2010 TSUN News (in-season)

[HINYG8]

This flash in the pan BS is great for Sportscenter highlights but tsun won't win a damn thing until they field a real defense...and yet we still hear the DR Heisman BS. Pathetic really.

Patience.

It either comes to an end when they line up against the B10..or he really does deserve the hype.

The silver lining here is that DRob is not an assbag...he appears to actually appreciate and enjoy all that has happened so far without being a dick about it.

Hopefully when the B10 Ds start smearing him across the turf he keeps the same positive attitude. I suspect he will. Good kid on a bad team that is feasting on crap defenses.

I don't think it will last much longer (perhaps a game or two more in the sun that Tate got last year, but they need to get better to go .500 in the B10) but I expect it all crashes to the ground again, starting with Indiana.

BUT...if he keeps it up....we can hate him..he is a Wolverine after all, but we shouldn't deny the talent.

I can say that easily..because I don't think it will come to that...know what I mean?

 

[DA-Bucks]

Or maybe, ya know, he got hurt. I find it a little far fetched to think he'd fake an injury when there's only three qbs on the roster and your offense tends to grind them down. Not to mention I'm sure there's some documentation required for a medical RS...

Yea, that thought crossed my mind, but then I realized who there coach is and I can't put anything past him. If he's really hurt, I do feel for the kid.

 

[cincibuck]

The Big Ten defenses are light years ahead of what he's played thus far. I still think he'll play well (if he can stay in one piece), but he's not going to put up those ridiculous numbers every week. Especially when they start having to play from behind...

Oh Puuullllleeeze. "...light years..."

The kid put up a half mile on a team most of us thought would compete for the Big East title, another half mile on a team that took Purdue's spread apart and got the kind of stats you expect when a 1A team schedules an Alonzo Stagg Bowl candidate.

With the exception of the Buckeyes, the Big Ten has not played up to pre season hopes and expectations. Arizona and Arizona State are middle-of-the-road teams in a middle-of-the-road conference and yet had the where with all to play even with two of the teams in the Big Ten.

So yeah, Robinson is small and yeah, who knows what will happen to Michigan if he gets injured. In the meantime he's put on quite a show and kept the focus off of Iowa's loss and Wisconsin's near disaster.

 

[NFBuck]

Oh Puuullllleeeze. "...light years..."

The kid put up a half mile on a team most of us thought would compete for the Big East title, another half mile on a team that took Purdue's spread apart and got the kind of stats you expect when a 1A team schedules an Alonzo Stagg Bowl candidate.

With the exception of the Buckeyes, the Big Ten has not played up to pre season hopes and expectations. Arizona and Arizona State are middle-of-the-road teams in a middle-of-the-road conference and yet had the where with all to play even with two of the teams in the Big Ten.

So yeah, Robinson is small and yeah, who knows what will happen to Michigan if he gets injured. In the meantime he's put on quite a show and kept the focus off of Iowa's loss and Wisconsin's near disaster.

Anybody that did any research knew that uconn wasn't a very good team, their secondary was decimated and their DL was missing both starting DE due to injury. Purdue's mighty spread went on to look pretty average against W. Illinois and hapless Ball State. Also, if you've watched ND, you'd see that they are the same old slow, shitty defense they've had for years. Then there's FCS umass.

Who they've played:
Uconn (55)
at ND (102)
Umass (34th in FCS)

This is what scUM has coming up:
Bowling Green (111)
at IU (t58)
MSU (74)
Iowa (18)
at PSU (34)
Illinois (56)
at Purdue (t58)
Wisconsin (35)
tOSU (7)

Iowa, PSU, Wiscy and tOSU are considerably better than anything they've seen thus far. MSU is a rivalry game, so you know they'll be up for it. IU, ILL, and Purdue are probably on par with uconn. So, yeah, I'd say they have some tougher game's coming up. I'm not trying to take anything away from what shoelaces has done, he's been extraordinary, but he's played some cupcakes. Plain and simple. Hell, even umass did a pretty good job containing him for much of the game. We'll see how he reacts when he starts actually getting hit by real B10 DL and LB. Still, he is not what scUM should be concerned about, their defense is about to start playing real teams in two weeks and they were taken apart by a decent (not great) fcs school.

 

[shiznit7]

So I read on the UM Rivals board that Devin Gardner is out for the season and taking a medical redshirt for an ACL injury. This was supposedly from a RR radio interview.

Genius move by RR, try to see if he's ready by putting him on the field early, then when you find out that DR is the real deal, have him fake an injury and save his eligibility. That will ease Tate's transfer predicament and keep the depth chart filled.

If there is a V-Bet on Devin either not wearing a leg brace or him having a miraculous recovery if he becomes suddenly needed, then I'm ALL-IN.

If he's actually injured from practice then I'm sorry that RR has made me this jaded by being a sneaky [censored] snake oil dealing coach.

Is this actually confirmed? I haven't seen anything else even mentioning an injury.

 

[NFBuck]

Is this actually confirmed? I haven't seen anything else even mentioning an injury.

I haven't seen anything at all.

 

[jwinslow]

Oh Puuullllleeeze. "...light years..."

The kid put up a half mile on a team most of us thought would compete for the Big East title,

1) UM fans won't even use this line any longer
2) foolish preseason assumptions are just that, not an accomplishment
3) competing for the big east title is not a feather in anyone's cap, it is so bad they could actually still have a shot.

another half mile on a team that took Purdue's spread apart

what does this even mean? You are familiar with how reckless the transition property is, aren't you?

With the exception of the Buckeyes, the Big Ten has not played up to pre season hopes and expectations. Arizona and Arizona State are middle-of-the-road teams in a middle-of-the-road conference and yet had the where with all to play even with two of the teams in the Big Ten.

last year, Iowa barely beat northern Iowa and Arkansas state... while Wisconsin squeaked past a west coast squad in OT. The script was about the same, just flipped for both squads.

So yeah, Robinson is small and yeah, who knows what will happen to Michigan if he gets injured. In the meantime he's put on quite a show and kept the focus off of Iowa's loss and Wisconsin's near disaster.

it is not unreasonable to suggest that Robinson will play well but not put up the same yardage from these weeks, which includes half a thousand.

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

Oh Puuullllleeeze. "...light years..."

The kid put up a half mile on a team most of us thought would compete for the Big East title, another half mile on a team that took Purdue's spread apart and got the kind of stats you expect when a 1A team schedules an Alonzo Stagg Bowl candidate.

That "team most of us thought would compete for the Big East title" has proven to be a complete joke (gave up 30 points to fucking Temple). And Notre Dame holding Robert Marve in his first-ever game at Purdue to 12 points after he hadn't played for almost two seasons isn't exactly a ringing endorsement to their defensive prowess.

A real Big Ten defense (us, Wisconsin) will tear Shoelaces a new ass...

 

[exhawg]

It will be interesting to see how tsun performs against middle-tier B10 teams. Currently, there is little evidence to support the notion that RichRod can elevate tsun to a top-tier team in the B10 any time soon.

I would argue that tsun could win as many as 8 games this season. So, that keeps him around for another season? At what point does the administration lose patience with a coach if his ceiling is, say, 9 wins? Is Michigan the new Purdue?

With the coaches that scum has had over the past decade+ 8-9 wins is par for the course.
If they fire DickRod they have at least 2 years of rebuilding a team with traditional scum players. Assuming the new coach is good. If it isn't a good coach it will take 4 years to get back to the 9 win average. The longer they keep DickRod the harder time his replacement is going to have rebuilding the team. I have a hard time believing that scum would be worse off right now with Mallet/Threet, and a old fashioned scum offense. They really should have found the best "Michigan man" they could get and hire him to be the coach.

 

[Buckeyeskickbuttocks]

Something to keep in mind when thinking about Michigan...

As of right now, they are the 2nd worse defense (total yards per game) that Ohio State has on the schedule. They give up 439.0 per. The worst is Marshall (463.7) Eastern Michigan, and if you've read the preview you can see how well they are regarded, comes in at 414.0 per.

It hardly matters if any team can "stop" Robinson. All they have to do is slow him down.

 

[DA-Bucks]

Is this actually confirmed? I haven't seen anything else even mentioning an injury.

Not confirmed. A regular poster on the UM Rivals site said he heard it on a RR radio interview. I haven't seen it anywhere else.

 

[NFBuck]

It hardly matters if any team can "stop" Robinson. All they have to do is slow him down.

Exactly...which is just what a team that plays disciplined, assignment football will do...Read: most Big Ten teams...

 

[HINYG8]

IU, ILL, and Purdue are probably on par with uconn.

I agree that IU, ILL and Purdue each field a D on par with UCONN...but IU certainly, and perhaps Purdue, are better than UCONN on offense.

Illinois is a filthy mess...but I'm not sure anyone in the B10 will be *easy* for UM...they had a hell of a time putting UMASS away.

UMASS.

Jesus.

Amazingly it seems most of the posters...well...at least some..recognize this to be their reality.

No defense and a one trick pony on O. It is a hell of a trick...but someone is going to solve it and then they are in DEEP trouble.

So, yeah, I'd say they have some tougher game's coming up. I'm not trying to take anything away from what shoelaces has done, he's been extraordinary, but he's played some cupcakes. Plain and simple. Hell, even umass did a pretty good job containing him for much of the game. We'll see how he reacts when he starts actually getting hit by real B10 DL and LB. Still, he is not what scUM should be concerned about, their defense is about to start playing real teams in two weeks and they were taken apart by a decent (not great) fcs school.

:cheers:

QFT.

 

[HINYG8]

Something to keep in mind when thinking about Michigan...

As of right now, they are the 2nd worse defense (total yards per game) that Ohio State has on the schedule. They give up 439.0 per. The worst is Marshall (463.7) Eastern Michigan, and if you've read the preview you can see how well they are regarded, comes in at 414.0 per.

It hardly matters if any team can "stop" Robinson. All they have to do is slow him down.

....And UM's D stats are only going to get worse as they start to play some teams that can truly move the ball...and Marshall's will improve since they won't be playing OSU every game going forward.

 

[buckiprof]

Something to keep in mind when thinking about Michigan...fuck 'em.

I corrected your post to what you really meant to say.