Right: A Utah fan holds up his sign after the Utes defeated Meeshittyagain, 25-22. Desert News Photo

Even after the hiring of DickRod and the training methods of a Richard Simmons wanna-be in Mike Barwis, the result is still the same. Chalk up another “L” for the Wolverines.

Granted, you knew that the offense was going to suck. No proven quarterback. No proven running backs. No proven wide receivers. No proven offensive linemen.

While the offense had just two starters returning, the defense was suppose to be good with seven starters back. Not!

While Utah is not Division I-AA (FCS) member, they are not in the BCS either.

Utah senior quarterback Brian Johnson picked apart the scUM defense, completing 21-of-33 passes for 305 yards and a touchdown.

Johnson had 251 yards through the air in the first half as the Utes dominated the boys in Piss & Blue.

At one point during the first ten minutes of the game, Meeshittyagain actually led 10-6 before Utah rattled off 19 unanswered points to take a 25-10 advantage with 7:37 left in the third quarter.

The biggest BLOW came with just 13 seconds remaining until intermission when Johnson connected with Bradon Godfrey on 19-yard touchdown pass that gave Utah a 22-10 halftime lead.

Michigan finished with just 36 yards rushing and 203 yards of total offense. Heralded freshman Sam McGuffie had eight yards on eight carries and a fumble. Meeshittyagain fans have been clamoring about how good this Vanilla Ice look-a-like is, but he’s not. In fact he’s so small, if you put a face mask into his sternum he might disintegrate.

The Ambiguously Gay Duo of quarterbacks with Nick Sheridan and Steven Threet combined to pass for 167 yards. Sheridan was 11-of-19 for 98 yards with a touchdown and a interception. Threet was 8-of-19 for 69 yards and a TD. Neither looked very good.

Man, this team does blow. Maybe they can beat Miami-Ohio on Saturday. Maybe.

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The state of Michigan, which is also known as Canada’s Alabama, looks like they’re ready to hoist the Confederate flag after reading this headline found on mlive.com’s The Diag blog.

Granted, this headline was referring to West Virginia quarterback Pat White, but how this made it past the editors and continues to be displayed on the web site is puzzling.

The actual title on ESPN is: “They’re not Pat White, but Michigan QBs believe in themselves”

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These two guys, Gary, aka Nick Sheridan, and Ace, aka Steven Threet, are battling for the starting quarterback position at Michigan.

Do they strike fear in you?

Is it me, or does the guy on the left look like a young Steve Carell? You know, Carell voiced the character “Gary” in the “Ambiguously Gay Duo” as seen on Saturday Night Live.

Wow, pinning your season’s hopes on these two, huh?

Talk about desperation.

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Right: Chop your feet! Chop your feet! Knees up! Knees up! A Michigan football player going through drills on the first day of camp. AP Photo

The 129th season of Wolverine football began shortly after 10:30 a.m. local time, as Meeshegan head coach Rich Rodriguez got the Wolverines’ fall camp underway at the turf field behind behind Oosterbaan Fieldhouse as construction workers laid cinder block at the new indoor practice facility for the football team, trying to keep up with Ohio State.

With an assortment of new coaches, there are many new players, as well, and gone are the likes of Chad Henne, Mike Hart, Jake Long, Mario Manningham, Adrian Arrington, and Shawn Crable.

Taking over for Henne at quarterback might be Steven Threet, a 6-foot-5, 228-pound redshirt freshman, who originally signed to play at Georgia Tech.

Threet, a native of Adrian, Michigan, was never offered a scholarship by former head coach Lloyd Carr, who opted to sign Mallett instead.

Threet graduated high school in December of 2006 and enrolled at Georgia Tech in January of 2007, only to transfer to UM the following summer, but he has yet to throw a pass on the collegiate level.

Mishittyagain does have two quarterbacks that have seen playing time, but one is a former walk-on, junior Nick Sheridan, and the other, junior David Cone, was listed third on the depth chart following spring practice, while true freshman Justin Fagin hopes to also compete for the job during fall camp.

Mark Snyder of the Detroit Free Press made these observations while watching practice today:

The drills looked like the spread option with Steve Threet, Nick Sheridan and freshman Justin Feagin takings snaps. (Yep, tailback Carlos Brown was under there at one point, pitching the ball out as well.)

Wow, when you are desperate to find a quarterback. Who’s next, a team manager with a decent arm?

Snyder went on:

Suspended tailback Kevin Grady, who was arrested for a misdemeanor charge of operating while intoxicated on July 2 and faces a trail date on Aug. 14, was participating in practice along with the other players.

Wow, talk about punishment. Wasn’t suspended very long.

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