WTKA Roundtable 11/30/2017: Quarterback Depth is Important, People
Everybody else on the field has visible, public accountability.
Things discussed:
- A one-possession game
- The quarterback play: Inability to execute on pass plays that were open was the difference. O’Korn took sacks he didn’t need to.
- Harbaugh schemed guys open.
- J.T. Barrett completed just two passes in this game; Hudson got one bust on a Cover 2—complaints of man all day are unfounded.
- They got THE STOP they needed; offense just needed to score on the two chances to win the game the defense game them. But okay, the defense didn’t give them a third chance.
- Metellus on the drag on K.J. Hill: why is that not LaVert (in fairness he gave up one to K.J. as well)
- The slot corner stuff on the secondary was bad luck; looking back against expectations they were exceptional. QBs caveat.
- Next year’s defense looks really good. Put Aubrey in Hurst’s spot, find a linebacker and some depth and let’s goooooo.
- Speight transfer: kind of a surprise, implies McCaffrey is pretty good, he thinks he’s even with Peters. Idea that Harbaugh had anything to do with it is laughable.
- Brian thinks it’s justified for Michigan to restrict his transfer to teams we don’t play next year (no Rutgers, Indiana, etc.)
- Defenses as good as Michigan’s have been drawing a lot more holding calls. Michigan got boned a lot on this game and vs. Wisconsin. Florida was the best officiating we got all year (and they screwed M out of a TD and called Khalid Hill for illegal downfield. Opinion: get professional referees!
You can catch the entire episode on Michigan Insider's podcast stream on Audioboom.
Segment two is here. Segment three is here.
THE USUAL LINKS
December 1st, 2017 at 9:28 AM ^
for mgoblog, possibly in conjunction with some other sports blogs/journals, to institute a regular feature called "RefWatch." Develop a methodology, examine the calls, and let's document this thing. There is prima facie evidence of a very serious bias against UM. Let's sh*t or quit smoking pot.
December 1st, 2017 at 9:38 AM ^
Is that would likely take precious time away from Brian/Ace/Seth, etc. to write all of our favorite content on this site. I don't know about you, but I would much prefer a UFR than a "RefWatch" website.
December 1st, 2017 at 11:38 AM ^
of the possibilities, my good man. If the gencklemen in question are overburdened someone else could take on the job. We're demanding more rigor from the refereeing; we should examine the reffing with rigor ourselves.
December 1st, 2017 at 12:06 PM ^
I wrote that article once and my main takeaway was I should never write that article again.
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December 1st, 2017 at 2:11 PM ^
How stoned is the person in the picture for this article?! Haha
December 1st, 2017 at 2:12 PM ^
the stakes are too great now to have some f'n hall of fame high school basketball coach refereeing these games.
It's not like the b1g doesn't have the money to send these guys to satellite referee camp
December 1st, 2017 at 2:13 PM ^
Given that QB depth is important should the staff have made more effort to get BP 'ready'?
December 1st, 2017 at 3:03 PM ^
i was crackin up when they were talking about the Pistons and Ed almost started arguing that they are not that good...then Sam talked about their record. Ed stopped himself...atta boy.
We love you Ed, its all love
December 1st, 2017 at 5:14 PM ^
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