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FORMATION NOTES: Nebraska is primarily a 3-4, which meant the usual duo maulings looked a bit different; Michigan largely went off tackle instead of up the gut, with a few exceptions. Nebraska's usual approach:

You see an OLB flexed over the slot and then a standup DE/OLB sort (Garrett Nelson, who popped out as by far their best player). This is a seven man front from them in my charting, as I count the overhang guy but not the cornerback and the safety is at about ten yards. Borderline—S creeps down a little further and I'll put 7.5 in.

Later in the game Nebraska upped the beef, bringing in a full eight-man front:

This helped a bit, but only a bit.

SUBSTITUTION NOTES: Keegan and Schoonmaker were out. Hayes/El-Hadi/Oluwatimi/Zinter/Barnhart at OL, with Trente Jones getting the last drive. TE was a ton of Loveland and Honigford, somewhat less Bredeson, and a Hibner cameo. Edwards only got two carries after taking a big hit on his first one, which led to way more Corum than normal and then some not-quite garbage time for Stokes, Dunlap, and Gash.

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Things discussed:

• Offense vs Nebraska: Ability to execute the run game is on a ludicrous level. 7 million run plays, only 5 of them went <2 yards and one of those was 2nd and goal from the 2.
• Defense vs Nebraska: Throttled a bad opponent, but if you can pretend they don't suck there are questions about the pass rush, since they don't have the dudes to win 1-on-1 battles.
• OL is set up for long-term success—lots of backups performing. They can run power with so many different guys they're messing with keys.
• We have a "Wide Receiver Insert" play—Ronnie Bell the fullback—which set up the PA touchdown.
• The way to turn this into explosives is to activate the JJ running game, which they only did for PSU so far.
• Brian on OSU: I think Michigan can replicate what Evan Hull was able to do. Day had to bring out his Arc Read play that he was surely saving for Michigan. Will have to prepare for Stroud to run some.
• Seth: Michigan fans are having two conversations: the one about the team that is destroying Big Ten-caliber competition, and the team that extrapolates to in the Playoffs, which for all intents and purposes start next week.
• Need to get pressure on Stroud: Seth thinks the DTs getting pressure vs their long guards is the key, and a key unknown. Can this OSU receiver corps replicate last year's performance with their skill players banged up?
• Illinois: Chase Brown injury could kill them—they're not a deep shot team, but they're going to make Michigan hit them because they blitz and man up. Lots of Wisconsin to them: Alex Drain talked about their running game. Unfortunately for them Michigan has seen all of that every week in practice.
• Hoops: Need to get Jett's defense cleaned up, found their pace against Pitt, Baker/Howard shooting will come down yes but the guards' shooting (Bufkin is 1/10 and Llewellyn is 0/8) is going to come up. Shooters around Hunter Dickinson is one hell of an offense. Bufkin has shown he can D. Like bringing Barnes off the bench to replace Howard when they have a big lead because he can D as well.

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