A Monsoon of Mistakes

You want to know why I hate night games?  Because Jim Harbaugh does.  He prefers to play football at 1:00 on Saturday but the TV networks prefer to highlight Michigan games at night.   Michigan will have to play Penn State at night in two weeks and I wouldn't be surprised if the outcome is the same shit we saw tonight.  Jim has won 1 night game at Michigan and that was against Rutgers.  So that really wasn't a game was it.   They say that your team is a reflection of your coach, he hates night games and so does his team.


The play of the game was the Ty Isaac fumble.  Michigan was about to run the ball down the Spartans throat and Ty coughs it up and gives the Spartans life, when they knew they were out matched in pretty much everyway.   That one drop of the football changed the entire game.   Then Michigan sealed its faith by playing terribly from there on out.  


The mistakes were countless.  

• 5 turnovers are you serious? 
• Defensive penalties to keep MSU TD drives alive
• An offensive holding penalty to wipe out a TD
• Dropped pass on the final drive
• Questionable play calling
•  and so on and so on

I hated the play calling in the red zone on the first drive.   Two fade routes to a TE and slot WR?  It's clear this team misses Jedd Fisch.


What about trying to pass in the worst of the storm?   Shotgun?  What the hell are the Michigan coaches thinking?  Of course, MSU knows you are going to run the ball but you also can't throw it more then 5 yards down the field.   Run 3 times and punt if you have to .  Don't try to throw in a monsoon.   Try to win the field position battle. 


Michigan played the game that MSU was hoping and the Spartans got an assist from the weather.   Michigan continued to shoot itself in the foot and MSU stood there and watched.   The Spartans didn't make many mistakes and Michigan had a boat full.   The MSU offense almost didn't even participate in the second half.


O'Korn didn't play well but I give him a small tip of the hat for trying to do anything in that storm.  I disagreed with Herbie, I wished he would have tucked the ball and run more then trying to find WR's downfield.   I think the Michigan offense is a mess right now, even when the weather isn't winning the game.


This team is now at another cross roads with trips to IU, PSU and Wisconsin ahead.  Not to mention OSU at home.    Michigan lost to a mediocre team tonight at best, which doesn't say much about our team right now.  


I can't get my head around that MSU had an 11 point lead in the first half and protected that lead the rest of the night.  Harbaugh and his elite staff got out coached by Mark Dantonio tonight.   The MSU coaches played the weather perfectly.
     


Someone really needs to find Dantonio's fairy godmother or voodoo doll.  His last two trips to the Big House have been something out of Dr. Seuss. 





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