young linebacker disease

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FORMATION NOTES: about 50/50 between 4-2-5 lineups and 3-3-5, with a couple of series in a bonafide stack on standard downs:

Michigan did pull out its first five-man DLs of the year in some goal line situations, with Jeter the extra guy. These didn't go well; the two point conversion was a run right at Jeter's face.

SUBSTITUTION NOTES: With Paye, Ross, and Lavert Hill out rotation was limited. Danna, Hutchinson, and Kemp got almost all the snaps. Dwumfour rotated with Uche about 50/50; Vilain, Jeter, and Hinton had cameos.

At LB, McGrone, Glasgow, and Hudson the whole way, give or take some dime snaps.

At DB Gray, Thomas, Metellus, and Hawkins did not come off the field; Dax Hill only got ~10 snaps. That's more situational—Michigan did not run nearly as much jetpack this week with the limited Illini passing game.

[After THE JUMP: good and then eh and then good]