Unverified Voracity Stays In Like Whoah Comment Count

Brian

Programming note: UFR will be Thurs/Fri this week since there’s no game to preview.

Yeesh. I thought that Golden Tate was one of two receivers in the pattern that got him open deep. Close, but not quite:

michigan-9blocking

That was a one-man route. Trent on the screwup:

He used a double move to create confusion between senior cornerback Morgan Trent and junior safety Stevie Brown. Seconds later, he was behind both of them, celebrating in the end zone. At the time the play-action pass was Notre Dame quarterback Jimmy Clausen’s longest career completion.

“I guess we were both pretty confident that guy was taken,” senior Morgan Trent said. “I put that on myself as a senior.”

I foresee a shower of –3s for the secondary on that play.

Sssssh. Iowa beat Iowa State 17-5 last weekend, then did this:

shhhhhh_medium

Those classless wads, telling… uh… the home crowd to be quiet? This year’s BATTLE FOR CORN was at Iowa. WTF?

Black Heart, Gold Pants provides an explanation:

there is absolutely no way King's and Dalton's derisive "shhh" gestures were directed toward anywhere but the student section. Why, you ask, would the football team treat its home crowd like hostile intruders? Oh, Jake Christensen might know.

There have been smatterings of boos at Michigan home games so far… let’s not get it to the point where Michigan players are making the above gesture.

This sounds familiar. Rey Maualuga in the aftermath of USC’s 35-3 pantsing of Ohio State:

"They did everything we saw on film, nothing changed," said USC linebacker Rey Maualuga.

This, of course, is straight out of the Lloyd Carr Bowl Opponent handbook and should send shivers down the spine of any Ohio State fan. Not that they aren’t already shivering.

Comments

gsimmons85

September 16th, 2008 at 1:03 PM ^

but more than likely its was some kind of over under coverage,  either 2 read, or or  3 roll...   the fact that warren doesnt move up top, and is over number 1 gives the impression of man,  but trents bail technique gives the impression fo a 2 read or cover 3 scheme,  either way,  it wasnt browns play at least exclusivley,  but it sure would have been nice to knock him down once he turned vertical...

Joined: 06/30/2008

MGoPoints: 261

caup

September 16th, 2008 at 1:03 PM ^

Speaking of comparing Tressel to Carr, look at the 1st 6 or 7 years of their careers and there's some remarkable similarities. An early, improbable Nat'l Title, a nice BCS Bowl win or two, Big Ten titles, domination over their archrival, then (in Carr's case) the wheels started falling off. Like a motherfucker.

Personally, with the stellar young and incoming talent OSU has, I do NOT see that same thing happening in Columbus. It's just something worth noting...

Joined: 06/30/2008

MGoPoints: 4275

caup

September 16th, 2008 at 1:08 PM ^

I simply cannot see that as Brown's responsibility since he was so shallow at the snap.  If he did have the deep responsibility and was that far out of position he should be benched because that would be a HUGE mental error. BUT since he was still playing in the game rigth after that, that means either A) it wasn't his screw-up, or B) his replacement must have cerebral palsy. Wait, that's an insult to folks with CP. Sorry!

Joined: 06/30/2008

MGoPoints: 4275

gsimmons85

September 16th, 2008 at 1:15 PM ^

it was obvious that brown isnt in deep coverage,  he is either lookign to jump a back out of te back field in some kind of man scheme,  rolling to the flats in a cover three shceme, or robbing the hook to culr zone in a 2 read scheme...

either way trent was bad on that play...

 

Joined: 06/30/2008

MGoPoints: 261

Jim Harbaugh S…

September 16th, 2008 at 1:39 PM ^

I think you're right on (in your thoughts on OSU not going town the tubes) - the demise of OSU football is being greatly exaggerated.

While I don't think OSU will ever reach the sheer level of  success it had from 2002 until the Florida beatdown - based on thegreat recruiting class last year, the great incoming class this year - OSU is still going to be on top of the big ten.

Joined: 06/30/2008

MGoPoints: 577

contra mundum

September 16th, 2008 at 1:49 PM ^

Two things contributed to our pass rush woes. ND's propensity to keep extra guys in, and our poor play at LB on the iso plays, forcing Shafer to "curb" the upfield action of his DEs to help.

 IMHO, Thompson didn't perform very well against the ISO plays that ND ran at him..and neither did Ezeh for that matter. This better get fixed before Wisky comes to town.

Joined: 09/01/2008

MGoPoints: 512

caup

September 16th, 2008 at 2:06 PM ^

I saw the exact same thing, our LBs were reacting way too slowly. 

Trent had a rough day. That was VERY depressing to see from a 5th-year guy we were counting on so much this season to be a STRENGTH, not a weakness. Hopefully it was just one (and I mean ONE, as in never again) of those days.

I thought Shafer out-witted himself on some of the stunts and blitzes he ran on a few plays.  Too much risk for a momentary reward. It looked to me like he moved his guys OUT of position a few times by guessing wrong. I was thinking, Shafer, our guys are BETTER than theirs, just keep it simple and we'll stop them.  English made the same mistake in the 1st half against Appy State. I'm not blown away by our defensive play so far this season. I expected better.

Also, Tont Gerdman at the O-Zone places all the blame for Tate's bomb on Stevie Brown.  While I agree that Brown ain't great, it makes me wonder how much Gerdman really knows about what he's watching.  I'm starting to think not so much.

Joined: 06/30/2008

MGoPoints: 4275

gsimmons85

September 16th, 2008 at 2:18 PM ^

when we lined up in base, and ND lined up in base and ran ot, either G scheme or Isso scheme, they were able to get 4 or 5 yards almost everytime.  When that happends as a DC you have to bring presure.  Shafer has had to blitz, stunt, angle etc. to not only get presure on the passer, but also to stop the run.  Our lb's are simply not good enough right now to play base and make plays...

Joined: 06/30/2008

MGoPoints: 261

caup

September 16th, 2008 at 2:27 PM ^

but when we stunted the wrong way, or brought the blitz to the wrong gap they gained a big chunk of yards instead of just 4 or 5. I guess damned if you do and damned if you don't but I'm inclined to force Notre Dame to keep trying to execute a long drive without an eventual blown blocking assignment or penalty. Of course, it didn't seem like the Big East refs were going to be calling it too tight against ND.

Joined: 06/30/2008

MGoPoints: 4275

Sgt. Wolverine

September 16th, 2008 at 3:37 PM ^

Hey caup, don't mess with CP Nation.  We will make you walk funny.

Actually, I'm just glad you didn't try to connect CP and Michigan's total inability to catch any sort of kick ever.  THAT would have been insulting.

Joined: 06/30/2008

MGoPoints: 3742

caup

September 16th, 2008 at 4:36 PM ^

No disrepect to CPN was intended.  And for the record, I've just learned that our kick returners all have the rare combination of carpal tunnel and one lazy eye.

Joined: 06/30/2008

MGoPoints: 4275

Desert Blue

September 16th, 2008 at 5:00 PM ^

Maluaga's comments are pretty much dead on and nothing different than what Florida and LSU players said after they smoked tOSU. OSU has dominated the Big Ten the last few years because there have been relatively few good conference teams - PSU 05, U-M 06, Ill 07...so, one difficult game a year, big deal - but as we've already seen these teams haven't had tremendous staying power. OSU is talented and dominating an average conference at the moment, but they have been stagnating the last few years instead of taking it to the next level like USC did. To me, there are three interesting storylines in the Big Ten this year - can Wisconsin or Penn State mount a consistent challenge for the title, can Tressel keep his team together after three devastating, very public routs and can Rich Rod keep his team together through the growing stages. We better hope two, if not all three, of these happen for the conference to regain some legitimacy and take some steps towards everyone being better. I hate the SEC, but the competition that league provides is making everyone there better, while everyone in the Big Ten is getting worse.

Joined: 07/14/2008

MGoPoints: 2

Tim Waymen

September 16th, 2008 at 9:31 PM ^

It really makes the Big 10 look bad.  If they had put up a fight, then they could leave with some honor.  But they were just completely steamrolled.  Still, USC is without a doubt the best team in the country.  They're like your 5th year dynasty team in NCAA 09 after you've locked up all the 5 star recruits and just unload on the other teams. 

(Basically, everything with me is just like in EA Sports NCAA.  I was doing some food shopping at the market the other day, and I was like, omg this is just like in NCAA 09 when you have...)

Joined: 06/30/2008

MGoPoints: 1973