Open Practice Observations
Not a whole lot so far, just going through drills.
I can confirm that Dwumfour is practicing with the D line. He hasn't done every drill, but he has done most of them. Appears to be moving very well.
Figure I would create this and anyone else that is here can add their observations also.
Go Blue!!
But what do your rams think?
funny you should ask. they see the cards as a form of oppression because they have cloven hooves and cannot hold the cards. however, if you include a picture of lamb as one of the play choices/indicators, they approve.
baaaa.
Opposed, but persuadable
... while your operatives work on it.
I like pictures of fast food and past presidents so yes roll them out. It works.
As long as equal amounts of us hate/like/are neutral on a matter, I will rest easy. It's the imbalance that stirs my milk
"We never huddle, ever"
-Gattis
How do YOU want to get the plays in? The ol' 3rd base coach signs?
As long as they don't bunt....
As long as it results in points on the board, they can fart the plays in from the sideline for all I care.
On offense - is there space? And is there speed in that space?
You're God Damn right!
F*ckin' A- Bubba. - Gus Grissom.
Chris Evans is getting a hearing in May. Praying for his second chance. Good kid that deserves some slack if appropriate.
That is good to hear, timing wise... If he’s allowed back by the start of summer, he’ll head right towards the top of the depth chart
He was too heavy last year. Much more shifty as an underclassman.
He's honestly too big. He was most effective as a true freshman when he was probably 10-15 lbs less.
Ty Isaac was over 230. Did that prevent him from getting injured?
All weight gain/loss is the reason you excel/play poorly/stay healthy/get injured.
I hope the University makes the right decision to preserve some level of academic/institutional integrity.
If that means he is back, excellent, but if not, we will survive and best of luck to a kid who is by all accounts a good guy but made a few poor decisions.
It’s going to be interesting. History, as far as decisions like these are not in his favor. Nobody really knows what will happen though.
Glad to hear this Mongo. Pulling hard for Chris. Respect him doing what he can to take responsibility and hope the decision goes his way if warranted.
QB 7 on 7’s definitely went to McCaffery. Our back up situation is in very good hands. He hit three different receivers for TD’s.
Sam Webb said the best pass he saw all day was thrown by Cade McNamara to Eric All.
Video should start at where he talks about it:
Just found the Cade McNamara throw:
Is Brandon Peters just biding his time at Michigan until he graduates and can grad transfer?
Yes he’s supposedly headed to Purdue after spring graduation- nothings been made official but that’s been rumored from multiple sources
Multiple people have said he's going to Purdue?
I hadn't read of anyone saying that. Do you have links?
NeverPunt just said it
IF Brandon Peters is headed to Purdue as a graduate student and redshirt junior this season AND he becomes the starting QB there, then Michigan's 2020 Homecoming Game on October 24 against Purdue just became somewhat more interesting for him. LINK to Future Football Schedules
It seemed more intense than prior 'practices/Spring Games' that I've seen in person (maybe I was wishful thinking).
Dline was intense, yet seemed to be having fun (as much as you can in drills).
Nua seems an upgrade, as I was near row 70 and I could hear him barking out items yet, laughing with the guys and encouraging them thru the drills. Hopefully, we see strength on Dline this fall... Onwenu should have Dline "spirit" award and he slapped the dummies and jammed the sled with more aggression than the other dudes. Bench was with Dline and seemed to tear thru drills like a machine. Kemp seemed to want to tear the dummy on the sled off at one point.
QB's running in a circle and throwing on the run both directions, showed a drill designed to build some muscle memory on difficult throws. Harbaugh was doing this drill himself for fun at the 40 yd line messing around as well. QB's looked pretty accurate on most throws thru drills, at one point they were on the backline trying to throw and hit the side of the upright facing them, Patterson hit, Milton missed twice, McCaffery hit. Milton seemed to throw effortlessly for over 60 yards.
DB's were running with their man watching feet and literally 'stopping on a dime'. Seemed as if the focus here was on precision of footwork.
Again, maybe wishing on my part - however, it felt faster and more intense....and drills were built for speed.
Good stuff. Thanks for the write up.
umbig11, Heard any news on the court case involving the 3 MSU basketball players from 2015? Thanks!
Nothing new.
Ok thank you sir
thank you for the summary. you wrote: Harbaugh was doing myself at the 40 yd line messing around as well.
can you interpret that for me/us?
I wondered that as well. Must be the donors package. ;)
Poorly worded on my part for sure.
Harb was 'playing catch' with a student trainer or maybe Jay Harb, I couldn't tell.
Whomever it was, near the 40 yard line running in a circle and throwing while on the run.
The QB's did the same drill after Harbaugh - - Harbaugh seemed to spend the entire time with QB's thru all drills.
50 on the D line is Dwumfour not Onwenu. But I agree, he was very active and vocal in the drills he worked.
This probably went unnoticed, but Punter Brad Robbins was MIA according to Rivals. I haven’t heard a thing on that front. So, that is something to watch.
Is hart on scholarship? Can’t imagine having multiple scholarship punters. I know Robbins was hurt last year, but Hart was pretty great. Wonder if that’s injury related still or he’s left.
He required back surgery for the lower back. That slowed him down last year. Everything else makes sense now as he had a really promising career at UM. Hart has been fantastic taking over.
I was not overly impressed with Cade McNamara as a recruit, thought his ceiling looked good not great. He changed my mind today. I wouldn't be surprised if he passed Milton. He also made the best pass of the day during the passing scrimmage.
Milton will drop his arm level when throwing from different angles, especially when on the run. This will likely cause some passes to be alarmingly off the mark in game action. Same old crazy laser rocket arm though. Still concerned he is an athlete playing QB (ex Denard) rather than a QB who is also an athlete (ex Steve Young).
Shea looks like he takes bad reps personally and I Iove it. I think that's good in a leader. Couldn't tell for sure but looked like he won an accuracy drill throwing the ball thru the uprights from a near perpendicular angle. Shea and Dylan are an excellent 1-2 at QB.
Sainristil is hands down the quickest and shiftiest WR we have. If we don't see much speed in space this year it might be lack of necessary speed athletes to do so. Be excited about Sainristil though.
Hard to say from the stands but I think Owenu is in a little better shape. Those reports are likely accurate.
Barrett is a thicker build than I thought. Dude looks solid. Still wish he was at RB, would probably be top 3 in depth chart. He caught punts with Bell, Martin, and Sainristil.
Go Blue!
Will be important to get Giles Jackson on campus in June. Him and Mikey will be the quickest-twitch guys on the offense
D-line observations
Kemp, Hutchinson, Paye, Jeter and Dwumfor looked the best in drills. Uche, Villian and Welschof had flashes, but were not consistent with technique. Smith and Ojabu look like freshman, although I found myself watching Ojabu a lot, intriguing. Paea looked lost at times and did not take to coaching as well.
Completely agree with you on paea. He simply looked like he did not want to be there.
I would not expect much this year.