sUTL Open Thread
August 16th, 2014 at 9:24 PM ^
August 16th, 2014 at 9:13 PM ^
Willie Henry has a quick burst off the line..I'm impressed with the interior lineman
August 16th, 2014 at 9:14 PM ^
I pray to God this OL can get it together this season. Holy cow.
August 16th, 2014 at 9:20 PM ^
we would have been absolutely horrified if the O was having its way with the D.
August 16th, 2014 at 11:07 PM ^
Absolutely this.
August 16th, 2014 at 9:15 PM ^
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August 16th, 2014 at 9:23 PM ^
This might be a good big-picture summary:
So the question of: Can the defense be strong enough to carry the O early in the year? Right now, that may be true, IMO.
— Nick Baumgardner (@nickbaumgardner) August 17, 2014
August 16th, 2014 at 11:04 PM ^
guessing its spot on. interior DL has some athletes so not surprised with henry and hurst and pipkins. but then again the OL has been struggling as we all know and miller remains at point of attack despite the obvious. good teams always have few upperclassmen seemingly come out of nowhere to either really contribute or provide legit depth etc....mich may have those types this year but i unfortunately do not ever see that happening with miller. miller just has never been nor will ever be a legit BSC player. it really is unfortunate bc by all accounts hes a good kid and hard worker and teammates like him - and even more so bc the coaches have already released his name to media / public as starting C. but hokes love for the kids heart / practice effort cannot will him into a good player - when will hoke realize miller is not the guy at C? its amazing, we all saw glasgow vs miller last year at C and it was not even close, yet hoke publily comments miller has earned the job outperforming glasgow and kugler so far this year. good to hear the D was crazy aggressive and sounded like gardner made good decisions mostly. but miller and braden are really troubling - especially since the public has historically seen mostly poor play from both yet both were first names out of hokes mouth as earning starting nods. hopefully hes got a super duper secret plan in store for his OL that inspires such confidence
August 16th, 2014 at 9:15 PM ^
The OLine performance is disheartening. There doesn't appear to be any improvement.
August 16th, 2014 at 9:18 PM ^
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August 16th, 2014 at 9:20 PM ^
You do realize there's a host of factors you aren't accounting for?
The defense is pretty damn good
August 16th, 2014 at 9:22 PM ^
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August 16th, 2014 at 9:27 PM ^
I don't care what defense we're playing. 2 YPC is not cutting it.
August 16th, 2014 at 10:42 PM ^
... While I like your optimism, we can't say the defense is good. They are playing against a historically terrible offensive line. So every time someone says "Hurst looks awesome." I say, "Against Jack Miller."
Last year, we had an okay defense and a horrible offense. We lost our two best linemen. I can't believe we are much better on the line regardless of maturation of young talent and a coaching change. Put those things together, and my jury is still out on how good this defense is. We simply won't know until we play someone with a pulse, like Notre Dame.
August 17th, 2014 at 4:33 AM ^
Or maybe Utah . . . .
August 16th, 2014 at 10:58 PM ^
because the offense is atrocious. . .let's hope that's not the case this year.
August 16th, 2014 at 10:31 PM ^
August 16th, 2014 at 9:16 PM ^
Should be All Big 10, and in the running for All American
August 16th, 2014 at 9:17 PM ^
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August 16th, 2014 at 9:22 PM ^
But if the interior D line can come halfway close to what they are doing tonight, that pressure will open him up for 2 or 3 additional sacks also with our DBs playing tighter coverage ... I can see him getting 12+ sacks this year
August 16th, 2014 at 11:46 PM ^
lol, after a scrimmage against a true freshman left tackle?
August 16th, 2014 at 9:16 PM ^
August 16th, 2014 at 9:22 PM ^
Nuss is in charge of the offense and it looks like crap. He's not getting a head coaching gig until he fixes the o-line/running game.
August 16th, 2014 at 9:25 PM ^
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August 16th, 2014 at 11:13 PM ^
Maybe want to slow your roll on that hot seat business based on a scrimmage.
August 16th, 2014 at 9:19 PM ^
Loses 4 or 5 games this season he can fire Funk at the end of the season and Hoke will get one more season to prove himself. Hopefully by next season our projected to be very talented young lineman will be playing well! Here's to 2015!
August 16th, 2014 at 9:21 PM ^
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August 16th, 2014 at 9:25 PM ^
That would be tough in hell. It's pretty hot year-round.
August 16th, 2014 at 9:29 PM ^
I want to see the OL improve through the season. I think we will have a traditionally good MIchigan defense. If the offense can improve enough for a 9-3 record, I would be thrilled. But competing for the B1G title probably will not occur until 2015 IMO!
August 16th, 2014 at 9:19 PM ^
I think our D could be one of the best in the B1G.
The O-line has had contact practices for just over a week, right? I'd be most surprised if the O-line isn't much improved by Ap St.
August 16th, 2014 at 9:19 PM ^
Brian is officially on citrus watch now. Lemons.
August 16th, 2014 at 9:20 PM ^
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August 16th, 2014 at 9:21 PM ^
LTT not having a good day. woof
August 16th, 2014 at 9:22 PM ^
Bad at both?
Any hope?
August 16th, 2014 at 9:25 PM ^
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August 16th, 2014 at 9:24 PM ^
August 16th, 2014 at 9:25 PM ^
Sounds like OL is still a liability and the D hopefully is legit and not just looking good because of a sad OL to play against.
Like always have to wait till after the ND game to get a fair gauge of things.
August 16th, 2014 at 9:28 PM ^
August 16th, 2014 at 10:22 PM ^
explanation as to how he kept his job after last year? I heard on the radio that inside zone is his specialty (which we're supposed to be running this year), from what I am hearing, it's not working. . .
August 16th, 2014 at 10:48 PM ^
2. Michigan has recruited well on the OL.
3. Lewan was a top NFL pick and Schofield was also selected.
4. Linemen typically need 4 years in a program to be very solid. Look back at Lewan during his RS So year. He was good, but was beat a bunch and committed at least 1 hold per game, and he's the best lineman to come through Michigan since long.
The only criteria for the offense is that they get better during the season.
August 16th, 2014 at 9:26 PM ^
Not there but from what I'm seeing on Twitter and here, it sounds like the O line is as terrible as we feared. I was just starting to buy into some of the hype, too.
August 16th, 2014 at 9:27 PM ^
A couple of questions for those of you there:
1. Do any of the O-linemen look decent/good?
2. How about the event itself? Is it a cool, worthwhile thing... much better than this year's spring game?
August 16th, 2014 at 11:37 PM ^
Better weather than the spring game. Better atmosphere at night. Also, we're getting a glimpse of play two weeks away, and not five months away. That made it more interesting, imo.
August 16th, 2014 at 9:27 PM ^
Just from reading updates from my couch, it sounds like we shouldn't worry about who starts at RB because, well... it doesn't matter. That about right?
August 16th, 2014 at 9:27 PM ^
August 16th, 2014 at 9:28 PM ^
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I recall us all thinking the defense was ahead of the offense last year too, but then the offense looked pretty good against ND in week 2. Not trying to say the o-line will be fixed, but I think it's fair to say that just becasue they look bad tonight doesn't mean they will be bad all year. And, just because the defense looks great tonight doesn't mean they will be great all year. That doesn't mean we can't take anything away from this, but lets not get carried away either. In reality, the schedule is very backloaded, the ND game is meaningless towards winning the B1G, and our first real conference test won't be until Oct. 11th when PSU comes to town. We have almost 2 months to improve.