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Wednesday Presser 10-31-18: Don Brown

Ethan Sears • October 31, 2018 • 8:52pm

Things Discussed

Last year's Penn State game and the motivation derived from it
How to know if a player loves football
Shea Patterson and Ben Mason anecdotes
Rashan Gary injury update

[After THE JUMP: Don Brown gets you ready to hit some dudes]

Upon Further Review 2017: Special Teams vs Penn State

Adam Schnepp •

[Upchurch]

Formation/Substitution Notes: Nothing of note this week. All of the easily identifiable personnel stayed the same: Thomas and Hawkins as returners on kick with one of them plus Mason forming the two-man wedge, Peoples-Jones at punt returner, Robbins as the punter and Poggi the personal protector in a pro-style punt, and Foug and friends on kickoff. There’s not much to talk about in this section, so I’ll leave you with something that does warrant discussion: a Michigan kick returner creating something out of nothing.

[Large enough sample size to draw early conclusions about the kick return unit after THE JUMP]

WTKA Roundtable 10/26/2017: You Can’t Get What You Want ‘Till You Know What You Want

Seth •

[Eric Upchurch]

Things discussed:

Penn State played a very good game; Michigan played an uncharacteristically bad one.
Michigan was expecting the Barkley at QB thing; Gary just got too far upfield.
Playing safeties at 15 yards is asking for run-pass-options in your face
PSU hit their bombs; why can’t we chuck it to the 6’8” guy?
Trace McSorley has been lucky previously; he was flat-out good in this one.
Don’t put McCray on Dudes. Guys? Fine. Not dudes.
Cornerbacks not tested after Long’s pick; played entire game in slots.
Uncharacteristically Michigan lost one-on-one battles on the DL in this one
Brian calls Craig Ed. Ed-Craig likens running quarterbacks to guerilla warfare. Ed-Craig listens to punk rock and opera. Joe Jackson narrowly edges out the 5th century BCE’s Caíndelbáin al Óengusa of the Cholmain clan of the southern Ui Niall as the greatest musician in Ed-Craig’s 3,001 years on this planet.
Devin Bush had a bad game.
Brian is taller than Grant Perry.
Can’t live without a passing game—safeties are 8 yards off the line of scrimmage.
Peters won’t start but this is the game to get him on the field
Jose says the defense has performed poorly in 10 of their 7 games.
Personnel issues, not coaching issues.
McCaffrey vs. Peters: Brandon has the golden arm, McCaffrey has to grow physically but has an edge as a runner and natural swagger.
One-minute hoops takes.