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2009 TSUN News (football only discussion)

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Jaxbuck;1411349; said:
107,267 showed up to see a 3-9 MAC team with the 97th rated scoring defense, 102nd rated pass efficency defense and 96th rated run defense hold scUM to 10 points.

Classic.
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When you put it like that you, it sounds like Dick Rod didn't do a very good job last year.
 
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Go Blue Michigan Wolverine
Steve Threet makes it official:

Threet announced Monday that he is leaving the University of Michigan football program. In a prepared statement to the Detroit News -- article from Angelique Chengelis ( Quarterback Threet leaves U-M, destination unknown | detnews.com | The Detroit News)

"I have requested and received my release. I do not yet know where I will continue my collegiate career and will have no further comment until that decision is made."
We have been hearing about this rumor for quite sometime. There are things that are going around about what actually happened. We are not stating these are facts, but what we have heard. First off, sometime after the last game and Christmas break Steve Threet and his parents asked Coach Rod for a meeting to talk about Threet's future and the direction that Coach Rod sees for Threet.
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They were told that this meeting would have to wait until after signing day??? Does this seem right? To be telling your possible starting quarterback for the 2009 season that you don't have time for him right now, because you're to busy recruiting kids that might not even come here? Basically saying that those kids are more important than giving thirty to sixty minutes to meet with your starting quarterback and his family. What happened to the "family atmosphere" we've heard so much about?

And what happened to all the talk of a Oklahoma-style offense that we keep hearing about or was that just talk to get past recruiting day, to keep certain players around such as Threet, Clemons, and Webb, etc.?

How does this help and hurt the program in the long term and short term? Again, if you win, these issues will go away very quickly. But if this team struggles, a lot of criticism will focus on how these situations were handled. It is the nature of the beast. We are going to examine some of these issues and discuss where the program go from here.

The negative of Steve Threet leaving now:

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You can't keep losing players and then suggest that the new kid(s) will save the day. At some point, you need to stop the bleeding of talent and get players to stay and learn to get things done on the field, as opposed to the message boards. Threet leaving makes Michigan weaker in 2009 -- period -- whether or not he eventually lost his spot to Robinson, Forcier, Sheridan, etc. (And by the way, Gardner and Bolden are not guarantees to pick Michigan, especially Bolden who wouldn't pick Michigan if signing day was today.)
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MaxBuck;1410471; said:
I don't know that they're too good for a live mascot. I think it has been more of a practical decision, based on the possible liability ramifications of having a foul-tempered, smelly, frequently rabid rodent chained up on the sidelines.
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They put a chain on Dickwad? About damn time.
 
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OK, here's what I found about having the most fans attend home losses. TSUN now owns the record, having taken it away from Ntre Ame.

543,440 - Official attendance for the 5 Michigan home losses in 2008.

484,770 - Official attendance for the 6 Notre Dame home losses in 2007.

445,479 - Official attendance for the 7 Washington home losses in 2008.

Other large stadiums, and their most home losses in a season:

Tennessee - 5 home losses in 1980 (capacity was 91,249)
Penn St - 4 home losses in 2003 (capacity 107,282)
Ohio St - 3 home losses in 1987, '87, '90 (capacity was near 90,000)

Here are the worst seasons for the 30 largest stadiums:

2008 - Michigan 5 home losses
1980 - Tennessee 5 home losses
2003 - Penn St 4 home losses
1987 - Ohio St 3 home losses
1988 - Ohio St 3 home losses
1990 - Ohio St 3 home losses
1971 - UCLA 5 home losses (not in Rose Bowl)
1995 - Georgia 3 home losses
1996 - Georgia 3 home losses
1957 - USC 6 home losses
1991 - USC 5 home losses
2000 - USC 5 home losses
1983 - LSU 5 home losses
1992 - LSU 5 home losses
1998 - Auburn 5 home losses
1960 - Stanford 6 home losses (capacity was near 90,000)
1955 - Bama 6 home losses (3 sites)
1997 - Bama 5 home losses (2 sites)
2003 - Bama 5 home losse
2008 - UAB 3 home losses
1979 - Florida 5 home losses, plus Cocktail party loss
2008 - Texas A&M 5 home losses
1970 - Clemson 4 home losses
1951 - Nebraska 5 home losses
1957 - Nebraska 5 home losses
2007 - Ntre Ame 6 home losses
1968 - Wisconsin 6 home losses
1990 - Wisconsin 6 home losses
1999 - S. Carolina 6 home losses
1956 - Texas 5 home losses (& loss in Dallas vs. Oklahoma)
1974 - Fla St 6 home losses
2001 - Cal 6 home losses
1976 - Ariz St 5 home losses
1984 - Ariz St 5 home losses
1996 - Oklahoma 5 home losses
2005 - Washington 6 home losses
2008 - Washington 7 home losses
1944 - Miami 7 home losses
1963 - Miami 6 home losses
2002 - Mich St 5 home losses
2006 - Mich St 5 home losses
1990 - Arkansas 5 home losses (2 sites)
1992 - Arkansas 5 home losses (2 sites)
1999 - Iowa 5 home losses
2004 - UCF 5 home losses
 
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jwinslow;1411874; said:
Scout.com: Ricardo miller moving...

2010 FL WR verbal Ricardo Miller (mom ran track at UM) is moving to Huron HS in Michigan (where fellow '10 WR verbal Jeremy Jackson plays, son of UM RB coach Fred Jackson).

He'll be available for more recruiting weekends in AA (he's their most vocal recruiter) but will have less presence in the south.
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This is entirely unfair. Michigan is going to have a monopoly on receivers soon. :wink2:

Rich Rodriguez is like my NCAA Football 2009: all you really want to sign is a good offensive lineman, but end up signing 10 receivers.
 
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Poe McKnoe;1412293; said:
This is entirely unfair. Michigan is going to have a monopoly on receivers soon. :wink2:

Rich Rodriguez is like my NCAA Football 2009: all you really want to sign is a good offensive lineman, but end up signing 10 receivers.
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...which is funny, because they don't throw the ball and they don't have a reliable QB that can get the ball to them... yet they're somehow able to convince all of these WRs to come to their school.

Doesn't make sense to me. That snake oil must be magical.
 
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BuckTwenty;1412298; said:
...which is funny, because they don't throw the ball and they don't have a reliable QB that can get the ball to them... yet they're somehow able to convince all of these WRs to come to their school.

Doesn't make sense to me. That snake oil must be magical.
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Are you kidding? They have a QB that can pass like Dan Marino and run like Vick getting ready to launch an offense that will revolutionize CFB on our poor dumb unsuspecting asses. Or maybe that was the guy who chose Tulsa over them, I have lost track.
 
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MGoBlog on Threet's Departure:

There's almost no precedent for a quarterback situation like the one Michigan faced in 2008, and almost no way to claw yourself out of a hole that vast at the most important position on the field. Once that hand was dealt, Rodriguez was dead meat.
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You can tell there's a but coming, so: but. But the Threet transfer bothers me. Even with the recruitment of Forcier and Robinson, Threet is the most experienced quarterback on the roster by two years and has some decent starting experience. He will find no better situation wherever he transfers unless it's to some podunk I-AA school. The transfer makes little sense for him personally or professionally unless there's something behind the scenes we don't know about.
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Threet leaving the program is an obvious negative.
So it doesn't make sense on anyone's part. Why did it happen? I go back to a quote from Calvin Magee in the aftermath of the Michigan State game. Dan Feldman's Daily article on the transfer highlights it:
By staying and giving Michigan another feasible option besides Sheridan, Threet opened himself to public criticism from the Wolverines? coaches. Offensive coordinator Calvin Magee described Threet?s three-interception performance against Michigan State on Oct. 25 as ?inconsistent, like it always is.?
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Man, that's pretty rough. Behind-the-scenes reports from insiders always said Threet had major confidence issues and didn't respond well to this staff's high pressure style. Maybe they tried to adapt. That evidently didn't last, so Threet decided he'd be better off elsewhere.
It's obvious neither side had much faith in the other.
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Interesting ...

Family Ties (or Losses)
 
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Price of U-M football season tickets reduced

Angelique S. Chengelis / The Detroit News
The average ticket price for Michigan football season-ticket holders will be $50 in 2009, a decrease from $53.57 in 2008.

U-M athletic director Bill Martin said the decision was made to help fans in the current economic climate.

"I just believe that in these economic times, we should find what we can do to help our fans," Martin said. "We should support them in any way we can.

"We're in excellent financial shape (the athletic department), so we feel we can do this. I can't say this is permanent, though."

Martin said that more than 90 percent of the seats in Michigan Stadium are held by season-ticket holders.

The eight-game season ticket will cost $400. Martin said student tickets also decreased, and an eight-game package will be $200.

The 2009 schedule:

Sept. 5 --Western Michigan

Sept. 12 --Notre Dame

Sept. 19 -- Eastern Michigan

Sept. 26 -- Indiana

Oct. 3 -- at Michigan State

Oct. 10 -- at Iowa

Oct. 17 -- Delaware State

Oct. 24 -- Penn State

Oct. 31 -- at Illinois

Nov. 7 -- Purdue

Nov. 14 -- at Wisconsin

Nov. 21 -- Ohio State
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Still overpriced! :scum4:
 
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