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While it was against and overmatched Washington, the defense between some new fronts and alignments, gap integrity and downhill intensity was a new level for scUM last night.
That Hutchinson kid is the real deal too. Pound the rock, suffocate on defense and crowd noise. Hate to say it, that was Tressel ball dialed to 11 last night that we watched.
It'll be interesting to see what happens when Wisconsin rolls around. Eventually they won't be able to hide Mcnamara and we'll see if the defense can continue to float the offense.
"And your enemies closer..."
That Hutchinson kid is the real deal too. Pound the rock, suffocate on defense and crowd noise. Hate to say it, that was Tressel ball dialed to 11 last night that we watched.
It'll be interesting to see what happens when Wisconsin rolls around. Eventually they won't be able to hide Mcnamara and we'll see if the defense can continue to float the offense.
"And your enemies closer..."
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Not directly football related, but along with Bill Burr's narration... the fact that it's a full blown Walmart Michigan Man.
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Eh this is kind of par for the course for Harbaugh outside of last season
Feast on Average-Bad teams
Fortunately for them with Indiana looking meh they likely only have 3 teams above that category on their schedule in the regular season.
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Onebuckfan
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Taylor Lewan gave up 5 sacks to Chandler Jones. ScUm always and forever.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Is Michigan fool's gold?
Michigan is 2-0 to start the season, which matches its total wins from last season. The Wolverines should be commended for that, because they already look like a better team than last year, but how good are they? This is probably a two-part question that needs to be broken up between the offense and defense to be answered properly.
The defense has a new coordinator in Mike Macdonald, and by all accounts there seems to be more organization. Players have said the communication on the sidelines is at an all-time high. It's not likely Míchigan will field a top-five defense, but there have already been signs of improvement, and having a healthy Aidan Hutchinson has been a big boost.
The offense, however, might be a different story. Yes, the team put up 47 points against Western Michigan and 31 against Washington, but the stats might tell a different story. Against Washington, Michigan had 352 rush yards on 56 attempts, but it had only 44 passing yards on 15 throws. It could be said that the run game was working, so why not stick with it, but the pass plays that were called were uncreative, lacked the necessary blocking downfield and didn't yield much of anything. That might have worked against Washington, but will that work against Wisconsin or Penn State? Running back Blake Corum is going to be a star for Michigan, and the duo of Corum and Hassan Haskins will have success, but if quarterback Cade McNamara can't balance it out in the passing game, Michigan is eventually going to run into trouble. -- Tom VanHaaren
Entire article: https://www.espn.com/college-footba...ate-struggling-defense-florida-qb-battle-more
Michigan is 2-0 to start the season, which matches its total wins from last season. The Wolverines should be commended for that, because they already look like a better team than last year, but how good are they? This is probably a two-part question that needs to be broken up between the offense and defense to be answered properly.
The defense has a new coordinator in Mike Macdonald, and by all accounts there seems to be more organization. Players have said the communication on the sidelines is at an all-time high. It's not likely Míchigan will field a top-five defense, but there have already been signs of improvement, and having a healthy Aidan Hutchinson has been a big boost.
The offense, however, might be a different story. Yes, the team put up 47 points against Western Michigan and 31 against Washington, but the stats might tell a different story. Against Washington, Michigan had 352 rush yards on 56 attempts, but it had only 44 passing yards on 15 throws. It could be said that the run game was working, so why not stick with it, but the pass plays that were called were uncreative, lacked the necessary blocking downfield and didn't yield much of anything. That might have worked against Washington, but will that work against Wisconsin or Penn State? Running back Blake Corum is going to be a star for Michigan, and the duo of Corum and Hassan Haskins will have success, but if quarterback Cade McNamara can't balance it out in the passing game, Michigan is eventually going to run into trouble. -- Tom VanHaaren
Entire article: https://www.espn.com/college-footba...ate-struggling-defense-florida-qb-battle-more
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Cute…
“Years prior, we'd call it a 9-on-7, which is what the drill is," offensive guard Trevor Keegan said. "But this year, we changed it to the 'Beat Ohio' drill.' Now we're blasting music, smelling salts, everything. It's a pretty physical period. We love it."
https://www.espn.com/college-footba...rbaugh-renames-drill-inspired-beat-ohio-state
“Years prior, we'd call it a 9-on-7, which is what the drill is," offensive guard Trevor Keegan said. "But this year, we changed it to the 'Beat Ohio' drill.' Now we're blasting music, smelling salts, everything. It's a pretty physical period. We love it."
https://www.espn.com/college-footba...rbaugh-renames-drill-inspired-beat-ohio-state
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Well, that school in Athens sure is on their radar. Seems like an awful lot of prep work for a team that, so far as I know, isn't even on their schedule for the foreseeable future.
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