Big Ten teleconference notebook: Rich Rodriguez pleased with Michigan football team's progress on offense

And he's absolutely right!
Offense is everything!!!!!
GRob just needs to get a bunch of 400 lb. 12th graders (there are plenty of those) and Barwis can turn them into 300 lb. monster D-linemen. Linebackers, same. Just change 350 lb. chubsters into 250 lb. assassins. And Our King will be able to get us a bunch of lightning quick guys to play the defensive backfield.
(I should get paid for all of this stuff I post here).

And, yes, your Wisconsin version of "Ode to King RichRod" is mere hours away from its debut!!!

An improvement would be 3 Big Ten wins as opposed to the 2 last year. Piling up yards and points against the Delaware State's of the world doesn't impress me much.

theo unfortunately we haven't seen anything positive from Barwis so far. We have seen our team struggle in the 2nd half in both seasons. He was over hyped and has more than failed to deliver on what he said would happen.
In 2 years of training there should be some big improvements. You can go work out at the Y and you will see a noticable difference in 2 years.

All the offensive stats are great, but the turnovers are horrible. The fumble against Purdue (why would you run an option play from your own side of the field while up by 2 TD's?) completely changed the momentum of the game... you can't blame the defense when they keep getting handed a short field by the offense...

We are not pleased with Rodriguez' progress,
schmuckeyes or Bust r.r.!
Ban The Red Wristband!
Go Blue!
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chosen1 go join all the other fair weather fans and go support Justin Boren, we don't need you. RR will win,and please don't pretend you know what goes on with Barwis's program and improvements.

Let's see the BEST offense in the Big Ten:
Western Michigan
Notre Dame
Eastern Michigan
Deleware State

RR has proven that we can pound on really bad teams. I'll be much more impressed if we pile 500 yards on OSU.

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Great News. Wisconsin is only favored by 7 points. That means that UM has a good chance to pull a huge upset.

That seems so strange to write, "UM trying to pull of a huge upset at Wisconsin"!

It's not likely to pull an upset but it is not impossible either. I hope they win and will cheer for it like crazy. I'll be there next week and cheering for win vs ohio state too. But neither is likely. This team (and coaching staff) have shown nothing to convince anyone that we have a good chance to win. It will be a HUGE upset if we win either game. 7-5 is mathematically possible. But so is winning the lottery.

We all want them to win...that's why some of us are upset when they don't and we see RR as the major change in the program that is causing it. I'll be cheering like crazy this Saturday against Wisconsin, too. I'd love to see these seniors have something to hang their hats on when they graduate. Also, I'd love to go to work on Monday and not have my coworkers out here in Arizona tell me (again!) what a joke Michigan football is becoming. I can only fall back on the history argument for so long...

Does anyond get as sick as I do when you see how well Mallett is doing this year? "The Arkansas quarterback has been exactly what the Razorbacks expected after sitting out last season as a transfer. With his strong arm and seemingly limitless confidence, Mallett has helped the Hogs become the Southeastern Conference's highest-scoring team — and this week he'll have a chance to set the school's single-season passing record." Source http://www.cbs42.com/sports/story/Look-out-Troy-Mallett-closing-in-on-Arkansas/VI9j09wkY0q6pV00cuMuEg.cspx The article goes on to say the only mild disappointment is his 57.6 completion percentage! And to think RR made no effort to keep this kid. What a poor evaluation of talent!

And look how well Petrino is doing in the SEC in only his second year. I'm not saying I'd want him as our coach, I'm just saying most quality coaches are doing far better at this point than RR is doing at Michigan. And yes, there was a high quality QB here when RR took over...THAT cupboard was NOT bare.

Mallett, like Navarre and Henne, were the beginning of the downfall of football decency and nationality. Jermaine Gonzalez, Matt Gutierrez, Spencer Brinton - now those dudes were some REAL quarterbacks.

Now I know you're joking...

To AZ Wolvie..... You better call in sick Monday.

How about defense? I noticed there was nothing on one of the worse defenses in the country. We got a new defensive coach this year that is still running the same defensive schemes we were seeing the past two years. The current defense is terribly one dimensional. Why don't they try playing up and bumping receivers occasionally? Playing off 10-15 yards opens up the run and short pass. Penn state found out last week what happens when you do that too often.

Offense has yet to prove itself against a good defensive team. Too inconsistent. Turnovers is an issue that the coaches don't seem to be able to address. I guess ball control drills are not a priority for RR.

RR still is playing the blame the players game which is unfortunate. It would be nice to see him take some responsibly once in awhile.

Lets see bump wr at the line ? gee would that work? Sometimes I wonder about these clowns coaching defense now im not saying fire RR but I am saying he has to cut ties with his WV buddies who are coaching the LB,s and the secondary because these bums cant coach I mean I have been saying it for the last 2 yrs bump the wr at the line give the line a chance to get to the QB dont let him sit back and pick us a part what a bunch of stinking pansies on defense they hit like petit little girls they play scared theres no nastyness in this bunch the way MICHIGAN use to play defense mean and nasty not this bunch of pansies except BG