Michigan won a football game on Saturday and beat its instate rival. Yes, this game is always more important to Sparty but when it looked like Sparty is taking steps on the way up and Michigan has fallen off the mountain top, it was a nice feeling on Saturday night. More relief than happiness but I will take it.
Why couldn't Purdue or Rutgers be next on the schedule? Instead the #1 team in the nation will make their way to the Big House.
Let's do this quickly and get back to the win on Saturday:
#1 Oregon Ducks
Record: 7-0
Best Win: Ohio State
Worst Loss: None
The Ducks have what is considered an easy path to the Big Ten Championship game the rest of the season. They are a 2 TD favorite over the Wolverines, play the helpless Maryland team at home, travel to Wisconsin, and finish against a bad Washington team at home.
Pass: 300 Yards per (12th)
Run: 167 (60th)
Score: 35 (25th)
Give Up: 15 (10th)
When you have an explosive offense with a defense that only gives up 15 points a game. You find yourself as the #1 team in the nation. I thought PAC 12 teams didn't play defense? Great time to start.
Ok, that is enough. Back to Saturday.
Random thoughts from the game:
- Did Loveland celebrate TE Day a few hours early?
- He scored 14 points of Michigan's 24
- Michigan did not turn the ball over, which is nice.
- Who thought that missed extra point was going to haunt Michigan in the end?
- Was that a bad snap or did Tommy drop the ball?
- The two things that I thought MSU would do on Saturday. Run the QB and expose Michigan's secondary without its best player, they really didn't do at all. Chilies ran for 6 yards and threw for 189.
- Nate Carter was a problem. He was at UConn?
- Chilies and Carter is going to be a future issue for the Wolverines
- MSU sure is better after hitting the transfer portal hard
- MSU hired a good coach, I prefer hating their head coach.
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- Michigan had a good list of recruits at the Big House on Saturday. Glad they came in last weekend!
- There seems to be good momentum in flipping 4-star CB Samari Earls who is currently committed to Georgia.
- I really don't want to discuss Michigan's continued recruitment of Bryce Underwood, because I don't want to jinx anything. Michigan Football's GM was at his game on Saturday. So was Michigan's top WR recruit in 2025.
- Every time Washington gets blown out (this week to Iowa), I get mad. That is a bad loss for the Wolverines.
- This is the best Detroit Lions team in my lifetime. They blew out the Titans with special teams.
- Michigan Basketball struggled in its exhibition on Friday night against a solid Toledo team. I have that feeling again, where I really like this team early in the season. It also looks like we have a freshman scorer in LJ Cason who went for 20. Dusty and this team deserves our support. I love how he constructed this roster from nothing.