Well, starting with what Bo would do, he would gra...

2009-11-02T23:58:40.297-05:00

Well, starting with what Bo would do, he would grab the first person he thought responsible and rip his head off and put it on a pike at the 50 yard line during practice as a warning to the rest of the team. Then he'd get mad! Bo teams didn't have this issue much because Bo was such a stickler for the fine details. I remember a Free Press article on how he would walk practice with a yard stick and measure the distances between players hands and feet and all and if it wasn't where it should be he'd smack that player with the stick. So when it came to wrapping up a player like Juice, the kids knew what to do. It's not just Michigan, it's a good chunk of the defenses in the NCAA that don't do the fundamentals. It's a lost art of a bygone era.

Purdue is a team that we can beat. Dang I hope so. I'm dragging my wife and 2 kids (age 7 and 10) from just outside of Charlotte, NC to the Big House for the Purdue game. 12 hours in the car for a 3 hour game and 12 hours back. But because I am not a bandwagon fan, I'll gladly make the trip for my team. Besides, it beats a day at work! And the asst principal at the school is a UM grad so the trip is already excused as a "learning event"!

I have seen flashes of what Rich Rod is bringing. I can't wait to see it in a couple years when it's completely installed. The defense will get better and the offense will be unbeatable. It just takes time. Carr may have won a couple more last year, but it still would have been a painful year.

Now if in 2 years, with 4 recruiting seasons under his belt Rich Rod is still stuggling in the Big 10, then yes, he'll have to go. But until over 75% of the players are his recruits (including the vast majority of the starters), he gets leeway.

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