What UFR content are you most interested in reading?
For me, I want to hear about two things that I think are important for how much the offense can improve this year.
1. We know that Ulizio (RT) got beat badly a couple of times, but how did he do otherwise? Did he look over-matched like JBB did last year at LT or does Brian see promise in his overall performance?
2. How did the TEs do in run blocking? I have confidence that we have good TE receivers, but JH is a magician with TEs who are the complete package.
What do others want to hear about?
September 4th, 2017 at 12:16 PM ^
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September 4th, 2017 at 1:34 PM ^
The probelm with UFRs for the secondary is they are out of frame on many plays. A DB could have great coverage on numerous plays and never show up on screen.
September 4th, 2017 at 11:48 PM ^
ESPN All-22 is a channel that has--you guessed it--all 22 players in frame from the press-box cam. It also has no announcers, no replays, and occasional grunts from a cameraman.
I believe it's also free to access if anyone wants to chart the DBs and receivers!
September 4th, 2017 at 12:17 PM ^
September 4th, 2017 at 12:20 PM ^
and Onwenu.
September 4th, 2017 at 12:19 PM ^
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September 4th, 2017 at 12:35 PM ^
I'm a Speight defender and I don't think there's going to be much Brian can do to help Speight's case in this game. He threw a couple great passes and was clearly more comfortable running the offense than O'Korn, but two pick-sixes, a good amount of overthrows, and an 11-25 performance is tough to defend. Call it knocking the rust off if you'd like, it was still a poor performance.
September 4th, 2017 at 4:39 PM ^
September 4th, 2017 at 12:39 PM ^
I don't know how he can destory the haters if he objectively charts the game. It won't be kind to Speight. He may be the best QB on the roster, but I am sure he will be the first to admit he needs to play better in the future if we are gonna beat Wisky, PSU, or OSU.
September 4th, 2017 at 5:02 PM ^
Someone posted that his QBR was in the 30s, so it's hard to put lipstick on that.
September 4th, 2017 at 12:40 PM ^
I'm not calling for Peters or O'Korn, but do you really think the UFR is going to say Speight had a good game?
September 4th, 2017 at 12:43 PM ^
September 4th, 2017 at 12:50 PM ^
I don't think that is the issue. Fans are not looking for a Tom Brady level of performance out of him. They want a QB that can manage the offense and avoid turnovers so that the defense can potentially give us a chance to win the Big Ten. The game against Florida did nothing but provide more data that he might not be up to that task.
September 4th, 2017 at 3:43 PM ^
I think many people (including me) were hoping for at the very least, an above average game-manager performance out of Sp8 for 2017. I'm pretty sure thats what Harbaugh tends to look for as well since he's always talking about minimizing the mistakes.
Sp8 doesn't have a rocket arm, so we have to rely on his wits (very good) mobility (above average taking sctrambling/pocket escapability into account).
So far the end of 2016 and the begining of 2017 Sp8 has been both money, and ridiculously inaccurate. He's week to week performance has become sort of a wild card and it's that unpredictability that is so frustrating.
September 4th, 2017 at 5:35 PM ^
Whatever "game manager" means (because no one is going to never make a bad throw or decision), Speight certainly makes good decisions almost all of the time. Neither of his picks in this one was a bad decision, and only one was a capital 'B' Bad throw.
So he "managed" to shake that off and lead the team to a 23-0 second half and let his running game and defense get the win. Yes, he left some more points on the table but the overthrows were long and out of bounds in a way that they were, perhaps, too conservative, too game mananger, if anything.
He's not laser accurate and doesn't have a rocket arm, but he has an adequate arm and accurancy, and is a very savvy, smart, surprisingly elusive QB. We'll be fine.
September 4th, 2017 at 12:59 PM ^
September 4th, 2017 at 7:42 PM ^
Nick Sheridan threw an 8 yard touchdown to Greg Mathews and kept Michigan UNDEFEATED at the Metrodome. No other quarterback can claim that.
September 4th, 2017 at 8:50 PM ^
September 4th, 2017 at 12:47 PM ^
no, but I expect there to be 2-3 incompletions that are marked CA but dropped by the WR and 2-3 TA that were good decisions.
that's 4-6 incompleted passes that will chart better than they did in the aggregate stats, i.e., 11-25 = 42%
He had 2-3 AWFUL throws that ended up being the worst possible outcome that I think are clouding his overall performance a bit. Brian will let him have it on those 2-3 throws, but IMO the other 22-23 throws will chart average-to-good.
September 4th, 2017 at 12:52 PM ^
September 4th, 2017 at 12:56 PM ^
I don't think that is right. He had what,4 to 5 passes that were thrown to Taco Pants? Another 2 to 4 that were thown out of bounds so the receiver had no chance to make a play. Took a couple of sacks instead of checking down to a wide open Evans in space. I mean the first touchdown ended up with 6 points, but there is no reason that the safety should have had a chance to make contact with Black and knock the ball out.
Yeah there were a couple of drops, but even the drops weren't passes that would get a DO. He struggled, but he is still our best QB. He just can't continue this trend of performances against any defense that is good to above average.
September 4th, 2017 at 3:07 PM ^
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September 4th, 2017 at 12:41 PM ^
Didn't see that until I read the SECcountry piece that got posted here. I have no idea what he was looking at. Headed right towards tons of open field and then cut back. Weird.
September 4th, 2017 at 1:02 PM ^
September 4th, 2017 at 12:38 PM ^
I'm especially interested in Evans. First game as the feature back, and I'm curious how his vision shakes out.
September 4th, 2017 at 12:20 PM ^
I analyzed Ulizio every play and took notes. You can find my post on /r/michiganwolverines. I tried to post it here, but was caught in the spam filter. If someone wants to copy paste it over here, it won't hurt my feelings.
I also did the same thing for Gary:
Some quick obervations:
Gary was doubleteamed 6 times. Twice he had no opportunity to make a play due to it being run away from him or it being a quick pass. Twice he was blown off the ball by the double. And twice he pushed the doubleteam into the backfield.
Florida did not really have anyone chipping him all game. I only saw it once.
Florida only did 13 designed runs while Gary was in the game. 3 were toward Gary's side, 4 were away, and 3 were inside. They ran 3 read option plays. Gary was the read man twice and played with proper technique both times. He made the play one time and was juked by Zaire the other time. That data does not indicate that Florida was purposely running away from Gary's side of the field.
Gary lined up on the strong side of the field (by my own analysis, I don't know how Michigan defines strong side) 25 plays. He lined up on the weak side for 15 plays. They are obviously trying to avoid being predictable with their alignments.
Gary sat out only 9 plays before garbage time. I wasn't specifically watching for Winovich, but I don't ever remember seeing him be taken out.
My conclusion? He played fine. He was not the weapon of mass destruction that many people who watched the game claimed he was, but he was a productive role player who did his job and contributed to the win.
If you are interested in seeing my play by play notes, let me know. I would be happy to post them. I also did this same thing for Ulizio. If you would like my breakdown on him as well, also let me know.
Edit: Also, Jim was right when he complained that the clock was wrong when Michigan received a delay of game call. There were only 29 seconds between the end of the previous play and the clock hitting zero.
September 4th, 2017 at 12:27 PM ^
September 4th, 2017 at 12:29 PM ^
I haven't analyzed Hurst's game, but I am inclined to agree. If he satys healthy, I suspect he will be out MVP at the end of the year.
September 4th, 2017 at 12:58 PM ^
September 4th, 2017 at 1:18 PM ^
I'm at work, so I can't copy/paste my Reddit post, but I'll summarize my summary without my data (because it's not in front of me).
It start off very poorly. He was asked to man up on their DE's regularly and was generally on the losing end. About halfway through the second quarter they started doubleteaming with him a lot more. This helped a lot, but obviously tied two men up.
I was disappointed with how he blocked downfield. He got to the second level a few times, but never really buried any linebackers like I would have liked to see.
Overall, it was a disappointing performance.
September 4th, 2017 at 5:46 PM ^
analysis.
In my mind when Gary v. two guys is a draw over the course of the game, that's a pretty big positive (although I am surprised it was only 6 plays..how many total snaps did he get?).
September 4th, 2017 at 12:20 PM ^
becuase bambi vs Godzilla is my favorite story. :) Plus Speight's performance. It looked really bad in some areas but he did hit some really good throws. Looking forward to seeing that analysis.
September 4th, 2017 at 5:52 PM ^
and his performance so very interested in the metrics, and I don't know how many snaps he got, but I thought Lawrence Marshall did a nice job spelling Hurst. I'm curious to see how he did.
If Marshall's a viable DT, and we play a lot of 3-3-5, we all of a sudden have so much depth at DT that there isn't enough snaps to go around/you think about possibly redshirting Solomon. This all makes the Hudson move to OT a lot more understandable.
September 4th, 2017 at 12:20 PM ^
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September 4th, 2017 at 12:46 PM ^
I was really impressed with him both times I watched the game. I'll admit he's neither a pushover nor a force, but he is a guy who really looks like he knows what he's doing. With Cole moving outside, I'll take that every Saturday. Frankly, it feels lucky to have him.
September 4th, 2017 at 12:47 PM ^
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September 4th, 2017 at 12:23 PM ^
Florida's bambi offense UFR
September 4th, 2017 at 12:24 PM ^
September 4th, 2017 at 12:43 PM ^
I watched the 30-minute video of the game and they looked pretty good in the 4th.
September 4th, 2017 at 12:28 PM ^
September 4th, 2017 at 12:28 PM ^
OL
DSR for the QBs