Hoke: "In the Notre Dame game the cornerbacks were a little bit embarrassed"
Apparently, during a radio interview Hoke has indicated that Lewis and Peppers were going to stick at CB position partly because our CBs were embarrassed during the ND game. I, for one, have not seen much from Peppers so far, but Lewis was really aggressive during the last game and a half and seems to have the speed and the quickness to recover from his mistakes. Peppers, by all accounts, is supposed to be faster so this looks very promising.
September 17th, 2014 at 10:17 PM ^
I'm pretty happy with this. Not the whole "getting embarrassed by a rival" thing, but the personnel switch. Countess is an effective nickelback, full stop. As he has significantly more experience there than Peppers and Peppers is physically better suited to the CB position, this seems like a great switch.
September 17th, 2014 at 11:11 PM ^
September 17th, 2014 at 11:44 PM ^
September 18th, 2014 at 5:17 AM ^
Fred Jackson would say that he is like Charles Woodson, only faster.
September 18th, 2014 at 8:03 AM ^
In this case it may be true.
September 18th, 2014 at 8:21 AM ^
September 18th, 2014 at 8:48 AM ^
Clearly Peppers is at least 3/4" shorter than Woodson. I know Woodson was wearing Timbo boots and Peppers was in running shoes, but if you go to the respective websites, you'll note that the sole height of them is only a 1/2" different. So when you look at the picture, and from the angle the picture was taken, and you count the pixals between the tip of Woodson's head (subtracting for the thickness of his hat) to the top of Peppers head, you get 1.25", meaning Peppers is clearly, beyond a reasonable doubt, 3/4" shorter than Woodson.
We here at the MGoLabs are still analyzing the arm diameter of the two players from a variety of angles so that we can accurately gauge body fat and arm positions so that we can determine a true, nominal arm muscularity and determine who has bigger arms. We thank you for your patience.
September 18th, 2014 at 9:01 AM ^
have your calculations taken into account for the Coriolis Effect? Normally with their proximity it would not be a factor, but since water covers 70% of the Earth, and Woodson covers the rest, it may, in this case, cause the distortion that you are recording.
September 17th, 2014 at 10:22 PM ^
September 17th, 2014 at 10:31 PM ^
Bwahahaha, good one.
September 17th, 2014 at 10:37 PM ^
September 17th, 2014 at 11:26 PM ^
Where was his headset while he was showing "emotion" and being "honest"?
September 18th, 2014 at 12:15 AM ^
Wear the damn hea....Oh.
September 18th, 2014 at 12:18 AM ^
Hoke wearing a headset literally catches my eye because it's so unusual.
I don't know why people are still complaining about him not wearing a headset if Nussmeier is on the sideline with him.
September 18th, 2014 at 6:30 AM ^
Obviously doesn't want to mess up his hair!
September 18th, 2014 at 9:07 AM ^
September 18th, 2014 at 10:57 AM ^
that's a good photoshop.
September 18th, 2014 at 1:52 PM ^
Best series of comments I've seen in awhile (barring all the ones that provide actual football Knowledge ex. Space Cayote."
Also, even though I know we are supposed to say cay-oat-E, I like to say Ky-Oat in my head, because I think its funny.
The End.
September 17th, 2014 at 10:25 PM ^
September 17th, 2014 at 11:15 PM ^
Not sure it's that tough. Has he had big completions against him?
September 17th, 2014 at 11:27 PM ^
He may as well get to it. You can't be Charles Woodson playing nickel.
September 18th, 2014 at 12:06 AM ^
September 18th, 2014 at 7:22 AM ^
In fact, Woodson won Defensive Player of the Year in the NFL as a nickel.
September 18th, 2014 at 8:44 AM ^
When Peppers gets to the NFL, he can play nickel. Here, I'd rather see him at CB.
September 18th, 2014 at 9:00 AM ^
the slot receiver for Notre Dame is the position that torched us the most. The other WR spots did some too, but they had tons of success throwing simple slants and outs at Hollowell in the nickel spot. If we stick with cover 4 mostly then outside is fine but if we try to go man up guys again I'd rather have Peppers in the nickel and Taylor/Lewis on the outside.
September 18th, 2014 at 1:53 PM ^
Yeah, I don't think that's true.
September 17th, 2014 at 10:25 PM ^
September 17th, 2014 at 11:26 PM ^
anyone associated with Michigan Football
September 17th, 2014 at 11:45 PM ^
September 18th, 2014 at 10:09 PM ^
September 17th, 2014 at 11:37 PM ^
"In the Miami game, the coaching staff was a little bit embarrassed". Where were the big Hoke balls that allowed him to poop gold from years past? 4th and inches. No timeout with clock running down. 4th and 6, and didn't go for it despite being on the 30-soming yardline. And if I'm not mistaken, he did that twice this game. That's pure Ferentz/Tressel ball. It's an embarrasment that the coaches don't know basic odds of winning a game and going for it in enemy territory. /rant
September 18th, 2014 at 7:00 AM ^
September 18th, 2014 at 10:23 AM ^
I'd argue that Miami did have the momentum already. They got the turnovers. They tied it up. Then they "stopped" our last minute drive by forcing us to punt instead of score. Keeping us off the scoreboard was their victory. Your argument, in my opinion, is invalid. You don't think they went into the locker room pumped?
September 18th, 2014 at 12:30 PM ^
Any momentum Miami had from the turnovers and tieing the score was already at least partially mitigated by the fact that subsequently Michigan had driven 66 yds and scored to take a 17-10 lead. Miami then had possession in which they gained 1 yd on three plays. By the time the decision in question was made, almost a half a quarter had passed and this was the third possession since Miami last scored. If Miami had just tied the score, then I would say go for it because Miami would have had the momentum at the point and this might have switched the momentum back to Michigan. But, given the circumstances, I feel the momentum was in Michigan's favor, or at least not strongly in Miami's favor, and getting stuffed presented the real risk of putting the momentum strongly back on Miami's side going into half.
Further, you seem to suggest that a stop via another team choosing to punt is about as emotionally uplifting then stopping a team that has choosen to go for it on fourth down. I don't believe that to be true.
Therefore, I think Miami went in the locker room a lot less pumped then they would have if they had stopped MI on fourth down.
September 18th, 2014 at 9:08 AM ^
Because we were playing Miami (OH). I suspect that sequence goes differently if we are playing a Big Ten game, especially a good one.
September 17th, 2014 at 10:31 PM ^
September 17th, 2014 at 10:36 PM ^
September 17th, 2014 at 10:32 PM ^
Our lack of scoring was caused by the cornerbacks?
September 17th, 2014 at 10:43 PM ^
It would help to either read the OP or the article linked (or both) before posting.
September 17th, 2014 at 10:34 PM ^
and I was a bit embarrassed.
September 18th, 2014 at 3:49 AM ^
Grow a pair.
September 18th, 2014 at 2:50 PM ^
He actually needs to eliminate one to get dow to a pair.
September 17th, 2014 at 10:38 PM ^
September 17th, 2014 at 11:22 PM ^
Think when Taylor gets back you'll have a 3 man rotation at your outside corners with him included.
Hollowell is scuffling - Blake is not your perfect nickel but he is an upgrade there.
Still hoping Stribling comes back in 2015 with 15 lbs on his body so he can be competitive at outside. Seems like weigh gain is an issue with him like it is with Ross - didnt add much of all in the full offseason. Much like Lewis he seems to be a scrapper but at his height he needs some more weight; then he can take Taylor's spot as the 3rd man in the CB rotation next year.
September 18th, 2014 at 8:35 AM ^
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September 18th, 2014 at 9:25 AM ^
Not sure he's big enough for safety, our safeties look huge out there now, i think Wilson, Clark, and Thomas are all over 6'2", with the smallest being Hill at 6'
September 18th, 2014 at 9:41 AM ^
But it's too late now. At best, this move would come before the bowl game probably, at which point, the safeties will have enough experience where it probably won't be a positive move.
September 18th, 2014 at 11:32 AM ^
Do not create stars. If he is not good enough, let him sit for the good of the team, the team, the team.
September 17th, 2014 at 10:40 PM ^
I like the move. I like Peppers to be able to stay on Anderson much better, even with his inexperience. I can't really disagree with his comments either, but I am a little surprised he said it so bluntly. And finally, why to I always read the comments on articles like that? I should know better by now.
September 17th, 2014 at 10:43 PM ^
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