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This is maaaaybe premature there, ESPN. Maryland #1 FWIW.
denard robinson
In The End, A Parlor Trick
11/24/2012 – Michigan 21, Ohio State 26 – 8-4, 6-2 Big Ten
Bryan Fuller
In 1997, Michigan had a multidimensional weapon they'd take out of the garage for a couple dozen plays a game. His name was Charles Woodson, and I distinctly remember the disappointment that would wash over me 70% of the time he came in for an offense snap. This disappointment was because Woodson didn't get the ball. He ran a route, and something else happened.
Despite the disappointment, I got it. You can't just give the ball to the dynamic guy every time he comes in the game because if you do putting him in the game is tantamount to holding up a huge sign that says THIS IS THE PLAY WE ARE RUNNING. You can't flip up your hole cards before you bet.
Al Borges disagrees. If you've poked around the flaming wreckage of the Michigan internet in the aftermath of Saturday, you have undoubtedly heard the wailing and gnashing of teeth because of that. But the thing is so stark it has to be marveled at again: when Denard Robinson entered the game against Ohio State, every play but one was Denard Robinson doing something. Once it was fail to chip Ryan Shazier and try to get out for a screen; all other times it was run the ball, sometimes with a pitch included. The fakeout was a six-yard completion to Mike Kwiatkowski in the first quarter, and there ended any attempt at deception.
Devin Gardner was at quarterback for three of these plays. Michigan held up a sign that said RUN or PASS, and didn't even try the token fakeout where Robinson goes over the top when the safeties suck up. Gardner ran three times. Denard passed zero. Ohio State figured it out. Surprise!
Denard got a dozen snaps and watched from the sideline as Gardner tried to drive Michigan 70 yards for the win. There were six minutes left, and Michigan was reduced to throwing every down as a guy who might break the all-time rushing record for a quarterback watched.
What can you say? It's indefensible. It's a failure without any possible explanation. It caused legions of neutral observers to laugh or fume or sit slack-jawed as they watched it unfold. Sean McDonough was dumbfounded. Orson, in the stands, marveled. Twitter burst at the seams with furious mockery from people who don't care about Michigan but do hate to see Denard Robinson end his final Ohio State game on the bench, having averaged 11 yards a carry on ten attempts.
Here is a list of things Denard Robinson could have productively done on Saturday that did not necessarily involve him getting the ball.
Be a running back on the inverted veer.
Stand in a two-back set, then motion out a la Vincent Smith on a pre-emptive flare route.
Run a flare from the backfield
Line up in the slot and get a fake jet handoff, then run a wheel.
Line up in the slot, run a bubble.
Run a route you ignore but the defense cannot.
Fake a screen to him and screen to the other side.
There were ways to work around the fact that Denard can't block, primarily running your best play with your best two players. What can possibly be so hard about telling Denard "now you're the other guy on the play we run all the time"? Even if it's play action, it draws everyone. If he's on the field, one to three people are concerned with him, and if that's at the edge of the field that's as good as a block. It's a fantastic block. It is a much better block than most of the folk on Michigan's offensive line were capable of.
And nothing. Nothing. Here is a sign that says whether we are running or passing.
"They were a little bit predictable in the first half," said Ohio State co-defensive coordinator Everett Withers. "You know, they put 16 (Robinson) back there, he was gonna run it. And they put 12 (Gardner) back there, they were gonna throw it. And after a while that became something that we keyed on."
On the other side of the ball, things made sense. Ohio State's offense is a coherent whole that ruthlessly exploits every edge it can. Michigan spent the first couple drives unable to substitute as Ohio State went up-tempo. Afterwards they started running on right after the play; Michigan struggled to get set at times. When OSU slowed it down, they made a playcall after seeing how the defense lined up. They took every advantage the game gives them.
Once JT Floyd got turned around by Devin Smith on OSU's first drive, Michigan was faced with the prospect of repeating last year's festival of deep bombs or giving Floyd help. They chose the latter, and chose to contain Braxton Miller at all costs. To do this they had to give up two things: the underneath flats and the guy in the box that can be a free hitter.
The results: Miller was 14 of 18. Avery blew a deep corner route on a third and long early and there was the bomb. There ended downfield passing. Miller's other 12 completions averaged 9.8 yards a pop on a series of screens and quick throws in the soft outside section of the field. Carlos Hyde surged up the middle over and over again, picking up 146 yards on 26 carries with no Michigan player available to hit. Stat of the game: Will Campbell had ten assisted tackles.
The dispiriting thing is watching that and not being frustrated with anyone in particular when the other team moves the ball. There was no screaming some guy's name, no rolling your eyes and saying "come on make a tackle." When Michigan stopped them, it was a good play by someone. When they did not, it was because you can't play the wide receivers one on one so everyone's got a blocker.
Michigan was lucky not to give up 30 or 40 points. Ohio State is rickety. Botched snaps, penalties, and some heroic individual plays—Ryan checking Miller in space, Jibreel Black and Frank Clark combining to get Miller down on third and goal when Michigan had put four guys against three to the field—prevented that, but it was there. It will be there next year, and the year after, and the year after that. They will not be as rough as this outfit in its first year.
Michigan can only beat it by winning one-on-one matchups, lots of them. That's tough to do. Possible—see Stanford—but tough, and sometimes even if you're Stanford the Oregons of the world blitz you for 40.
Most of the time, actually.
One mistake is all it takes.
The Hoke hire was alarming to me (for about two weeks) because it seemed like waving a white flag and going back to the Carr era philosophy that had seen Michigan slip definitively behind Ohio State over the last six or seven years of Carr's career. In a lot of ways, those concerns have proved unfounded. Carr was a puntosaur; Hoke is amongst the most aggressive coaches in the country. Mattison is as modern as defensive coordinators come. Whatever his flaws, Borges is a far cry from DeBord. He wants to score, for one.
There are two ways in which those concerns have been true, one tiny, one large. The tiny one is the spread punt. You've seen the coverage, seen what everyone else is doing, heard me complain about it, etc. I asked Heiko to bring it up a couple times over the past few years, and we did get an answer of a sort as to why Michigan doesn't run it:
MGoFollowup: Were you aware that they could run a fake out of the spread punt formation?
"Sure. Yeah. They had done it before, right up the middle."
MGoFollowup: What's your opinion of the spread punt formation vs. the traditional punt formation?
"Uh, we don't use it."
MGoFollowup: Is there a rationale for that?
"I think, you know … I'm more comfortable with what we use. That's the rationale."
That is a dull, unthinking answer. Heiko shot it to me as soon as he transcribed it and it depressed both of us.
Here is where the comparison to Beilein goes. Beilein, who has discovered the alley-oop and ditched the 1-3-1 except when it wins a game against Pitt, and wiped out his coaching staff to start anew. Beilein took his comfort level and chucked it out the window. We all stand to benefit. In the wake of this loss, I hope the football staff takes a similarly stark look at itself.
I wonder what possible use a huddle is now. I've had this Smart Football post lying around for months, as I was going to make a post about it:
It's only a slight exaggeration to say that huddling is an archaism destined for the dustbin. I say it's a slight exaggeration because there is a value to huddling, primarily when you have a great leader at quarterback as a huddle is an opportunity for him to show his leadership skills. But otherwise, it's inherently inferior to going no-huddle. It's slower, which is a problem both in games but also in practice where your offense gets fewer reps, and, maybe most importantly, the safety net of a huddle leads coaches to transform plays that can be communicated in just one or two words into multi-syllabic monstrosities.
The Patriots don't use it, Ohio State doesn't use it, Oregon lol huddle, etc. And I see Michigan get out of one with 15 seconds on the playclock having determined what they're going to do without getting information from the defense and with little time to change what they're doing. And I think about comfort, and how dangerous it is to slip into old habits just because they are old.
It feels like Michigan is on the wrong side of history here. After Rodriguez the spread offense is anathema. It's the one thing that keeps Nick Saban enraged at night, and it feels like Michigan's going to ignore it because Rich Rodriguez's defense couldn't stop a six-year-old child, instead of for any defensible rationale. I'm not sure that's going to cut it against Urban Meyer.
OSU guy did this one but it's got all the important stuff:
A shorter but HQ reel from mgovideo:
Also pressers from Hoke and players.
Brady Hoke Epic Double Point Of The Week. Well… this is close but since Jake Ryan saw something like 60 snaps instead of a dozen, his nine tackles two TFLs, sack, and impressive non-tackle of Braxton Miller get him the nod. One on one, he won his matchup. Now we just need five to six more of that guy.
Honorable Mention. Denard(obvious), Roy Roundtree (touchdown), Jeremy Gallon (six catches), possibly Will Campbell (ten assists!).
Epic Double Point Standings.
4: Jake Ryan (ND, Purdue, Illinois, OSU)
2: Denard Robinson (Air Force, UMass)
1.3: Jeremy Gallon(Alabama, 1/3 Minnesota), Drew Dileo (Michigan State, 1/3 Minnesota), Roy Roundtree (1/3 Minnesota, Northwestern)
1: Craig Roh(Nebraska), Devin Gardner(Iowa)
Brady Hoke Epic Double Fist-Pump Of The Week. Obvious.
Honorable mention: Roy Roundtree uses one man-Dileo convoy to score 75-yard touchdown, Frank Clark levels Braxton Miller a couple times, Denard turns not much into 30 yards on Michigan's first snap.
Epic Double Fist-Pumps Past.
11/10/2012: Mattison baits Fitz, Kenny Demens decleats Northwestern, game over.
11/17/2012: Denard WOOPS Tanner Miller in Big House finale.
11/24/2012: Denard uses PHYSICS to score a touchdown
Rawls lacks YAC, so what's the point? Michigan ended up in fourth and three on their first drive of the third quarter after a one-yard Rawls carry, a six yard Denard carry, and a zero-yard Rawls carry. The third down attempt was pretty much stuffed but Rawls could not manufacture even one yard after contact, something that has been a pattern after he got everyone's hopes up by running over some Purdue safeties.
But the real killer was the first down play, when Michigan successfully blocked everyone and got Rawls the edge. One on one in space with cornerback Bradley Roby, Rawls ran straight into him and went down. One yard.
Rawls's five carries netted two yards. Since he started picking up non-garbage-time carries against Minnesota this brings him to 68 yards on 32 carries, 2.1 per carry. Yeah, the line has something to do with that and Rawls is getting goal-line carries, but since he's getting so many goal line carries because he's bouncing outside the tackles or going down on first contact I don't think that's much to hang your hat on.
Yeah, he'll probably get better as he ages but at this point it would be a shock if he ever ends up anything but a short-yardage back. Chalk another one up to the Fred Jackson Hyperbole Curse.
This is a reason I'm skeptical about Drake Johnson making an impact. Guys Jackson personally campaigns for have a poor track record.
Bad time to get beat for the first(?) time this year. Michigan's first drive ended with a blindside sack and fumble yielded by Taylor Lewan, which was like… that can happen? I think Alabama got a blindside sack in the first game; since then nothing. Bad time for a bad play.
This of course means that he will slide down draft boards and return. That's the ticket.
Devin flaws exposed. It was coming, and it came: against a more talented defense than Gardner had seen so far he was hesitant. His throws were off, mostly deep, and throw after throw was a second late. Against Iowa and Northwestern and Minnesota it didn't matter, but Ohio State's defense is a really good unit that implodes to yield long touchdowns twice a game; when they were not doing that they're pretty good about closing down space.
All that's understandable. Hopefully we see a more polished version in the bowl game and go into 2013 with some confidence under center.
The stuff they got. Ohio State is a defense that is good, and then explodes spectacularly, and that's what they did on the Roundtree touchdown, which was just CJ Barnett making a terrible play. Good for Gardner to recognize that coverage; not a huge credit to the play itself. And then Denard used science(!) to burst through two tacklers on the 67-yarder.
That play was a credit to Borges as it was pretty much exactly what OSU ran some last week, a fake veer that turns into an outside play with a convoy of blockers. Michigan ran it to good effect in the first half, and then died in the second half because OSU adjusted.
"boy I hope this guy spends most of the second half on the bench" –nobody (Fuller)
Speaking of that play… find me the Michigan fan who was not in full FFFFFFUUUUUUUU mode the instant before after Michigan got the ball back with 1:30, ran for eight yards on first down, and then spent 30 seconds lining up. You can't even put it on Denard this time since there was the option to go to Gardner. Denard bailed them out of another hack job of a two-minute drill.
Rodriguez comparison point. That game was reminiscent of early Rodriguez offensive forays that worked fairly well for a half—think introducing MINOR RAGE against Penn State en route to 17-14 halftime lead—and then evaporated when the opponent took the fancy new stuff away and Michigan had no other way to move the ball. They came in with a couple things that worked, and then Ohio State said "we are not letting Denard run" and that was that.
Speaking of that concept… on the fourth and three to open the second half Michigan ran that same play again. The above picture is from the touchdown; on the stop, Barnum's guy shot outside and upfield, forcing a cutback, and Lewan didn't have an angle to get on an equally hard-charging Shazier. It's almost like they spent halftime preparing to stop it.
"My comment was, after I saw Denard Robinson sneak outta there for a long run, stop the quarterback run," Meyer said. "That's the input I had. Probably the same — I think 107,000 people said that as well."
The most baffling thing… hmm. Not running your extremely fast guy who can actually throw the ball makes the top 20 of baffling decisions Saturday. What are you saving him for?
2013 peek ahead. I'm drafting a "22 Tickets for Team 134" feature that'll tackle this in more detail, but for now Michigan loses the following folks after the bowl:
- Denard
- WR Roy Roundtree
- TE Mike Kwiatkowski
- OL Taylor Lewan (probably), Ricky Barnum, Elliott Mealer, and Patrick Omameh
The likely replacements:
- Devin
- WR Amarah Darboh(?)
- TE AJ Williams
- OL Ben Braden, Kyle Kalis, Jack Miller, and Chris Bryant
Bryant is admittedly speculative; Fitzgerald Toussaint may not make it back. How do we feel about this? On the one hand, four new starters on the offensive line. On the other, the interior guys are probably going to be better even if they're young. Possibly a lot better. While Schofield isn't Lewan he was a solid pass protector this year and should be able to cope.
The most important thing is getting those tight ends in shape. Funchess was a crappy blocker this year; more alarmingly, AJ Williams was hardly better. I don't know much about OL technique but Williams has stood out as so spectacularly unrefined that even a layman like myself can look at him and think "that doesn't look right."
Story of the season. Defense hangs in against good offense as offense curls up and dies, putting them in bad spots time and again, eventually cracks a little, and fades late as exhaustion sets in. Ohio State neared 400 yards and put up 26 points but I'm not even a little mad at what happened. It was all so obvious.
this was an actual tackle (Fuller)
Most impressive non-tackle of the season. Jake Ryan in space against Braxton Miller was a little different than Jake Ryan in space against most people, but he did hold Miller up long enough for the cavalry to rally. On the day, nine tackles, a TFL, and a number of "oh thank God you are large and fast" moments. All Big Ten, surely.
I am going to hit you very hard now. Frank Clark was the main beneficiary of multiple all-out blitzes Mattison sent on third down.
A couple of these threatened to send Miller out of the game or dislodge the ball; most other times Michigan didn't even bother to rush him.
2013 peek ahead. I'm drafting a "22 Tickets for Team 134" feature that'll tackle this in more detail, but Michigan loses the following folks after the bowl:
- SDE Craig Roh
- 3TECH Will Campbell
- MLB Kenny Demens
- CB JT Floyd
- S Jordan Kovacs
Likely replacements:
- SDE: Jibreel Black/Tom Strobel
- 3TECH: Matt Godin/Chris Wormley
- MLB: Effectively James Ross since the bet here is Morgan slides over.
- CB: Blake Countess
- S: Jarrod Wilson
That's a lot of youth, with Black the only upperclassman mentioned. It is at least highly-touted youth. Wormley was going to see the field as a freshman, Countess had a breakout freshman year before the injury that cost him 2012, James Ross is a summer in the weight room away from being awesome, and… well, Wilson is not going to be Kovacs.
2013 will probably be just as good as this year, if not a little better, and then look out in 2014: the only projected starters to graduate after next year are Thomas Gordon and Quinton Washington. (Nickelback Courtney Avery also departs.) Washington will be replaced by a fully groomed Ondre Pipkins; Michigan has a few options to replace Gordon.
Fourth and three from the forty-eight. My thought at the time was that was a coinflip decision, statistically, and yup:
|FG Att
|Success Rate:
|WP Success
|WP Fail:
|WP Total:
Those are NFL numbers, of course, and can't be taken as gospel. Whatever adjustment there is to the college game it's not going to push it into slam dunk territory either way. That decision is all about feel.
From my perspective that feel includes information like "interior line cannot block these guys" and I was more nervous than happy when Hoke went for it, but it's right on that line. OSU blew up the playcall, which was a fine playcall since it involved Denard having the ball, and Michigan gave it up. Oh well.
Live by the sword, die by the sword. Since it's hard for people to get away from their base urges I prefer the guy who will be aggressive, even excessively so, since the vast majority of decisions to be aggressive will be correct, and even ones that seem weird like Saturday's are a push.
Yup. If you were wondering if the shirtsleeves would come off, nope:
MANBALL (Fuller)
If it's sleeting I think the guy should put a jacket on just because it's hard to think when you get cold to your bones.
Just the right amount of shoving. Football games are at their best when there is harmless shoving on a half-dozen plays a game, and M-OSU delivers on this count.
This was immediately after Mike Jones became "that guy who got the dumb personal foul in the 2012 game" to Michigan fans, and never threatened to escalate past this business. They've done this for years now, and I approve.
Weekly Devin Gardner lookalike photo. Recycled from last week because Bryan didn't get a shot of it, but Devin definitely went Mr Burns after the long touchdown to Roundtree.
I enjoy this being a thing.
* The leading tackler was WLB Desmond Morgan with 11. Last week's leading tackler was also the WLB, James Ross III. I guess they are not kidding when they say there is an expectation for the position.
* Will Campbell had one of the craziest defensive stat lines I've ever seen: 0 solo tackles and 10 assisted tackles.
* Jake Ryan was back making plays all over the field, 9 tackles, 2 TFLs, 1 sack, and 2 forced fumbles. On Thomas Gordon's sack, Ryan jumped on Gordon's back and tried to sack Gordon and the QB. It's been said of others, but I don't think it applies to anyone better than Jake Ryan, he plays like his hair's on fire.
Best: MGoMeltdowns are awesome
So as is the custom around these parts, the traffic to the site after a loss follows the same trajectory as general internet traffic does whenever illicit pictures of some starlet are "leaked" to the the web totally-unexpectedly-but-right-before-my-new-movie-Crushed Blue Velvet Girlfriend 2-is-released. For a graphical representation, here is a screenshot of the site about 4 minutes after the game ended
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It will never approach RCMB or anything in the SEC not related to Vandy, but TWO redundant posts sarcastically "thanking" the coaches for losing the game, one out-and-out "Fire Borges" thread and one claiming he merely "sucked", one thread already set for deletion, and about 1,100 posts in a game thread, 50% of them berating Al Borges and the team for a poor second half, is nothing to sneeze at. Subsequent posts included petitions to fire Al Borges, a couple crying out for sanity, and one inferring a discussion about iCarly and Larry Hagman that felt appropriate for an 8th-grader's "MySpace" profile. Then Ace showed up with his usual quality summary and solid reasoning, which is like, Booo this man!
LSAClassOf2000 puts yardage for and against in a table.
Figure you don't want to read crowing so right on to the other stuff…
Blog stuff. Hoover Street Rag:
In the end, I'm never going to understand this, I'm never going to understand them, I'm never going to understand that feeling. Jim Tressel is honored during the first quarter break of the Michigan/Ohio State game for his 2002 National Championship season, and he is carried off the field by his players to a standing ovation at the Horseshoe. Ohio proceeds to get its act together and win 26-21 to complete a perfect 12-0 season. A season in which they are ineligible for a bowl game because of NCAA sanctions related to Jim Tressel's failure to report what he knew about illegal benefits being given to his players to his superiors. A season in which they are ineligible for the B1G championship game next weekend because of the post-season sanctions. But it doesn't matter, a standing ovation for what Tressel did, not how Tressel got caught.
Borges complaint section follows. Maize and Brew:
While Hoke never really talks about injuries, it's not like there's some gamesmanship required here—the bowl game is five weeks away. And let's say he was dinged up and couldn't run the ball for some reason–toss him in the backfield as a decoy, no?
Other than the lack of Denard down the stretch, the other frustration was how he was used in short yardage. He showed no indication that he was ever going to pass it and really didn't throw in warm-ups. So if you aren't going to have him throw it–at any point–then on short yardage put him in the backfield with Gardner and hand it or toss it to Denard, or fake it to #16 and have Gardner run it, or toss it to Gallon or ARGH.
After the 2001 Michigan State Spartan Bob game Lloyd Carr summed up how he felt about his team, when he said, "They deserve better."
MNB recap. M&GB recap. Sap's Decals. Maize and Blue Nation:
In the moments after the game, when I snapped this photo, the air was rich with the smell of marijuana, wafting down from the student section were people, from seemingly every direction flooded the field in a frenzy of drunken euphoria.
Between the Buckeye fans posing for photos in front of the team leaving the field with their heads hanging, and the idiots stupid enough to try and mix it up with Michigan players, it was all I could do to keep my composure and just walk away. I had to remember that I'm a credentialed media member and it's not my place to get involved. Just walk away. Props to the Michigan players for doing the same.
What a mess.
Papery stuff. Chantel Jennings scours instagram for Game photos. This one is from Channing Stribling:
Rothstein game story:
A week ago, the Wolverines appeared to have a devastating offense with two quarterbacks, including Denard Robinson, moving one of the most electrifying players in football all over the field. Not only did Michigan short-circuit on Saturday, the devastation was all their own unraveling.
"Yeah, we kind of knew what was coming when Denard was in and knew what was coming when [Gardner] was in," Ohio State defensive lineman Adolphus Washington said.
If Robinson was in the game, Michigan was going to run the ball without question. If Devin Gardner was in, there was a little bit more of a surprise, but more than likely the junior was going to throw the ball or try to.
Nowhere did this show up more than in the second half, when Ohio State adjusted to put nine players in the box when Robinson was in, essentially daring him to throw. Whether he couldn't or wouldn't, Robinson didn't. And that decision cost the Wolverines.
"Coach called the plays and we went with it," Robinson said.
I'll have to look at the fourth down to be sure but Robinson put it on himself after:
"I've got to come a little tighter and get outside a little more (there)," Robinson said after Michigan's 26-21 loss to Ohio State. "I made a bad read on the run, that's my fault."
Hoke as well:
"(Robinson) maybe should have been in a gap wider," Hoke said. "And, he had broken three (long plays) from that same run."
My initial take was that to do that he'd have to bounce into the backfield and the result may have been the same; I'll picture-page it.
Meinke on the end. Wojo gets in his WTF:
The play-calling went from scintillating to stubborn to baffling, and against a good defense, the quarterback combo of Devin Gardner and Denard Robinson was snapped in half. Gimmicky rotations are effective for a while, but in a game like this, in Urban Meyer's rivalry debut, lessons get delivered harshly.
"You know me, we want to run the football and we want to do a good job stopping the run," Brady Hoke said. "We didn't do either."
Bryan Fuller/MGoBlog
21 plays. 60 yards. Zero points.
That was Michigan's second-half offensive output, after Denard Robinson averaged over 20 yards per carry and Devin Gardner a hair under ten yards per pass in the first half. The Wolverine defense held Ohio State to two field goals in that same span despite three drives starting in their own territory, but it was for naught in a 26-21 heartbreaker.
It's too easy to pin a game on a coach, but after this game it's tough to figure out who else is to blame—Al Borges's second-half playcalling is the story today. Michigan's running backs, ineffective the entire year even with a healthy Denard Robinson and Fitzgerald Toussaint, were stymied on three third down attempts in the final 30 minutes. In the end, Vincent Smith mustered just 12 yards on five carries, Thomas Rawls a mere two on his five. That enabled Ohio State to load up against Robinson, still apparently unable to throw the ball, when he entered the game as a quarterback.
There were other problems, of course. Fumbles by Robinson and Gardner prematurely ended drives in the final half; Michigan's last drive finished with a Gardner interception. While the defense put forth a heroic effort late, they were repeatedly burned early by Braxton Miller—who finished with 189 yards on 14-of-18 passing—and had trouble stopping Carlos Hyde (146 yards on 26 carries) up the middle.
This despite prospects looking good early. A 75-yard touchdown pass to Roy Roundtree answered a Hyde score on the opening Buckeye drive. The Wolverines took a 14-10 lead on a goal-line plunge by Gardner. And Michigan's 21-20 halftime edge came courtesy of a spectacular 67-yard scamper by Robinson, who shed simultaneous tackling attempts by Christian Bryant and Travis Howard and broke free from the pack for a vintage Denard touchdown.
But the tides turned on Michigan's opening drive of the third quarter, when Brady Hoke took a timeout after initially sending out the punt team following a zero-yard Rawls run on third-and-three. It was Robinson who took the field at quarterback for fourth down; the blocking broke down inside, leaving him no crease to reach the sticks as Ryan Shazier brought him down for a two-yard loss.
From that point forward, turnovers and questionable playcalls doomed the offense. Two Drew Basil field goals represented the entire scoring output of the second half; that was all the Buckeyes needed to secure their sixth straight home victory against Michigan and an undefeated season, one which ended today thanks to a postseason bad.
Michigan will play on, but it won't be in a BCS bowl. The question before this season was whether Al Borges was the right offensive coordinator for Denard Robinson. After this game, the question might expand, to whether or not he's the right offensive coordinator for this program moving forward.
Upon Further Review 2012: Offense vs Iowa
HAPPY THANKSGIVING. This will be the only post today, probably.
Formation notes: You make one offhand comment about how this notes section gets boring late in the year and Al Borges goes and does that. Okay, so. For the TE/WR/RB section I am classifying Gardner as a WR and Denard as a RB when they are not at QB.
Michigan had two different backfields featuring Denard behind Gardner with one or two lead blockers flanking him. I could have called this one "offset I three-wide" but it felt more correct to note it as a Fritz variant:
Fritz 3-wide
Since Michigan does have a declared strength here I tabbed the Iowa defense here an under. They also ran the two-FB version, which is just plain old Fritz.
The thing I used to call Denard Jet also re-emerged:
And then there was… this.
In keeping with this blog's tradition of naming weird things he hasn't seen after the nearest equivalent in NCAA Football X, this was dubbed "far twin TE."
Formation lingo may not match your local football talking guy and is merely present to help facilitate communicative acts.
Substitution notes: Line as per usual. Tight ends as per usual. Joe Reynolds got some burn at wide receiver on actual passing plays, catching a long handoff type thing that Gardner clearly aborted to—about which more later—and a hitch on which it looked like he ran a nice route, for all I know about route running. Other than that, WRs were as per usual including usual lack of focus on throwing to Dileo when not throwing to Gallon or Roundtree.
Toussaint went out early with his injury; after that it was all Rawls and Smith until very late; Justice Hayes did get in at fullback(!) on a play where Michigan ran an iso. Oh and that Denard guy played some.
[AFTER THE JUMP: TURKEY no just UFR]
Wednesday Presser Transcript 11-21-12: Brady Hoke
- Desmond Morgan should be back.
Opening remarks:
"Happy Thanksgiving, number one. I know some of you have turkeys in your ovens so I'll be brief today. I thought we had a good practice yesterday. I thought our intensity was what it should be when you play Ohio. The way our guys went to work was very industrious. It was a physical day like Tuesdays and Wednesdays are, and I thought our guys did a nice job."
Will Desmond Morgan play Saturday?
Is there a different buzz about this week as you'd expect?
"Yeah. Always is. I think is the 109th time we've faced each other. I think that rivalry and just the excitement that follows with it and the passion that people have, I think it spills over."
The players have talked about driving into the stadium and seeing the fans make … gestures. What's that like?
"I think when you go to any of those great institutions that have great passion and passionate fans -- I can remember being at Oregon State and going into the Civil War and going down to Eugene. That rivalry, obviously when we go to East Lansing, I think you get the same thing. When you go to Notre Dame. But I think they're just passionate about their team. They don't like you, and that's okay. They're not supposed to."
Will you do a walk-through on the field?
"Yeah, we're going to Friday. We go back and forth a little bit. Most of the time we practice here and go late, but we're going to do some things in the stadium."
Do you talk about Nebraska-Iowa on Friday?
"No, not really. I think I mentioned it once. We can control only one thing. That's the important thing, and that's going to play our hearts out for our seniors and our hearts out for Michigan on Saturday afternoon at 12:01."
MGoQuestion: What do you make of Ohio State's success on special teams this season?
"I think they've got good athletes, and that's where it starts. It always starts there, and I think they've done a nice job putting them in the right places to execute and to be successful."
MGoMootFollowup: Are there ways to counteract their effectiveness?
"Play harder. Play better. Play with better technique."
How has Denard's week of practice been?
"Good. It's been great."
Doing everything?
Who are you starting at quarterback?
"It's day to day."
Russell Bellomy?
"He's doing great."
Is he available to play?
"Oh yeah."
Is Jack still the backup?
"Jack's on the travel team with us, yeah."
Does it change your preparation having a holiday?
"Not really, you know. We'll change because we'll practice tomorrow morning, and then at one we'll have over 500 family members and team having Thanksgiving together. It's pretty neat."
What was that like last year?
"Awesome. It's neat. It's neat to see all the families."
How's Thomas Rawls?
"Great. He's done a nice job."
Does he seem ready to shoulder this responsibility? Would Vincent Smith also be in the mix to get some more carries?
"Yeah. Those two. And I don't know if Thomas has a choice."
How has he handled that pressure?
"Seems fine. Pretty confident. Most guys who have ability at this level, they're pretty confident in their abilities."
Anything you can take from Ohio State's film from last year?
"Not really. Not from a defensive standpoint besides from the elusiveness that their quarterback has. I think Carlos Hyde, and I don't even know if he -- played a couple plays, maybe. I don't think he played much. I know the other guy who's a back, can't remember his name right now --"
Boom Herron?
"Boom. Herron was back. But you try and look at the guys that are all a year older, the ones who have played. The offense is obviously a different scheme, but last year's film really is irrelevant."
MGoQuestion: James Ross had a good game last Saturday, but a couple times when he tried tackling a bigger back like Mark Weisman he got carried downfield. Is that a concern against someone like Carlos Hyde?
"No. You always tackle really well when you have more than one guy tackling."
Will Desmond start at that spot?
"We'll see. Right now they're competing."
How many friends and families will you have Saturday?
"I don't know. Over 500."
How often do you get to spend with players' families?
"Not often during the season. Once in a while on a Sunday, once in a while early Friday morning, but not very often."
Are you going to have over 500 family and friends at the game?
"Who me? Personally? Oh."
Yeah. I was going to say. You're more popular than I thought.
"No. No idea. I'm not in the ticket business. Mrs. Hoke handles all those things. She'll tell me sometime Thursday night over pizza who's coming."
You expect to have some people?
"Yeah. We'll be represented."
Monday Presser Transcript 11-19-12: Brady Hoke
- Fitz's surgery went well. He should be out of the hospital by now.
- Denard is improving. May be able to throw.
- Desmond Morgan should be back.
- There's some kind of football game happening on Saturday.
Opening remarks:
"Number one, Fitz had surgery. Went very well. Saw him yesterday. Should get out of the hospital today, and should have a full recovery, and we'll move forward and he'll move forward. But everything went well, as well as it can as far as having an injury. No one wants that for any kid.
"The Iowa game was one where we have to play much better than we did this week to be successful. The great thing about it was our guys, the seniors of this team, being able to come up that tunnel for the last time and sing the Victors in the locker room here. That was a real positive and as we look forward, we've got a great challenge in front of us and an opportunity, one that -- this is a fun football game. Any time you have a rivalry like this, this is a fun game to play."
How much will it help your team that having been able to get game experience using Denard the way you used him?
"Well, I think it helps our football team. When we moved Devin, and he wanted to move to wide receiver, we were helping our football team because you're putting your best 11 on the field. I think Denard fits in that either as a quarterback or as a slot receiver or wherever it may be. It helps our football team. Was it good to see him in live action? Yeah."
I Have Done All I Can Do In This Town
11/17/2012 – Michigan 42, Iowa 17 – 8-3, 6-1 Big Ten
Eric Upchurch
M. Ward – Helicopter
A couple years ago Carl Hagelin lasered a wrist shot off the post and in directly in front of my seats at Yost. It was senior day; there was a second left in overtime. I saw the puck rise all the way and knew its path was true. In the aftermath I wrote about a kind of envy I have for old-timers who have only their burned-in memories of these titanic events:
…while I've been craving video boards at Yost for years there's something beautiful about not having the thing you just experienced altered by someone else's perspective. Since the Werner goal isn't on youtube no one can tell me he wasn't wielding a scimitar, wearing an eyepatch, and screaming "hhhhhyarrrrr" as he swashbuckled towards the net. I'm pretty sure the unicorn he was riding was named Steve.
Those days are over but thanks to Carl Hagelin Yost got one last opportunity to walk out of the building buzzing about the thing that just happened in your head, and only your head.
I feel aftershocks of this when I'm on the radio with Craig Ross and the topics get twisted around to 1970s basketball refereeing and Craig gets a little frothy and a guy calls in to froth a bit with him. I love this. You don't even know. I have no idea how much of it is accurate but I've double-checked my brain with Youtube enough by now to know that the things we have in our head are a lot further from the untrammeled gospel than it seems.
When you have this presented to you directly, it's unsettling. You think you remember everything about these blazing moments in your sports fandom and it turns out not to be so, and you wonder about all the other things you may not have right. Before anyone could check their brains, the tower in your head could go unchallenged.
A part of me wishes that Denard turning Tanner Miller into a chasing ghost was gone, extant only in all of us who saw it, slightly different but equally validating and valedictory and satisfying in all of our heads. I mean obviously not, this would be terrible, I can recite Keith Jackson's call of Charles Woodson's OSU punt return (Woodson's got one block… he's got another block… one more and he's gone!) from memory and hear the three separate roars from the crowd without even cuing it up. Obviously not. Despite the memorization I just watched Charles Woodson return that punt eight times. This site is dedicated to archiving the events and the feelings behind the events. Obviously not.
But… maybe a little. If that was just there and gone, well, seeing that would be something. Like watching Tom Harmon. Like experiencing the rage of playing Indiana in a dusky, mustachioed 70s basketball arena where television was just a rumor and your brain the only repository of a precious thing—the life you lived.
Midweek, Michigan fans were facing down the prospect of ceremonial snaps. Walter Smith was exhumed to reassure us that life goes on even after you lose what should be the culmination of your career to a busted limb:
"It still haunts me today to not play your senior year," said Smith… "To work that hard at something and have that happen is devastating. It could have led me the wrong way."
It was not particularly reassuring. At some point I thought I realized I'd seen the last of it, and I started thinking one of the things stuck in my head that calls itself forth at times: "And I sat down on the grass, on the burnt grass, on the black, burnt, dirt and grass, and I can admit this now: I wept. I cried big, old, giant tears."
Because memory is unreliable I had to plug it into Google and got two hits and realized that this was the Robert Earl Keen story I'd warped into a column about Michigan hockey losing the national title game two years ago after staying up all night editing my now-wife, then-fiancée's dissertation. I did this just now, and read it, and yeah. This is what I felt when I thought about the black burnt dirt and grass:
At some point Michigan is actually going to win another goddamned national championship and some of this will be redeemed. Not all of it, though. Shawn Hunwick is never going to do that again, and nothing's ever going to match the Swedish flag and my complete failure to get people to replace all words in the goal cheer with "bork" when Hagelin scores. Things come and go; this one has gone and I'm stunned at how much I miss it already.
Except the stunned part, because obviously not stunned more like openly dreading forever.
Denard got a ceremonial snap, and ran for three yards, and then got another, and ran for four yards. Collectively they are the Michigan fanbase's favorite first-quarter plays to set up third and three ever. It became clear that we had been granted a reprieve from the future.
The sun was out, shining on Michigan's present and future as each senior took a bow. Vincent Smith hacked down men much larger than him and scored on a throwback screen. Jordan Kovacs took a quarterback escaping into space and turned it into a tackle for loss. Roy Roundtree was Worst Waldo open for a touchdown.
And on another option play, Denard eschewed a pitch that was there, accelerating outside of Thomas Rawls to the corner, where he faced down an Iowa safety. One juke later, he was tearing down the sideline. A hundred ten thousand took it and put it in their memory. I was there. I saw it. I can tell you about it, but it's something you have to experience for yourself.
As the day descended into a blissful victory lap, Denard audaciously reversed field for another big gain en route to exceeding 100 total yards on 15 touches. On each play, you could feel the stadium burst with anticipation. Please give me one last thing to have here. He did, twice, and the cloud that dogged Walter Smith evaporated.
After, I walked down to the tunnel and watched him go, young and old alike reaching down for one last moment.
Maize and Blue Nation
I was there. I saw it. Let me tell you about it.
Eric's gallery is on the front page a few posts back.
Photos from MVictors pregame:
JT Floyd's daughter
Brock Mealer looking pretty dang ambulatory
Also hugs.
Maize and Blue Nation's gallery includes a great shot of the captains walking off the field after the game:
And Robinson looking on at Gardner being interviewed:
Brady Hoke Epic Double Point Of The Week. You can no longer be denied, Devin Gardner: 18/23, 314 yards, six total TDs. I be like dang. More about Iowa being the worst thing ever a bit later; setting that aside, it's remarkable that Gardner throws an out and you're just like "this is extremely likely to be on target and moving fast when the WR catches it." His accuracy and comfort with the offense grows weekly, and when he needs to have his legs bail him out those are still around.
Honorable Mention. Jeremy Gallon (133 yards receiving without getting a gift long TD, let's not think about the punt), Roy Roundtree (gift long TD but hey 83 more yards), Denard Robinson (8.1 yards a touch), GERG Davis (your QB completed 19 of 26 passes for 7 YPA), Jordan Kovacs (I just like Jordan Kovacs), Will Hagerup (did not wander off to Ypsilanti at halftime, wondering if he should transfer to a school at which he would see the field).
Epic Double Point Standings.
3: Jake Ryan (ND, Purdue, Illinois)
2: Denard Robinson (Air Force, UMass)
1.3: Jeremy Gallon(Alabama, 1/3 Minnesota), Drew Dileo (Michigan State, 1/3 Minnesota), Roy Roundtree (1/3 Minnesota, Northwestern)
1: Craig Roh(Nebraska), Devin Gardner(Iowa)
Brady Hoke Epic Double Fist-Pump Of The Week. It must be Denard Robinson juking Tanner Miller to the ground. Yes. All of the that.
And then he felt he was being unfair so he ran out of bounds.
Honorable mention: Denard reverses field on dinky flare pass, Gardner to Gallon for a juggling 50 yard catch, Roundtree goes Worst Waldo on third and seventeen, Vincent Smith throwback screen for old times.
Epic Double Fist-Pumps Past.
11/10/2012: Mattison baits Fitz, Kenny Demens decleats Northwestern, game over.
11/17/2012: Denard WOOPS Tanner Miller in Big House finale.
caveats (Upchurch)
Iowa caveats apply. Large Iowa caveats apply. Several plays were comically wide open as Iowa's secondary was ruthlessly exposed for the clown college it is. Only the incompetence of Big Ten passing attacks obscured it previously. Meanwhile, Devin Gardner is now eligible for social security after one particular goal-line passing play.
Late in the game, Iowa quit. Caveats apply. Large ones.
Let's ignore all caveats! Holy pants. The combination of the Devin Gardner-oriented slick passing game with spicy deep bombs combined with Denard Robinson carrying the ball to annihilate Iowa's defense utterly. Michigan scored touchdowns on their first six drives and were going in for another when Micah Hyde made a pretty badass interception on what would otherwise have been first and goal for Michigan.
Gardner's accuracy is getting creepy—a couple of underthrown deep balls were short only because their targets were so vastly wide open that the only way to not score a touchdown was to miss them, and the corner routes he's throwing are consistently on the money. This was the third straight game he hit Gallon in the numbers on a deep bomb—on this one Gallon had a guy draped all over him and still brought it in.
More than that it seems like Gardner just has a certain je ne sais quoi about him. The scrambles are a big part of this. There's more to it, though. In this game just having the patience to sit and wait a million years on that play where he could was an asset, and then he had that brilliant improvisation fling at Roundtree…
fling! (Upchurch)
…that caused Dave Pasch to manically exclaim he was "JUST TOYING WITH THE DEFENSE!!!" He was.
As we go along here I'm moving away from thinking things like the yakety sex touchdown against Minnesota are not sustainable items you can count on to keep your offense going game in, game out. Gardner has kept a ton of drives alive with his scrambles and his ability to adjust on the fly—neither of which are Denard assets.
Horrible defenses all, yes. Inability to run for two yards without a quarterback involved, yes. Still.
Inability to run for two yards without a quarterback involved. …looked like it might be going away as Toussaint popped a couple nice gains—one of them on a real live successful option pitch from Denard—but then Toussaint sustained extreme damage and it was back to the salt mines. Rawls, Hayes, and Smith combined to acquire 35 yards on 13 carries, 2.7 per. Yeah, a number of those were short yardage. Still, a long of eight yards was acquired, and that was when the entire Iowa defense freaked out about Denard only to get the counter pitch in their face. Runs on which offensive line blocking was relevant topped out at six yards.
This is just something that must be accepted. Michigan is not going to get much of anything up the middle against Ohio State, and must be able to throw effectively. It'll be interesting to see if Ohio State tries to match John Simon up against Michael Schofield or lets the Lewan/Simon throwdown go down. Either way, Whoever Versus John Simon is the single most important positional matchup in the game.
Rawls hype level descending. Not very far from a low baseline since the Purdue blip up was only a couple carries, but descending. To me he seems very Kevin Grady so far and it's hard to see him getting anything against that DL and OSU's speed to the outside. I don't know what they can do about it, though. Smith is the same thing, more likely to make a man miss and far less likely to grind out YAC.
Hayes and Norfleet clearly don't have the coaches' trust, which is unfortunate because the role Michigan needs to fill when they go to that Fritz package is the darting outside guy who can tightrope the sidelines no problem when he gets that counter pitch or juke a defensive back when he gets the option. I have the feeling that sometime next year one or the other will get an extended run, do well, and leave us all wondering why they couldn't get on the field in 2012 (probably because they can't block).
Meanwhile, while I'm not writing off Rawls the trendline there is not heading towards anything more than a short-yardage guy. A short yardage guy that bounces it way too much.
Nefarious Ohio State plans. Michigan has not called more than a couple runs for Devin Gardner yet aside from short-yardage run/pass rollouts that have turned into half-scramble/half-intentional-run touchdowns. The reason has been obvious: if Gardner goes down Michigan is rolling with a one-armed Denard and Russell Bellomy. This has been a logical thing to do.
I think they have to break the seal on that in the Game.
I'm not suggesting Gardner takes off 20 times or anything, but some dose of Gardner/Denard inverted veer action seems like a big opportunity to hit something big. The problem with working Denard into the gameplan as a not-quarterback is that he basically can't block for reasons of inexperience and elbow, so how do you work around that limitation? To date, Michigan has given him the ball and used him as a decoy.
They'll continue doing that, but it's time for the Denard/Devin Mesh Point. By making Denard the tailback and running the veer, they either get Denard on the edge without contain or option someone off, thus blocking someone with Denard without actually blocking someone with Denard. Add in the potential for play action off that look and you've got my #1 must have thing for OSU.
Toussaint damage. I am probably not informing you of anything you do not know when I say he has broken bones in his legs and is done for the year. A reader pointed out this study done on 31 soccer athletes that saw the subjects with twin fractures return to competition an average of 40 weeks after their injury, which would be just before next season.
If he can't get back in time for 2013, he should be able to apply for a sixth year. His first redshirt was due to a shoulder injury.
Citizens for Dileo. If a ball is thrown at Drew Dileo and hits the ground, it is pass interference and should be an automatic flag. Now please let the man return punts.
Could have gone better. Iowa's touchdown drive was pretty alarming. And even if Vandenberg was making all the three yard passes, it's a little disappointing when the opposing QB goes 19 of 26. Some of that was inexperience, some of it scheme—on a late third and four Michigan moved Gordon down late and used him as a man defender on a TE out successfully; previously they were using linebackers making tougher run/pass reads.
HOWEVA, I don't think I'm as down as Hoke was after the game. Guy seemed downright dispirited by a team that barely scraped over the 300 yard mark thanks to a jerky onside kick and 22 meaningless yards before halftime. Iowa went three-and-out on four of their first six drives. If the ref doesn't throw a terrible roughing the passer flag on Jordan Kovacs, they would have been facing fourth and eleven at the 32 on their field goal drive. By the time they put together the 81-yard-drive that rescued their yardage from the abyss it was 42-10 and Kovacs and others were cooling their heels on the sideline. Iowa is bad and having them do anything is bad; I'm not really sure they did much of anything other than throw it at their tight end.
Weisman coming back was a big help for them. The difference in quality between that guy and Garmon was obvious, and he still only managed 3.9 YPC.
The game in a nutshell. Michigan third down conversions: 9/12 with two of those failures subsequently converted on fourth down by Devin Gardner. Iowa: 6 of 14 and 1 of 3 on subsequent fourth downs.
worst roughing the passer ever (Upchurch)
Godspeed, Kovacs. I may get all blubbery about Denard but if Devin's going to do the things he seems like he is doing, Kovacs might actually be the guy I miss more next year in on-field terms. Do you people remember that Michigan used to give up huge long touchdowns all the time? Like, weekly.
Kovacs's utter reliability has turned Michigan into a defense that essentially never gives up anything without a chance to redzone you to death. He is literally the best safety I have experienced as a Michigan player, walk-on be damned, status be damned. All hail Kovacs.
Iowa tight end cloaking device. I like it much better when Greg Davis is operating it because the end results are decidedly non-Moeaki. Mattison likely has something to do with it.
Weekly Devin Gardner lookalike photo. Not necessarily a thing, but after Hipster Devin last week it's a thing this week because…
…because it's a thing.
Brady Hoke FTW. Moments that make you think "boy I'm glad that guy isn't Michigan's coach" are flying fast and furious these days, what with Minnesota's leading receiver bombing Jerry Kill in a 4000-word tumblr post by way of announcing a transfer and Bret Bielema punting from the Ohio State 30 and Mark Dantonio punting on fourth and medium down three with three minutes left—a decision that slashed his team's chances by a third.
It is impossible to conceive of the first thing happening under Brady Hoke. Jerry Kill seems like a decent guy and doesn't have the opportunity to tell his side of the story, but it's hard to picture anyone on Michigan's team even having a side of the story. I mean, Hagerup interaction post-OSU-atrocity. QED.
And while I wouldn't put it past Hoke to freeze up in the heat of the moment (everyone does sometimes) his game theory decisions are near-perfect in two years at Michigan. Saturday, Michigan faced fourth and goal at the one, sent the kicking team out… and called timeout because Hoke was like "wait I am Brady Hoke." While the ensuing touchdown turned out to be unnecessary, it was the right move and it paid off.
Usual student complaining. Status as of "Can't Turn You Loose" soundoff, as captured by MVictors:
Usual statement of preferred policy: all freshmen get to buy tickets; after that you have to show up by kickoff at half of the games to renew.
Iowa: home of the hyphen. Iowa's moved from Inexplicably Great White Wide Receiver—who now makes his home in Minneapolis when he's not bombing Jerry Kill and leaving—to Somewhat Good Hyphenated Name Guy. They're multiplying now: Iowa iced Kevonte Martin-Manley, Henry Krieger-Coble, and Louis Trinca-Pasat this weekend.
Ace instant recap:
In a way, it was fitting.
Denard Robinson's Michigan Stadium career did not begin according to script. It started with a fumbled snap, then became something magnificent.
It ended with him unable to throw a football, but still very able to take the Big House's collective breath away.
Heiko has presser recaps from Hoke and the players.
Steve Bigach had 3 tackles. I bring this up because his name is a perfect metaphor for the BIGGG TENNNNN this year. BIG ACK! (Hey, bonus points for me for working in a cat photo.)
Best: Those Who Came and Stayed Will Always Be Champions
I know that everyone has talked up last year's seniors as epitomizing Bo's "Stay and Be Champions" motto, but I've always felt this Senior class has been given a short shrift considering the environment that existed when they decided to come to UM. The 2011 class came to UM with a fair bit of uncertainty, what with a coaching change and a shift in offensive and defensive systems, but they all arrived on campus in a world where UM hadn't missed a bowl game since Nixon was in office and had only one .500 record over that span. Like everyone, they figured UM would, at worst, suffer through a "down" season of 8 wins before challenging for more titles.
But we all know how that played out. And not only did the team struggle on the field, but off it players questioned Rich Rodriguez's leadership and allegations of improprieties bubbled up before the season. Their reality was a program coming off the worst season in their history, with an embattled coach and a media ready to burn him at the stake. Few offensive and defensive stars could be found on the roster, highlighted by the fact that UM had two players taken in the 2009 draft and 3 in 2010, with one of them being a punting Space Emperor.
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Madoff Investigation Shifts to Offshore Role (NYT)
If, at the beginning of the year, someone had predicted that at the year's end we would be knee deep in shit from a madman creating a $50B Ponzi scheme I would have simply replied "I'll buy the drinks for that show"; it's clear now that by the time this settles I would have been broke and suffering from liver/kidney failure.
At the Times we've got Madoff being investigated for his possible offshore activity – adding the "illegal" seems unnecessary as anything he was doing was actually in the commission of the biggest Ponzi ever pulled. They're looking into tax avoidance and fraud – rumor has it UBS was consulted on the former back in the day but turned the gig down as they only deal with "large scale" operations.
Fed To Purchase $500B In Mortgages, Continued… (Reuters)
The Fed has announced that it plans on following through with the MBS purchase plan. If you weren't paying attention at some point:
"The Fed selected investment managers BlackRock Inc (BLK.N), Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GS.N), PIMCO, and Wellington Management Co to implement the program."
Who didn't see Goldman popping up on the list? Really? I'm a massive fan of nepotism on a personal level, but in the wake of the SEC/Madoff mindfuck it seems that the prudent government move would have been to separate itself from the purchase of assets that could very well (further) influence what players are left on the Banking Field in the near future.
Credit Suisse To Sell Part Of Global Investors Business Line (Bloomberg)
The marginally less tax-evade-y Swiss bank in townhas announced it's going to sell off part of it's Global Investors line, which "includes fixed-income, equity and money market funds" to Aberdeen Asset Management for $361MM in stock.
GMAC Uses Fed Money To Create Liquidity (WSJ)
They're going to be offering loans of the 0% variety on five vehicles, and loans ranging from .9% to 5.9% en masse it appears. I don't know that any of this will help either the company or the American public/infrastructure at large, but it was a nice thought.
Paulson, Run Amuck (Reuters)
While (the real) Paulson (to us) is looking to buy distressed debt with his $36B baby Paulson & Co, he's also slinging mud at the rest of the industry for gating redemptions and clawing for survival. Because opening up the Funds for full redemption won't be anything like a bank run, or cause the sudden sell-off of Billions of dollars of equities. No, Paulson, people are completely rational right now.
UBS Sells Off Bank Of China Stake (Reuters)
"Straitened (sic) Swiss bank UBS AG said on Wednesday it had sold its stake in Bank of China at a discount to institutional investors and would book a gain of a "few hundred million dollars" in the fourth quarter."
Here's the story in a nutshell: UBS needs money so they're selling off whatever they can. Banks (even ones in China) pose an unnecessary risk, so they're the first to go.
AIG Looking For Fed To Relax (FT)
AIG wants the Fed to back off its rule that purchasing companies have to present 90% cash. The ability to take shares for the pieces it sells off would allow for more bidders, in theory.
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Know Your Type is a collaborative effort made by Dori Griffin's 441 class at the University of Southern Mississippi in Fall 2013. The type for each foundry was written by a different student but all of the spreads were designed by me.
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|alie@ - 8 reviews
8.2.2016 - age: 13-17
Cracks are beginning to appear in the delusion we are being fed, of living in a democracy. What Smedley Butler and Dwight Eisenhower have warned us about years ago has manifested itself. No living person has attempted to bring this to our awareness more consistently than Noam Chomsky. Banned from National Petroleum Radio (a prime example of the corporate takeover of public arenas) Noam Chomsky continues, at age 87, to warn us of the consequences of not becoming active.
|oddvark@ - first review
1.2.2016 - age: 50+
This was one of the best films my wife and I have ever seen! The script / plot, acting and directing were all impeccable, brilliant and captivating. On every level, every measurement this movie was such a joy to witness, though tough in many instances. It is a shame that such a powerful film, because it was an independent movie has no chance against ' the Hollywood machinery' for awards and recognition. Skip every other movie out there and ensure you treat yourself to a powerful human story of love, adaptation and survival.
|pbull@ - 17 reviews
10.2.2016 - age: 50+
I love, love story movies. This one is another very good one in that category. It has you guessing what the end might be. Love comes in many ways, this movie is about one more way love comes to us, and how love can be tested. If you like love story movies, this is one more not to miss seeing.
|keith@ - 25 reviews
8.2.2016 - age: 50+
I don't know why there is so many bad reviews on this movie. If you [like] post-apocalyptic movies, you will or should like this one. Awesome movie I thought!
|brentturville@ - 83 reviews
2.2.2016 - age: 50+
Tremendous film that outlines pure adversity!! DiCaprio was tremendous and Hardy was a […]! The environment was beautiful and the violence was extreme.
|eric@ - 39 reviews
19.1.2016 - age: 36-49
What a wonderful story, I can understand why a person would refuse to go to war when you don't even know who is the enemy or friends. The cruelty of war and yet you don't feel sorry for the woman who cries over the rebels whoever they are and I felt why the hell would I want these people to come to our country, sorry but I am honest.
|movie.crazy@ - 32 reviews
31.1.2016 - age: 50+
I enjoyed it very much. And by the reactions of the little girls around me it was a hit with them. So I think that is what was expected when they made the movie.
|david.baxter@ - 91 reviews
31.1.2016 - age: 50+
Loosely based on true events. Loosely is the operative word. No hypothermia no frostbite no starvation and faster then a speeding bullet. Great scenery and DiCaprio plays his role superbly. Man's inhumanity and barbaric treatment of natives, women and fellow man is all too vividly depicted. Not a huge fan of violence and unbridled greed.
|eternalreason@ - 36 reviews
27.1.2016 - age: 50+
Thoughtful, intelligent, beautifully acted and filmed. A genuine love story for grown-ups. Certainly not a blockbuster by any stretch, but a wonderful movie to experience.
|ruby.july@ - 46 reviews
22.1.2016 - age: 50+
Yes, I love the concept, a decent guy has some selfish jerkoffs mess with him and they soon find out that what a serious mistake they've made. Just like in Taxi Driver and Falling Down I really like seeing greasy douchbags get what they deserve. Add Wilem Dafoe who is always great and my marker is in the hat. Even the guy who was the sneaky Irish puke Ryan O'Reily on Oz, was in it! He plays the kingpin Viggo's #1 henchman. It's a tad cartoonish in the way that even the cops turn a blind eye to him, that he is a living "legend", and that he can kill 6 dozen bad guys. But I enjoyed it anyway. The idea of the Hotel as a sanctuary and a secret society was different.
|lykos67@ - 32 reviews
21.1.2016 - age: 36-49
Incredible movie. Knew the story before we went but, still shook our heads at how these Americans were left to fend for themselves with no support from the US. Unbelievable to think this only happened a few years ago! Great acting and portrayal of incredibly brave men. Amazing film!
|s.p@ - 41 reviews
23.1.2016 - age: 50+
This was a very slow long drawn out movie. I feel the acting was very well done by both DiCaprio and Hardy. This movie may have been better or believable if both characters had switched roles. In reality the hype was over the top for this film and after seeing it I could have waited for rental.
|loveit@ - 104 reviews
16.1.2016 - age: 50+
I really liked this film. Such an incredible cast. I loved the historical elements to it. No one can figure how to use her new mop, which is like a fixture in any household now. What about women wearing pants? That was kind of a big deal in late 1980s. Not only does the film speak to the distance women have traveled in two and half decades, it's a powerful statement about fortitude. That poor woman - everyone was against her - but she never gave up. And what would the world be without the self-wringing mop head, felted hangars, and Home Shopping Network? Incomplete at best. Watch this film.
|mart@ - first review
6.1.2016 - age: 50+
The acting in this movie is excellent. I think it is a notch below some of the other Academy Award nominees for best movie though. I felt some of the uses of humor in the film were poorly placed. Still it is an interesting movie.
|jysykes@ - 46 reviews
18.1.2016 - age: 36-49
This movie is everything that Gravity was not. It has great story, with well developed characters. Matt Damon did a great job in the title role, and the whole cast was excellent. It is not an action film, so viewers looking for that sort of entertainment will be disappointed. Someone looking for courage in the face of adversity and triumph of the human spirit will love it. It falls short of Apollo 13, but hey, that was reality, and you can't make that stuff up, though The Martian gives it a pretty good try. Very deserving of its best picture nomination.
|dominic@ - 409 reviews
17.1.2016 - age: 50+
When I heard about this movie, it seemed like a good premise. Watched the trailer, that seemed great as well... but I did not find it to be even remotely a "horror" movie. A lot of it did not make sense either. I would not recommend it. However, I did finish watching it, so I have seen far worse.
|adwareha@ - 39 reviews
15.1.2016 - age: 26-35
Weak actors. Was looking forward to the movie. Very disappointing. Carrie Fisher weak. Lead characters weak and terrible acting from them. Hardly any plot...
|firstbother@ - first review
29.12.2015 - age: 50+
If you're looking for a feel good movie, turn and run. There is nothing happy or uplifting to find here. There is, a two minute scene that is quirky and light hearted, and I challenge you to find it. If you are looking for film making, at its very finest, this is the movie. The cinematography is brilliant. Every scene is gritty, like you have sand and small stones in your mouth and between your teeth and you can not get them out. The uncomfortable abrasion is perpetual and relentless. The film takes hold, and never lets go. In the last 15 minutes, I was hoping it would end, only so I could get a break. This is one of the best movies ever made.
|moviegoer@ - 45 reviews
10.1.2016 - age: 50+
Disappointing. Cliche and unoriginal. Disney should have listened to Lucas. Bumbling characters with no personality or depth. Laughable villain (s) Daisy Ridley and Harrison Ford were the only solid performances. The rest were just filler with no meaning or purpose. The Force Slumbers.
|crooker41@ - 210 reviews
12.1.2016 - age: 36-49
I was shocked at how enjoyable this was. I think it is pure genius to be able to make a movie about a financial crisis actually interesting. The acting was excellent, especially Steve Carrell and Ryan Gosling. Completely blown away by this movie.
|tcass@ - 155 reviews
4.1.2016 - age: 36-49
If you love blood, guts, and gore and people who talk and expound endlessly, this is the movie for you. I was not familiar with Tarantino's movies so I was not prepared. The second half was so horrendously gory it was surreal and almost funny at times. I found the movie without socially redeeming value.
|tom.b@ - 3 reviews
30.12.2015 - age: 50+
This film demands immediate attention. It deals with a subject that's pressing NOW. That subject? That we are being screwed day in and day out by vapid people who see dollars as being more important than human beings. So go see this movie, get educated. It might prompt you to try and do something about it, what, I don't know. Oh, and it's also hella funny.
|benjibango@ - 74 reviews
30.12.2015 - age: 18-25
The repetition was beyond belief. Almost every scene was a re-make of a previous one we have seen in the other episodes. Interesting special effects, but the story line had no development. Acting was ok.
|angberr@ - 116 reviews
3.1.2016 - age: 36-49
I enjoyed this movie very much. It was over the top as all of his films, but wickedly witty and funny at times. The acting is superb, especially Samuel Jackson. The story kept be intrigued throughout. I enjoyed and would recommend it.
|reth@ - 69 reviews
1.1.2016 - age: 50+
While I thoroughly enjoyed this movie, it was not very creative in its story line, taking previous themes and simply updating them with new characters. That said, the presence of many of the original characters was a nice touch, tying the old movies into the new and creating a great sense of nostalgia for those of us who were around when the first movies were released. Take it for what it is, and enjoy the ride.
|cinthusiast@ - first review
30.12.2015 - age: 50+
Finally watched this in 2015. It was highly recommended by a colleague who was 16 in 2004. In 2004, I had heard the hype but also heard not so good things. However I try to keep an open mind, since I love Christmas, always have and always will. This movie had such great potential... but I was bored. It was slow, the story seemed forced and truthfully to make children believe the North Pole is an industrialized city where presents go on conveyor belts is an abhorrent idea. Where is the vast beautiful wilderness? The polar bears and Santa and Mrs. Claus making presents in their cozy warm Cottage with elven helpers putting the final touches? Where is the barn with plenty of hay where Rudolph and the rest of the reindeer are getting ready for their big annual trip around the world? I was sorry to find no magic here, just streets and factories and concrete... all of which do not represent the North Pole or Christmas.
|siboney22@ - 56 reviews
29.12.2015 - age: 36-49
A good look at a few individuals who were smart enough and had the conviction to hold on and cash in during the temporary fall of our corrupt financial enterprise!
|jedgar@ - 386 reviews
25.12.2015 - age: 50+
The Farce is strong with this one... I had to walk out after about an hour for fear of getting an overdose of schmaltz, political correctness, and saccharine. I actually thought that the young stars were pretty good seeing what a childish script they were handed but the whole movie was sunk by the belief that what wowed the masses in 1977 would do the same again in 2015. I didn't want to see More Of The Same on retreads and I hated the feeling that I knew what was going to happen next. The producers should have remembered that recycling is what you do with garbage. I'd rename this one "The Farce Rises From the Dead in Search of Victims". It wasn't quite a horror film, but it came close.
|kaptain_kanada@ - 125 reviews
23.12.2015 - age: 50+
I liked it until the fight in the train and then the scenario seemed to fall apart and just when you want it to end, it goes on and on and on. Sam Mendes tried to do too much in one movie. Why does it always have to be an international conspiracy where James Bond constantly travels here and there and back again? It's dizzying. The movie made me long for the James Bond movies of old. It made me long for Judi Dench as M, it made me long for a better villain. Stick to a more simple plot that works. Maybe it's time for Mendes to take a break and let somebody else take over. Maybe it's time for Craig to take a break too. He wasn't half the James Bond we are used to see him play in this one. The fights are good, the car pursuit is great, the special effects/explosions are well done. The story just isn't really there. Or is it all over the place? We all know James Bond movies get a little bit over the top at times but we expect this and even like it. This one goes over over the top and becomes simply unbelievable, a caricature of a James Bond movie. I know my review sounds harsh but I was expecting a lot better. It's not awful, it's just not very good.
|mike@ - 80 reviews
22.12.2015 - age: 36-49
Wow, I never thought India could make an epic historical and do it so convincingly. Credit really should go to the director for investing 13 years into making this look beautiful and convincing. He has admittedly taken many cinematic liberties with the original story, but he admits it up front, and the end product is amazing. I am so glad SLB also didn't cast his original choices for this movie, because this movie deserved actors and not stars, and Ranveer, Priyanka and Deepika along with the supporting cast all give mesmerizing performances. Priyanka even outshines the others most times. Now the million dollar question I have is whether there is really such a thing as Aaina Mahal somewhere in India. It looked so cool on screen, and if that was just a film set, I give major props again to everyone. Bhansali is quite inconsistent with the quality of his movies, but this ranks among his best, along with Khamoshi: The Musical and Black.
|aliikram@ - 131 reviews
22.12.2015 - age: 36-49
A great addition to the Star Wars saga! Very nostalgic, yet with fresh new characters. An emotional roller coaster. Humorous. Has many similarities to Episode 4, Star Wars - A New Hope. Received applause by attendees at the end of the film. More to come!
|jdjeffird@ - 340 reviews
17.12.2015 - age: 36-49
Surprised by how much I liked this movie. Good story, and the leads, all 3, worked very well together, especially the two males. I really loved the subtle whit and comedy throughout this flick, and the cinematography, and the music. Not a James Bond sort of "BOOM in your FACE!", more like "well, kaboom, and there you go, in your face". Good flick!
|rob@ - 154 reviews
14.12.2015 - age: 36-49
The subject, akin to all the President's Men, but focused on the Catholic Clergies' inclination to sexually abuse children and try to cover it up, in Boston, should inherently drive a tense, anxious narrative. Despite the strong acting chops available, there was minimal tension and what there was only focused on News coverage timelines. A missed opportunity here. There should have been confrontation and anger, of which there was none. So it was interesting, only as a historical narrative.
|ajg@ - 38 reviews
9.12.2015 - age: 50+
Ron Howard is a world class director. A man who truly knows how to put a movie together. Unfortunately, his latest, In the Heart of the Sea, is not up to his usual impeccable standard of excellence. It has several things going for it, not the least of which is Chris Hemsworth's undeniable screen charisma, even if he has barely a role to speak of here. Gleeson makes a decent narrator, but both Cillian Murphy and new Spiderman Tom Holland are wasted. The narrative, which served as the inspiration for Moby Dick, should have been the clincher. A battle at sea with a 100 ft whale, who doesn't want to see that? Yet even the CGI whale encounters are rather ho-hum, some thrilling moments and impressive sound notwithstanding. The film moves along at a decent pace, but is flimsy where it counts, and never quite takes off like you're expecting it to. To my recollection, the only time Howard has failed to deliver a thoroughly enjoyable and emotionally stirring piece of entertainment with a solid foundation to work off of. Disappointing is surely the word.
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Fresh from the success of a fundraiser to distribute copies of the children's book Death is Wrong, the PDF version is now freely available. Grassroots advocacy for longevity science is made up of many such small projects, all of which are collectively necessary as a foundation for attracting greater support from more conservative institutions and high net worth individuals. Large donations only reliably arrive for fields in which public support is active and involved in this way:
At least 1,029 children in at least 14 countries will be taught that death is wrong as a result of the successful provision of Death is Wrong books to 50 longevity activists throughout the world. On August 7, 2014, the last book shipment, free for all recipients, was made, paid for by the funds raised through the Indiegogo campaign I ran in coordination with the Movement for Indefinite Life Extension (MILE). (Read Eric Schulke's earlier article about the success of the fundraiser and the tremendous efforts and publicity that made it possible.) While some of my critics, such as Slate's Joelle Renstrom, preemptively proclaimed that the funds raised would fall well short of the goal, we actually not only reached the goal in time but even exceeded it - and we have already spent all the money raised on providing free books to children.
Now that my campaign to spread over 1,000 Death is Wrong books to children has succeeded, I have asked myself what I could do to spread the book and its message even further. In an effort to increase the readership of the book, I have made the Second Edition available for free download as a PDF file. Perhaps, in this way, the book could reach tens or even hundreds of thousands of readers. Thus far, PDF versions are available in English, Russian, and Spanish.
Link: http://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/blog/2014/08/death-is-wrong-free-pdf/
Maybe a children's parable isn't the optimal format for presenting this information? Maybe a website with pictures that on mouseover bring up blocks of additional text or even short explanatory videos. But that would take time to produce and would need to be weighed against the expected audience size. Also I understand that slick websites don't come for free.
Having actually read the book a bit more I can see that it is more a long form essay than a children's parable with characters. I was imagining this book was something along the lines of "The Berenstain Bears Cheat Aging And Death" with the young bears being subjected to all the philosophical, ecological, and religious attempts to justify and not think about solving aging, but then realizing the invalidity of these arguments in a world where biotechnology can make a different (explaining all that in parable form is a tall order I know).
Here the Berenstain bears are taught why regular medical check ups are important:
You could also whack in a part 2 of "Death is Wrong" explaining the SENS approach in cartoons somehow? And the funding struggle?
Whether or not it is worth doing all that for the size of the audience it would reach and convince is an open question?
Jim - have you read Nick Bostrom's "fable of the Tyrant Dragon"?
Maybe someone should do an illustrated version of that.
@Mark - Cheers, I had seen the "fable of the Tyrant Dragon" it had slipped my mind.
I guess that the "fable of the Tyrant Dragon" didn't have a huge amount of impact, I'm guessing that not a lot of people beyond those already interested in reversing aging saw it.
I think part of the cleverness of "Death is wrong" is that it was partially an attempt to troll mainstream media outlets into giving rejuvenation biotechnology and SENS some coverage through being explicitly for children about a somewhat taboo subject. Slate's response was exactly what was intended.
I think it's a well intentioned concept but overall very silly.
Having read the book I think it is very good. My daughter and her friend appreciated the book as both have recently had love ones pass. The writing style was excellent.
As far as a need for Berenstain bears type books, I think that this is dumbing down writing. I understand that it is a childrens' book. But my opinion on the matter is that we should be educating our children. Providing them with literature that advances their education, and not seeking the lowest common denominator. In the 70's and 80's, I read many more books with far fewer pictures than my children do today. It may be due to my mother's friend was a librarian and she used it as a day care center for me while she worked 60 hours a week.
I do agree that it needs a more interactive treatment like many mobile stories do. See some of the Dr. Seuss interactive application on the Apple and Android stores. But the writing quality and style should not be sacrificed.


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On June 25, 2014, at approximately 3:30 p.m., State Police responded to a residence on Bradford Hill Road in Crown Point for a report of an order of protection violation.
46-year-old John E. Graves Jr. of Crown Point, took the victim's keys to her car and got into her car and started it. Graves then spun the tires, causing the rear brakes to lock up, and causing substantial damages to the rear wheel bearings and brakes.
Graveswas arrested and charged with Criminal Contempt 1st Degree, an E Felony, due to violating an active order of protection issued by the Town of Crown Point Court. He was also charged with Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle 3rd Degree, and Criminal Mischief 3rd Degree.
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