Posted on 01/10/2024 4:25:38 AM PST by where's_the_Outrage?
It was an uncharacteristic day for Washington quarterback Michael Penix Jr. It just also happened to be the biggest day of his collegiate career.
In college football’s season finale, Michigan vitiated Washington and the usual magnificence of Penix to claim the College Football Playoff national championship for the first time and the program’s first title since the 1997 season.
Penix went 27-of-51 passing for 255 yards and one touchdown — the only Washington TD on the night — against two interceptions. It was, statistically, a performance discouraging of complaints, but overthrown open passes and missed third-down conversions (2 for 14) muddied what could’ve been the perfect curtain call for Penix and the Pac-12 entirely. “Man, it sucks,” Penix said. “We played a good team. They did some good things. I feel like on the offensive side of the ball, we just missed a lot of opportunities, opportunities where we needed to execute the most to help our team, put our team in a better position to come out with this win.”
Penix walked into NRG Stadium in Houston as the nation’s leader in passing yards per game (332.0) and passing yards (4,648). He also averaged 13.83 yards per completion but on Monday night, Penix averaged just 5.0, proving not even he — the Huskies’ highest-ever Heisman finisher at No. 2 this season — could paper over the cracks of the Michigan defense.
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Is that article AI-produced gibberish, or was it written in a foreign language and then translated to English?
“...could paper over the cracks of the Michigan defense”
What?
Uh — whut? LOL.
Clever way of saying “I sucked.”
We listened to the game on AM radio.
Any thoughts on the quality of the officiating from anyone who watched...?
“...a performance discouraging of complaints...”
Unlike this AI bot’s writing style.
I think our Brave New World will be rather confusing for some of US.
Yes indeed. I thought Harbaugh’s decision to go for it on 4th and 3 in the 2nd quarter (which failed) had opened the door for the Huskies to get back into it and possibly win. And Washington’s next TD didn’t change my mind. But Michigan’s D and Penix’s mistakes...and some help from penalties...sealed the deal.
Yes. Those who have been properly educated.
Michigan defense repeated performance of what they did to Ohio state
Michigan offense was possessed looked like game was over after 15 minutes
This game was about the Washington defense not showing up and they left at the end of the third quarter
This game wasn’t about Penix. It was about the best team winning, and that’s what happened.
dag, a penix beating itself...
Officiating was fine- there were a few PI penalties that could’ve been called on both sides but they let both teams play
He was not good but that’s Pennix- he’s a streaky passer and you don’t know what you’re getting from him week to week
Officials kept flags in their pockets first half. Threw pass interference flags in second half, most on Michigan, and all deserved. Couple O-line holding calls on W, deserved. Did not think officiating had big impact on game outcome, not slanted to one side, and didn’t see many missed/wrong calls. M defensive strategy, and D-line pressure with 4-man pass rush was better than W offense.
I saw that he chose between Washington and UCF when he transferred from wherever.
“Michael Penix Jr. on Washington’s championship loss to Michigan: ‘We beat ourselves’”
That’s totally gay. Admit it, you guys were outplayed.
Penix is deflated that he didn’t penetrate the end zone.
I saw receivers getting passes from Penix right into their hands and dropping the ball. The crowd was so loud that Penix’s clap signalling the hike was not heard and players moved when they thought they heard the clap. Lots of yardage was lost from illegal motion and offside.
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