• Crash Winged Helmet–Iowa 24, Michigan 16

    I should have known that when Blake strapped on the winged helmet last Tuesday on Workaholics, things would end badly on Saturday: Go ahead and grab your crash helmet and dial the “here we go again?” gauge up a notch.   This isn’t a championship caliber team (you already knew that) but clearly all of these conference teams are beatable. My line lately to people who ask before the game is this—Denard’s going to get six to eight opportunities to really hurt the opponent with his arm.  He’s got to cash in on two, maybe three.   He didn’t Saturday and I’m getting more and more frustrated.   Despite Brian’s speculation, I’m sure they travelled to Iowa City and East Lansing with Borges’ head completely in tact but I don’t get the insistence to put Denard behind center. Speaking of Denard, something not there with his wheels.  Michael Spath tweeted that’s he’s become a “cutter”, as opposed to just beating people to the edge.  I’ve noticed this too and since Michigan State I just haven’t seen that extra burst. Is he hurt?  Is he trying to tailor his running style because of what the coaches are telling him?  Dunno, but if Denard can only get to third gear this is going to send me like Blake into the garage. Bullets: Yes, Michigan got…