WTKA Roundtable 11/18/2021: Who They Are Plus
Things discussed:
- Two RPS plays to beat Penn State: Mesh and Mesh beater.
- Clifford got Devin Gardner’d. Mike Morris blew a guy up.
- PSU had two dudes at DE too: Ryan Hayes *struggled*—have to give him help. Why are you running empty on 3rd and 11?
- 4th and 2: Michigan can’t play down 3 guys on a side, no matter what they think. Should have audibled to the left because PSU was misaligned.
- Running game: PSU brought down a safety so Michigan went even heavier, 10 guys in the box, and turned those safeties into linebackers.
- Schoonmaker vs Honigford? I don’t think it makes enough of a difference.
- Haskins: He is who we are. Draft prospects? Come back?
- Best DE combo in Michigan history? Seth mentions Maentz and Kramer.
- Ohio State Lucy talk from Craig and Sam. Ohio State fans are going to be there because Michigan sold them tickets last summer.
- Seth on fandom: It’s rewarding to believe in something.
- Basketball talk: Houstan couldn’t shoot and couldn’t stay in front of his guy, and played 39 minutes!? We think he should go in the 4 rotation, put Williamson and Bufkin at the three.
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November 18th, 2021 at 11:44 AM ^
I hope Brian is ok and continues to improve.
He was very silent on this episode and when he did talk it was very curt and dismissive.
November 18th, 2021 at 4:56 PM ^
yeah, its okay to not be okay, too. I am sending Brian good vibes. I hope he finds his way.
We love you Brian <3
ed: we also love you Seth :D
November 19th, 2021 at 8:00 AM ^
Precisely my rxn. I thought Sam was trying to bring some joy to the show and Brian was either quiet or not on board with the “yes and” partnership. I thought the points he made were exactly right but I suspect Sam wants to hear more out of him, partly to avoid the slow parts where Sam and Seth take a while to establish that they’re both correct. Minor criticism as Sam is a great host and Seth at his best can translate the film into conclusions for the I-94 listener. Finally, I could be wrong but my instinctive answer to the Woodley question was Tim Jamison. Neither he nor Biggs were as good as Ojabo on the pass rush, but maybe Biggs was more stout against the run.
November 18th, 2021 at 12:56 PM ^
On the Houstan minutes, Howard knows we need a good Houstan to be good this year, so letting him play through a bad game is just part of the growth process of breaking in a new guy. You hope its a learning experience, because if its not and he has a bad shooting year this team is going to struggle offensively
November 18th, 2021 at 7:57 PM ^
Howard's also still figuring out the rotations with all the roster turnover. The team we see these next few weeks will not be the team we see in the tournament.
November 18th, 2021 at 2:37 PM ^
Who is this Williamson guy? Is that a nickname?
November 18th, 2021 at 7:20 PM ^
I need sleep. Been a long season.
November 18th, 2021 at 8:53 PM ^
Our arch-enemy from 1994, Corliss Williamson.
November 18th, 2021 at 3:40 PM ^
Regarding Haskins exploitation of the backdoor, and the discussion between Sam and Seth as to whether that was Haskins-found or Harbaugh-Taught: a Diary from several years ago analyzed Stanford’s Manball performance in the Orange Bowl and noted Harbaugh’s instruction to his running back: “Backdoor!” https://mgoblog.com/diaries/manbaugh-manball-and-moyer
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