Snowflakes, offensive edition - alcohol recommended after this one.

Submitted by ckersh74 on

Commence. 

The run on 3rd and 9 in the 4th quarter, while we were close to the red zone, was unconscionable. 

There. That's a start, if nothing else. 

corundum

September 6th, 2014 at 11:06 PM ^

Gardner made some great NFL throws when Mags and Miller weren't getting blown up or allowing Day through untouched. Definitely would have liked to see a move to an up-tempo air-raid attack once we were down 21-0.

reshp1

September 6th, 2014 at 11:07 PM ^

Funchess seemed to be walking around after the game ok, we're undefeated in Big Ten play, everyone else in the B1G seems to suck... that's all I got. I ain't talking about the rest until I sober up.

jsquigg

September 6th, 2014 at 11:10 PM ^

Why the fuck does Michigan never go hurry up?  I know I'd much rather run the ball and spend 30 seconds in a fucking huddle than show any goddamn urgency to fucking score.....

MGoFrog

September 6th, 2014 at 11:15 PM ^

I was a little depressed when Hoke said he was fine with how his offense performed in the first half, and that the team's struggles were entirely defensive.  Even had the first two field been made, a net six points in a half is a concern.  Obviously, zero in a full game is a greater concern.

Gameboy

September 6th, 2014 at 11:16 PM ^

Look, we all knew this OL is a tire fire. Against any team with a real D-Line, we are not going to do well. Add the fact that we are that much worse on the road for some reason, this is what happens. Anyone who thought OL was going to be better this year after losing two NFL tackles was smoking something wacky.

Jon06

September 6th, 2014 at 11:42 PM ^

Every time Devin started to feel pressure he started looking to run instead of stepping up and throwing. I thought he got rattled early and never recovered. That's on Nussmeier IMO. He's got to be able to settle his quarterback down. Shane should've gone in once it became clear that Devin was not able to quarterback today.

reshp1

September 6th, 2014 at 11:42 PM ^

Just totally snake bitten tonight. I thought we looked decent in spurts and the stats bare that out. We actually out gained them (yes, i know a lot of that was on garbage time). Just couldn't convert a fucking 3rd down to save our lives. Once we got in a deep hole, Devin Heroball came out and the turnovers sealed it. 

Leonhall

September 6th, 2014 at 11:48 PM ^

How can Freddie canteen not get on the field? I thought he looked okay in the spring. We have nobody to stretch the field, still our biggest issue is with oline and Gardner making poor decisions or holding ball too long.


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ehatch

September 6th, 2014 at 11:53 PM ^

Didn't like the game plan.  We never attacked the safeties early.  They sat on those quick WR screens.  No double moves.  Then after we fell behind, ND just pinned their ears back and came after DG.  

gwkrlghl

September 7th, 2014 at 12:08 AM ^

We were moving the ball reasonably well at first, getting to ND territory twice. I think DG started 9/13 for like 80ish yards. The offense never really looked insanely awful like it sometimes did under Borges. ND's defense just felt totally up in our grill tonight - exactly what we hoped our D would do to them. Running game was still sorta sucky

erald01

September 7th, 2014 at 1:22 AM ^

I wonder if the players are being over coached to the point where they are making a lot of mental mistakes..can we just be simple for once and start from there...i feel like the players are under a lot of pressure to the point where they forget how to do the basics

LSAClassOf2000

September 7th, 2014 at 9:04 AM ^

The one thing that made me go "ugh" more than anything else is that 289 yards was spread over 67 plays (32 passing, 35 rushing, so fairly balanced approach) ends up at a fairly slow 4.31 yards per play on average. Worse, we outgained ND by nine yards.