Comment by DANIEL STAHLMAN (Guest)

DANIEL STAHLMAN (Guest) — Thu, 31 Oct 2019 23:49:59 +0000

Almost 2 weeks later, and I finally watched my recording of the game. It's probably good that I didn't see it live because my blood pressure would have been dangerous. Total domination by Michigan in the second half, no doubt about it. From my perspective, it was mainly the Michigan D stepping up and shutting down our offense, which lead to a lot of short possessions, which in turn left our defense out there way too much. They were just dead by the fourth quarter. It was all eerily similar to the OSU comebacks against us the last 2 years. James Franklin still hasn't learned how to finish these kind of games against good teams. He got lucky in this one.

On the PI calls, I'll agree with you on one and disagree on the other. The Freiermuth push-off was almost impossible to see in real time (I watched it 6 times, knowing it was there, and still could barely see it). It looks obvious in slow-mo, but even there, you can tell that it didn't affect the outcome of the play. I'll bet that gets a no-call 98 times out of 100. The John Reid play on Tarik Black, on the other hand, was definitely PI and was a crucial moment. I feel a little bit bad about it, but only a little :-) Maybe we will see PI replays in college soon, and if we do, it will be because of plays like that one.

Finally, was Chris Fowler drunk or something? He made all kinds of mistakes in this game. Kept using the wrong player names, screwed up the down and distance a few times, and even referred to "crossing the line of scrimmage" when questioning a possible backwards pass that had nothing to do with the LOS. Weird.

College Football 2019: Week 9 Preview

Ken — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 11:31:27 +0000

Michigan's comeback falls short against Penn State. N.C. State gets blasted by Boston College.