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  • WoolleyDoog
    WoolleyDoog Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 5,927 Founders Club
    Fenderbender123 said:

    Here's a random thought...

    UW started classes on Jan 3. Michigan started on Jan 10.

    How much does this make a difference? Imagine being on a football team and you don't have to worry about homework and going to class. You can completely 100% focus on the national championship game. Does that make a difference? Should UW adjust it's scheduling?

    Might be overthinking it. I thought it was surprising they didn’t just go from New Orleans to Houston but don’t think it played a factor. Given how old so many of the UW players are I bet a large portion are graduated or taking minimal classes.
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  • whlinder
    whlinder Member Posts: 5,419
    backthepack said:

    Fenderbender123 said:

    Here's a random thought...

    UW started classes on Jan 3. Michigan started on Jan 10.

    How much does this make a difference? Imagine being on a football team and you don't have to worry about homework and going to class. You can completely 100% focus on the national championship game. Does that make a difference? Should UW adjust it's scheduling?

    None of them were doing any school work, be serious
    I expect as much, but still a distraction.

    I will hopefully be able to go back and figure out if Michigan flew back home overnight from the Rose Bowl or the day after. We just played "tired" and tired. Yes I know the B1G schedule next year will be similar but regular season you fly in the day before the game and don't have all the media stuff that Natty game requires.

    The other part, and I'd be curious what players think, but for big-time bowl games the charter flight will usually be a wide-body with lay flat business class. I've seen that fairly frequently. Google says Michigan flew to Houston in this:

    U-M flew charter from Detroit Metropolitan Airport on Friday afternoon, and they took to the air in the “Queen of the Skies” — a Boeing 747-400 with a custom interior for luxury travel. The Atlas Air-owned jumbo jet features “an exceptional VIP experience” to its passengers. It’s an upgrade in size — and likely in comfort — over the Boeing 757 used by the program for its regular-season flights earlier in the fall.

    The Wolverines have had a busy travel week. They left Pasadena for Ann Arbor in the hours after their Rose Bowl win the night of Monday, Jan. 1.


    Alaska pays us a good amount of money I assume to sponsor our stadiums and our players. And we naturally fly them to games, which is fine for the regular season usually. But playoffs, with so much else gong on, spending 5 hours on Tuesday and then 5 hours on Friday crammed into coach seats, that matters to peak performance. Meanwhile Michigan's dudes are sitting in business class and got back a day earlier.

    It wouldn't change the result but I think you compound everything crammed in that week and you can see why we weren't very sharp.
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  • Canadawg
    Canadawg Member Posts: 6,128
    Alexis said:

    I’m sure it’s been noticed and mentioned by all, but at the game last night I had a different viewpoint than most other games. (I was up much higher, and was way more sober for some reason).

    I knew it was an issue before, but yesterday is was really pounded home how slow our defense is. There is very little high caliber D1 talent anywhere in the D backfield especially.

    Watching the CB and safety have an angle on the big runs and not even get a hand on the guy as he cruises by was painful to watch.

    Coaching up 3 stars is great. But Deboner really needs to upgrade the raw talent.

    Completely agree. As much as people are taking about other areas not playing well last night the DBs and LBs athleticism cost the game ultimately even though they played pretty after the 1st quarter.

    Jackson, Dixon, Tupitala, Powell, Hampton all had clunky movement that cost them on plays.

    I hope Asa returns. He's not ELITE but he raises the floor. Becky London might be the best DB on the field next year. Pay Muhammad. Banks had sizzle and I have hope for him.
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  • Kingdome_Urinals
    Kingdome_Urinals Member Posts: 2,901
    Alexis said:

    I’m sure it’s been noticed and mentioned by all, but at the game last night I had a different viewpoint than most other games. (I was up much higher, and was way more sober for some reason).

    I knew it was an issue before, but yesterday is was really pounded home how slow our defense is. There is very little high caliber D1 talent anywhere in the D backfield especially.

    Watching the CB and safety have an angle on the big runs and not even get a hand on the guy as he cruises by was painful to watch.

    Coaching up 3 stars is great. But Deboner really needs to upgrade the raw talent.

    It’s amazing these guys were able to play as well as they did at times.

    3 or 4 really talented guys and a lot of jags. I think they are all tough kids though.
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  • CallMeBigErn
    CallMeBigErn Member Posts: 8,028
    Canadawg said:

    Alexis said:

    I’m sure it’s been noticed and mentioned by all, but at the game last night I had a different viewpoint than most other games. (I was up much higher, and was way more sober for some reason).

    I knew it was an issue before, but yesterday is was really pounded home how slow our defense is. There is very little high caliber D1 talent anywhere in the D backfield especially.

    Watching the CB and safety have an angle on the big runs and not even get a hand on the guy as he cruises by was painful to watch.

    Coaching up 3 stars is great. But Deboner really needs to upgrade the raw talent.

    I hope Asa returns. He's not ELITE but he raises the floor. Becky London might be the best DB on the field next year. Pay Muhammad. Banks had sizzle and I have hope for him.

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  • chuck
    chuck Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 11,841 Swaye's Wigwam
    Houhusky said:

    Canadawg said:

    Alexis said:

    I’m sure it’s been noticed and mentioned by all, but at the game last night I had a different viewpoint than most other games. (I was up much higher, and was way more sober for some reason).

    I knew it was an issue before, but yesterday is was really pounded home how slow our defense is. There is very little high caliber D1 talent anywhere in the D backfield especially.

    Watching the CB and safety have an angle on the big runs and not even get a hand on the guy as he cruises by was painful to watch.

    Coaching up 3 stars is great. But Deboner really needs to upgrade the raw talent.

    Completely agree. As much as people are taking about other areas not playing well last night the DBs and LBs athleticism cost the game ultimately even though they played pretty after the 1st quarter.

    Jackson, Dixon, Tupitala, Powell, Hampton all had clunky movement that cost them on plays.

    I hope Asa returns. He's not ELITE but he raises the floor. Becky London might be the best DB on the field next year. Pay Muhammad. Banks had sizzle and I have hope for him.
    JFC some of you are really pushing me into making another Asa sucks manifesto gif post that I really dont want to make...
    Fuck that man. Make it.
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