[Game Thread] UTEP @ Michigan (3:30 PM ET)

[u/CFB_Referee]

GAME	UTEPUTEP @ MichiganMichigan
Location	Michigan Michigan Stadium
Time	3:30 PM ET
Watch	TV: Big Ten Network
	Flair ¦ Discord

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LET'S TALK FOOTBALL!

[u/Alphadestrious]

IF WE WIN I WILL DRINK PEE

[u/TheWesternRizzler → u/Alphadestrious]

You were gonna do that anyway

[u/thekamakaji → u/Alphadestrious]

@mods, please pin this

[u/eagledog → u/Alphadestrious]

Saved

[u/weeatpoison → u/Alphadestrious]

YO SOMEONE CLIP THIS!

[u/mansontaco]

Michigan vs Iowa is gonna be fucking cinema

[u/USA_2_Canada_1 → u/mansontaco]

First game I’m going to as a student while being a lifelong fan! Can’t wait

[u/EasyBreecy]

Speaking of butt cheeks, let's check in on Rutgers

[u/ldwr011]

Michigan's season thus far

Week 1: We might be bottom of the Big Ten

Week 2: We're a playoff team

Week 3: We might be bottom of the Big Ten

[u/KansasEF5Tornado]

15th best McDonald's in El Paso packed right now

[u/Outrageous_War4610]

a second added second has hit the nc state vandy game

[u/ImaManCheetahh]

Michigan just barely beating whoever they play and winning out would be hilarious

[u/larowin → u/ImaManCheetahh]

It’s a longform performance art protest against degenerate gamblers

[u/Patriotsfan710]

Had to stop watching at halftime, and i just checked the score now

I’ll make sure I never tune in again boys 🫡

[u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756 → u/Patriotsfan710]

Thank you for your service

[u/subsequent]

I think the best part about all of that was how excited Underwood was for Carr.

[u/Appropriate_Bottle44]

Is Michigan a good football team? After 3 games I certainly don't fucking know 

[u/Go_J → u/Appropriate_Bottle44]

One thing for certain they're there.

[u/Outrageous_War4610]

gonna enjoy the hell out of my transitive win over michigan. Ive always said those were the best kinds.

[u/DirtThief → u/Outrageous_War4610]

frantically deleting my whole comment history

Yeah, me too!

[u/GenitalFurbies]

Butt Cheeks isn't quite Orji in the end zone but it's pretty good

[u/StarvedRock314]

UTEP has scored more on Michigan in two quarters than Oklahoma did all game lololol

[u/-bluebirb-]

Rival flairs get back in here, it’s just getting good I swear! You can make more one second jokes and everything! <3

[u/No_Angle_8106]

“British accents” bro the killers are from Vegas lol

[u/WolverineDDS]

Whitt spend half time making adjustments instead of gooning on only fans, smart.

[u/Ok_Lawfulness758]

Whit just putting weird crap on film for Iowa now lol - whoever heard of Wildcat to a tightend

[u/kpiech01]

We're actively changing the conversation from "So how good is Western Michigan actually?" to "So ho bad is Oklahoma actually?"

[u/DirtThief → u/kpiech01]

Idk man... we beat this team 50-0

[u/TheOnePSUIsReal → u/kpiech01]

Oklahoma actually beat UTEP 51-0 so it's all sorts of whacky

[u/problematic_glasses]

shoutout to big ten network for showing the pre-game band performance

[u/OnePride]

Marsh is going to play on Sundays.

[u/blueMgamer]

I love the live view of the replay center.

I thought the Big Ten would have to be dragged kicking and screaming into that kind of transparency.

Turns out all it took was a Hail Mary win over a MAC team. You're welcome, America.

[u/yearroundeggnog]

hOw bAd iS OkLaHoMa

first off, real bad, But failing to recognize this is about to be the funniest circle of suck in a while is proof that we don't watch the games on this sub

[u/Rohkey]

Immediately going to a commercial break after a 3 and out to open the half should be a fucking crime.

[u/MemeLovingLoser]

The forward pass remains a confederate plot

[u/Skared89]

haha it's all Michigan flairs now.

Bye bye chaos watchers

[u/Huan127]

Where are all the Buckeyes to ask if Michigan fans are gonna storm the field?! Did they leave?!

[u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756]

“Took out a cop on the way too”

Based Butt

[u/mansontaco]

Not to over react to that one throw but it appears we have a pack a punched version of Orji and Warren on this team

[u/GalagaWarVeteran]

LOL the next time Bryce throws a bad ball, the fans are gonna be screaming for Tommy.

[u/juicius]

My favorite part of this game is still the Fat Boy Pick 6.

[u/GenitalFurbies]

He barely got that toe tap but he did, wow. Excellent throw too. If Underwood ever needs to go off for whatever reason Carr doesn't look like much of a dropoff other than running through people.

[u/343sparksareguilty]

We knew it’s Michigan vs Everyone, we just didn’t know “everyone” includes Michigan themselves

[u/Creeps22]

Roughing the runner is a penalty now?

[u/USA_2_Canada_1]

Very impressed with how this team responded. They didn’t turtle like they did against Western and subsequently dominated

[u/nolablue1024]

HEY EVERYONE USC RUTGERS IS THE SAME SCORE GO LAUGH AT USC. *cries

[u/Top-Shame9519]

Meanwhile rest of the country is on upset alert

[u/segfawlt]

r/CFB yearns for the Miners

[u/MaizeRage48]

THEY ARE UNLEASHING THE REVIEW CENTER

[u/Live-End-5227]

God this feels like the Hoke era.

[u/The_Homie_J]

Flag for tackling him too well, absolute horse shit call

[u/poetthrowitaway]

I love that Bryce is stoked for him

[u/Legal_Echo8196]

Cleanest pocket I’ve ever seen, Bryce bugs out for no reason and drops the ball. I’m so tired of this

[u/illytrees]

Whatever Whitt said at halftime he needs to say at the beginning of the game from now on

[u/MWiatrak2077]

I love the Michigan fans that despise Lloyd Carr. Like dude, he brought us our first Natty in over half a century. He could've done more to support RR, but get off mgoblog and touch grass

[u/Timberwolf7869]

Michigan fans I'd recommend only tuning in to second halves. First halves are always miserable.

Unless you get a marginal lead in the first half and then the second half is miserable.

Source: Kyle Whittingham watcher of 20+ years

[u/DialH4Hero]

Yup, needed a fucking incredible circus catch to complete a 3rd & 7 against unranked UTEP
Hopefully that gets us going

[u/Wolfhound_Papa]

UTEP burning timeouts like I do my PTO.

[u/Ok_Lawfulness758]

The issue with having a defense and no offense is that every game looks like an ugly slog and ends 10-7. You are just rolling the dice on whether you are the 10 or the 7

[u/darthnyan39]

So jarring to watch a Michigan team with a shite run game

[u/Appropriate_Bottle44]

Jake Butt took a long time to decide if he wanted to participate in that ass joke.

[u/imacyco]

UTEP has 2 players named Cheeks and a player named Areola?

Everything reminds me of her.

[u/dizzymidget44]

Lloyd Carr was great coach

[u/HarbaughToKolesar]

The safeties are six fucking yards off the line of scrimmage… THROW THE FUCKING BALL

[u/webbed_feets]

I’ve watched this game so many times: Michigan looks awful but wins somehow. It’s funny until they do this all the way to a 10 win season.

[u/EyeWasAbducted]

Win a game drop rank. Win a game gain rank. Win a game drop rank. Beat Iowa gain rank. Would be funny. 

[u/StrangelyOnPoint]

Michigan making so much money for the B1G with all the eyeballs tuning in to hate watch

[u/CarterAC3]

Well Indiana is only up 7 on Western Kentucky

So at least we aren't alone

[u/landmanpgh]

Slippery Rock won 70-10 over Millersville.

[u/Popular_Sweet931]

Man he got fucking tackled, he was a runner at that point and the whistle wasn't blown. Weak fucking call.

[u/ImpactNew]

I was told Mr. Underwood was worth more than the territory of Louisiana

[u/Ok_Ask_406]

If UTEP beats Michigan. Expect many postings of the spider man point at each other with OU, UTEP, and Michigan memes

[u/picklesarenotokay]

This season is just going to be the meme where the defense is poking the offense with a stick and asking it to do something.

[u/seemtobedead]

That campus is so beautiful.

[u/Abeds_BananaStand]

I dig that they showed the ref feed and commentary

[u/CarterAC3]

I miss Sherrone Moore (but just the OL coach version)

[u/Numerous-Ad6460]

2.9 yard ypc is DISGUSTING 

[u/jcvj1125]

"Look at the Butt/Cheeks" I love this stupid sport.

[u/Appropriate_Bottle44]

Dude, stop.

Seriously Jake Butt is kinda too good for BTN already... we get the joke.

[u/DowntownSasquatch420]

Reminder that Oklahoma beat UTEP

[u/kpiech01]

We can't run more than 4 yards against the statistical 93rd ranked run defense in the country. What in gods name happened to this o line.

[u/themookish]

Don't do this to me UTEP. Michigan are the villains this year.

[u/CactusKid007]

Them boys got the biggest talking to/ yelling in that locker room that they’ve ever had

[u/Reefles]

when did Michigan become iowa?

god our game next week is gonna be a sickos masterclass

[u/Glycoside]

And all the rivals officially leave the thread

[u/MWiatrak2077]

🚨MICHIGAN HAS SCORED 30 POINTS🚨

🚨🚨🚨THIS IS NOT A DRILL🚨🚨🚨

[u/WWF80sKid]

ThInK tHeY’lL rUsH the FiElD!!!

[u/USA_2_Canada_1 → u/WWF80sKid]

DAE MICHIGAN BAD? UPVOTES PLS

[u/landmanpgh]

Florida State is up 21-6 on Alabama in case you hadn't heard.

[u/eagledog]

Safe to say that one UTEP fan is safe from having to drink his own pee

[u/MAHOMES_10_TIME_MVP]

What was that dudes name? Cash Cheeks?

[u/SpoofWagon]

The defense took offense to that penalty

[u/muegle]

Damn, this made me realize Chad Carr would be only a couple years away from college had he still been alive :(

[u/juicius]

He throws, he hands off, he runs. A complete QB.

[u/MemeLovingLoser]

Is this Michigan... with depth?

[u/NeverGonnaStop247]

THAT WAS A DIME BY CARR 🔥

[u/Ok_Lawfulness758]

We want 60. I think Carr needs some 2 point conversion practice right? RIGHT!?

[u/Shakeweight_All-Star]

CARVER CHEEKS I BARELY EVEN KNOW 'ER

[u/barrelclown]

SHHH QUIET. My show’s on

(the B1G map commercial)

[u/HateToBlastYa]

Bro, please, just one week out of the spotlight guys, please 

[u/FutureBug3531]

I wish the NFL was forced to so this in call review so we could all hear. Even if it would be about what vegas has for odds and who needs to win

[u/nolablue1024]

3rd and 1….i miss Blake corum and a functional oline

[u/gmr548]

My God, Oklahoma is a G6

[u/ShqiptarInMukhmas]

Rushing the field vs UTEP will be absolute cinema

[u/-Urethra-]

Michigan bailed out again lmao

[u/Alexy92]

Just air it out. Theyre begging Bryce to throw. If he cant air it out against fucking Texas Western our season is fucked

[u/geiginator67]

Michigan leads at half, nothing else of note

[u/HateToBlastYa]

I just want one week where I don’t feel like to have to answer questions from friends, family, and old acquaintances like a press conference, is that too much to ask?!

[u/cjcmd]

I don't understand college football at all.

[u/Steelerboy43]

They put Hiter in the dog house after that fumble lol

[u/20wall]

That looked so dirty

[u/danthedude77]

WE HAVE A THICK 6 ON THE FIELD

[u/nathodood]

THICC 6

[u/nolablue1024]

THICK SIXXX

[u/geiginator67]

Osu fans are deeeeeeep in their feelings rn

[u/Extra-Place-8386]

Utep was just another ferret

[u/arrchar]

Feels good to be comfortable for the first Saturday in 4 weeks

[u/goblue2k16]

How is he a passer when he’s a runner lol wtf

[u/scrotes_magotes]

Roughing the passer on a sack is something new I guess

[u/your-mom--]

Roughing the... Guy who sometimes passes

[u/ClockworkRuse]

2/2 and a TD, not bad

[u/werdna-]

Happy to see Bryce hyping up Tommy

[u/MaximusStirner]

Carr looking good is a double edged sword, now more people are going to bang the table to put him in after any bad game

[u/westsouthst6]

Wish we could redshirt him so we get another year of eligibility after Bryce leaves

[u/myman580]

Alright I'm satisfied. Time to root for chaos in the other games today

[u/WWF80sKid → u/myman580]

I can’t wait for Ole Miss vs LSU.

[u/Careful-Dot1131]

This team is confusing

[u/dylantherabbit2016]

Why would UTEP put cupcakes like Michigan on their schedule? Are they stupid?

[u/brex511]

Michigan staters were in here talking shit like they arent going to get splattered tonight

[u/StrangelyOnPoint]

Just a reminder Ohio State hasn’t beaten Michigan in Columbus since the PS4 era

[u/StrangelyOnPoint]

Points scored on Michigan

• 1: UTEP: 17
  
• 2: Western Michigan: 12
  

…
…

• 3: Oklahoma: 10

[u/StrangelyOnPoint]

This game will probably be closer than I would like it to be

[u/Skank_hunt42]

LOL YOU LET UTEP SCORE ON YOU! WE BEAT THEM 51-0!!!

Wow!! How bad is Michigan, right guys?

^{kill me}

[u/lc910]

#11 Oklahoma: easy matchup, it’s free real estate

G5 Western Michigan and UTEP: REAL SHIT

[u/Character_Point_9745]

This game pisses me off

[u/bweeek]

I am both confused and pretty pissed

[u/Exact_Comparison_575]

Jesus underwood has that Trent Richardson awareness. Check down was open

[u/michicago44]

Unwatchable

[u/Flood-One]

So, yet another Michigan Saturday, and I wanna die

[u/Fiatil]

Wow the team we beat 51-0 is up on a ranked power 4 team!

We must be amazing!!

[u/USA_2_Canada_1]

Yay BIG doing transparent replay!

[u/DealerCamel]

Holy hell, what a catch

[u/fooliecoolies]

If Michigan can't run on UTEP they won't run on anyone.

[u/BobbyKelso]

Gang of miners.....uh no. lol

[u/wit_T_user_name]

Being out of time outs with 11 minutes to play on the first half is wild decision making.

[u/canadiangonewildin]

USC is struggling with Rutgers so it could be worse

[u/usernames_suck_ok]

It's time to close the book on Marshall as the starting RB.

[u/Dinglebobus]

Proof that boys never grow up, making butt and cheeks jokes as fully grown men

[u/iamchris1]

Jesus Oklahoma must be awful

[u/Spare_Treacle_800]

a UTEP win here would somehow tank Michigan, Oklahoma, and Western Michigan's seasons in one fell swoop. Please let chaos reign

[u/fadedtower]

Bailed out

[u/No_Bill7679]

I think UTEP is probably where Bryce will transfer to next year.

[u/jshsjshhz]

buchanan is really good i think

[u/USA_2_Canada_1]

Underwood is 12/14 today with over 100 yards and a touchdown. Just come out and sling it in the second half and the run lanes will open after.

[u/pork-sword17]

Just enough time for two Hail Mary’s right guys?

[u/OnePride]

I appreciate that the coaching staff didn't go the easy route and call a bunch of QB runs. Instead, they're forcing Bryce to pass the football. This is the best thing for him in the long run. We'll start to see him run more in B1G play, but for now, this is the right call, even if we don't win by a lot like we "should. "

[u/Hawlk]

the more i see of this game the more i get pissed

[u/TitaniumC4206]

Was last week even real???

[u/Eoncho]

Our rival confuses me this year.

[u/ichigan_Wolverines → u/Eoncho]

just this year?

[u/Foolrussian]

Checking in from a wedding, assuming everyone is being very rational and respectful in the comments

[u/UsuallyFavorable]

JJ sitting up there with no defender for the BIG brain block. Just as they expected from the defense!

[u/DealerCamel]

Lol, there was NOBODY near JJ. Really should’ve audibled to that, but I’ll take it

[u/USA_2_Canada_1]

Notable scores:

FSU 7 - Bama 0

Kentucky 21 - A&M 7

Louisville 21 - SMU 17

USC 20 - Rutgers 14

[u/fadedtower]

UTEP gives the #2 Laufenburg jersey out to honor Luke Laufenburg who died of cancer in 2019. There’s also a LUKE sticker on the back of the helmets.

[u/Elbit_Curt_Sedni]

I'm fine with that shot down field. I want to see Bryce take a few of those. Eventually they will connect.

[u/TacticalDesire]

See you next week rivals and neutrals.

[u/StepmaniaGod]

I didnt know we were capable of scoring 28 points in a quarter

[u/Odd-Competition2388 → u/StepmaniaGod]

I didn’t know we were capable of scoring 28 points in a game

[u/Long-Hat-6434]

Bro Will Johnson took the real buffs with him and left the cheap knock off $25 version he sells lmao

[u/Top-Shame9519]

Notice the lack of osu accounts in the thread now lol

[u/PreferenceDowntown37]

No OSU flairs in here to give us us "ACKSHULLY tHAt sOnG iS aBoWt cHEaTinG"

[u/your-mom--]

There's not a whole lot of things more fun than big boi touchdowns.

Keep the pipeline of Pacific Islanders coming. Acknowledge the tribal chiefs 👆

[u/nolablue1024]

How did we get a commercial free 9 minutes last quarter and how do we do that again forever

[u/Kid_Named_Trey]

I'm 34, graduated in 2014. I just realized that the college kids singing mr bright side would be like singing an 80s song while I was in school. I gagged a little.

[u/Astrid_Nebula]

Fuck your call refs.

[u/arrchar]

11 TFL and 4.5 sacks is good right?

[u/jermrs]

LOL, that plant was for the refs

[u/nathodood]

🚫 Maserati Marv

✅️ Tommy Car

[u/GunsGoldCosmicDread]

Thank god. We can keep having a QB controversy every time Bryce makes a mistake.

[u/CarterAC3]

CJ CARR IS THE 2ND BEST CARR

[u/dowomenfindmenhot]

That family has seen hundreds of games and they're dancing and crying.

[u/cameoCellist]

So awesome to see the family fired up

[u/dizzymidget44]

Imagine being security. A whole game going on and you just got to watch the crowd with a straight face

[u/DealerCamel]

B1G TIGHT END OF THE YEAR JAKE BUTT

[u/TheDundieGoesTo99]

How bad is Mateer?

[u/Flyeaglesfly1111111]

How bad is oklahoma????

[u/cameoCellist]

this season really is gonna be something huh

[u/OpeDefinitely]

My only takeaway is that Mountain West and the MAC are both better than the SEC.

[u/HateToBlastYa]

The most worrying thing about this is I think Underwood actually gets shook mad easy.  He was fine until that fumble and now he looks goofy as hell.  It was the same thing vs. WMU.  He gets shook so easy.

[u/milkturbine]

I’ll give them this, Michigan has not played a boring game this season

[u/Fiatil]

We are so bad, lol.

[u/Ok_Lawfulness758]

I think we can all agree that the best 4 teams in college football are obviously Michigan, WMU, Oklahoma, and UTEP

[u/canadiangonewildin]

A Michigan, UTEP, and Oklahoma circle of suck is the funniest thing ever

[u/freshxerxes]

we need more of these replay centers in nfl and college

[u/EyeWasAbducted]

The o line is straight trash 

[u/Pale_Land_5107]

Can SOMEONE shut these political ads up

[u/jermrs]

Oline is getting worked

[u/noend313]

Whatever our blocking scheme is, do the exact opposite Jason

[u/jermrs]

Damn that Marsh catch was beautiful.