Official first-half thread: NU - Michigan

[lou v]

It's a few minutes until kickoff. No one is giving NU much of a chance. All four GameDay guys picked against the Cats.

Just how I like it.

 

[CatsUnderStars]

WTF!

 

[TejasCat]

Did we have the wind there? Why can't we kick it into the endzone

 

[Mr. Stupor]

WTF!

Can we PLEASE get a damn kicker who can put the ball in the damn end zone? I have been harping on this for a decade or more, but there is no excuse for not recruiting a kicker who can put the ball in the end zone.

 

[pymvpymv]

I hate Matt millen

 

[Katatonic]

The kicking and punting as per usual, but could have been a holding on that return.

Who didn't continue with their assignment on the play action?

Right now UM is winning the LoS.

 

[SchizoCat1]

It's going to be a very long day I'm switching to the Nebraska game.

 

[yiana]

Holy crap. Cats better wake up

 

[PaHICat]

Just wow....

 

[CatsUnderStars]

better right the ship very soon

 

[Mr. Stupor]

we always start slow but 14 is too much.

 

[beetlemania74]

Can we PLEASE get a damn kicker who can put the ball in the damn end zone? I have been harping on this for a decade or more, but there is no excuse for not recruiting a kicker who can put the ball in the end zone.

Yep. Can't kick it out of (or at least into) the endzone, it's going to bite you in the butt at some point. Just did. If we're going to be a top-notch team, then we must improve our kicking and punting.

 

[Mr. Stupor]

Looks like Vegas was right on. UM is for real folks

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Go away, loser. You're beating up on guys who are sleepwalking. You're still gonna lose. It's just going to before painful. Actually, come to think of it, your like must suck so bad, you're here right now. I pity you.

 

[TejasCat]

Yea the sprint option

 

[Katatonic]

we always start slow but 14 is too much.

This team isn't built for coming back down big.

Will need help from ST or TOs.

 

[phatcat_rivals223240]

Ah yes. Like the old times. Sniff

 

[beetlemania74]

Yea the sprint option

Has that worked once yet this season? CT pitches too early, and we don't execute the blocks outside. Ugh

 

[TejasCat]

Why call that play if you aren't going for it on 4th down

 

[BubbaJ75]

NU loves to hold on running plays. Let's see if the refs pick up on that

 

[Katatonic]

Seems like McCall learned some things (moved the pocket already) and didn't learn some things from the game last season (don't try to run up the middle - which is the strength of the UM D).

 

[Gocatsgo2003]

NU loves to hold on running plays. Let's see if the refs pick up on that

Like Michigan likes to hold on kickoff returns?

Seriously, I hope you're banned if still around at halftime.

 

[pymvpymv]

Deer in headlights. Why can't this team Ever be ready for big games. Ever.

 

[MrCat95]

Like Michigan likes to hold on kickoff returns?

Seriously, I hope you're banned if still around at halftime.

I saw three guys getting held on that return

 

[beetlemania74]

Why call that play if you aren't going for it on 4th down

Yeah, no kidding. Take a shot down field there.

 

[Gocatsgo2003]

I saw three guys getting held on that return

The hold on Watkins was blatant and in space. Not sure how that wasn't called.

 

[SmellyCat]

We're going to learn a lot about Thorson today.

 

[Fanaticat98]

Has that worked once yet this season? CT pitches too early, and we don't execute the blocks outside. Ugh

That option has to go, period. Maybe they can practice it during the bye week and bring it back.

 

[Katatonic]

The hold on Watkins was blatant and in space. Not sure how that wasn't called.

Well, against UM, the 'Cats have to play against 12.

Won't matter tho, if the UM O-line keeps winning the LoS.

 

[SmellyCat]

We're going to learn a lot about Thorson today.

 

[Katatonic]

We're going to learn a lot about Thorson today.

Yep - whether the 'Cats are in this game will be on Thorson's shoulders - whether he can use his legs to set up the pass will be huge.

 

[phatcat_rivals223240]

This game is like getting stopped by a cop and you dread getting a ticket and then he gives you a 10000 fine.

 

[Purple Pile Driver]

Looks like Iowa last year.

 

[SmellyCat]

My stomach hurts.

 

[BubbaJ75]

#Harbaugh

 

[CatsUnderStars]

greatest comeback ever??

 

[Katatonic]

Stated that the 'Cats can't lose track of Rudock running.

Rudock isn't going to make a mistake or 2 if the 'Cats D can't get any pressure (Rudock has all kinds of time to throw).

Say what you want about Harbaugh, but that he does magic improving O-lines (look at the state of the 49ers O-line presently).

 

[Katatonic]

Where was that holding call on kickoff?

 

[phatcat_rivals223240]

The inaugural game featured Fielding H. Yost's dominating 1901 Michigan Wolverines football team, representing the East, who crushed a 3–1–2 team from Stanford University, representing the West, by a score of 49–0 after Stanford captain Ralph Fisher requested to quit with eight minutes remaining.

 

[Hungry Jack]

We need some meat chicken voodoo

 

[Fanaticat98]

The hold on Watkins was blatant and in space. Not sure how that wasn't called.

I said before we would be at a disadvantage with refs in the big house, especially if we already got jobbed in the Minny game. Our only shot to win is/was if we won decisively enough where such calls wouldn't be the margin between a close win and loss.