Around the Big Ten

[Jeff Buchanan]

Nice to see Northwestern come back from a big deficit. They're players seem to be proud and united - unlike that team in Ann Arbor.

I'd be careful with fans drawing conclusions on locker room discord in Ann Arbor. We are bound to hear mostly useless, speculative shit after thumpings like M has absorbed.

Michael Spath who currenlty works for WTKA in Ann Arbor has a pretty good track record of not posting click bait. He's been around and was at both mgo and Rivals. He's probably a reliable source of insider information .... still you never know. This tweet stream was out there all day yesterday and it does address some player discord having nothing to do with what John Henson of Chat Sports posted,

Spath suggests that there's little player grumbling when M is winning but when the losses come like they have, the grumbling is bound to leak out. The post loss grumbling in this case is related to in game play calling that departs from the game plan that was practiced or, guys are supposed to get touches and then they don't. It appears that the play calling starts diverging from the plan and not in a good way, as soon as a couple of things don't work. One of Spath's sources say the play calling, wherever it is coming from, appears to be a deer-in-the-headlights sort of response by the coaches; players get confused about what's supposed to happen next from that. It was thought it would disappear with Drevno's departure. It hasn't. Draw your own conclusions.

So, guys aren't happy about what role they think they are going to play in a game (the last two in particular) and what role and level of contribution to that game they are actually given. There's a disconnect.

Good teams, which Michigan is despite the last two games, with elite football players, which Michigan has, has to find ways to get the ball into the hands of these elite guys who want to play and want to showcase their talents to keep them satisfied and feeling like they are contributing in meaningful ways. The suggestion here is that on offense, as it is being called in-game, doesn't allow for that. The tweet stream is linked below.

https://twitter.com/michaelspathith/...738174976?s=21

[Jeff Buchanan]

Kirk Ferentz takes down Joe Moorehead's Mississippi State 27-22 by unleashing Nate Stanley (21/31, 241, 3TDs, 1 INT). Iowa rushed for -14 yards and stopped trying early. Hello.

[hack]

Gregg Henson has been right before.

[WingsFan]

Bucky Dent

[iam416]

6-2 and 3-0 going into final game. Bad day so far, but I do like Washington and the points. Big Ten East is 0-3.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Michigan and Penn State played much worse than I thought. Iowa, Minnesota, and MSU (kinda) played much better. OSU holds on and the Big10 at least puts up a winning record, no thanks to dem wolverine bums.

[froot loops]

I feel like that MSU defense might have been the best of the Dantonio era. The offense might have been the worst of the MSU era since I started following them.

[drok]

The offense might have been the worst of the MSU era since I started following them.

Is that the "Froot Loops Era"?

[iam416]

51-51-2 and 22-16-1 for the regular season. 7-2 and 3-0 for the bowl season. So, 58-53-2 and 25-16-1. So, 83-69-3 overall. Recovered a bit from the disastrous championship week 0-1, 0-3.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Overall I would say this upcoming year's non-conference schedule is a pretty bad one. OSU not helping. Major conference foes bolded

2019 Non-Conference

8/29
Minnesota v. South Dakota State

8/30
Michigan State v. Tulsa
Rutgers v. UMass

8/31
Illinois v. Akron
Indiana v. Ball State
Iowa v. Miami-OH
Maryland v. Howard
Michigan v. Middle Tennessee State
Nebraska v. South Alabama
Northwestern @ Stanford
Ohio State v. Florida Atlantic
Penn State v. Idaho
Purdue @ Nevada
Wisconsin @ South Florida

9/7
Illinois @ UConn
Indiana v. Eastern Illinois
Maryland v. Syracuse
Michigan v. Army
Michigan State v. Western Michigan
Minnesota @ Fresno State
Nebraska @ Colorado
Ohio State v. Cincinnati
Penn State v. Buffalo
Purdue v. Vanderbilt
Wisconsin v. Central Michigan

9/14
Illinois v. Eastern Michigan
Iowa @ Iowa State
Maryland @ Temple
Michigan State v. Arizona State
Minnesota v. Georgia Southern
Nebraska v. Northern Illinois
Northwestern v. UNLV
Penn State v Pittsburgh
Purdue v. TCU

9/21
Indiana v. UConn
Ohio State v. Miami-OH
Rutgers v. Boston College

9/28
Iowa v. Middle Tennessee State

10/5
Wisconsin v. Kent State

10/26
Michigan v. Notre Dame
Rutgers v. Liberty

11/16
Northwestern v. UMass

[crashcourse]

51-51-2 and 22-16-1 for the regular season. 7-2 and 3-0 for the bowl season. So, 58-53-2 and 25-16-1. So, 83-69-3 overall. Recovered a bit from the disastrous championship week 0-1, 0-3.

impressive indeed

you need to cockblock that tlawrence individual

geezus what a run for that guy

[WM Wolverine]

Would need to compare the OCC schedule to the other P5 conferences, likely not much different.

[iam416]

impressive indeed

you need to cockblock that tlawrence individual

geezus what a run for that guy

If Clemson wins he wins the Bowl Pool for an unprecedented 3 for 3 sweep going into Playoffs Contest. If Alabama wins, then I win. In other words, Clemson +5' is the motherfucking lock of all-time and I'd bet Clemson huge on the money line.

[crashcourse]

well good luck

last time I think you won one of those pools I think bush was president --and it might have been senior

[froot loops]

Good news