WTKA Roundtable: Nico Collins Needs the Ball
Things discussed:
- Woodson has Craig’s back on predicting Michigan to win the Big Ten Championship
- Ed thinks Army is the luckiest team and overrated. Craig is fearful.
- Sam: Indiana is the trap game between MSU and OSU.
- Ricky Rahne is kind of a mug, were still running the Moorhead plays without the Moorhead context.
- Wisconsin’s Quintez Cephus acquitted, reinstated, took it all the way to the jury. Not a situation like at MSU—this seems like an honest acquittal of an innocent guy, but NCAA has to clear him for the missed classes.
- Talking 3-3-5s.
- Mike Danna reminds of us Shantee Orr, the little ball of hate from the early 2000s
- They don’t have enough corners
- Ambry: Sam’s personal guess is it’s not until the Wisconsin game, but he looks like he’s got his weight back.
- Shea: In the conversation to be a guy in New York watching them give the Heisman to Tua or Trevor Lawrence.
- Ronnie Bell is the talk.
- Nico Collins needs more targets. Just 50?
- Ed: Texas is way overrated. Auburn belongs in the conversation. Oregon game is interesting. Washington has an easy schedule. Utah has a good defensive line.
You can catch the entire episode on Michigan Insider's podcast stream on Podbean.
Segment two is here. Segment three is here.
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Play teams with the same offense as Ohio State, and invite the planes and the flyover guys too.
August 23rd, 2019 at 10:21 AM ^
On the Army take, they reeeeeeally played with fire last year. The close game against Oklahoma was impressive, but they won a bunch of squeakers against crappy teams.
August 23rd, 2019 at 11:22 AM ^
Yeah, they went 4-1 in 1-score games last year and 6-2 (!!) in 1-score games two years ago. Yes, their style leads to a fewer-possession game that can narrow the scoring band, but as you noted playing with fire can blow up in your face. MSU the past couple of years did the same thing; that 10-win season had something like 6 or 7 wins by 1 score or less, and the two bookend seasons featured worse records in low-scoring, close games.
Army is a good program and Michigan needs to play them tough, but they also aren't going to sneak up on anyone after nearly upsetting OU and destroying Houston last year.
August 23rd, 2019 at 12:24 PM ^
I think the concern for Army is less about losing to them, and more the fact that Don Brown says they practiced defending the option every day since spring.
If we end up losing a close game to another team this season where the defense falters, I'll definitely point to all that Army prep as something we didn't need to voluntarily take on.
August 23rd, 2019 at 2:41 PM ^
Should be prepping for OSU every day.
August 23rd, 2019 at 6:58 PM ^
The preparations for Army and for other games aren't mutually exclusive.
August 23rd, 2019 at 1:17 PM ^
I get the concern about Army with their offense and killing the clock but why does everyone bring up Oklahoma? OU's defense was kinda garbage. Army taking their 84th(!!) ranked S&P+ defense to the brink doesn't worry me. Even with Michigan losing a ton they should still be a top 15 defense.
The option and all the damn cut blocks DO worry me, but let's dispense with the whole "they took OU to the brink" when OU's defense was ranked 84th.
August 24th, 2019 at 9:43 AM ^
I watched that game recently and OU’s DL was an abomination. They repeatedly got driven back off the LOS and the DC had them line up a full yard off the ball for some dumb reason. Duke held Army to 14 earlier in the year. I'm way less concerned than I was.
August 23rd, 2019 at 12:06 PM ^
I called and nobody answered...WTF?????...….OH....PRE-recorded got it.
August 23rd, 2019 at 1:56 PM ^
Can something be, “pre” recorded anyways?
August 25th, 2019 at 12:09 PM ^
The back and forth I went through in my head about this comment was exhausting.
August 23rd, 2019 at 3:46 PM ^
Brian’s Nico Collins take is the truth. He and DPJ should each get 75+ targets this year.
And, FWIW, Shea mentioned DPJ, Nico, and Tarik when asked about WRs yesterday. Not Ronnie Bell or CJ.
August 23rd, 2019 at 10:08 PM ^
And, FWIW, Shea mentioned DPJ, Nico, and Tarik when asked about WRs yesterday. Not Ronnie Bell or CJ.
What are you implying? He also so something to the effect of, “... so many weapons” at his disposal.
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