Dumb bye week question
This is remarkably stupid, but can someone describe what the bye week schedule actually looks like for the team? Obviously, coaches seem to be doing more off-campus recruiting this week, including coach Harbaugh.
Is there more video work, with just enough practice to keep sharp? Is it mostly a focus on the younger players, as they had witht he split practices?
Also, does the quality of the opponent change your bye week plans? A&M has a bye week this week and then plays Alabama, where Michigan plays Illinois, for example, so does that change the way each stafff approaches the week?
Sorry this is an obvious question, but when I played in high school, I don't recall actually having a bye week.
October 12th, 2016 at 12:17 PM ^
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October 12th, 2016 at 1:19 PM ^
Actually, it is fall break next week, so we get off Monday & Tuesday. On Twitter, I saw a number of them saying they're heading home.
October 12th, 2016 at 1:45 PM ^
Yes but that is the beginning of a normal football week for the Players so I'm surprised that players could be home early next week.
October 12th, 2016 at 4:24 PM ^
Fly home Thursday night or Friday. Fly back Sunday.
October 12th, 2016 at 5:36 PM ^
That's something we didn't have. And to get completely old mannish, the rationale is...? To be able to participate in Harvest Ceremonies back on the farm?
October 12th, 2016 at 6:00 PM ^
It helped us catch up on our work, and typically coincided well with a big mid-term push. To that end, it gave an extra day to focus your studies at a mid point in the semester. Actually really useful. If students had free time, they could go home for a few days, but my friends rarely actually left.
October 12th, 2016 at 11:40 PM ^
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This comment combined with your avatar has me laughing out loud.
October 12th, 2016 at 12:26 PM ^
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October 12th, 2016 at 12:42 PM ^
Yeah the bye week often aligns with Fall break, so there's an opportunity to go home there. Even if it doesn't players within driving distance will often go home this weekend, usually spotted at their old high school's football game Friday night.
October 12th, 2016 at 1:14 PM ^
Did your brother get hurt? Poggi is a big boy, hope your bro is ok!
October 12th, 2016 at 12:19 PM ^
play Madden, all week.
October 12th, 2016 at 1:29 PM ^
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am desperate for that game to return in some form.
October 12th, 2016 at 3:46 PM ^
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October 12th, 2016 at 3:28 PM ^
This is what I did on fall break in college. Except it was more Halo/Popov vodka than Madden.
October 12th, 2016 at 12:23 PM ^
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October 12th, 2016 at 12:24 PM ^
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No, they don't.
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Heeeeey, Franklin!
October 12th, 2016 at 3:47 PM ^
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October 12th, 2016 at 12:25 PM ^
The team and coaches are calling it "improvement week" during this week's practice. I'd imagine it's more like fall camp (focus on fundamental improvement and playbook expansion) than a normal week of practice where you're gameplanning and installing the gameplan. I think they get the weekend off.
October 12th, 2016 at 12:33 PM ^
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October 12th, 2016 at 2:57 PM ^
He's got a nagging leg injury so I imagine they'll want him resting up and getting healthy.
October 12th, 2016 at 5:50 PM ^
i have heard that some coaches use 2-3 days in the first week to work on "trick plays" or "schemes" to be used against an important opponent down the road (ie. OSU). The week leading up to the game is typically normal work against the upcoming opponent.
October 14th, 2016 at 12:01 AM ^
Get Peppers some work as the zone read QB. He's pretty damn good at it. We are going to need it for more than one series.
Opponents (and I mean you, Ohio State) having to prepare for a pro-style offense and a legit spread offense has to be an absolute bitch.
October 12th, 2016 at 12:26 PM ^
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October 12th, 2016 at 12:29 PM ^
At all. Often wondered myself.
October 12th, 2016 at 12:29 PM ^
The defense did not score any points, they have some things to work on..
October 12th, 2016 at 12:30 PM ^
different players are doing different things. Some are resting, some are practicing- like Speight and wideouts for timing- and some are hitting film harder, while others are catching up academically, etc.
October 12th, 2016 at 12:32 PM ^
don't know what Harbaugh does, Hoke gave the kids a few days off practice completely. I think one of the players interviewed said he was ready for the bye and that a lot of guys were tired because they have been going hard for 2 months straight.
October 12th, 2016 at 12:35 PM ^
Pancakes
October 12th, 2016 at 12:41 PM ^
Bye week is typcially when most likely one person does something dumb in their home town and get suspended or in the news. See: Chad Kelly and others this season.
Hopefully we get through it.
October 12th, 2016 at 12:39 PM ^
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October 12th, 2016 at 2:41 PM ^
October 12th, 2016 at 3:34 PM ^
Hoke's teams at least looked competitive against Ohio State, we didn't even belong on the same field as them last year.
2011 won by 6 in Ann Arbor, 2012 lost by 5 in Columbus, 2013 lost by 1 in Ann Arbor, 2014 lost by 14 in Columbus. Last year we lost by 29 at home, far more embarrassing than any Hoke-led teams.
Hoke was a couple plays from a 3-1 mark against Ohio State, and even the 14 point loss was a 1 score game in the 4th until a fumble that OSU recovered.
October 14th, 2016 at 12:05 AM ^
Had Drake not gotten hurt, we could have won in 2014 in Columbus. They had no answer for him.
Despite his other failures, Hoke could do 3 things really well: coach the D Line, recruit, and prepare for Ohio State.
October 12th, 2016 at 3:12 PM ^
Hoke was about 2 plays from being 3-1 against Ohio State. Given the rest of the games under his tenure I would say our teams played our best ball, given the opponent, in The Game.
October 12th, 2016 at 8:28 PM ^
Better than RichRod's plans, or Carr's in his last 5 years, so there's that.