jared wangler

Shea Patterson and Jim Harbaugh have worked well this season
[Barron]

Things Discussed

  • Shea Patterson on his relationship with Harbaugh, their similarities
  • Lawrence Marshall on coming back for a fifth year
  • Marshall and Jared Wangler on Senior Day
  • Wangler on his dad

[After THE JUMP: Not triumphalism, but not not triumphalism]

earned it [Patrick Barron]

image-6_thumb_thumb5_thumb_thumb_thu[1]SPONSOR NOTE: Reminder that Matt is hanging out at the Charity Tailgate at 327 East Hoover (if you were at the preseason MGoEvents this year and last it's the same place). There are food trucks, beer, televisions, a giant colorful bus, and it's right next to Revelli so the band will march past. Check it out.

When not tailgating Matt is also a person who will get you a mortgage right quick from the comfort of your own home. If you need one, he's the man, man.

FORMATION NOTES: Michigan's most gun-heavy game of the year with just 18 under-center snaps vs 43 from the gun or pistol. Unlike previous games Michigan was perfectly happy to run from the gun on short yardage. There wasn't a whole lot of weird stuff by formation. Michigan had a couple of quads packages, one from a bunch and the other more spread out.

Wisconsin stuck in their base 3-4 defense for virtually the whole game, with the exception of passing downs.

SUBSTITUTION NOTES: Mostly the usual. OL the starting five the whole way. At QB McCaffrey and Milton both got a a few snaps. Two of those came during the competitive portion of the contest. Evans returned and got backup snaps behind Higdon. Wilson was all but absent until about halfway through the fourth. Christian Turner used up game #2 with a few late carries.

Collins and DPJ backed by Martin and Bell at WR, as per usual. Very little Grant Perry—ten snaps and change—as Michigan played a ton of 2TE sets. McKeon and Gentry were both on the field for large chunks of the game; Eubanks got a few snaps.

The thing that stood out most was the lack of Ben Mason, who didn't have a role on those 2TE shotgun snaps but also ceded some playing time to Wangler.

[After THE JUMP: fire up the ground game]

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[Ed: I had a math exam Tuesday night, so shoutout to The Daily's Max Marcovitch for sending audio and shoutout me for probably failing a math exam]

Things Discussed

communication is key to a happy relationship 

Patterson spun around and found guys to hit, Michigan's defense spun guys around and hit them

Jared Wangler was gunned down by a comically one-dimensional villain in the cold open to this post