Michigan's Disappearing Offense
Utah: no points in 2nd or 3rd quarter Miami (OH): no points in 2nd or 3rd quarter Notre Dame: no points 3rd or 4th quarter Wisconsin: no points 1st or 2nd, Illinois: no points in 2nd or 3rd quarter Toledo: no points in 3rd or 4th quarter Penn State: no points in 3rd or 4th quarter Michigan State: no points in 4th quarter Purdue: scored in every quarter Minnesota: scored in every quarter Northwester: no points in 3rd or 4th quarter So in 8 games this year Michigan has gone two or more quarters without scoring a point! How can you expect to win ball games if you take half the game off on offense from a scoring perspective? Here are the points but quarter:
1st: 92, 2nd: 51, 3rd: 34, 4th: 65
Clearly this team struggles mightily in the third quarter. Almost half of the yearly output (14 pts.) was in one game (Purdue). In only 4 of 11 games this season have they scored at all in the third quarter. Here are some options for why this is happening:- Coaching: opposing coaches are figuring out Michigan's schemes and coming up with ways to stop them while Michigan is unable to adapt.
- Talent: Michigan simply doesn't have the talent to compete and this talent is winning out in the later half of the game.
- Inexperience: in pressure situations young players make more mistakes and thus we lose important scoring opportunities.
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