FORMATION NOTES: Michigan used a ton of tight ends.
I charted 10 plays with three tight ends—we're still considering Bredeson a TE and not a hybrid—and another 19 with two. There were almost none with zero. Since there's a chunk of passing downs in there, a majority of Michigan standard downs had two tight ends or three.
Other than that not a whole lot of formation hijinks. Michigan did run a two-back formation out of the gun for the first time this year:
This was the wheel to Corum with Bredeson staying in to protect. You better believe that's going to be the #1 thing opponents expect out of this formation after M put this on tape.
Maryland alternated between a bunch of different fronts but never beefed up to match Michigan beef, with the results you see in the box score.
SUBSTITUTION NOTES: Just McCarthy at QB. Almost just Corum at RB; Stokes fumbled his first carry and Isaiah Gash got a couple of runs. OL was Hayes/El-Hadi/Olu/Zinter/Jones the whole way. WRs were the usual at this point: Wilson/Bell/Johnson clearly in front of Henning/Anthony, with cameos from Walker and Clemons. TE was without Erick All, and virtually all snaps were sucked up by Schoonmaker, Bredeson, and Honigford. Loveland and Hibner had cameos.
[AFTER THE JUMP: a palpable opponent]
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