2020 rutgers

wsg Reid McCarthy of Ann Arbor Elder Law

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[After THE JUMP: the player and what we said]

FORMATION NOTES: Rutgers is a standard 2020 spread gun team that runs a lot of 2TE sets. Michigan spent much of the night with Green in press on the backside WR:

Setups like these usually run that backside corner in man; sometimes if the WR crosses the formation they'll convert into a zone. The implication: this was a zone-first gameplan.

SUBSTITUTION NOTES: Kemp/Hinton/Jeter were in there almost all the time, with Vilain and Upshaw splitting the weakside end spot. DT rotation came from Speight and Mazi Smith, who does exist. Newburg got in a little, comming a personal foul. Welschof's time was limited.

At LB, Barrett/McGrone/Ross the whole way until McGrone went out and Shibley came in. Secondary the usual until Hawkins went out and Reynolds came in. 3-3-5 pretty limited, with under 10 BVS snaps.

[After THE JUMP: Rutgers looks like football team]

FORMATION NOTES: I've started some Serious Abbreviations about 10 years too late. How many times have I uselessly typed "shot" before "gun"? I don't know. No more. Shotgun is now Gun. "Trips Twin TE"…

two WR to one side, two TEs on the same side

is now TTE. "Trips Tight Bunch"…

three WR/TEs lined up in a bunch attached to the LOS

…is now TTB.

Anyway. M moved from their 1 RB, 1 TE stuff to a lot more 2TE or TE+Mason stuff in the second half, which radically improved the run game as the DTs shooting into the backfield were no longer that relevant.

SUBSTITUTION NOTES: McNamara replaced Milton after five drives and went the rest of the way. OL saw Vastardis replaced by Carpenter at C, reputedly because of injury. With the starting OTs still out this went Barnhart/Filiaga/Carpenter/Zinter/Stueber. At TE Eubanks got much of the early action but severe blocking issues saw All and Schoonmaker more prominent later.

WR and RB were the same mix they've been, with a lot of guys getting snaps. The main exception was Haskins getting 25 carries and seemingly establishing himself as RB1.

[After THE JUMP: gonna be a lot of yelling at me about QB stuff, probably