The most complete performance in a while and yes, Harbaugh’s Michigan teams have proven very adapt at pounding the crap out of weak opponents.
Plenty of sights and sounds from the game:
Husked. We’ve done this before to the Huskers, back in 1905 the Yostmen rolled up the Huskers 31-0 at Ferry Field and the Daily pulled out the thick typeface to let campus know:
ICYMI, we had less luck in 1911 when we tied, 6-6 but team, fans and everyone had a lovely time afterward at the joyous feast.
Pregame. I must say I love the James Earl Jones-narrated pregame hype video that they blast out before the team comes out. And props to the athletic department for updating it each week -for Saturday they slipped in the “Go Blue” that Emmy winner Darren Criss dropped in his speech. Well done.
I’m also a sucker for the parachute drops, especially parachute drops with an on-field hype man barking out stuff until they land.
Spectacle. An underrated must-watch element of these games is watching punter Will Hart kick the snot out of the pigskin. If he qualified (not enough attempts) he’d be #2 in the country with a 52.6 average, just behind a gent from Georgia State (Go Fighting Peaches!) with 52.8. The current #4 spot requires a 47-yard average. Also Michigan is effectively tied for the national lead in net punting.
Maize Out – About as good as you are going to get and it does look better on TV.
Historical Half – The 39 points rolled up in the first half was certainly significant. I didn’t see any word from #1000SSS with historical context. In modern times, Bo rolled up some big halves and the biggest I could find was the 49 2nd half points his men rolled up on Navy back in 1976:
Just askin’ If Khaleke Hudson keeps getting ejected and misses chunks of games could he qualify for a redshirt under these new rules? Speaking of #7, perhaps the MMB should work him into the halftime show – like, form the MMB cake and have Khaleke pop out of the middle?
Visitors. Tons of former players on prem Saturday. Of course you had Charles Woodson honored for his college football HOF induction flanked by Lloyd Carr. i spotted captain Mike Martin out there after the game. You also had an epic offensive line with Jake Long, Steve Hutchinson (who stopped in the radio broadcast booth for a bit), Adam Kraus, Ben Mast and yes:Steve Everitt (still) Rules!
He rules, but Everitt found me at night and politely told me to stop tweeting about him. Yikes! Seriously we need Everitt to kill and eat this fake mascot that’s roaming around the grounds before games.
Poole Party – I caught the Sklar Brothers KILLED IT at Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase this weekend – and naturally they made the rounds at the game, here running into Jordan Poole:
11 Men for 11 dots. For this thing to work you’ve got to have one dot per man, people. 1 dot. All 11 dots filled. Then go on the field:
Unfortunately I think one dude stood on 2 dots before this play, as the Huskers only had 10 men out there for U-M first touchdown:
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