Michigan Defeats Falcons

 A few things.

I'm proud of how our guys played.  They stayed with Michigan for a half, moved the ball, got some turnovers, pressured the quarterback...I thought we hung in there really well.  In the end, they had too much for us and won 31-6.  We covered and we represented ourselves well.  I was proud of the effort.

In particular, we had to play Hayden Timosciek at QB.  You may well have not previously heard that name.  He is a walk-on transfer.  Here is the post I did when he committed. To make matters worse, he was the scout team QB during the week, imitating McCarthy.  He had taken zero game snaps and no snaps this week in our offense.  He showed some real guts under those circumstances.

It could end up having a high cost.  You hope to come out of something like that healthy, and it was not what appeared to happen.  We will eventually know more, but I am taking my cue from Loeffler saying "come hell or high water," we would find a way to win Saturday.  If he's invoking that, then I suspect we have problems.

Of course, there was the awful injury to Demetrious Hardamon.  I have no info on him and won't until it becomes public.  We are sending him all of our love.  He's one of our top players.  Also academic All-MAC in Construction Management.  Just heartbreaking.

Coach said that Gazerek has a high ankle sprain, which would mean he is probably out on Saturday.  Trent Simms was injured.  Branch-Haynes. I don't know if there were others.

And QB.  So, Bazelak was apparently injured in practice Thursday and did not play.  Orth started the game and then left with an injury I am assuming to be a concussion.  Which led to Timosciek.  This situation bears watching. OU is ridiculously good on defense and is coming off a P5 win.  The Bobcats are #14 in the nation in scoring defense.  We are going to need strong QB play.

These games are a known cost of our program.  We need the income to compete.  Ohio played only one P5 game and it was at home.  UT played 1 as well, though away. On the other hand, the coach says our players love to play in these games, and you can certainly imagine the thrill of playing in The Big House or the Horseshoe.  But it takes a toll and the players pay it.

Next up is what is probably the biggest game of the season.  If BG has championship intentions, you pretty much have to have this one.  It's at home, it's homecoming.  Hell or high water.