August 31st, 2013 at 8:10 PM ^
August 31st, 2013 at 9:02 PM ^
True freshmen seeing action were:
- Smith
- Morris
- Stribling
- Thomas
- Lewis
- Green
- Charlton
- Gedeon
- Hill
- York
- Butt
August 31st, 2013 at 7:39 PM ^
as to what happen today. CMU is not very good and were 311/2 point underdogs. My take is Michigan is going to have to play a lot better if they are to beat Notre Dame.
August 31st, 2013 at 8:00 PM ^
August 31st, 2013 at 7:41 PM ^
August 31st, 2013 at 8:13 PM ^
.....we burned his redshirt too.....
August 31st, 2013 at 7:51 PM ^
Cam Gordon played one hell of a game.
August 31st, 2013 at 7:55 PM ^
Cam looked good and so did Wilson. Furman looked a little dicey, but it's hard to see what the safeties are doing on many plays.
August 31st, 2013 at 7:57 PM ^
I liked seeing the level of young talent that Hoke and staff are bringing in.
There were a lot of mistakes, and hopefully they'll be cleaned up before next week.
August 31st, 2013 at 7:58 PM ^
Green moves great for his size, though always goes down it seems.
Smith looked decent but its apparent Green is better
Drake Johnson looks better than both
I liked Hayes wheels
Rawls I rhought looked great
Glasgow sure looks the part and played well. Kalis blew an assignment the only time I was watching him
Miller does not look big enough
Gallon may deserve the 1 jersey
Thomas needs to start at safety
Our outside LBs got beat alot to the edge
Gardner and morris looked nervous
August 31st, 2013 at 9:32 PM ^
August 31st, 2013 at 11:14 PM ^
Glasgow had a couple false start penalties.
Shane has a good arm and quick release, obviously a true frosh though.
August 31st, 2013 at 8:01 PM ^
August 31st, 2013 at 8:14 PM ^
I don't know how you reached that conclusion. He was the beneficiary of some of the best blocking the OL managed on the day, misread a few blocks and bounced outside when he should't have, and went down on first contact almost every time.
I think he's going to be a great player when he learns to convert his fantastic size and speed into collegiate-level power running and learns to read and react a little better (no surprise, he's a true freshman after all), but he's not there yet.
Fitz showed me that he's the unquestionable #1 today, and I'm happy about that. Green showed me that he has a ton of potential, and I'm happy about that too. Rawls (!) and Smith both showed that they're no slouches either, so I'd say the RB situation for the next few years is looking pretty good, but anointing Green now is premature.
August 31st, 2013 at 8:17 PM ^
August 31st, 2013 at 8:56 PM ^
August 31st, 2013 at 9:14 PM ^
Not sure how you could watch that game and think that Green is better than Fitz RIGHT NOW. He might be some day, but there is no way he is better right now.
Green is a bowling ball, and showed a lot of potential just due to his combo of size and speed, but didn't show much in terms of moves, footwork or balance. He looked relatively easy to trip up. You've gotta have footwork and balance at this level or people are going to learn to just trip you up.
August 31st, 2013 at 8:15 PM ^
My random thoughts:
- We seemed much more physical on the O & D lines
- Minus a few plays here and there - the D was beyond solid all game long
- Cam had a hell of a game
- Frank Clark had a few plays that seemed to support the hype
- If I had to guess, I think Gardner might have been reading his own press clippings - I do know this - expect him to bounce back big next weekend
- I believe only one major injury (Drake) - the rest are boo boos - hoping Funch's isn't a lingering issue
- Gallon is the man - hoping Gardner finds some oher consistent targets
- Punt returns were a derp fest for the most part
- Way too many penalties/turnovers
- Depth depth depth - every I look I see depth (well maybe not at WR)
Considering how much of the Top 25 (not just the B1G) has struggled week 1. I think we are ahead of the curve.
August 31st, 2013 at 8:31 PM ^
August 31st, 2013 at 8:31 PM ^
thoroughly imressed with the speed of the d. Love that the freshman are contributing.
Borges sucks. will cost us at least one game..
August 31st, 2013 at 9:35 PM ^
August 31st, 2013 at 9:57 PM ^
Holy shit dude we scored 59 points.
August 31st, 2013 at 8:39 PM ^
One question - did Ross play a lot? I almost never heard his name called and I thought he'd be a tsunami out there today.
August 31st, 2013 at 8:47 PM ^
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August 31st, 2013 at 8:50 PM ^
August 31st, 2013 at 8:49 PM ^
August 31st, 2013 at 8:52 PM ^
At Pioneer today I met Charles Woodsens dad and Ty Rawls mother. I was was an honor to meet both and had a good talke with Mrs. Rawls. She said most of all her son was looking forward to the degree, Very impressive.
August 31st, 2013 at 8:53 PM ^
August 31st, 2013 at 8:58 PM ^
I'm pretty sure I saw him limping a bit across the field, by the bench...I was in section 1.
Anything said on TV?
August 31st, 2013 at 10:04 PM ^
August 31st, 2013 at 9:21 PM ^
Dymonte sure set the tone with the blocked punt. My early and perhaps biggest takeaway. Typical first game. 3 picks, lots of early penalties, more Devin running than I care to see. But hard to bitch when the final is 59-9. Happy to see redshirts being burned. Game experience now makes them stronger later. And sends a good message to recruits, I would think.
August 31st, 2013 at 9:26 PM ^
August 31st, 2013 at 9:30 PM ^
True. It's all about me and my anxiety level though, being the narcissist my wife often tells me I am. 7 more days, 7 more days, new countdown has begun.
August 31st, 2013 at 11:18 PM ^
Also, scrambles are generally lower-risk for injury than designed QB runs, because he's only going to scramble if there's open space.
August 31st, 2013 at 9:26 PM ^
It was fun to line up in the I-formation and not expect DOOM, for once.
August 31st, 2013 at 10:18 PM ^
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September 1st, 2013 at 2:02 AM ^
wait that came out all wrong...So glad this was the opener and not ND. Bring on the Irish before we talk Miller. That is where the beef is.
August 31st, 2013 at 10:39 PM ^
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