Day After Snowflakes / Early Thoughts on Purdue
September 17th, 2017 at 12:12 PM ^
of Saturday's game there was no "garbage time" against Air Force. Further it's hard to argue that Cincinnati wasn't trying to score when Michigan picked up their second pick six. Garbage time is when you're up three scores and you and your opponent have your second and third strings in for experience. You may have noticed that didn't happen in either of the last two games.
Last time I checked touchdowns scored by the defense or special team counted just the same as those scored by the offense. While I'd have liked a more consistent offensive performance, as a team Michigan is scoring an average of 32.6 points through their first three games.
September 17th, 2017 at 9:03 AM ^
Between our D and special teams we are likely to score 28.
September 17th, 2017 at 10:28 AM ^
September 17th, 2017 at 6:20 PM ^
September 17th, 2017 at 8:03 AM ^
September 17th, 2017 at 8:04 AM ^
September 17th, 2017 at 8:46 AM ^
"but theres only so long they can carry the O"
Exactly, because history says that you win games aginst the toughest opponents with offense and not defense. Or does it?
September 17th, 2017 at 10:12 AM ^
September 17th, 2017 at 10:43 AM ^
Because a bad offense puts a good defense into bad positions, and when that happens often enough, even a very good defense is likely to give up some points. Case in point: the Evans fumble yesterday, putting pressure on the D. Another case in point: the OSU game last year--after Speight threw the pick-six, he threw another interception that set up OSU with very good field position that led to a TD.
September 17th, 2017 at 9:29 AM ^
Right now I'd take the Borges O over the revived Nussmeier offense they're currently conducting.
September 17th, 2017 at 8:06 AM ^
September 17th, 2017 at 8:10 AM ^
ESPN also thinks Stephen A. Smith is talented and worthy of a show, so........
September 17th, 2017 at 9:02 AM ^
September 17th, 2017 at 9:16 AM ^
And according to some poll aggregators, Clinton had a 99% chance of winning the election in November. So, shit happens...
September 17th, 2017 at 10:56 AM ^
False. All main stream poll aggregators had her at 70-75% to win. And the national polls were pretty much exactly correct, with her winning the popular vote between 2.5-3%.
The problem was the state polls. Hillary's strength in the upper Midwest was significantly overestimated. Additionally, Trump did significantly worse than expected in California (i.e. Orange County not only flipping blue for the first time since the 1930s, but doing so by a large margin of nearly 10 points; overall, Hillary won the most populous state by more than Obama did either time, which was something nobody was expecting with regard to his 2008 landslide). All of this led to the popular vote staying with the national polls.
Even though this balanced out in the national vote, with our electoral system it doesn't matter.
September 17th, 2017 at 8:07 AM ^
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September 17th, 2017 at 8:12 AM ^
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September 17th, 2017 at 8:13 AM ^
September 17th, 2017 at 9:42 AM ^
because the half-life is 3 hours. Latvian or valium may be better choices.
September 17th, 2017 at 8:13 AM ^
September 17th, 2017 at 8:18 AM ^
No excuse for how poorly our offense performed against their defense, though..not with the size and talent advantage we had everywhere...
September 17th, 2017 at 8:16 AM ^
September 17th, 2017 at 8:19 AM ^
If you are a little down on this team I would implore you to go watch that Fla/Tenn game. Two very poorly coached teams with terrible QB play. Franks and Dormady will give you a real appreciation for Speight. We are young and it is showing on offense right now. We have tremendous coaching and this team will thus continue to improve each week. We are not going to beat Clemson or Alabama next week, but I like where we are as a program on the rise versus the many blue bloods that are floundering right now.
September 17th, 2017 at 8:34 AM ^
Speight is a 4th year player. And Franks numbers were not bad at all yesterday, for a freshman against a ranked team.
And if you saw "tremendous coaching" of our offense yesterday, I'm sure a lot of people here would love to hear about it.
September 17th, 2017 at 9:12 AM ^
September 17th, 2017 at 9:44 AM ^
The offense was pretty good, except for the part about scoring.
Gotcha.
September 17th, 2017 at 10:00 AM ^
Oh my god. The sky is falling. The sky is falling. We're 3-0. It was a 3 score spread yesterday and we won by 16. And next week we will win by more than 10. Auburn played a close game with Clemson and then beat Mercer by only 14 last night. Shit, whatever will they do now? The season is lost.
Relax.
September 17th, 2017 at 10:10 AM ^
You can see the future, then? And what was your prediction for the margin against Cincinnati?
If you're saying that yesterday's performance met or exceeded your expectations, and that it left you feeling more confident than ever about how we're going to do the rest of the season, I wouldn't believe you.
The fact is, win or not, we struggled in what should have been two of our easiest games of the year.
September 17th, 2017 at 10:17 AM ^
Well let me know when you're ready to make a wager on it there Chicken Little. My expectations were pretty close to met actually because I thought the score would be 32-13. So yeah, you don't know what the hell you're talking about. I don't expect to ever blow out a service academy that runs the clock down by keeping it on the ground. Next week there will be many more possessions as it will be a short passing team. So expect us to score somewhere in the neighborhood of 35-40. There's your prediction any time you're ready to put or shut up.
September 17th, 2017 at 10:59 AM ^
Remember the previous regimes, when our offense would have multiple consecutive 3-and-outs, which would wear out our defense. Of course we prefer TDs over FGs. That doesn't mean that moving the ball between the 20s and then settling for a FG is worthless. Beyond the 3 points, it also gives the defense time to rest and adjust.
September 17th, 2017 at 8:20 AM ^
and admittedly its easier to be a pessimist, but a pessimist i am about that purdue game.
purdue is legit. we have obviously floundered somewhat at home against weaker teams, and a loss to purdue probably means 7-5/8-4 season.
a win? well lets see how we do but that would certainly brighten the outlook.
September 17th, 2017 at 9:07 AM ^
September 17th, 2017 at 9:15 AM ^
and if we can't beat them we are in for a long year. if we go on the road and win, especially in a convincing fashion, then the sun will shine.
September 17th, 2017 at 8:21 AM ^
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September 17th, 2017 at 8:33 AM ^
Has me more worried than if we were healthy. What would be nice is if we could get Karon going early behind Panda, and Get Evans in space with some quick hitters and screens. Everyone is talking about JH holding back, and I'm not sure that is the case, however the 2 practices I attended in August they must of ran 15 screen plays to Evans. In fact, at one point Evans went for back to back TD's and the first team offense won both of those days. (no sprints)
Grant Perry and DPJ will be very important, and when they are used on the same side of the field we have an advantage IMO. Grant usually stays underneath, down the seam, or to the sticks. This creates a lot of attention from defenses because on film it's obvious he is Speight top target and clearly our most seasoned playmaker. Nonetheless, this should open up DPJ for some crosses and deep balls (As long as Wilton keeps the ball in bounds smh). I also expect way more out of TWJr, Gentry, and Mckeon.
Lastly, not sure if anyone noticed but Drevno and JH were very excited to see Runyan spring Higdon late in that game and I would not be surprised if you saw a lot more of him and Ruiz earlier against Purdue, even if it's only to give a quick breather to the starters.
September 17th, 2017 at 8:52 AM ^
September 17th, 2017 at 9:01 AM ^
September 17th, 2017 at 9:08 AM ^
to Gentry in the back of the endzone... Why haven't we seen that play in the red zone? Going to choose to believe they are trying to keep the playbook slim with young offense.
September 17th, 2017 at 10:14 AM ^
to Speight "back of the endzone" seems to mean anywhere between the photographers and the second row of seats.
September 17th, 2017 at 11:15 AM ^
September 17th, 2017 at 10:34 AM ^
September 17th, 2017 at 9:43 AM ^
Recall one to Ty yesterday that picked up 8 yards.
September 17th, 2017 at 3:56 PM ^
September 17th, 2017 at 10:04 AM ^
DPJ will fill in just fine if Black can't go. Eventually those two and Perry will be the starters anyway. Crawford is good, but DPJ is better and he just needs to learn the system.
September 17th, 2017 at 8:32 AM ^
September 17th, 2017 at 8:36 AM ^
That's not an alternate word for "executing badly, with crappy playcalling".