Sep 7 | Michigan

[IrishLax]

Good call on Blount. Very good call.

 

[phork]

Green trucking some poor kid.

 

[STLDomer]

Needed to counter attack the Green gif

ESPN got it from two angles!

 

[koonja]

Is that a J. Smith highlight?

 

[NDWorld247]

Is that a J. Smith highlight?

I think that's Tarean Folston.

Edit: Nope, I'm wrong. Not sure who it is but it's not Smith. He played in Army game.

 

[ulukinatme]

Is that a J. Smith highlight?

Matthew Thomas knockin' the poop out of Michigan's Shane Morris.

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[Patulski]

Just read MGoBlog. Man are they confident. They believe they are going to exploit our secondary and dismiss our offense as having no playmakers. It is going to be interesting to see how Gardner handles the pressure he's going to get.

I think people are going to be surprised by how much speed and talent we have. Atkinson, Carlisle and Brown are all extremely fast, then add in Daniels, Jones and our tight ends and you have a lot of weapons. If our offensive line blocks well and Rees protects the ball, look out.

 

[koonja]

I'm fine with them dogging our offense. But to say they'll exploit our secondary is completely baseless.

 

[ulukinatme]

I think this is going to be another defensive struggle personally. Hopefully we put up more points than last year, but I can't see Michigan scoring many more points on this defense than they did last year. I think they will have more than 6, but probably less than 20.

 

[PANDFAN]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Amazing that Michigan LB Jake Ryan, who tore an ACL in March, has been running</p>— Joe Schad (@schadjoe) <a href="https://twitter.com/schadjoe/statuses/367696578288836608">August 14, 2013</a></blockquote>
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[ulukinatme]

Running is one thing, but I'm curious what kind of strength he has in that knee. When I tore my MCL in high school I could have gone running less than 3 weeks after the tear, but trainers wouldn't allow me to return to the team until 5 weeks after. Granted, ACL is worse than MCL, but I wonder how he'll be doing in 3-4 weeks.

 

[chubler]

With all due respect to Jake Ryan, he's no Adrian Peterson. If Ryan is back in the lineup in less than a month when we take on the skunkbears, we will be able to exploit him with ease in the run and pass games, and they will be in dire straits indeed as far as overall linebacker depth. It's just not gonna happen.

 

[dublinirish]

Devrr Posey tore his ACL in January and hes due to come off PUP this week. The recovery times get quicker and quicker now

 

[Riddickulous]

Michigan needs a strong game from their defense in this one.

 

[koonja]

ESPN has been designated to carry the Notre Dame-Michigan football game Sept. 7 from Ann Arbor (8 pm EDT).

 

[adsnorri]

God I can not wait for this game!! Going to be a great one...especially with a W. I think Gardner throws 2 picks but does pretty well otherwise. We just have to capitalize on the turnovers, cause they will come. If we force them to be pass happy, we win hands down. If they run on us, it will be a dog fight.

 

[ACamp1900]

You can tell the season is almost here as I have now utterly convinced myself there is no hope for this game…


Kickoff must be upon us.

 

[phork]

On ESPN again? Seriously, as a Canadian that has no access to ESPN I am freaking PO'd.

 

[ACamp1900]

On ESPN again? Seriously, as a Canadian that has no access to ESPN I am freaking PO'd.

dafaq!?!

I thoght I knew you bro,... I thought I knew you....

 

[Whiskeyjack]

On ESPN again? Seriously, as a Canadian that has no access to ESPN I am freaking PO'd.

Bullsh!t. Every Canadian I've ever met has been absurdly polite.

 

[Patulski]

Michigan needs a strong game from their defense in this one.

They lost 3 defensive linemen and a cornerrback to graduation and then their other starting cornerback (Countess) to injury before 2012. What did they do? They ended up as the # 13 ranked Total Defense in 2012.

This year they lose 5 defensive players to graduation and one (Ryan) to injury. They get back Countess at cornerback.

Here's an interesting look at what Mattison does: Click here

If it's true that he uses a lot of single coverage by their cornerbacks on 1st and 2nd down to stop the run, I expect Kelly to come out throwing and test their secondary.

 

[irishog77]

On ESPN again? Seriously, as a Canadian that has no access to ESPN I am freaking PO'd.

Wait...you don't get espn...but do get abc and nbc in Canada???

 

[dublinirish]

cry me a river dude as of august 1st ESPN America here is gone so we have no carrier for CFB 2 weeks before the season starts

 

[greyhammer90]

Phork has talked about being Canadian before. I've personally decided to not hold it against him.

 

[Irish Insanity]

Phork has talked about being Canadian before. I've personally decided to not hold it against him.

That makes one of us

 

[ACamp1900]

cry me a river dude as of august 1st ESPN America here is gone so we have no carrier for CFB 2 weeks before the season starts

You can get most games.... ND at least on the interweb though no... kind of like myself viewing most of my precious Hoops games without an SPL carrier here???

 

[Buster Bluth]

On ESPN again? Seriously, as a Canadian that has no access to ESPN I am freaking PO'd.

You could always just drive to Detroit and watch it there. It's a great town.

 

[T Town Tommy]

I watched Michigan a few times last season and thought Taylor Lewan was the dirtiest player in college football by a long shot.

 

[ulukinatme]

I watched Michigan a few times last season and thought Taylor Lewan was the dirtiest player in college football by a long shot.

You get that with Michigan:

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[irishtrinity]

I just want to win in front of that entire crowd. I really love our team this yr. feel like if we can get stops and hold teams to 21 or less Reesus will be able to lead this team back to at least 10+ wins.