There's more to playing WR than just catching the ball.  2 of the INTs were on Perry.   

And the difference between UM receivers and OSU receivers, other than obvious talent, is the OSU receivers would lay out for some of those overthrown balls.  

Can he dive for a ball? A few of those passes were overthrown but a few were just out of reach and if he dives he might make the catch.

As far as the play calling I felt like I was watching Debord again and I pray I am not. But with it being the 1st game and these kids learning on the fly I will need to see some more before I can say if it was play calling or decision making on the field. But we must find some other receivers because you can't throw to really 2 guys all game for the most part.

Go Blue!!

Thanks for the review, Ace.  You nailed all of the important points.  Go blue.

Rudock was clearly at fault for two of the INTs, and I am not convinced that it wasn't three.  On the first one, Perry finds an open spot in the zone just past the sticks for the first down and he runs to it.    At full speed, it looked like a good route to me.  Everyone's assumption that the first INT was Perry's fault seems to rest on the fact that Perry is a freshman and Rudock is a fifth year senior, and therefore it must be Perry's fault. 

The INTs weren't Rudock's only mistakes.  He stared down receivers like crazy, John Navarre 2001 style.  He had some other bad passes that aren't as memorable because they wouldn't have gone for first downs, but were still bad nonetheless.  Like the third down pass on Michigan's first field goal, which was too inaccurate to give the receiver a chance for YAC.  He overthrew Chesson on two easy TDs, and he overthrew Darboh on a long pass where he had a step on the defender.  He overthrew Deveon Smith on a desperation heave on a screen pass.  The TD throw to Butt was an attrocious pass into triple coverage where Butt bailed him out because Butt is possibly the best TE in the history of the program.  His receivers got lots of YAC on passes parallel to the LOS, and not necessarily because he led them perfectly.  It was usually terrible tackling by an unblocked DB in position to make a play.  Rudock's unimpresive stat line doesn't reflect how poorly he played.  His accuracy was disappointing and his game management was abysmal.

The "worst case" in the season preview was apparently not "worst case" enough for both the offensive line and Jake Rudock.  We didn't have a single run over 7 yeards.  It's the most pathetic performance since the 2013 Nebraska game.  The offensive line was "as bad as Darrell Funk on a bad day" and Rudock was "2014 Devin Gardner without legs". 8-4 is out of the question if last night's game was even remotely representative of what this year is going to offer for the QB and the OL.  8-4 assumed that the offensive line would be no worse than last year and that Rudock would be a 7.5 ypa game manager, and not the Godawful <7 ypa mistake machine that he was last night.  I thought that the linebacker play came in below expectations too.  Especially Bolden.  A few guys exceeded my expectations -- Wormley, Butt (which is saying a lot because expectations were already pretty high -- he made Jerame Tuman and Bennie Joppru look like bums last night), Darboh (despite the one drop), Chesson (finally showed some ability to get open deep), and Smith (despite that one awful missed cut, I loved that he needed three guys to bring him down every time).

If I had been emotionally invested in last night's game, then I would have found it pretty discouraging.  The inevitable calls for "patience" have started, but there's not much time for it.  Rudock is a senior and the 2012 and 2013 recruiting classes are rapidly aging.  Butt is probably a first round draft pick.  2015 is a transition year, but not a rebuilding year.  The 2014 and 2015 recruiting classes were very underwhelming outfits that left huge holes, and the 2016 is trending that way too.  Time is a luxury that we don't have. 

Not just a coincidence that Perry was involved in all 3 picks. This is a case where we miss Norfleet, Justice and Canteen who was in street clothes. Perry is essentially the 4th string slot who should be redshirting. No idea why Rudock trusted the freshman so much. Must be lack of familiarity with the players.

Perry also has to help his qb out by feeling the d and coming back to the ball and fighting for it. 

Positives I took from the game:

1) Butt was outstanding.

2) Darboh had a great game.

3) Wormley was awesome in the first half; Peppers in the second half.

4) OL was great in pass pro.

5) No noticeable coaching problems other than being RPS'd on the draw by the Utah QB for a TD.

Negatives:

1) No rush threat at all (OL/RB's)

2) Some buffoonery by the LB's.

3) Synch problems with Rudock and WR's - these were actually less than I expected.