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Mars · 08-31-2008, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

Linebackers are horrible

L at Washington.

LBs weren't bad. Nixon, Clawson, and Bauman were great.

W at Washington by double digits. They're terrible, perhaps worse than UNI. Michigan may be worse than UNI as well...

BarbaraGordon · 08-31-2008, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Mars

W at Washington by double digits. They're terrible, perhaps worse than UNI.

absolutely. Hard to believe they won a title not so long ago.

Never underestimate the Pac-10 refs, though.
(that's a joke)

mpfunk · 08-31-2008, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Mars

W at Washington by double digits. They're terrible, perhaps worse than UNI. Michigan may be worse than UNI as well...

This may be the dumbest statement anyone has ever made on this board. There is no way in hell that Michigan is worse than UNI. Michigan isn't very good but they still have Michigan caliber talent.

TripletDaddy · 08-31-2008, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by mpfunk

This may be the dumbest statement anyone has ever made on this board. There is no way in hell that Michigan is worse than UNI. Michigan isn't very good but they still have Michigan caliber talent.

A "not so good" Michigan is still a pretty good team.

I don't get the inferiority complex of some Y fans. Let the U have its day in the sun. No skin off our nose/back/misc cancerous region.

I remember when Walsh passed and f-bombed his way to victory against the Irish at Notre Dame on NBC......people were literally out in the street on Condo Row yelling and cheering. And Notre Dame sucked that year.

It is fun to beat the big boys, esp in their place.

And a win AT the Big House in front of 100K fans? That ranks pretty near the top, in I think.....maybe at The Swamp, Tennessee, Ohio State. Who cares what Michigan is ranked? Obviously, 95K+ of their fans did not think their team sucked, otherwise they would not have attended.

Hail to the Victors, Valiant
Hail to the conquering Heroes
Hail, Hail, to Utah...the leaders and best!

Hail to the Victors, Valiant
Hail to the conquering heroes,
Hail, Hail to old Utah, the Champions of the West (until the inevitable let down MWC loss to a lame team)!

Mars · 09-02-2008, 06:32 AM

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Originally Posted by mpfunk

This may be the dumbest statement anyone has ever made on this board. There is no way in hell that Michigan is worse than UNI. Michigan isn't very good but they still have Michigan caliber talent.

No way Michigan is worse than App State either. You buffoon.

Honestly, do you know absolutely nothing about college football? A 10-2 UNI would stack up well against a 6-6 Michigan.

BYU71 · 09-02-2008, 01:48 PM

They looked good enough to maintain my 9-3 prediction for the year. I do however now lean to the losses coming to UCLA, Utah and TCU, not UCLA, Utah and Washington.

One thing is even clearer to me, we can't afford to lose Hall or Unga when we are going to play any of those four teams mentioned.

It is early and I reserve to change my mind on an ongoing basis, but Saturday didn't change my mind either way.

BlueK · 09-02-2008, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by BarbaraGordon

Never underestimate the Pac-10 refs, though.
(that's a joke)

unfortunately it's one that has a lot of truth to it. I can guarantee there will be some really, really, bad calls. There always are. BYU will still win however.

cougjunkie · 09-02-2008, 03:20 PM

I thought we looked like a team that had a 27-3 halftime lead on a 1-AA squad in the first game of the season. It was fairly predictable, Bronco subbed a lot in the 3rd quarter we had our 2s and 3s in for the majority of the quarter until they cut it to 10.

Bauman did a great job on the screens in that game but he missed his assignment on the long qb run.

Clawson played very well when rushing the QB but he wasnt great in pass coverage I think he would be better suited as a stand up D-end.

Jorgensen had 1 sack and would have had 2 more if he wasnt held (both plays penalties were called)

3 of the 4 turnovers were from guys getting their first major action in college, Diluigi, Latu and Reynolds whiffing on the D-end.

Overall we looked fine, Washington looked awful against ORegon so I expect a good game.

mpfunk · 09-02-2008, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Mars

No way Michigan is worse than App State either. You buffoon.

Honestly, do you know absolutely nothing about college football? A 10-2 UNI would stack up well against a 6-6 Michigan.

Michigan may not be a good team, but they are still Michigan and have Michigan talent. If App State played 10 games against Michigan they would win one of the ten, same goes for UNI.

There is no way that UNI or App State can consistently hang with the depth that Michigan has. It takes a complete idiot to really believe these teams, that would finish at best 8th in the MWC, are somehow better than Michigan.

Flystripper · 09-02-2008, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by mpfunk

Michigan may not be a good team, but they are still Michigan and have Michigan talent. If App State played 10 games against Michigan they would win one of the ten, same goes for UNI.

There is no way that UNI or App State can consistently hang with the depth that Michigan has. It takes a complete idiot to really believe these teams, that would finish at best 8th in the MWC, are somehow better than Michigan.

Early in the year depth is less of an issue but UM would probably still beat the best of 1 double eh even when they are not very good. UM probably beats UNI this year and probably beats them soundly.

09-02-2008, 03:20 PM	#38
cougjunkie Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Utah Posts: 5,741	I thought we looked like a team that had a 27-3 halftime lead on a 1-AA squad in the first game of the season. It was fairly predictable, Bronco subbed a lot in the 3rd quarter we had our 2s and 3s in for the majority of the quarter until they cut it to 10. Bauman did a great job on the screens in that game but he missed his assignment on the long qb run. Clawson played very well when rushing the QB but he wasnt great in pass coverage I think he would be better suited as a stand up D-end. Jorgensen had 1 sack and would have had 2 more if he wasnt held (both plays penalties were called) 3 of the 4 turnovers were from guys getting their first major action in college, Diluigi, Latu and Reynolds whiffing on the D-end. Overall we looked fine, Washington looked awful against ORegon so I expect a good game. __________________ LINCECUM!

09-02-2008, 01:48 PM	#36
BYU71 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,084	They looked good enough to maintain my 9-3 prediction for the year. I do however now lean to the losses coming to UCLA, Utah and TCU, not UCLA, Utah and Washington. One thing is even clearer to me, we can't afford to lose Hall or Unga when we are going to play any of those four teams mentioned. It is early and I reserve to change my mind on an ongoing basis, but Saturday didn't change my mind either way.