EVENT NOTICE: I had to cancel my trip to Indianapolis (Indy Alumni Club members, don't worry, they upgraded speakers!). So we're gonna all watch the game on Saturday night together at Venue. You can reserve a table now, and they're going to extend Happy Hour ($10 pitchers, half price cocktails) to anyone who mentions us. Menu here.

Things discussed:

• Ohio State's hyper-aggressiveness on defense led to a high success rate and five easy touchdowns.
• Oh, Michigan just made five plays: those weren't ungodly low-percentage plays, they were plays that Ohio State put out there to be taken.
• OSU offense: throwing the ball on 3rd and 2 all year, M sat back and let them get into 3rd and short, and if they throw to Marvin Harrison Jr. they'll get 12 yards and if they throw to anyone else you can boot them off the field. Tons of their yards this game were hollow when M was letting them run down the clock.
• The 75-yard TD: OSU has a 3-man line and Jack Sawyer because that's what the answer to 2021 was supposed to be: run guys at gaps they're not expected to be in, which is hard to get right. When you get it right though? 75 yards. M had two more opportunities like that where Stokes could have been gone if he saw it.
• Day did leave yards on the field on offense, spreading it around instead of concentrating on matchups like PJ2 vs McGregor where they were winning. Sam: Urban gave them a few run plays.
• Why did OSU go away from the RB switch stuff? It was working.
• Theory: Day's program is about spreading it out to everyone, being super clever (4th and 2). Did he try too hard to prove he wasn't born on 3rd?
• Michigan's defensive gameplan: Just cover Stroud's first read, because there's usually just one concept they're stressing you with. Pass rush: nil. Dropped seven and have guys jumping routes. He's a first read QB.
• Ohio State was surprised: they were very prepared for the Amoeba Defense stuff, maybe spent their practice time prepping for all of those pressures not getting to 3rd and 4th reads.
• Purdue: Don't have the same gamebreakers. Defense is not hard to crack, harder than they were before Ron English took over.

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You can catch the entire episode on Michigan Insider's podcast stream.

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If they sit back they're too soft and Michigan runs for 8 YPC. If they blow up the line they're too aggressive and Michigan runs for 8 YPC. Maybe the problem