippi State bowl game (2010 season). Rich Rod's last game.
- 2014 M vs Utah. The game when Shane Morris was beaten up vs Utah. People were done with Brady Hoke.

All of the M community comes together with the common belief that the head coach needs to be fired.
IMO, I was done with Harbaugh after the 2018 loss to Ohio State. Know that was early for several M fans, but that game was seriously a gut punch.

Now the discussion should primarily go to "Who should replace Jim Harbaugh?"

Dude...The Boys rocks...I'm 6 episodes in on season 2. And kind of pissed it will be another year before season 3.

Indeed. Very entertaining.

[lineygoblue]

And this misery finally ends.

For this week, yes. There's still five weeks to go. Its going to get worse before it gets better. And its not getting better this season.

[Mike]

And this misery finally ends.

Or is it only beginning?

[JRB]

Wisconsin scores the biggest margin of victory by a visiting team in Michigan Stadium since 1935. Ordinarily, I'd agree with John Bacon and linesman that even a terrible season wouldn't cause Michigan to fire Harbaugh mid-season, but this loss might severely test that theory.

[lineygoblue]

Wisconsin scores the biggest margin of victory by a visiting team in Michigan Stadium since 1935. Ordinarily, I'd agree with John Bacon and linesman that even a terrible season wouldn't cause Michigan to fire Harbaugh mid-season, but this loss might severely test that theory.

I agree, it might be a unique situation that would make Manuel act. The only question would be, who becomes the interim coach? Brown? Gattis? I don't think the situation is made any better by going to either of them, or with any assistant on the roster now. This is a totally lost season, and it might just be better to let it play out to its miserable end, so that Manuel will have absolutely no resistance from anyone when he pulls the trigger.

What sucks even more, is that the situation is so bad, that even a new coach isn't going to be able to fix it right away. We're likely looking at 2-3 years to rehabilitate this mess, and that is supposing that the right hire is made.