when was the last time that happened? ever?

Never.

when was the last time that happened? ever?

We may see something even more historic Saturday night: The way these two teams are playing, they may BOTH lose the game and be 0-3 afterward.

Highly unlikely but would be great nonetheless.

Couldn`t happen to two more deserving programs. Harsh reality aside, I believe this will be an interesting game. UM`s secondary appears to be Pop Warner in quality which could give helium heels Clausen some early confidence.

Two anemic offenses (perhaps ND`s is worse) pitted against two gelded defenses. If Mouth Hart stays in the game and doesn`t feign an injury because he is pouting, UM should pull it out.

I`ll say Mouth Hart and the Quitters 27, Jimmy in the Closets 20. Prime-time baby, prime-time.

It will be a clash between Notre Dame's immovable offense vs. Michigan's unstoppable defense. I wonder if it is poosible for both teams to look terrible at the same time or if one team will have to look good in comparison.

It will be a clash between Notre Dame's immovable offense vs. Michigan's unstoppable defense. I wonder if it is poosible for both teams to look terrible at the same time or if one team will have to look good in comparison.

LOL.

Henne is reportedly out vs. ND.

Possible MCL injury.

With Henne, a 20 point victory for Michigan. Without? Toss up a coin. This one won't be pretty at all. I'll still watch, win-win situation for me with ND the following week for State and the hated Michigan facing 0-3.

Michigan quarterback Chad Henne will miss Notre Dame game

By LARRY LAGE, AP Sports Writer
September 10, 2007

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) -- Injured Michigan quarterback Chad Henne will not play against Notre Dame.

Wolverines coach Lloyd Carr did not provide a timetable for Henne's return, listing him Monday as week-to-week. The senior was knocked out of the second half of Saturday's 39-7 loss to Oregon.

Freshman Ryan Mallett will start against the Fighting Irish on Saturday at home in a matchup of storied teams with 0-2 records.

"This test will be different than any he's had," Carr said. "But I can guarantee you that he's not intimidated."

Carr declined to confirm Saturday's ABC-TV report that Michigan trainer Paul Schmidt said Henne had a lower-leg injury.

The senior struggled in his first 1 1/2 games as the Wolverines opened with two losses at home for the first time since 1959.

Henne was 12-of-23 for 172 yards with a touchdown and an interception, a pass that sailed into double coverage on the opening drive against Oregon. In the opener, he was 19-of-37 for 233 yards with a score and an interception in Appalachian State territory.

Henne connected with Adrian Arrington late in the first quarter against Oregon, giving Michigan a 7-3 lead and tying a school record. It was the senior quarterback's 72nd touchdown pass, tying John Navarre.

Mallett started the second half and threw an interception midway through the third quarter. He finished with six completions in 17 attempts for 49 yards.

The freshman from Texarkana, Texas enrolled at Michigan in January and participated in spring practice.

"That helps a lot," offensive tackle Jake Long said. "It's kind of like he's a redshirt freshman."

Things are breaking just right for a possible special season.

What a clusterfuck! No Chad Henry? If I'm Chuck E. Weiss I sit that goofy looking Clausen and get "Demetrius the Gladiator" out of mothballs and teach him the spread over the next 4 days. Instant "W". My favorite weekend of the year. I can't lose. One of these stiffs has to lose.

Yeah I am thinking the same thing, why not just play Jones and have him run all over Michigan.

Can't LC be out for a week or more? A stubbed vagina or something?

Yeah, it's really EASY to implement a whole new offense in just six days! That's why ALL the cool coaches do it!

This game will be a prime example of watching something just because it looks that amazing in HD and for no other reason than that.

This game will be a prime example of watching something just because it looks that amazing in HD and for no other reason than that.

You actually took the time to write that?

Henne out for 3-6 weeks.

He has an MCL problem.

Tahoe. He is just quoting what someone said to him about many MSU games over the last few years..:)

You actually took the time to write that?

You actually took the time to wrote that?

Tahoe. He is just quoting what someone said to him about many MSU games over the last few years..:)

Wrong, MSU wouldn't be in HD because they would have to be on a major station and to be on a major station you'd have to have a good team, therefore during the Bobby/JLS joke era...it didn't happen.

Can we call the Lllly (4 "L"s, no "o", no "d") era the joke era at Michigan?

Here is a nice site about ND.

http://www.jcspn.com/#

This could have been posted already, but I was too lazy to check.

You actually took the time to wrote that?

You actually took time to write that he wrote that?

You actually took time to write that he wrote that?

haha, you know you've been on WTF too long that day when you write something like wrote in that sentence.

You might want to run that sentence by that 4th grader to correct for you.

I was going to make some fun of it (something abouta MSU education), but with my spelling, grammar, etc, I aint goin there. :)

You might want to run that sentence by that 4th grader to correct for you.

I was going to make some fun of it (something abouta MSU education), but with my spelling, grammar, etc, I aint goin there. :)

I definately bring my C game grammatically on message boards and I'm proud of it. haha

I didn't even mean to point out the error. I just meant what I wrote, that I couldn't believe that you took the time to believe that he wrote that you believe that he didn't have the time to take the believe...um...time to wrote...

Okay, I'm going to make a prediction. Not much discussion here, I'll see if I can maybe at least spark some predictions. I think this game is close and both qbs make some mistakes. The fact that Clausen has at least started helps him and narrows the difference in teams slightly. He probably won't have the same jitters as Mallet. I'd love to predict a Irish win, but I think Long, Hart, and Mario are the difference. UM by 10. Ugly game. Wouldn't be surprised to see Weis open it up and spread it though making things a little shaky for old blue.

UM wins the "Toilet Bowl". 27-17.

Notre Dame's "Mobile Black Quarterback" skipped out on the team yesterday. He didn;t make it to the bus for the trip to Ann Arbor, and has apparently quit.
That means no "Spread Offense" surprise for the beleaguered Michigan defense today.
Notre Dame 17 Michigan 10

Does anyone know what the deal with Johnny Sears is? I'm hearing some rumors that he is possibly done at Michigan forever.

Notre Dame's "Mobile Black Quarterback" skipped out on the team yesterday. He didn;t make it to the bus for the trip to Ann Arbor, and has apparently quit.
That means no "Spread Offense" surprise for the beleaguered Michigan defense today.
Notre Dame 17 Michigan 10

Transferring to N. Illinois

Hey Ledezma, who you got and by how much?

Well, you try to run a surprise spread offense, and POOF, it blows up. I would have thought Weis was smarter than that.

I think that over the last ten years in college football, nothing is more tense than watching Michigan attempt any kind of kick.

No offense to UM fans, but damn ND sucks bad this year. LOL @ ND.

darkobetterthanmelo, what are your thoughts about this....?

Now I can just sit back and drink beer and wait for the USC-Nebraska game.
Let me tell you, Nebraska is PUMPED for this one. Shit.

Holy shit, did someone say Demens and Nick (Smith) Perry are at this game???

Yeah they both made it in. Perry showed up in the 2nd quarter.

I dont know if I said it on this site, but i know I have said it to my friends around here and other sites; Michigan will beat up on nonspread teams.

Which is why OSU and Wiscy are going to be fun.

See what PSU decides to do next week.

Give Michigan some credit for wrecking havoc. B. Graham (#55) has finally played major minutes and is really helping the Dline by being able to move Crable back to OLB.

Given that ND sucks, does Henne start when he is healthy? That backup Mallet looks good. Carr will probably play the 'cant lose your job due to injury card' but I never thought Henne was that great. As a Wisconsin fan, I think Id rather see Henne than Mallet on 11/10. (Ill be there for the record)

I have a feeling that Henne is done for the season, I think the knee is multo fuckto.

Ohio State is bad ass.

Cogent victory.

yea, i cognetly enjoyed this cogent victory over a less than cogent nd team. artemis is right, UM doesnt suck, it just sucks against the spread.

i was most amazed by the cognet performence of mike hart, who easily beat my over/under of 150 and 1 td, despite speaking some words and missing the odd play. i guess even though sparty is 3-0, they aint right about everything.

I have a feeling that Henne is done for the season, I think the knee is multo fuckto.

Lloyd will find a way to play him.

Dont know where to put this, but it looks like Sears is off the team. Rumor has it he was fighting on the bus with some teammates.

I don't give a shit how bad ND is that was a good win. Now A2 gets a boost and another white stiff QB coming into the House. Dino Morelli, who I think was the lead singer for the "Quicksilver Messenger Service" (queue "What About Me?") has come back and in this incarnation is the lead footed white stiff Penn State QB that U-M feasts on. Just what the Doc ordered. Hart is a tough little shit and ran his ass off. Post game he guaranteed victory in Iraq so we can all look forward to that. I'm happy for the U-M. Of course I have my own agenda in that now perhaps the "snivelfest" and the "wailing" for Lloyds' head ends until the next beat down. Anybody ever hear of Juice Williams @ Illinois?

Hip, I'm the opposite: I have to tune out to the "snivelfest" that will ensue telling us all that everything is back on track, and UM should be in good shape for the national championship, and those who wanted Lloyd Carr to be fired don't know what they are talking about.
Uh, this Juice Williams thing: NO way.

Hip, I'm the opposite: I have to tune out to the "snivelfest" that will ensue telling us all that everything is back on track, and UM should be in good shape for the national championship, and those who wanted Lloyd Carr to be fired don't know what they are talking about.
Uh, this Juice Williams thing: NO way.

It's in the cornfield and I'm all over "Zookers Scnookers" on this one. Juice will be a load for Blue to defend. You know how they get.

Hip, I'm the opposite: I have to tune out to the "snivelfest" that will ensue telling us all that everything is back on track, and UM should be in good shape for the national championship, and those who wanted Lloyd Carr to be fired don't know what they are talking about.
Uh, this Juice Williams thing: NO way.

October 20, 2007 in the cornfield @ NIGHT.

I'll make a note.
It seems like UM hasn't played IIlinois in a decade.

darkobetterthanmelo, what are your thoughts about this....?

haha, remember when he showed up here before the season hyping Notre Dame? I don't think I've ever seen an offense this bad in my life. No joke.

Given that ND sucks, does Henne start when he is healthy? That backup Mallet looks good. Carr will probably play the 'cant lose your job due to injury card' but I never thought Henne was that great. As a Wisconsin fan, I think Id rather see Henne than Mallet on 11/10. (Ill be there for the record)

You think Mallet looked good? Wow, I guess I saw it completely different. I was sitting with some of my UM friends and they were hating it. Complaining about how he can't move, how he laughs every single time he makes a mistake, how his touch passes are just plain off, etc. Those aren't my words, those were theirs. I tended to agree with them in that I didn't think he looked that good.

I think he will be a giant issue against good teams.

You think Mallet looked good? Wow, I guess I saw it completely different. I was sitting with some of my UM friends and they were hating it. Complaining about how he can't move, how he laughs every single time he makes a mistake, how his touch passes are just plain off, etc. Those aren't my words, those were theirs. I tended to agree with them in that I didn't think he looked that good.

I think he will be a giant issue against good teams.

I was channel flipping, so I probably only saw the good plays.

gotcha, I'll be extremely interested to see how he plays against Penn St. Hart is fantastic, however it seems like a team like PSU could just load up against the run so much forcing Mallet to make plays.

PSU looks like a force this year. My stepdad said OSU is the big test for UW but I say its PSU. Going to be an interesting B10 year for sure.

TRE:
I'd say I wasn't terribly impressed with Mallett, but he only attempted 15 passes, completing seven and three were for TD's. The TD throws were all pretty good. We knew Lloyd would keep him on a short leash, and of course we know that ND's defense is pretty horrid. All in all, though, for being tossed in there due to Henne's injury, not at all something to be displeased with.
I don't know what your "UM friends" were expecting. Again, the side issues that mean nothing keep popping up in your posts (even if you attribute them to your "UM friends"), such as smiling at his mistakes. Hell, I dont know; maybe, and call me stupid if it's wrong, the kid was having some fun out there and the coaches pumped him by telling him not to get down on himself if he made a mistake.
Sounds to me like your "UM friends" are dickheads.

gotcha, I'll be extremely interested to see how he plays against Penn St. Hart is fantastic, however it seems like a team like PSU could just load up against the run so much forcing Mallet to make plays.

Cogent, for once. Tenuously cogent.

TRE:
I'd say I wasn't terribly impressed with Mallett, but he only attempted 15 passes, completing seven and three were for TD's. The TD throws were all pretty good. We knew Lloyd would keep him on a short leash, and of course we know that ND's defense is pretty horrid. All in all, though, for being tossed in there due to Henne's injury, not at all something to be displeased with.
I don't know what your "UM friends" were expecting. Again, the side issues that mean nothing keep popping up in your posts (even if you attribute them to your "UM friends"), such as smiling at his mistakes. Hell, I dont know; maybe, and call me stupid if it's wrong, the kid was having some fun out there and the coaches pumped him by telling him not to get down on himself if he made a mistake.
Sounds to me like your "UM friends" are dickheads.

Dickheads? Ummm...no. Extremely intelligent football fans for the most part that were watching to see how he might end up being in the future. You can watch the conservative game plan and say he played executed it fairly well. I was watching to see how good he'd be in the future and my friends were as well. Things like touch on passes, mobility, making the right reads, etc. I could care less how he executes a dumbed down game plan against a HORRIBLE team. I was looking for the other things to see how he might play against the top comp. and in the future. I see tremendous arm strength and confidence. I see weaknesses in the areas listed earlier/above in this post.

BTW Zip, I don't expect you to be able to analyze a UM player's game and say anything remotely critical at all. I know in your mind a Wolverine player isn't capable of having any sort of flaws so I'm not anticipating a decent discussion on strengths and weaknesses, but whatever.

And if you and your dickhead friends are going to be fair, then at this point, you'd have to say: "I just can't tell from one game in his freshman year".

But if the smiling really bothered you and the dickheads, then fairness is probably out of the question.

nice. "extremely intelligent UM football fans". is that the ugly inferiority complex popping up again?

i liked mallet. i think he's mobile for 6'7". im loving his arm. im sure he'll get more sophisticated in his reads and his touch in the future.

zip's right. what did you want him to do, hang himself after an inc? sounds about in line with your views on the 'problem child' mike hart. i really hope sparty runs the table till the matchup in november. i cant wait for that one.

Kind of ironic that I was talking to my MSU friends and they were saying how they killed Pitt. I was like, are you kidding me right now.

They rarely show Eastern Michigan, Western Michigan or Michigan State (those type of teams) out here so I didn't see the game. But 17-13 isn't a killing, imo.

I like Mallet bringing some fun to the game. I liked it even better when it looked liked it pissed LC off that he was laughing.

I'm with you b-diddy, if UM is as bad as they seem and as bad as some of the resident MSU fans like to remind us, what are they gonna say if a bad UM team steamrolls them?

Prepare for the backtracking and bet-hedging to commence.

The typical Sparty line is: Well hells bells, they PICKED us to finish last, and we did, by gawd!

http://www.montaraventures.com/pix/weis_ballerina.jpg

One thing we should all agree on is that Dave Wanndstedt is a terrible coach.

One thing we should all agree on is that Dave Wanndstedt is a terrible coach.

Amen to that brother!!!

nice. "extremely intelligent UM football fans". is that the ugly inferiority complex popping up again?

i liked mallet. i think he's mobile for 6'7". im loving his arm. im sure he'll get more sophisticated in his reads and his touch in the future.

zip's right. what did you want him to do, hang himself after an inc? sounds about in line with your views on the 'problem child' mike hart. i really hope sparty runs the table till the matchup in november. i cant wait for that one.

B-Diddy, you are so off the wall and retarded I don't even know where to begin. First of all, you misquoted me. I said my friends are extremely intelligent football fans. What in the hell does that have to do with your inferiority complex? It is so retarded I can't even make a connection-no clue what you are talking about.

I find it hilarious that you post "inferiority complex" in every single post. Seriously, every post directed towards State, you throw that in. Funny too seeing that UM has been the joke of the sports nation for all of September, yet you think MSU fans wish they were in your shoes somehow.

Now let's head on down to your comment about laughing after every single mistake. If you actually READ my post above I clearly stated that those were there words-NOT MINE. You can read can't you.

Your post just backs my growing opinion that UM fans do not have the ability to critique any part of their players game because they can not say one negative thing. DREAM WORLD.

I'm with you b-diddy, if UM is as bad as they seem and as bad as some of the resident MSU fans like to remind us, what are they gonna say if a bad UM team steamrolls them?

Prepare for the backtracking and bet-hedging to commence.

Glenn, you are getting dangerously close to B-Diddy retard level so you might want to check yourself. Go ahead and read over the Spartans posts here over the last few weeks. It is unbelievable that you'd post this. WHEN HAVE WE SAID THAT UM IS BAD? Go ahead, I'm waiting. I seriously want to see it and I'll continue to call you on it until you back that. Probably the worst thing said here was that the toilet bowl wasn't going to be a pretty game.

Go to the UM isn't in the top 25 thread and you'll see that I SPECIFICALLY STATED THAT UM IS CLEARLY ONE OF THE TOP 25 TEAMS EVEN AFTER THEY LOST TO APP. STATE. So why don't you shut the fuck up and get over your obsession with the State fans. I'm seriously starting to think there really is a complex out there and it is the UM fans obsessing over State. We haven't even rubbed in the embarrassment much given how the national media has been, yet you guys are still so fucking defensive over anything and everything we say. Go ahead, talk about steamrolling MSU and all that shit. Fine with me. You guys were the ones predicting 6 wins at best, usually 5 and no bowl. We've just sat back and enjoyed the show that is college football while you UM fans cry, whine, bitch, complain, and then cry some more when a single criticism is mentioned of anything maize and blue. And I've thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it. You guys were the ones writing all the checks preseason, not us. So I'd shut the fuck up, you have no room to talk.

Whoa, dude.

Bravo.

Glenn, you are getting dangerously close to B-Diddy retard level so you might want to check yourself. Go ahead and read over the Spartans posts here over the last few weeks. It is unbelievable that you'd post this. WHEN HAVE WE SAID THAT UM IS BAD? Go ahead, I'm waiting. I seriously want to see it and I'll continue to call you on it until you back that. Probably the worst thing said here was that the toilet bowl wasn't going to be a pretty game.

Go to the UM isn't in the top 25 thread and you'll see that I SPECIFICALLY STATED THAT UM IS CLEARLY ONE OF THE TOP 25 TEAMS EVEN AFTER THEY LOST TO APP. STATE. So why don't you shut the fuck up and get over your obsession with the State fans. I'm seriously starting to think there really is a complex out there and it is the UM fans obsessing over State. We haven't even rubbed in the embarrassment much given how the national media has been, yet you guys are still so fucking defensive over anything and everything we say. Go ahead, talk about steamrolling MSU and all that shit. Fine with me. You guys were the ones predicting 6 wins at best, usually 5 and no bowl. We've just sat back and enjoyed the show that is college football while you UM fans cry, whine, bitch, complain, and then cry some more when a single criticism is mentioned of anything maize and blue. And I've thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it. You guys were the ones writing all the checks preseason, not us. So I'd shut the fuck up, you have no room to talk.

Total inferiority complex. Man, have you considered therapy?

I guess Tre hasn't seen the "Michigan Sucks Balls" avatar that one of the Sparties here is rocking.

Funny, even when you agree with them, they want you to disagree.

And although I was just proposing a hypothetical "what if" with regards to the UM/MSU question, I think it has touched a nerve.

Let the excuses and couched comments commence!!

B-Diddy, you are so off the wall and retarded I don't even know where to begin. First of all, you misquoted me. I said my friends are extremely intelligent football fans. What in the hell does that have to do with your inferiority complex? It is so retarded I can't even make a connection-no clue what you are talking about.

I find it hilarious that you post "inferiority complex" in every single post. Seriously, every post directed towards State, you throw that in. Funny too seeing that UM has been the joke of the sports nation for all of September, yet you think MSU fans wish they were in your shoes somehow.

Now let's head on down to your comment about laughing after every single mistake. If you actually READ my post above I clearly stated that those were there words-NOT MINE. You can read can't you.

Your post just backs my growing opinion that UM fans do not have the ability to critique any part of their players game because they can not say one negative thing. DREAM WORLD.

8 days ago ryan mallet didnt think he was going to see one snap this season, and he is now starting. he's a true freshmen and a kid who is 6'7" and probably hasnt even grown into his body. you talk about your um fans who hated him who know more about football than we do. fine. chad henne says mallet has the tools to be the top UM qb ever. he was the #2 qb recruit in the country, after all. he atleast has the toolset of a john navarre (who, despite the criticisms, had an excellent NCAA career).

i love the "your incapable of being biased card" that you like to play. laughable, coming from you. its almost as good as the "im not on here to talk trash about this devastating, embarrassing, unprecedented loss".

buckdow is a little turd but atleast he accpets it. your the one who posts "the flame wars MUST end" in one post and in the next one are egging them on. its the whole 'holier than thou' schtick.

All this projecting on Mallett is laughable. The kid was a 4A Tejas stud. He's 18 years old and he's started one game. He does benefit in that he was an early enrollee at U-M in 1/07. This should help him soak up more than a kid who has been there 7 weeks. I'm all "wait and see" on this kid. Big arm. I'm thinkin' he's a pretty smart kid. To discount him is foolish but to anoint him at this stage is just as dumb. Penn State will test him with lots of looks and in doing so will make DeBord keep it real basic. They may be able to pull it off if the "D" gets in Morelli's face. He's just what they dream of. White and immobile. They've feasted on his bones before and don't think that won't be in Morelli's dome.

I guess Tre hasn't seen the "Michigan Sucks Balls" avatar that one of the Sparties here is rocking.

Funny, even when you agree with them, they want you to disagree.

And although I was just proposing a hypothetical "what if" with regards to the UM/MSU question, I think it has touched a nerve.

Let the excuses and couched comments commence!!


Excuses? Who should have them? The National Title hoping Wolverines that are an embarrassing 1-2 or the new coached Spartans that were picked to be bottom of the barrel in the BT at 3-0.

Nice logic.

How do you interpret me calling Michigan a bad team as making excuses?

My question/statement stands, for as much as Michigan as been a "national joke" as you have pointed out 1 or 467 times, what are you gonna say if they blow your team's door off?

If there ever was a year for MSU to take out all of their past frustration on UM, the time is now.

Let's see if they blow it or not.

All this projecting on Mallett is laughable. The kid was a 4A Tejas stud. He's 18 years old and he's started one game. He does benefit in that he was an early enrollee at U-M in 1/07. This should help him soak up more than a kid who has been there 7 weeks. I'm all "wait and see" on this kid. Big arm. I'm thinkin' he's a pretty smart kid. To discount him is foolish but to anoint him at this stage is just as dumb. Penn State will test him with lots of looks and in doing so will make DeBord keep it real basic. They may be able to pull it off if the "D" gets in Morelli's face. He's just what they dream of. White and immobile. They've feasted on his bones before and don't think that won't be in Morelli's dome.

Lots of cegentivity there, Hip.
It IS too early to rate Mallett, except to say that four years under Lloyd and we still wouldn;t know how talented he is.
Also, Michigan should be able to rattle Morelli, but I don;t think he's very good, anyway. Teams with quarterbacks who aren't very good is also something UM has been feasting on over the years.
I DO smell and upset here.

8 days ago ryan mallet didnt think he was going to see one snap this season, and he is now starting. he's a true freshmen and a kid who is 6'7" and probably hasnt even grown into his body. you talk about your um fans who hated him who know more about football than we do. fine. chad henne says mallet has the tools to be the top UM qb ever. he was the #2 qb recruit in the country, after all. he atleast has the toolset of a john navarre (who, despite the criticisms, had an excellent NCAA career).

i love the "your incapable of being biased card" that you like to play. laughable, coming from you. its almost as good as the "im not on here to talk trash about this devastating, embarrassing, unprecedented loss".

buckdow is a little turd but atleast he accpets it. your the one who posts "the flame wars MUST end" in one post and in the next one are egging them on. its the whole 'holier than thou' schtick.

Just another example of a UM fan that is so blatantly wrapped up in his team that he can't discuss a player whatsoever. Seriously, you're horrible. I provided strengths and weaknesses that I've seen after a game and a half of Mallet and you've got your panties all in a bunch over it. Are you capable of discussing a player or do we all just have to bow down to every Wolverine on the planet? It's fucking hilarious, you can't even handle an ounce of criticism thrown a Michigan players way without having a hissy fit. I mean, it's not like I said the dude was terrible. I just wasn't all that impressed, yet I did point out strengths.


B-Diddy wrote: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! DID HE JUST SAY SOMETHING NEGATIVE ABOUT A UM PLAYER????? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

I think it is premature to judge mallett based on his first game. He probably had some jitters, but he made the throws that were needed to win the game. The one thing that I like compared to henne and navarre is his ability to throw on the run. Henne and Navarre were/are just awful at throwing without having their feet set. Mallett looks much more comfortable, even if he is not the most graceful runner. Once mallett gets accustomed to the speed of the college game, i think his "touch" passes will improve. The kid has unlimited potential. He throws the ball effortlessly.

That said, I think michigan loses a close game on saturday because their defense will give up too many big plays. 20-17 psu.

^I agree you can't judge him yet. A freshman QB starting against ND for an 0-2 Michigan team? Too much pressure to get an accurate judgement.

Note: I did not see the game so I am looking forward to seeing what he's got, even though Henne should start every game this year if healthy.

We were so close to putting up 40 it was stupid.