• Sights & Sounds: Michigan 31, BYU 0 (2015)

    Whoa.  What happened?  Based on my straw poll of the press box, most media folks had BYU winning this one.   So call BYU a good, at least a decent, team.  That was a mercy kill.  Offhand, that was probably the biggest beatdown of a good team since, what? 38-0 Vol. I over Notre Dame in 2003?   Rudock made good decisions with the pigskin.  Smith missed a couple of holes but it didn’t matter because he’s a beast.  The defense was relentless and finished tackles.   Special teams were sound.  The playcalling was straight money and clearly, the playbook is being cracked open to the later chapters.  Maybe there is magical khaki dust after all. Assuming we handle Maryland on the road, heading back home to face Northwestern will be fun to watch. It feels good man.  To the sights and sounds: DER-EK JEET-AHH.  The Pope could have visited Michigan Stadium today and no one would have noticed – here’s Derek Jeter: Above there’s Derek Jeter killing it in his Michigan hoodie, with suite ticket in pocket (does he really need a ticket?  to anything?) with Sarah Harbaugh on the left.  Any fool who tried to get too close to #2 had to deal with Big Tony, aka The Captain’s Cleaner: Coach Edwards.  I strolled over to the opposing team suite (it’s…