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THE VIDEO

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

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Formation Notes: Michigan too had a version of their Nickel Over with a 4i-tech (Hutchinson), which I called Nickel Over 4i.

Michigan had a 404 Tite front with their Nickel personnel at times, and also went to a 46 Bear.

Also I added a new offensive play to our list called “TaTa Time,” which is when Taulia Tagovailoa starts running around with no plan whatsoever. Once again, if you ever find yourself recruiting against Maryland, I highly recommend sending the kid’s coach a copy of this game.

Substitution Notes: Snap counts! There were 68 plays before the backups went in though. Hutchinson and Ojabo had most of them, Jeter had as many snaps as Hinton. Ross was pulled at times for Colson/Barrett or NHG/Barrett. Starting corners/Dax went all the way to garbage time. At safety Moore got the start again, and Hawkins left after five snaps, replaced by Moten.

On with the show!

[After THE JUMP: Can they do enough to look like they could beat Ohio State without actually showing anything they’re going to use against Ohio State?]

Label Notes: Reminder that I’m combining all scores (except QB) in the charting. p=pass pro, y=YAC, c=catch, b=block for RBs, and route=route. It might be more than one or an odd number, in which case the higher one goes first, so if you see something like “Wilson(+3croute) that means Wilson got a +2 for a difficult catch and +1 for running a good route.

Formation Notes: I’m going to call Stretch Zone just “Stretch” now. Maryland spent much of the day in a Ravens-style 5-2 then walked down a safety and left one high. As Alex predicted in FFFF, they often brought five and left one high, running mostly man defense.

Substitution Notes: Filiaga got the start at LG but Keegan went most of the way. RB snaps were about 60/40 Haskins/Edwards before garbage time, with Hassan getting to rest early. More detailed snap counts are here.

[After THE JUMP: Looking past Maryland.]