November 19th, 2022 at 2:40 PM ^
There does seem to be a lack of coherence to some of the calls.
November 19th, 2022 at 3:02 PM ^
Can our third and fourth RB's block for JJ?
November 19th, 2022 at 2:41 PM ^
Atrocious. Zone read on third and 10?
November 19th, 2022 at 2:43 PM ^
At least we'll be under no illusions for next week.
Book your tickets for Pasadena!
November 19th, 2022 at 4:45 PM ^
All these injured guys and others would sit
November 19th, 2022 at 2:43 PM ^
Sorry this is on JJ. Hasn’t kept one ball missing WR
November 19th, 2022 at 2:49 PM ^
Continuing to run up the middle when it's not working? Sound familiar?
November 19th, 2022 at 2:44 PM ^
When the QB misses easy throws & the WRs drop catchable balls what can you call that's going to work?
Without Corum it's gotten pretty easy for the Illinois D, get ready for the run knowing Corum can't do something magical & play zone because the Michigan pass game is inept
November 19th, 2022 at 2:52 PM ^
So basically, the OC's didn't prepare Michigan for a game like that?
November 19th, 2022 at 3:17 PM ^
I have no clue where you are getting that from my response but if your question is did the OCs not prepare the offense for Corum getting hurt I would say probably not.
Now that the WRs are catching the ball in the 4th qtr the offense looks pretty good, so again I will ask you what plays CAN you call if the QB misses reads & throws while the WRs drop catchable balls?
All you have to do is look back to O'Korn vs Ohio when the coaches called an amazing game & O'Korn consistently missed wide open guys....coaches can only call the plays they can't play them
November 19th, 2022 at 2:51 PM ^
Why do we play Roman Wilson? What's the point of having a 5'8 lightning fast WR (I know he is listed at 6 ft but let's be honest) if you don't use him on shallow crossing routes? Well I guess you could use him to stretch the field deep. Oh wait. We don't use him for that either. Might as well just use another TE
November 19th, 2022 at 4:23 PM ^
5'8"? I'll give you 5'10" maybe:
November 19th, 2022 at 2:52 PM ^
Looks more like we brought back Doug Nussmeier
November 19th, 2022 at 2:57 PM ^
What exactly does Michigan’s “passing game coordinator” do? Anything of value? At all?
November 19th, 2022 at 2:58 PM ^
Nope, Tim Drevno.
November 19th, 2022 at 3:03 PM ^
Surprised it took this long for a hawt take thread, but I'll bite. We have a massive talent disparity in our favor, yet are massively underperforming, and our elite talent is playing inconsistent, at best. At times their individual talent will show up in a yac or explosive play, but our schemes and play calls are not giving us any advantage in our passing offense, and our players often are clearly unready or unable to execute them, which indicates poor coaching in that phase.
November 20th, 2022 at 12:29 AM ^
Well put.
This has been so for 8 years now. Yall keep blaming the OCs. LOL
There's another thread blaming Gattis, many still blaming Pep. It's wild.
Patterson had SIX future pro receivers, six future pro olinemen, a future pro rb and a future pro fb and we were having this same conversation about "the receivers can't catch...or get separation" as excuses for why the passing game didn't work or why "speed in space" was a massive dick tease.
November 19th, 2022 at 3:12 PM ^
I’d give serious consideration to kicking the FG here.
November 19th, 2022 at 3:35 PM ^
Not a very informative post.
November 19th, 2022 at 3:44 PM ^
Survive and advance bitches!
This game was better for us than another 34-3 blow out.
Prayers to #2’s left knee.
November 19th, 2022 at 3:44 PM ^
I will not stand for any Borges slander today. With this O-line, if we have Al Borges calling plays and coaching JJ, we win this game by 30.
November 19th, 2022 at 3:48 PM ^
I had already lined up my first post to the board in probably 7 years to be a block quote from 2011 Trash Tornado game column. Going for it on 4th down and converting only to kick on 4th down later. Total lizard brain.
https://mgoblog.com/content/lizard-brain-tornado-apocalypse-derp-derp-derp
The now rapidly developing lizard brain theory of college football coaching states that there is a certain level of pressure above which rationality goes out the window and coaches revert to who they really are. It came to me in a horrible epiphany when Lloyd Carr punted in the 2005 Ohio State game less than a quarter after going for it on his side of the field. Coaches panic, go to their binkies, and then try to convince you otherwise in the post-game.
Different coaches have different levels. Ron Zook reverts to the lizard brain on the opening kickoff of every game. Kirk Ferentz makes it about five minutes in. We don't know about Tressel because he constructed his team such that the lizard brain was right. Les Miles exists on an entirely different axis with taffy on one end and victory on the other. He is the only one who escapes. The lizard brain is unavoidable.
Al Borges's lizard brain kicked in after Vincent Smith ran for two yards on Michigan's first offensive play of the second half.
November 19th, 2022 at 3:58 PM ^
You do realize that we won 11 games that year, right?
It was Borges' offense that turned Denard into a serviceable passer and Fitz into a 1000-yard RB.
November 19th, 2022 at 3:49 PM ^
FIRE BORGES!
November 19th, 2022 at 3:55 PM ^
Hey guys, just got off a long flight.
Did I miss anything?
November 19th, 2022 at 3:57 PM ^
Yeah, they have internet on planes now.
November 19th, 2022 at 4:17 PM ^
November 19th, 2022 at 4:01 PM ^
The answer to your question is no.
November 19th, 2022 at 4:02 PM ^
Very frustrating at times but it wasn't all on the play calling as there were too many dropped passes, too many inaccurate throws. Yes, the OC squeaked by.
November 19th, 2022 at 4:22 PM ^
Guess I missed it why in the fuck was Gash our 5th stringer playing over stokes and Dunlap?
Stokes is far and away better than gash
November 19th, 2022 at 4:30 PM ^
All the backup RBs looked pedestrian at best.
November 19th, 2022 at 4:32 PM ^
Me and the guy next to me at the stadium were wondering that too. The only ideas we had is that he's a better receiver and possibly a blocker too.
November 19th, 2022 at 5:56 PM ^
Because if you ever want the running back to not bounce it outside, Stokes isn’t your man yet.