Michigan Spartafucks week so ill chime in a bit.
Saw 4th quarter of Sparty game, Sparty fans think they just turned the corner, I see an Iowa team who is terrible on offense coming off a super bowl loss heartbreaker the previous week. How do you get up for that game? Still had multiple chances to move the ball and couldn't. Sparty D solid? Idk, who have they beat to impress me and Iowa is a decent team but horrible spot for horrible offense. Perfect setting for Sparty. Figured line would be 14 and friends thought i was crazy when asked. If we had offense of course id say blowout but not sure we blowout any mediocre team with our O this year. I'll say 27-13 type game. Just don't see Sparty scoring on us more than twice.
Chime in on other games I watched more of
Saw second half of Wisconsin, its just the same team every year, its so boring. Davis at WR made a few plays for them in the third when they needed, but as Pat Fitzgerald wouldn't ever give up either did his kids to get inside the number. How anyone could feel good about Hornibrook leading their team to championships I have no idea but better question is how could Thorson take that safety at the end of the game??? NW kids are supposed to at least be smart if nothing else, especially the QB. Awful awful awful. B1G west a complete joke again.
NW takes us to PSU game and HUNT is right it starts with their D but I've seen enough of their games to know how you expose that D, deep passes on their white safety. I bet on IU and I still feel like I had the right side but IU kept gift wrapping fumbles away early. I know PSU had a ton of yards against Iowa but couldn't finish. Against Indiana i don't know if they were bored jumping out to such a big early lead but their o line looked like dog shit, Barkley had no room to run. I would throw that kid the ball but they didn't hardly do it in that game. I think they are saving him for Iowa like workloads against the big boys personally (OSU, Mich), if you look at his touches in games that appears to be the case and in his defense he had to be exhausted after last Saturday night, yet he returns opening kickoff for TD and sets tone, i knew i was screwed. IU ran some great run blitzes and I was very impressed with their defense. Score was misleading, nothing was wrong with Laggo other than the other kid moved the ball better in the first half and then did nothing in the second half. I didn't think Michigan had much chance at PSU in beginning of year but now I feel we have a much better shot with our physicality on defense. I think our d line can dominate that o line and PSU offense doesn't have the swagger against Pitt, Iowa, and IU I saw last year. PSU hard team to figure let alone bet on, Franklin horrible in game coach and is starting to feel like he's a douche. Barkley is best player in college football and did have 200 at OSU his freshman year, helped beat Wisconsin on gimpy ankle last year. People still care about Heisman's, I don't and I certainly don't care about RBs throwing TD passes late in the game for Heisman hopes, anyone can do that. Franklin has an inferiority complex to CUM and Harbs is what it boils down to to me anyway. I'll probably go back to the well at +14 on purple this week for the 11am local start. If you go back to last year what has PSU done on the road that has impressed me, nothing. 34-24 seems right to me. PSU losing two games minimum this year.
Watched some Maryland and that new qb looked pretty damn good. Is Row the Boat rowing south to Tennessee anyway or will it be Brohm? Terps could be a dangerous team this year to some B1G powers, its just a matter of consistency. Durkin is doing work there and they have some speed and talent, if this qb can stick, look out. Minny does nothing for me yet but PJ will have 8 wins a normality there in that weak division in no time.
Saturday's without Michigan football is like watching pre-season NFL, brutal.
