10 men on the field for a punt return.
Just like the title says. At 10:45 in the 2nd, Rutgers is punting from midfield. Norfleet is deep by himself. 5 guys on the line. 2 players covering each Rutgers gunner.
1+5+2+2=10.
How in the blue fuck does this keep happening?
*****EDIT*****
Decided to look at the rest of the punts.
Next punt happens at 12:58 in the 3rd. Michigan was set with only 10 men. Had to run the 11th guy onto the field.
Next punt comes at 6:42 in the 4th. They have all 11 guys on the field this time!!
So, 10 guys for 1st punt.
11 guys for second, after they noticed they were 1 short.
11 guys for third.
I guess that is progress?
October 5th, 2014 at 11:50 AM ^
October 5th, 2014 at 11:50 AM ^
October 5th, 2014 at 11:50 AM ^
And I worked for my dad for a while.
October 5th, 2014 at 12:01 PM ^
It's almost as if the entire team and all the coaches are lighting up before the game. That would explain a lot of things—not recognizing formations, screwing up block assignments, being constantly four steps behind on pass coverage, looking so slow like they're running in molasses, and not being able to count to eleven.
October 5th, 2014 at 12:26 PM ^
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October 5th, 2014 at 4:59 PM ^
October 5th, 2014 at 2:58 PM ^
At my job you'd be fine, so long as you kissed enough of the right asses. So in that context, Hoke's continuing to have a job makes perfect sense.
October 5th, 2014 at 11:51 AM ^
I can count! I'll do it!
October 5th, 2014 at 11:52 AM ^
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October 5th, 2014 at 11:56 AM ^
Brian posted on Twitter last night that he had heard it was bone chips in his knee, redshirt possible.
October 5th, 2014 at 11:57 AM ^
October 5th, 2014 at 12:01 PM ^
"We dont talk about injuries"
- Brady Hoke
October 5th, 2014 at 11:53 AM ^
October 5th, 2014 at 11:56 AM ^
October 5th, 2014 at 12:35 PM ^
Brady Hoke, aka the 11th man.
October 5th, 2014 at 1:29 PM ^
Been here six years and this is your first post?
October 5th, 2014 at 1:58 PM ^
Well, there was an "old" MGoBlog and...I just took a little break.
October 5th, 2014 at 11:54 AM ^
I guess $4.3 million/year doesn't go as far as it use to!
October 5th, 2014 at 11:55 AM ^
i cant believe these coaches are being paid that much and cant even preform the simplest of tasks. Anyone else think we should send an apology to Al Borges. I was one of those people who blamed all the offensive woes on him. Im beginning to think he was doing everything he could but thats all he had to work with?
October 5th, 2014 at 12:02 PM ^
October 5th, 2014 at 12:07 PM ^
its the whole "Michigan man" thing once again. the defense has been terrible the last 2 seasons yet somehow people turn a blind eye to it. Our pass defense has gotten worse each year under mattison and our rush defense is average at best. The only reason the numbers say differently is because teams havent really needed to run against us but when they need to they gash us for 20+ yards. This whole staff needs to go. Matttison is overrated and Nussmeier wont be able to fix this offense on his own
October 5th, 2014 at 3:42 PM ^
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October 5th, 2014 at 5:14 PM ^
ran it down our throat so I don't care where we are ranked. ND and Rutgers threw it at will. Anybody else having a hard time watching a DB wearing #2 getting toasted regularly?
October 5th, 2014 at 12:33 PM ^
I agree somewhat. Borges focused too much on new tricks and switching things up, but without those tricks, the poor fundamentals become a lot more obvious.
October 5th, 2014 at 12:09 PM ^
Borges is still responsible, in my mind, for our unbelievably incompentant running game last year. Nuss was brought in, first and foremost, to fix that, and it has improved a lot actually.
The passing game however has just disappeared. I still think Borges was part of the problem last year, but yeah, believing it was mostly him was obviously wishful thinking.
October 5th, 2014 at 12:29 PM ^
but i think the reason the run offense has improved is because Fitz is gone and Smith and green are now your feature backs. i think it was Brady's stubborness to keep Fitz the starter is what doomed the offense. Has the oline really improved that much anyhow? the sacks are still great and we havent been able to run against the good teams either
October 5th, 2014 at 12:29 PM ^
the reason Brady Hoke used to call time outs just before the play clock expiring, is because big Al Borges was screaming down from the booth: "play clock, Play Clock, PLAY CLOCK - CALL A DAMNED TIME OUT!!!!!!"
And the GA on the headset told Hoke, and Hoke called it.
October 5th, 2014 at 11:55 AM ^
national puzzlement over what the hell has happened to Michigan will give way to uncontrollable laughter and pointing.
October 5th, 2014 at 11:56 AM ^
10 ... 11 ... doesn't really matter when Norfleet is fielding punts. He is electric. He's always taking those back for 6.
/ not criticizing 'fleet, just making fun of my irrational confidence that he will take one back each and every time he fields a kick / punt.
October 5th, 2014 at 12:00 PM ^
fielding them at the 6? When did it become okay to field punts inside the 10--particularly for teams that don't do anything with the returns anyways?
October 5th, 2014 at 5:10 PM ^
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October 5th, 2014 at 12:45 PM ^
Has he even scored a TD in his three years of playing? I don't recall ANY big plays he's made to be honest.
If it wasn't for a cool last name I'm not sure we'd be so geeked about him at this point. Seems like just another guy out there.
October 5th, 2014 at 5:17 PM ^
I thought you meant getting 6 yards on the return.
October 5th, 2014 at 11:56 AM ^
...but it does exist:
This is why you don't have starters on special teams. If you have depth of talent (as we supposedly do) then the backups can be great special teams players. And since this is their opportunity to play, they're not likely to forget they need to be out there, whereas it's natural for a starter on O or D to come to the sideline when a series ends.
Like I said, it's not a good argument, because...know your job.
October 5th, 2014 at 11:57 AM ^
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October 5th, 2014 at 12:02 PM ^
its not just his words. he looks so lost out there like he throws the team out there hoping for something good to happen. Ive never seen a coach look so lost on the sidelines. hes a deer in headlights and the cars about to smash him
October 5th, 2014 at 11:59 AM ^
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October 5th, 2014 at 12:00 PM ^
You'd think a guy coaching for his job would pay more attention. FIRE EVERYBODY
October 5th, 2014 at 12:01 PM ^
It was right after a timeout too.
October 5th, 2014 at 12:04 PM ^
Ten for a punt return is at least better than ten for a punt, right? Right? Improvement!
October 5th, 2014 at 12:04 PM ^
October 5th, 2014 at 12:08 PM ^
Brady convinced Jim Boccher to come back and lead the ST. Yeah, I know that's a cheap shot.
October 5th, 2014 at 12:08 PM ^
but MichiganMan does have 11 letters in it
October 5th, 2014 at 12:08 PM ^
I don't even know what to say anymore. This season ended a while ago, we're just playing out the string at this point.