Found November 08, 2009 on Maize & Blue Nation: Yardbarker Blogger Network
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Another week, another tough loss for the Wolverines. This is getting to be like a broken record around here.For one half of the game, Michigan looked calm, poised and confident. They racked up 24 points on a decent Purdue team. The defense, after letting Purdue on the board early, stiffened up and played relatively well given all their deficiencies.But again, just like last week at Illinois, a huge momentum shift in the 3rd quarter let a lesser opponent back into the game, and Michigan was stunned just long enough for Purdue to capitalize.If you want to boil this loss down to a single play, I can do that. It was our missed extra point in the 3rd quarter to make the score 30-17. From then on, if the game was going to be close, we'd have to go for two eventually...and we did...and we didn't get it. Simple as that. If we make that extra point, it changes everything.What I Liked:For the first half, like last week, we looked like a team that had come to play.Tate Forcier looked much more...
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