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Things Discussed: Offense vs Rutgers: Double SZ returns, that's going to work well with Arc. Zone reads add an outside threat to Duo. Defense vs Rutgers: Missed Mason Graham: his absence nerfs Grant; Goode and Benny are decent players but opposites and can't play together. Rutgers thought they could Iso Barrett and he was was awesome. Harrell's been awesome, Stewart has to stop giving up edges. What's so sad about that Rutgers TD is McGregor was dropping back into that slant....

Things Discussed: NOTE: The first 29 minutes are on Mel Tucker/MSU. I get on with Sam early to talk about the leak, and then the panel joins to discuss what we've know and don't know. If you want to skip all that, go to 29:01. BGSU Double-Agents Craig Ross and Jack Harbaugh are exposed. Next MSU coach? Paul Chryst? He banked his program on Graham Mertz, but it's one mistake. Craig: Chryst would be their Tommy Amaker palette-cleanser. Illinois: defense has fallen apart despite havi...

Things Discussed: WHY U NO RUSHING YARDS? Because ECU was so committed to stopping inside runs that they run blitzed after every time they got nailed by play-action. Michigan, you're allowed to run PA twice in a row guys. WHY U NO SACKS? Because ECU was so committed to not getting their QBs hit that they threw dinks and quick fades; when they did run actual pass plays Michigan stunted a DT into their faces and they had to throw it away. WHY U NO RUN OUTSIDE? Michigan got the Corum run on st...

Things Discussed: Realignment news: will Big Ten and SEC band together? Seth: Whatever—what they’ve created isn’t tenable because it’s 100% money-driven so it’s going to get blown up anyways. Also Seth: Where are the elected officials? At least one regent has spoken out but even he isn’t going to stand in the way. Why aren’t we holding people accountable for making decisions that are only about money if we care about things other than money? Or are we part of the same hypocrisy? Wh...

Haven't seen it posted yet so here is yesterday's MGoBlog Roundtable on WTKA. No Sam or Seth (obviously) this week. Things discussed: realignment Brian doesn't wish Jim Delaney were dead this week...at least he doesn't say anything on the show about it Craig rambles on about something blah blah blah history blah blah blah hockey talk at the end https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfkZDXBgcFw Still praying for your little guy and the family, Seth!

Things Discussed: Four-game suspension for Harbaugh? NCAA doesn’t understand that they can’t operate like it’s 1998 with one team the same week they’re letting a friend off for the biggest scandal since Pony Express. The commonality is the NCAA has a sweet spot where it has to be harsh enough that it looks like they’re serious while not being serious enough to affect anybody’s bottom line. Michigan and Tennessee stand out because one was too small and one too big to fit the narrative...

Things Discussed: Let's talk 45-23: Klatt says OSU wins 6/10? OSU had to play a gambler's defense with their safeties in the box because they could not play their base defense against Michigan. Try that B12 shit against Olu and he's going to spot it. Usually don't have one of the all-time stinkers from a safety like they got from Lathan Ransom. Flipside: M practiced the right defense to beat OSU as their base defense all year. OSU's offense is predicated on the fact they...

Tommy rees and jim leonard were interesting suggestions in the espn article.  of the two rees seems a better fit and more likely to bite.  just hoping they keep their grubby mitts off our stack.  

Things Discussed: Just me (Seth) today with Ira & Sam and we have Sam answer the HTTV (now available as a PDF) Roundtable questions. HTTV: the not a PDF? There's a paper shortage preventing us from printing as many as we need. I have enough to take care of all of the pre-orders. I don't have enough to put print copies on sale right now. I may in 3 weeks. I will have a Kindle Edition in a few weeks. In fact it'll be submitted to Kindle in a few days. NIL: Where's Michigan ...

Things Discussed: NIL vs "NIL": Why is the NCAA trying to fight states? Who's writing the laws? Do they have any chance? Nope. NCAA is probably trying to scare other ADs away from joining the race to make the most anti-NCAA public policy. What should the NCAA be fighting for at this point? They have to go to class, they have to graduate. NCAA isn't going to do anything; being careful about following rules they're not taking seriously is useless. They can't even puni...