one frame at a time
lawrence marshall
wilton speight
chase winovich
noah furbush
2017 florida
josh metellus
tarik black
maurice hurst is basically dline denard
khalid hill edge maestro
khalid hill hammer panda
quinn nordin kicked it into orbit
devin bush must be kept away from kim jong un
rashan gary is basically dline peppers

One Frame At A Time: Florida Comment Count

Ace

No, it wasn't a fun day to be a Florida quarterback. Many more hits in the backfield plus some big runs, crushing blocks, long bombs, field goals(!), and more in GIF form after the jump.

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I'm switching over entirely to Gfycats this year because they load so much faster than normal GIFs and make these posts way, way easier to format. They've added the ability to kill autoplay, so these hopefully won't overload mobile devices anymore. Just hit play and enjoy; if you want to futz around with the speed or go frame-by-frame, click through for all the various gfycat toys. You'll want to bookmark this page as the MGoBlog Gfycat library grows, too. Finally, don't forget to vote for your favorite at the end of the post.

HONORABLE MENTION

Instead of listing every single thing I GIF'd for these, I'm going to start linking the ones that barely missed the cut, and I'll direct you to the full Gfycat album if you want to see the rest. Linking to a full set of 42 GIFs felt like overkill. The most honorable mentions:

Sad Florida Fan. Sad Florida Fans. Florida Fan F-Bomb.
Hudson Forces Buttfumble.
Ambry Thomas strip/recovery.
Three linebackers combine for TFL.
Rashan Gary, Arm Collector.
Ty Isaac Breaks Loose.

10. The Second Quarter, In Summary

You're looking live at every Michigan fan after the second pick-six.

9. Hello, Fourth-String Tight End

There's always a moment in the first game of the year when you pull up the roster and go "who was that guy?" This was that moment. That guy was Florida native Nick Eubanks.

8. Two Guys, A Spy, And A QB About To Die

On a late third-and-long, Michigan decides to rush two linemen with Chase Winovich acting as a QB spy. Let's see how that went:

Brutal. Let's see it again:

Delightfully brutal.

7. Invisibility Cloak, Now In Larger Sizes

Should they have called the "don't guard the 6'4" wideout" play, Wilton?

Agreed.

6. Dreaded Missile

There was too much good from Devin Bush to limit this to one GIF. Sack number one:

Sack number two:

Picking his way through traffic for a third-down TFL:

Can anyone block him?

I didn't think so.

5. Wild Thing

You make my heart sing:

You make everything... groovy:

Wild Thing.

4. Hammered

The corner on this play wanted absolutely no part of getting hit up high by Khalid Hill:

The defensive end on this play wasn't given a choice:

3. Rudely Discarded

The pursuit by Lawrence Marshall is excellent, but the real highlight is Josh Metellus shedding a block with such force he literally tosses the receiver two yards away from the play. Marshall then wrecks the same guy and dives on the ball for good measure.

2. Bears On The Loose

Man, I can't imagine seeing anything more impressive than a strongside defensive end making a tackle on a wide receiver screen.

[puts hand to ear] I'm getting word that... oh dear god:

Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.

FRAMES OF THE GAME: SEALED WITH A HIT

I have no idea what the left tackle was doing but Chase Winovich sure knew how to take advantage:

A replay? Sure, that sounds delightful.

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Comments

A2toGVSU

September 6th, 2017 at 2:15 PM ^

That new gfycat format is the greatest thing to happen to OFAAT ever. One vote for "Rudely Discarded." #4 gets tossed, thinks the play is over, stands strait up, and sees the fumble just in time to get wrecked by Marshall. I am unreasonably excited about Metellus. What made our secondary so awesome last year was the fact that the safeties were so versatile, we were immune to motion pre-snap. Its like having 5 DJ Wilsons on a basketball court. Just switch everything. There are no mismatches. Delano Hill was taken for granted at Rover last year. He got drafted because he was a less blitzy Peppers. Metellus is going to be even better.

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BlueMetal

September 6th, 2017 at 2:25 PM ^

The only GIFs I'm able to view on mobile are the Honorable Mentions. Is that the case with anyone else? They worked with the previous format but was definitely slow.

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dragonchild

September 6th, 2017 at 2:30 PM ^

I understand why it didn't make the cut, but I kinda wish the play where Higdon(?) broke what looked like an almost sure TFL and got to the edge for positive yardage.  He got wrapped, then got himself unwrapped.

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Steves_Wolverines

September 6th, 2017 at 2:36 PM ^

The Devin Bush TFL was at a HUGE moment in the game. 

It was a 3rd and 2, on Florida's first drive after the back-to-back #Pick6 and the ensuing blocked punt where Florida started their drive in Michigan territory.

They were on our 29 yard line on the 3rd down play. The tried to stretch to the wide side, and Devin Bush played it perfectly. He hid behind the mess of people, hanging back to eliminate any cuts upfield, then used his speed to cut off the outside faster than any Michigan LB I can remember in a long time (not including Peppers). Kinnel may have made the play solo, but Bush got there first and threw the RB down for a 2 yard loss, which led to a missed 47 yard FG and kept it a one possession game, and may have changed the momentum from Florida to Michigan.

 

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Gitback

September 6th, 2017 at 3:06 PM ^

I'm sorry, but for my money, "Rudely Discarded" wins hands down.  I mean... wow.  

I don't necessarily agree with the whole "they physically whooped us" take, I think they were out schemed and out prepared... but then you see that gif and you think "Yeah.  That right there, that's a whoopin." 

...and then the icing on the cake:

The receiver gets back up after getting tossed to the side like a prom dress, only to get steamrolled by Marshall who then pounces on the loose ball that the kid probably would have been in position to recover, if not for his inability to avoid getting knocked on his ass twice within 5 seconds.

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DOBlue48

September 6th, 2017 at 3:37 PM ^

My wish is that in the two guys and a spy clip Zaire would have tried to throw a fake at Winovich and then cut back.  Mo Hurst would quite likely have cut him in half.  That would most assuredly led to a good ole belly rub.

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jamesjosephharbaugh

September 6th, 2017 at 3:44 PM ^

I know we all love Harbaugh the figurehead. But, is it possible, maybe, even a little, that Don Brown is better at his job than Harbs is at his? Meaning, Harbaugh in his capacity as the offensive/QB guru? Should Don Brown be the Head Coach???? :-P

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