3 key stats from the 2016 Football season
Michigan Team Rushing, last 3 seasons-
Year | Att. | Yards | TDs | YPG | Record |
2014 | 425 | 1,954 | 17 | 162.8 | 5-7 |
2015 | 491 | 2,057 | 27 | 158.2 | 10-3 |
2016 | 574 | 2,768 | 41 | 212.9 | 10-3 |
Michigan Team Turnover Margin, last 3 seasons
Season | Margin |
2014 | -16 |
2015 | -4 |
2016 | +7 |
7 interceptions as a team this year was the fewest Michigan has thrown since 2002.
January 4th, 2017 at 7:47 PM ^
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January 4th, 2017 at 7:48 PM ^
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January 5th, 2017 at 2:28 AM ^
January 5th, 2017 at 6:18 AM ^
I fully agree, this Offensive line will be terrifying in the next 3-4 years. 2017 may be hard to tolerate given the youth but the future is bright for this position group.
January 5th, 2017 at 7:52 AM ^
Let's hope you are right.
The rushing stats look great, except in three of our games, Iowa, OSU and FSU, all loses, we had less than 100 yards on the ground in each of those games.
January 4th, 2017 at 7:48 PM ^
Unfortunately the interceptions that were thrown were quite costly
January 4th, 2017 at 7:51 PM ^
Sure seemed like it. I think we would've put Sparty to bed a little earlier if not for that pick too. But overall, Speight is a good QB.
January 4th, 2017 at 7:55 PM ^
Eh, he was good against bad teams and not so good against our tougher opponents. I realize he had a mediocre OL and running game supporting him, but his accuracy and decision making really declined in our big games.
January 4th, 2017 at 8:11 PM ^
Idk man, I saw Speight man up against the OSU defense and makes some great throws, the best of course being the 4th down dime to Darboh in the back of the endzone during overtime while getting bum rushed by 8 players. He took shots all year, yet remained poised and confident in the pocket. Not to mention, he had an uncanny ability to escape the pocket. Those two interceptions in Colombus were due to a tip from a blitzer that De'Veon never blocked for and the other was a bad reed due to the ref blocking out the coverage downfield. Aside from those two, you can forget about the first and last interceptions of the year since they weren't really a testmanent to his overall performance, and Speight proved efficient and careful for his first year starting. The only 'bad' games Wilton had, I think, were against Wisconsin and Iowa, where he made poor decisions in both games. When he needed to make a comeback or bounce-back, he was simply clutch: 2nd drive against Hawaii, 1st half against Colorado, against OSU numerous times, and the 4th quarter in the Orange Bowl. Factor in the inconsistency of the run game and the abysmal o-line down the stretch of games, and I have absolutely no problem with him continuing to start next year.
January 4th, 2017 at 8:27 PM ^
I think Wisconsin was one of his better games considering how good their defense was, and Colorado was easily one of his worst along with Iowa. He wasn't great in the OB either, missing quite a few throws that were there to be made. Against OSU, while he did give a gutsy performance, he wasn't all that good. We only had 1 long TD drive, he didn't really take many shots downfield, and provided OSU with the only scoring they were able to get in regulation. The first interception wasn't squarely on him, but he still decided to throw the ball up for grabs against a ball hawking secondary while in his own endzone. That had the potential to go very poorly and it did. The second interception was 100% on him, and gave OSU the momentum they needed to ultimately win the game. Like I said, his accuracy and decision making declined steeply against the better teams. We didn't see the exponential improvement we got with Rudock and if anything Speight got worse as the year went on. If Peters is able to grab the job next year I think we could have a really good year and set ourselves up for a playoff run in 2018. If not, I think our ceiling isn't that high.
January 4th, 2017 at 9:48 PM ^
January 4th, 2017 at 10:38 PM ^
You should step back and realize that OSU performance in the correct context - that he was still injured. He didn't throw the ball anymore than 15-20 yards in the air the entire game. I thought that was a fantastic game plan for an injured QB, and it was painfully obvious that OSU picked up on it, too. I also have no doubt that he was getting more sore as the game went on.
But hey, you keep thinking he should have been tossing 50 yarders...
January 4th, 2017 at 11:56 PM ^
The first interception wasn't squarely on him, but he still decided to throw the ball up for grabs against a ball hawking secondary while in his own endzone.He was standing in his own endzone and an unblocked blitzer was in his face (and probably tipped the pass). Was he supposed to take the safety?
January 5th, 2017 at 2:45 AM ^
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January 5th, 2017 at 12:04 AM ^
The pick-six was more on the protection (and/or playcalling) than anything. That was a risky playcall that absolutely required a clean pocket and he didn't get one. Smith whiffed on the blitzer.
January 5th, 2017 at 2:50 AM ^
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January 5th, 2017 at 2:38 AM ^
January 5th, 2017 at 5:30 PM ^
Yea, when I said "Wilton's 'bad' games" I really should have said something more to the effect of "where Wilton wasn't himself" or where he played worse than he usually does. He finished with 219 yards off completing 62.5% of his passes. So, with only 1 interception, it really wasn't a 'bad' performance for a quarter back, especially since he was responsible for the game winner to Darboh against a top 10 defense. But, accounting for the interception, Wilton was trying too many times to thread the needle and got lucky, one instance I remember was in a completion to Chesson for a first down and a lob inside the 5 to Chesson the play before in which both cases he was lucky weren't intercepted. But, yea, nobody was themselves against Iowa. And, to the people saying a quarterback couldn't have played well if they committed 3 turnovers in one game, then lmkif you think that, later that same day of the Wisconsin game, DeShaun Watson threw had 4 turnovers against Louisville, who doesn't have a top 10 defense, yet had 397 total yards and won the game for Clemson in a primetime matchup. He was a Heisman candidate two years in a row...
January 4th, 2017 at 8:12 PM ^
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January 4th, 2017 at 10:55 PM ^
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January 5th, 2017 at 6:12 AM ^
These three are pretty good, but other than Butt I do not see championship-caliber offensive weapons on this team.
January 4th, 2017 at 7:52 PM ^
January 4th, 2017 at 7:53 PM ^
It's not as though they weren't costly in previous years, too.
January 4th, 2017 at 7:57 PM ^
2 interceptions against OSU prevented us from getting a huge win against our rival, getting to the Big Ten championship game and probably the playoff. That was literally the only way OSU could score against us in regulation.
January 4th, 2017 at 8:22 PM ^
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January 4th, 2017 at 8:51 PM ^
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January 4th, 2017 at 9:02 PM ^
Had Speight not fumbled and Michigan scored instead, would OSU have ever done the fake punt? Who's to say?
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January 4th, 2017 at 10:46 PM ^
The fake punt was based on a specific coverage formation they saw. It wasn't a game situation that triggered it, it was set up during practice and the kicker had the okay from the opening kick to run it if he saw that particular formation. Meyer explained that during his post-game presser.
It was a great find and only a spectacular, individual play from Jordan Glasgow stopped it. Very similar to the formation based extra point fake that Garrett Moores ran in against Rutgers.
January 5th, 2017 at 2:58 AM ^
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January 4th, 2017 at 8:04 PM ^
The second pick was crippling. Worst case scenario with no pick (or fumble I suppose) is Michigan going into the 4th quarter up 10 and Kenny Allen booming a punt deep into OSU territory keeping the field flipped against a team that hadn't moved the ball since their first possession. Still disgusting to think about how much better Michigan had been up to that point.
January 4th, 2017 at 7:53 PM ^
And just think, all this was with Hoke's recruits. Next year, we finally start to see the majority of the production from Harbaugh's guys.
January 4th, 2017 at 8:04 PM ^
January 4th, 2017 at 8:05 PM ^
On defense. He had a lot to work with on defense. And they performed as well as one could expect.
On offense....that's another story.
January 4th, 2017 at 8:14 PM ^
On offense... We got Butt, Funchess, and Darboh to mention a few. But there were a lot of swings and misses like Morris, Csonte York, Jaron Dukes, Canteen, Green, etc. Not to mention all of the trouble we've had on the OL. Quality and depth on the offensive side of the ball have been severely lacking, but with the way Harbaugh is recruiting, that should change pretty fast.
January 4th, 2017 at 8:38 PM ^
January 4th, 2017 at 9:20 PM ^
across the DL and CBs, but other than that it's a pretty bare cupboard
January 5th, 2017 at 6:15 AM ^
Hoke's kids were talented but undevelopped in their freshman and sophomore seasons which stunted what Harbaugh could work with. Think about Urban and Saban having recruited their whole roster and developped it throughout its college career. No comparison with Harbaugh.
January 4th, 2017 at 7:59 PM ^
Can you take this chart back to 2007? Please and thank you.
January 4th, 2017 at 8:09 PM ^
From 2004 to 2013, average turnover margin was interesting:
2004 - 0.500
2005 - 0.417
2006 - 1.077
2007 - 0.154
2008 - -0.833
2009 - -1.000
2010 - -0.796
2011 - 0.538
2012 - -0.692
2013 - 0.417
January 4th, 2017 at 8:01 PM ^
Lose big, lose small, win small, win big.
January 4th, 2017 at 8:38 PM ^
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