Good news about our defense?
Quote by Ronnie Bell about the scrimmage this week makes our defense sound promising. I know it's camp talk but.... This is from Angelique via Twiiter:
Receiver Ronnie Bell said the defense had the advantage in Wednesday scrimmage at Michigan Stadium: "We got our butts kicked yesterday. The defense was flying around, I love it. I’m on the offensive side of the ball and I’m excited just watching them."
August 27th, 2021 at 8:29 AM ^
Hey cousin! To-I-can, is that our cousin Toucan Sam Webb’s cousin?
August 27th, 2021 at 10:42 AM ^
Sounds about right.
August 27th, 2021 at 8:14 AM ^
Who was doing all the defending if the rest of the defense was out flying?
August 27th, 2021 at 9:38 AM ^
I laughed.
August 27th, 2021 at 11:10 AM ^
Yeah, seems like the running game should've benefitted from this approach.
August 27th, 2021 at 8:15 AM ^
I honestly don't think the defense will be a sore spot this season. I believe it will be much improved over the last year couple of years, but not up to the 2016-2017 standard (which, I mean, were insane, so c'mon...). I think 2018 might be a good comp for this years defense - really good, but not where it could take over and control a worthy opponent. It will need the offense's help to win games, which is all you can reasonably ask from a defense against a good, modern offense.
The question, as it has been since 2017, is whether the offense will morph into a viable, modern offense that can actually get out of its own way. From 2017-2020 that answer was a resounding 'NO'. So I'm hoping to see a change in coaching philosophy on the offensive side this year. I believe, tentatively...
What was it that Ronnie Raygun said? Oh yeah - "trust, but verify".
August 27th, 2021 at 11:31 AM ^
The defense should be better if just from putting 3 300+ bodies on the line on early downs. If they can keep from being put in too many 3rd and shorts, so those guys can get a rest, they'll do ok.
Yes, the better teams are going to put them in 3rd and short a lot. We'll see.
August 27th, 2021 at 8:17 AM ^
Doesn’t it help the defense more to continue to play defense against our offense day in and day out? They have to pretty much download our plays at some point. I’d be more worried if the offense was running their standard stuff this far into camp and dominating our defense. Maybe I’m simplifying it too much?
August 27th, 2021 at 8:19 AM ^
Is this the Friday Posbang / Ponsng?
August 27th, 2021 at 8:24 AM ^
Always. Forever.
August 27th, 2021 at 9:12 AM ^
Honey, I am so tired from last night's frolic I might just have to watch you pleasure yourself.
August 27th, 2021 at 11:18 AM ^
Question. If you had to guess, what fraction of your MGoPoint total is made up of upvotes for this gif?
August 27th, 2021 at 12:36 PM ^
Has to be close to 80%
August 27th, 2021 at 2:52 PM ^
I would have guessed 150%
August 27th, 2021 at 8:28 AM ^
I remember prior camps where the offense was supposedly destroying the defense.
So there you go.
August 27th, 2021 at 8:31 AM ^
Maybe Michigan could just play with themselves this year?
August 27th, 2021 at 11:48 AM ^
{Kramer I'm out.gif}
August 27th, 2021 at 8:37 AM ^
Bits are most welcome this time of year. Thanks.
August 27th, 2021 at 8:38 AM ^
I just want our offense to outscore the other team's offense. The days of winning games 21-10 are over. If we want any chance at an excellent season, we need to average 35+ PPG.
August 27th, 2021 at 8:38 AM ^
Great, now I’m worried about our offense too.
August 27th, 2021 at 8:52 AM ^
Yeah - I think both sides of the ball are going to be frustrating to watch at times. Hopefully the B1G has a bad year to provide some cover for that lol.
August 27th, 2021 at 8:54 AM ^
Fluff is so FLUFFY!!!
August 27th, 2021 at 9:09 AM ^
NO ONE IS SCORING A POINT I'M NOT YELLING YOU'RE YELLINGGGGG
August 27th, 2021 at 9:11 AM ^
OH GOD OUR OFFENSE SUCKS /s
It's meaningless camp talk but at least he's not saying the defense is trash
August 27th, 2021 at 9:23 AM ^
Reports out of practice are Rorschach tests for personality. Determined optimists will interpret positive reports about one unit as proof that unit is going to be good, while determined pessimists will interpret the same report as proof the opposite unit sucks. Those at neither extreme will wait until we start playing opponents before forming conclusions.
August 27th, 2021 at 9:48 AM ^
Stop being rational and kindly exhibit some outrage please and thank you.
August 27th, 2021 at 10:07 AM ^
The funny thing is that I'm a confirmed pessimist by nature—to me, the glass is always half empty—but the extent and depth of the doom and gloom around here exceeds what I saw during the RR and Hoke years.
To many, the glass isn't half-empty—it's lying shattered on the floor in a hundred pieces, impossible to ever reassemble.
August 27th, 2021 at 11:06 AM ^
And you stepped in the glass. With both feet. Your feet are bare, and the floor has white carpet.
August 27th, 2021 at 11:23 AM ^
Shoot the glass
August 27th, 2021 at 11:42 AM ^
I always just order another before my glass gets half-empty. My liver hates me for it.
August 27th, 2021 at 1:56 PM ^
That’s because now the AD just looks complacent. RR got 3 years, Hoke 4. We’re going on 7 with Harbaugh and I don’t think anyone can say he looks like he’s on track to winning the conference any time soon. Vegas has the O/U at 7.5. Unless they shock the world and greatly exceed that number, this is just pathetic in year 7.
August 27th, 2021 at 4:05 PM ^
And just imagine if Rich Rod and Hoke had played in the B1G East instead of the Legends Division or a wide open Big Ten. [Actually Hoke did have one season of the B1G East 3-5 in B1G play and 5-7 overall.]
August 28th, 2021 at 1:46 AM ^
RR and Hoke were also orders of magnitude worse than JH. Harbaugh had to clean up after those 2 disasters.
August 27th, 2021 at 1:32 PM ^
I have one of those Great Lakes stickers on my car and whenever someone asks me what is I say it's a Rorschach test to see if you are stupid
August 27th, 2021 at 4:04 PM ^
The Rorschach test I saw was a nun fucking a panda in a self-driving glass space ship while a bonsai tree, a toaster and a drunk David Hasselhoff pelted it with eggs.
I thought it was obvious.
August 27th, 2021 at 9:27 AM ^
Last year's defense was pretty bad but it was also, I believe, one of the least experienced units in the country in terms of starts and playing time, especially once Htuchinson and Paye were injured. Plus, the safeties were being coached by a guy on Zoom and a grad assistant because apparently he pissed everyone off. So it's not particularly surprising that they've bounced back a bit.
August 27th, 2021 at 9:57 AM ^
August 27th, 2021 at 11:08 AM ^
That's asking a lot. I will settle for using all three time outs in a half wisely.
It's too much to ask for it to happen in both halves, but I would be happy to see it in one half.
August 27th, 2021 at 11:27 AM ^
That certainly didn't help, but the defense also allowed every team to score on their first or second possession except Rutgers...in which they scored on their third drive. So while the offense struggled the defense absolutely didn't help matters by failing to keep teams off the scoreboard early.
August 27th, 2021 at 3:25 PM ^
Which means scripted drives against us nearly always worked, because everyone had decoded Don Brown.
August 27th, 2021 at 9:56 AM ^
This shows up every year and after two months is edited to "Bad news about our offense."
August 27th, 2021 at 10:07 AM ^
So you’re saying michigan should easily cover the 17 point spread against western?
August 27th, 2021 at 10:14 AM ^
Yay, defense!
Boo, offense!
August 27th, 2021 at 10:34 AM ^
to quote 'The Answer': "Practice? Practice? we talking about practice?"
August 27th, 2021 at 10:43 AM ^
Maybe good news for the D. Hopefully not bad news for the O.
August 27th, 2021 at 10:45 AM ^
I have yet to hear a camp quote from a player that was critical of anyone in my lifetime. (outside of the pros)