Practice Bits: Nick Sheridan? Seriously? Seriously.

... I officially have a Shaw boner right now ?

Cissoko couldn't tackle Shaw in the open field?  Does this mean he lacks top-end tackling ability?

"The defensive line plays too "stiff" -- not exactly sure what the
upshot of this is -- and was not as impressive as Michigan fans might
hope."

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But I thought that some guy on Rivals said that the defense was rock solid.  It's just practice, and maybe they need to give the offense room to operate.  I wouldn't freak out; we'll see how they do in a game situation. But it would be hard to match the talent of the 06 defense.  I don't know if they do, but at least they do in secondary.

sucking. but i think if enough people (and by people I mean older people who most likely want plain white jerseys with no frills whatsoever, no offense) it'll get changed.

if sheridan is our qb, i need more bourbon

it sounds like cissoko was looking to go left or right and wasn't ready to take one in the chops

and i'm also not surprised by the D-Line thing either.  i'm glad that whatever the hell it is i think isn't completely wrong all the time.

Cissoko was probably the 35th corner to get pancaked by a RB in a college football practice today, and I have it on good authority he was #15,000 for Michigan in their history. Interestingly, Tyrone Wheatley holds the "running over DBs in practice situations" records, devouring 84 poor souls during his tenure.

Seriously, this type of thing happens all the freakin' time in football practice. It's not even close to "news", and it means exactly nothing to the team.  

As I said on the brain-dead wasteland that is the Rivals Fort:

I have absolutely no problem with Sheridan starting. I'd rather have a scrappy, mobile, accurate short passer who can scramble for those extra yards.

For those of you who think that an immobile Threet standing in the pocket behind THIS offensive line and winging it downfield is a good image, I'd like to know why you think that is such a critical formula. Stretching the field and keeping the defense honest only works when you have two components that are missing right now: protection and a reasonably accurate downfield passer.

Bring on scrappy Nick and all sorts of blazing fast electrons getting the ball in space. With our defense, NS and all that speed and RR's creativity only need to generate about 3 TDs a game to win 9 games.

 Enough about the damned jerseys.  It's f'n Michigan football...as long as they are blue, maize and white with a winged helmet who really gives a shit?  Are they less of a program/team for it?  Hell no.  So lets get past it and start kickin' some ass, ok?

Scrappy? Only need to score 21 pts a game to win 9? Scrappy? Scrappy?

Fuck me. This season is going to be long. 

does david eckstein have any eligibility?

I'm down with scrappy.  He's gonna be like a Jeff Garcia type guy.  It says he was making the short to medium throws which is really what we need him to do.  We don't have a great deep threat receiver even if we had a guy who could make those throws.  I look forward to watching him play, and seeing Carlos Brown pitching the ball in encouraging as well. 

Scrappy is exciting.

I didnt check the numbers against the roster but this film at 1:42 shows an RB blowing up a DB (maybe this is the Shaw / Booboo thing mentioned above

http://michigan.rivals.com/video.asp?section=football&pkey=&vidtype=publisher&vidid=5361

Good run.

As a former player of a few sports I could tell in RichRod's comments that Sheridan was the guy. And when I realized that and saw the interview with Quarterbacks Coach Rod Smith on M GO BLUE, I realized that Michigan Football's Offense will now become a running back who throws. The idea that they will adapt to the talent base is a misnomer. Not entirely false or true. You go with what you know. In some ways RichRod doesnt understand Threet.

I don't know what the big worry is. I imagine that a mostly stationary Cissoko had to stop Shaw traveling at full speed. That must be hard for any CB. As long as you stop him I guess.

Btw, EA Sports loves Brandon Harrison.  The past few years in NCAA 07-09 he's been the impact player on the defense and was a returner in 07 and 08.  How good is he?  Is he really that fast?  That's a player I haven't known much about.

except now they have a stripe. Oh Noez. Sounds like some girls talking about shoes or something. They look. almost. exactly. the. same.

Another thing.....if this is a one year deal, you almost have to pump Sheridan because Newsome is probably in the wings threatening to walk anyhow. Or hinting at it. Watching Threet throw lasers is not good for a recruit whose more RUN than THROW......it allows the other schools to say things like,"We need a runner more than a passer Kevin and you'll be competing with a thrower in Threet." Playing Sheridan wets the appetite of other recruits or keeps em thinking Im next. I think Rich Rod is a simple guy but not a simpleton. I think he wants hands off. Find and recruit speed, work em out till they are so strong, and then turn em loose and feed of the chaos. I don't think he would enjoy movies by Ingmar Bergman........or books by Ray Kurzweil....not saying he couldnt but I think he's the type of guy who'd enjoy your good ol Michael Bay movie and a Tom Clancy book. This job, or coaching here at Michigan will change that though. He needs to prove he can be academically sound and produce pro prospects. You can say MI players werent in shape out of the Carr era but they were sound in the skill dept. You don't want to be the coach who reverses all the good and bad trends or gets rid of the bad and then loses the good. You dont want to go from being Quaterback U to Slot U. So there are short and long term challenges for him and his staff. I think one other thing is obvious, Shafer wants to be a head coach. And I think he deserves a shot at it eventually.