…were up in my stomach throughout the end of the 4th quarter.

Utah came out to Win in the 1st half. In the second half Utah played not to loose! What a disappointment that Utah did not make a statement in this nationally televised game. Once again Whit and Ludwig had an opponent on the ropes and DID NOT put the stake through the heart.
The Utah team racked up 179 yards in penalties – granted for a while there I wasn’t even sure that the guys in the strips weren’t playing for Michigan. Regardless still 179 yards in penalties? Gasser time boys! I hope you drop in practice on Tuesday. Discipline is the key to winning tight games. We were lucky today.
Johnson’s play was better than average in the 1st half but he started to hear foot steps in the 2nd and thus the 50 yards in offense????? Almost choked there Brian.
Ludwig’s play calling in the 2nd half – pitiful! If the average fan knows that Michigan’s D would step it up in the 2nd half Ludwig should be prepared to counter act their adjustments. The only time I saw even a hint of counter acting Michigan’s adjustments was the 1 time Utah came out with a moving pocket.
 Like they say a Win is a Win but a WIN WITH A STATEMENT would have been much better.

We started six freshman and played two different QBs with ZERO college football experience total, lose by two, and it’s the biggest win in your school’s history? I wouldn’t be too excited.

Good game, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves.

Go Blue.

We’ll see you in a few weeks. Should be a tough game for us based on what the Utes showed today.

Wow, what a game. First half was great. We had both sides of the ball playing great. Then came the second half where our defense was still playing great. Ugh, WhoAmISir you hit this right on the head. The second half we were playing not to loose, and that gets very frustrating. Why can’t we play to win all four quarters? And wow, 15 penalties for 179 yards. But ya know what, we got the W, in the BIG HOUSE. Great start to the season. Good luck to the Wolverines for the rest of the season. Now bring on the Rebs!

Also… the rushing attack. Yahoo! & the WWL each show Johnson having like 16 carries for -60 yards. What’s up with that?

Did Asiata look good? (I didn’t watch the game… superstition reasons…)

And Ludwig’s play calling in the 2nd half… sigh. I guess we’ve come to expect it from him.

Ludwig tried as hard as he could to kill it and let Michigan walk away with the W. But we got lucky and our defense played really well, dominating the whole game. People were saying how Michigan would run it through us the whole game and we stepped up. Only allowing 36 yards on the ground. Thats awesome. There were a couple plays on defense that were bad tho. Like the touchdown pass after the blocked punt. It was low enough that it could have been swatted out of the air. But it’s all good I guess since we held them off for the win. The penalties were pathetic. Tho at times I didn’t think there was a need to call some of them. How about the direct snap to Asiata tho? With Brian off playing wide out. Asiata would just pound it through their defense for at least 5 yards every time. It’s good to have a tough running game again finally. Even better starting out 1-0 for the first time since 2005. The way Brian played through the first half made me excited tho. He plays like that the whole year and we may be looking at a BCS bid.

Congrats Utes! I’ve become a fan of your team via playing with them on NCAA football video games. :D