Week 9: Now You See Me, Now You Don't!

A little bit here, a little bit there . . . Every once in a while we actually get a glimpse of what Rich Rodriguez has been trying to do with this Michigan football team. But as soon as they get us asking ourselves, "Could this be a sign of progress?" They have a complete regression.

How does a team mount three scoring drives for over 200 yards and then follow with three straight 3-and-outs? I don't care if it's a top-10 defense, if you've kept them on the field for 14 of the first 18 minutes of the game and run all over them, there's no excuse for only gaining 8 yards and no first-downs for the rest of the half.

I'm also doubting this mantra about being the best-conditioned team in the conference. We still haven't seen this team put in a 60-minute game. They certainly aren't the most disciplined team in the conference. You're trying to get into halftime up 10 points with two minutes left and you go and spot the team 15 yards with a stupid personal foul. Are you kidding me? And once they put Nick Sheridan in the game we all knew it was over. Just another week of mostly awful football.

Standings:

This Week	W	L	(Overall)
A True Blue Husker	15	7	(117-45)
Kenny Pickett	17	5	(110-52)
The Guvna	15	7	(110-52)
Dr. L	14	8	(109-53)
Chief Justice	20	2	(108-54)
O-knee-der	12	10	(108-54)
The Rev	15	7	(108-54)
Tornado Beast	11	11	(108-54)

Schedule:

Thursday, October 23
7:30 PM ET Auburn at West Virginia

Friday, October 24
9:00 PM ET #12 Boise State at San Jose State

Saturday, October 25
12:00 PM ET #8 Texas Tech at #23 Kansas
12:00 PM ET #22 Northwestern at Indiana
12:00 PM ET #24 Minnesota at Purdue
12:00 PM ET Boston College at North Carolina
12:00 PM ET Illinois at Wisconsin
12:00 PM ET Wake Forest at Miami (FL)
12:30 PM ET Kentucky at #10 Florida
12:30 PM ET Baylor at Nebraska
3:00 PM ET Duke at Vanderbilt
3:30 PM ET #6 Oklahoma State at #1 Texas
3:30 PM ET #7 Georgia at #13 LSU
3:30 PM ET #16 South Florida at Louisville
3:30 PM ET Virginia at #18 Georgia Tech
3:30 PM ET Virginia Tech at #25 Florida State
3:30 PM ET UCLA at California
3:30 PM ET North Carolina State at Maryland
3:30 PM ET Michigan State at Michigan
6:30 PM ET Colorado at #15 Missouri
7:00 PM ET Mississippi at Arkansas
7:45 PM ET #2 Alabama at Tennessee
8:00 PM ET #3 Penn State at #9 Ohio State
8:00 PM ET Notre Dame at Washington
10:00 PM ET Oregon at Arizona State
10:15 PM ET #5 USC at Arizona