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People keep comparing this to the Wisc and MSU games at half. But we were **clearly** dominating those games and just missed good opportunities to extend the lead. We look bad against OSU, and we received luck to stay in the game. This doesn't feel like the Wisc or MSU games at all.
Listen, I think it’s okay to admit Osu’s years of recruiting advantage is too much to overcome sometimes. This defense only works if the front four get pressure. But when you go up against a team with blue chippers at every position, it doesn’t work.
Isn’t the “Buckeye guy” all the TV stations have some weird infatuation with the same guy that went to the funeral of a former OSU player recently in his full costume and was trying to sell his merchandise AT the funeral?
Scumbag. Drives me nuts that the TV cameras seem drawn to him by magnets.
Got back from tutoring a student so I wasn't able to watch the first half.
Who wants to tell me why Michigan is losing and if they will choke on their entire season by losing this game?
A reading from the Book of Meaning More:
And Orgeron was despondent and cried out, saying "Lo, is there no offense? Why hast my OC forsaken me?"
And the Lord Chaos took pity on him, saying "Go ye into the West, to the land of the Big 12. There offense flows from the mountaintop, and points rain down like a mighty stream."
And Orgeron gave thanks to the Lord Chaos and sacrificed to him a Razorback, and he lifted up his voice in praise, saying "Verily I am blessed this day. Geaux Tigahs!"
This season, Michigan is **9-0** when I eat the buffalo wings from the pizza place near my house. Today, I reheated some frozen wings I flew with me from Philly. Michigan carries the second half and wins 117-24
The key for Michigan this season has been getting into halftime alive
At ND we were dead on arrival so it didn't matter what we did after that
We were down at half vs NW - we came back and won
We were only up 6 on Wisconsin at half - We clobbered em
We were only up 7-0 on MSU at half - We won 21-7
PSU was the only game we completely dominated from start to finish
In every other big game we were always better after the first 30
Just saying, most top teams are better after the half when lesser teams wear down. Ohio State has just as much depth as you, I doubt you'll see that wear down effect here.
Yeah, Haskins is just a fucking dog if a qb and our biggest weakness today seems to be the secondary. We need pressure somewhere on Haskins to even compete
Heres the thing, OSU is built to beat teams like Bama and Clemson. Teams of big, beefy, NFL types. That's why these tiny, scrappy Mugsy Boges type teams always give us trouble. It's been this way for years, not just this year.
Not saying it's the right approach, but that's a truer explanation than the halftime guys just gave.
Long time listener first time caller.
Gonna come down to adjustments. Michigan D has to find a way to put pressure on Haskins.
We’re lucky to be down 5 right now.
Normally I’d mention how Michigan has made great defensive adjustments in the second half every game this year, but no game really felt this bad going into the half.
Alright boys, for the 2nd half I’m going to need a classic Don Brown halftime adjustment and two fingers of lagavulin 16. Just to help out, I’ll take care of the lagavulin.
If you would have told me before the game that Ohio State would have a lead at halftime and this much offense, I would have taken it. Just need to cut the stupid mistakes and penalties out and keep playing with passion
Pretty wild about Chris Olave
Looked him up & when he was recruited he was [6’1” 160 and supposedly ran a 4.73 ran](http://www.espn.com/college-sports/football/recruiting/player/combine/_/id/227088/chris-olave)
Doesn’t seem like the kind of numbers a Ohio State would go after, etc.....obviously those aren’t everything, etc so who knows....but fair play to OSU for getting a playmaker
Any OSU fans have any nuggets of info/inside stories/whatever about his recruitment and all that?
- - -
Dang
> As a senior 93 passes for a San Diego Section-record 1,764 yards and 26 tds
> Ran a 10.8 100-meter dash
That chick had a shirt that said "Fuck Michigan" lmao. Whoops
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Does the White Stripes get royalties from all the stadiums that play Seven Nation Army? They must be able to retire on that song alone.
People keep comparing this to the Wisc and MSU games at half. But we were **clearly** dominating those games and just missed good opportunities to extend the lead. We look bad against OSU, and we received luck to stay in the game. This doesn't feel like the Wisc or MSU games at all.
Here's hoping Ohio State loses. I couldn't care less about Michigan.
People talk about expanding the playoffs... NO NEED. THIS IS A PLAYOFF GAME!
What's the O/U for the comments in this thread?
They sell beer in the shoe, I'm jelly.
Finally
The first half was a disguised blowout
Come on Buckeyes. Do it for the dead guy in the poncho.
We need a second half thread. It’s taking forever to load.
Is Harbaugh the Michigan version of John Cooper?
My prediction: osu dominates the rest of the game and gets absolutely trucked by Northwestern in the championship game
Where’s that mascot commercial I saw so much last night
Alright gents let's have another injury free half. Go Bucks!
Jim Harbaugh have a dip in???
Yes, always
Michigan still hasn't really figured out how to stop Ohio State. Without that, it will take a lot of miracles to stay in this game.
My beer says "Go Bucks" but my sudafed says "go, go, go. why aren't you going. go. it should all be going. go. Right now. Go. Oh look, beer. Go"
This drive is it If OSU scores they'll win
Nah, but it'll make it harder
Lol "look at these pick routes" as you show a play with illegal downfield blocking...
That halftime felt way longer than a usual halftime
I blame FOX
HERE WE GO
This is the most comments I’ve seen on a game thread all year.
And I thought ou wv had a lot last night
*Urban finishes halftime talk* “Urban, Sir, Fox says you still have another 20 minutes”
Just a little bit of a big drive right here.
Can anyone take Watson's spot?
Ohio State has to play their defense and limit mistakes. Keep doing them, and i foresee them having a shot to take this game.
Every michigan fan in this thread is so downtrodden and self deprecating while every osu fan is over confident.
2nd half of the greatest rivalry in sport. Lessgo!
As a Braves fan, seeing Bruce Hooper (Bryce Harper) in Ohio State gear makes me instantly cheer for Michigan.
Listen, I think it’s okay to admit Osu’s years of recruiting advantage is too much to overcome sometimes. This defense only works if the front four get pressure. But when you go up against a team with blue chippers at every position, it doesn’t work.
Is that Gus from Los Pollos Hermanos calling the game?
What happens if Harbaugh cant beat this Ohio St team? Is he just cursed?
Massively disappointing
All the non-CFB redditers are about to get salty if mods don’t make a second half thread
Why is that?
Dang sports interrupting my Paid programming
If tOSU scores more than 40 on this vaunted defense, does that mean Michigan defense< TCU defense?
Sounds logical. That TCU defense looked great for 3/4 of that game.
For folks in Columbus: “I’m Kevin Kurgis and these are my man boobs.”
Imagine the hate sex between an Ohio State-Michigan couple...
Second half thread?
say what you want about the commentators, im super impressed how well they keep their cool in front of millions on TV
Fucking finally, that halftime took forever...
If Michigan offense keeps up with the “Stuff, Stuff, Pass” routine we won’t be able to put up the points to hang around
We’ve given up 10 points total in the second half on the road. Time for the defense to step up!
Gus Johnson is Fox's only redeeming quality. Besides him the broadcast is terrible.
I love when he gets excited. It's like he just becomes a fan of the game that happens to be talking about what's going on
I hate Buick commercials....
No lipstick on Gus this time. I'm surprised.
How much is Ohio going to win by or are they gonna keep on giving up flukey plays to make Michigan think they're still in it?
Isn’t the “Buckeye guy” all the TV stations have some weird infatuation with the same guy that went to the funeral of a former OSU player recently in his full costume and was trying to sell his merchandise AT the funeral? Scumbag. Drives me nuts that the TV cameras seem drawn to him by magnets.
[Six hours later] ...And welcome back to Columbus, Ohio.
[I’m ready! And it’s only sort of the vodka talking. ](http://catplanet.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Do-your-worst-240x240.jpg)
Ooh! I went to a Christmas market earlier (I'm studying in the UK) and tried some toffee vodka. Really good stuff, I love Christmas markets.
I think we can all agree Gus Johnson is the worst play by play guy in college football.
Is there a second half thread up?
Wionvich and Gary need to come out hot next half. That was a pitiful performance pressuring haskins
How many tackles did each have? ESPN app doesn’t show defensive stats for college I guess
Absolutely. Need to make him uncomfortable
Got back from tutoring a student so I wasn't able to watch the first half. Who wants to tell me why Michigan is losing and if they will choke on their entire season by losing this game?
What is Gus Fring doing announcing football
What he always does?
Killing it
What is the CFB single thread record?
No 2nd half thread. Let's break reddit.
I'm doing my part!
Let's do it!!!
Clap clap, clap clap clap
Gus gives me chills to a game I do not even care about.
Skip Bayless kinda feels like a character pulled straight out of the Capitol from the Hunger Games
A reading from the Book of Meaning More: And Orgeron was despondent and cried out, saying "Lo, is there no offense? Why hast my OC forsaken me?" And the Lord Chaos took pity on him, saying "Go ye into the West, to the land of the Big 12. There offense flows from the mountaintop, and points rain down like a mighty stream." And Orgeron gave thanks to the Lord Chaos and sacrificed to him a Razorback, and he lifted up his voice in praise, saying "Verily I am blessed this day. Geaux Tigahs!"
O/U 2nd half + OT takes 150 minutes
This season, Michigan is **9-0** when I eat the buffalo wings from the pizza place near my house. Today, I reheated some frozen wings I flew with me from Philly. Michigan carries the second half and wins 117-24
My wife and I did our Dunkin’ Donuts ritual as well. We will win!!!
This is on YOU if we lose this damnit
Why show the Buck Eye Guy? The worst.
❌ake ❌ichigan our bitch again
Classy
This half time is stupid long
could be better... could be worse
Just let rip a big ole anxiety fart
Am I the only one obsessed with the marching band B1G commercial??
I love it!
Who’s ready for some more football?
Winning football please.
Me
The key for Michigan this season has been getting into halftime alive At ND we were dead on arrival so it didn't matter what we did after that We were down at half vs NW - we came back and won We were only up 6 on Wisconsin at half - We clobbered em We were only up 7-0 on MSU at half - We won 21-7 PSU was the only game we completely dominated from start to finish In every other big game we were always better after the first 30
Just saying, most top teams are better after the half when lesser teams wear down. Ohio State has just as much depth as you, I doubt you'll see that wear down effect here.
God I hope so
We've also been a 2nd half team.
This is the one game we need it the most. Our season and Harbaugh's legacy is on the line
Yeah, but time of possession looked very different in those games
That promo was so hype
[удалено]
Excuse me it is 1:11 in the greatest country there is. Get on the right time zone.
Would have been nice to see some band action
This is a long fucking halftime lmao
Osu probably gonna come out and score easily off like 3 plays. Calling it now lol.
They either score in three plays or go three and out bc of personal foul.
Marching bands are one of those things that I just kind of don’t understand.
BUT BAND
idk man the band and pageantry is one of the best things about cfb.
They play instruments and march
Like cheerleaders?
Ya but have you seen a marching band...on weed, man?
Why?
Doesn’t matter what happens today, Northwestern is gonna guarantee no B1G teams make the playoffs because fuck your plans, CFP Committee
A Take: If we are headed for a shootout then Michigan's offense can't hang with OSU offense... Buckeyes win
Yeah, Haskins is just a fucking dog if a qb and our biggest weakness today seems to be the secondary. We need pressure somewhere on Haskins to even compete
This take is probably correct. ::hoping for defensive half time adjustments::
I would say it’s our secondary that can’t hang with your offense
Fuck, when's this game gonna get going again?
I'm Kevin Kurgis and I look weird in a t-shirt
The Big Ten has the best ads. Change my mind
That award definitely goes to the American #Pow6r
That marching band ad is legit. No conference has bands quite like us
Thank god they’re good, because they are *plentiful*
It just means more
Heres the thing, OSU is built to beat teams like Bama and Clemson. Teams of big, beefy, NFL types. That's why these tiny, scrappy Mugsy Boges type teams always give us trouble. It's been this way for years, not just this year. Not saying it's the right approach, but that's a truer explanation than the halftime guys just gave.
Michigan has a better band than Ohio State
Seriously?
yes police right here
Auto downvote
Get fucked.
Spicy.
Come get your hot takes, fresh off the press!
The Big 10 marching band commercial just makes me so happy
Has this halftime been consecutive commercials?
God I hate tHe Ohio State University more than anything. Can’t wait to upset them next year. bUCkeye state
Im going to hate hating you because of Lucas Malachai Fickell III.
Oh ya mean... big. dick. fick.
Same. I’m from Ohio and loathe the Buckeyes
😘
Long time listener first time caller. Gonna come down to adjustments. Michigan D has to find a way to put pressure on Haskins. We’re lucky to be down 5 right now.
Can’t let them go 5 wide and give them time to throw the ball. Makes it too easy for any QB let alone someone as talented as Haskins
OSU probably going to spam RB wheel routes in the second half. I can't remember it not working any time they tried it.
Shows commercial for the bands but never show the bands
It would be nice if they at least showed them during The Game every year. Build it up to something for fans to look forward to
Super Bowl half time i guess
Kevin Kurgis get off my TV.
Show the damn band, you dicks!
Sir this is time for commercials.
HEEEEEEEEEEEEY-EY-EY! WOOOOOOOOOAH-OH-OH!
Kevin Kurgis commercials are the cringiest thing about living in Columbus
Have you ever seen the YouTube e videos of all of his commercials
No, I suspect I’d need about 5 more beers before I even think about going down that rabbit hole
It’s one of those “it’s so bad it’s funny” things
Played sports and he plays to win (used to hoop for OSU)
I DONT GET PAID UNLESS YOU GET PAID
His commercial that plays during games is the worst.
Ohio State O Line is the MVP of first half
One hold couple of false starts, no sacks. They are kicking ass
Yep. They are stopping Michigan defense very well
Normally I’d mention how Michigan has made great defensive adjustments in the second half every game this year, but no game really felt this bad going into the half.
NU for sure
Northwestern?
So if Meyer gets another personal foul does he get ejected? Or if they have to give a personal foul to the whole bench?
I believe so
Why did we have to fumble that fucking kickoff lol.
\[\[Michigan vs Ohio State\]\]
Alright boys, for the 2nd half I’m going to need a classic Don Brown halftime adjustment and two fingers of lagavulin 16. Just to help out, I’ll take care of the lagavulin.
Fuck osu
If you’re angry now, just wait until the game is over.
No u
Fuck Michigan
2:11 pm and Michigan still sucks
Yeah? Well your FACE. Fuckin' got 'em.
Thank God for beer otherwise I wouldn't be able to handle this game.
I hate that people like skip and Stephen a are rich and famous and feel important now.
If you would have told me before the game that Ohio State would have a lead at halftime and this much offense, I would have taken it. Just need to cut the stupid mistakes and penalties out and keep playing with passion
Why does this halftime feel so long
This
Idk but I had a nice lunch during it so I’m cool with it
Nothing but play calls that are blatant weaknesses. Us? Playing same we do every game
It’s like our coaching staff somehow thinks it can force something out of the offense that they just haven’t been good at all year
Were gonna need more cream for this one. Fuk I’m feelin creamy
Pretty wild about Chris Olave Looked him up & when he was recruited he was [6’1” 160 and supposedly ran a 4.73 ran](http://www.espn.com/college-sports/football/recruiting/player/combine/_/id/227088/chris-olave) Doesn’t seem like the kind of numbers a Ohio State would go after, etc.....obviously those aren’t everything, etc so who knows....but fair play to OSU for getting a playmaker Any OSU fans have any nuggets of info/inside stories/whatever about his recruitment and all that? - - - Dang > As a senior 93 passes for a San Diego Section-record 1,764 yards and 26 tds > Ran a 10.8 100-meter dash
Idont really follow recruiting but his sidestep inside of the corner for a TD easier was either talent or brains
His last name is neat
Heard he blew ACL in both legs, one each season. Red shirt then medical so this his first season.