Buy Bushwood

September 24th, 2022 at 8:46 PM ^

I would not want to take the offense we saw today into OSU.  Hopefully, we'll see a steep learning curve for JJ.  OSU's scheme just makes it look so easy for the QB.  Stroud almost never has to even make a 2nd read.  We've got a lot of work to do, and hopefully that is something to do with the ineptness of Wisconsin.  Penn State's D will be an interesting test.  

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andrewgr

September 24th, 2022 at 8:20 PM ^

The new DC (Jim Knowles) knows what he's doing.  Watching the same personnel actually get off blocks this year is amazing.  I realize they're supposed to learn that in Pee-Wee league, but it seemed like a foreign concept for the last three years or so. 

Should be a lot of fun to see Corum vs. a well-coached OSU defense.  I can't imagine him not getting yards; it's just a matter of whether they're consistent enough to sustain drives.  

Plus, Knowles' defensive philosophy is to get everyone on the team comfortable with the idea of giving up a few big plays per game.  He's willing to surrender a couple of 1 or 2 play touchdown drives, if it means that they're committing more resources on the other plays.  So they are, by design, going to give UM opportunities for shots downfield.  The difference between hitting the two that Knowles is willing to live with vs. the four that means the offense needs to score 49+ is, obviously, huge.

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bronxblue

September 24th, 2022 at 10:02 PM ^

The game where Michigan's receivers were quite wide open and McCarthy either didn't see them or overthrew them.

The Fox announcers did a disservice to what was actually happening in the game with their coverage seemingly based on a completely different one that was happening in an alternative reality.

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carolina blue

September 24th, 2022 at 8:02 PM ^

Wtf is OSU wearing?  Look, I hate them with the fire of 1000 suns, but they do have an iconic uniform. Don’t fuck with it too much.
Go all red? Ok.  Go all grey? Ok.  Maybe do a big buckeye plant on the chest like we did with the M on the UTL1 jerseys. But all black?  No.

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waittilnextyear

September 24th, 2022 at 8:07 PM ^

This game will go a long way to telling us whether Ohio State is good this year or if Wisconsin is ass.  It would be our luck for the Badgers to be straight ass in a year we don't need to overtake them.

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