Big Ten Bloggers Share Epic Doom in the UM Secondary
Adam was doing a recap on Stanzi's passing efficiency numbers and projection for the rest of the year:
Yet at the same time, that competition is, at some level, a concern. Stanzi's line at Michigan was 17-24, 248 yards, 3 TDs, 0 INTs. That's good. But some of those passes were really, really easy; the slant to Derrell Johnson-Koulianos was less a "what a throw by Stanzi" play and more of a "explain how J.T. Floyd is any better at pass coverage than a scarecrow tied to a broom" play. It was ghastly. And even with Indiana and Minnesota looming on the schedule, Iowa's definitely not facing a worse, more comically inept secondary than Michigan's all season long. Michigan Defense: We Appear To Be Trying.
"So we've got that going for us, which is nice"
October 22nd, 2010 at 2:14 PM ^
Well, the Jerk Store called, and they're running out of you.
October 22nd, 2010 at 2:20 PM ^
NO SOUP FOR YOU!
October 22nd, 2010 at 4:03 PM ^
I had sex with your wife last night.
October 22nd, 2010 at 11:38 PM ^
His wife is in a coma.
October 22nd, 2010 at 11:38 PM ^
You're their all-time best seller.
October 22nd, 2010 at 2:16 PM ^
Well I slpet with your wife.
Not directed at anyone, just a fan of seinfeld
October 22nd, 2010 at 2:19 PM ^
You're their
October 22nd, 2010 at 3:54 PM ^
I don't understand why you were negged for this. For those who don't know, my post above was a Seinfeld quote. preed1's statement - Well I slept with your wife - is another quote from the same scene. Well done.
October 22nd, 2010 at 4:10 PM ^
I understand why he was negged. It was because he showed a blatant disregard for the English language. Both spelling and grammar were tossed out the window.
October 22nd, 2010 at 4:30 PM ^
...knowing this board, it was probably for grammar and not for content.
October 22nd, 2010 at 2:26 PM ^
This season often reminds me of an Every Three Weekly article I read years ago titled "Michigan's Defense or Rocks With Scary Faces Painted on Them?" that attempted to evaluate which would have better success stopping Big 10 offenses.
So, the good news is that we've had defensive struggles before.
October 22nd, 2010 at 2:34 PM ^
that was a good one. Did you also read the E3W article about how Quidditch is now a Michigan club sport? What? That's REAL??? Damn...
October 22nd, 2010 at 2:25 PM ^
We just played the #7 and #15 ranked teams in the country and basically the main reason we lost is mistakes. These are both good teams, not a failure to lose, especially when you put up great offensive numbers against them. The next three games should be telling, but I have a good feeling that 8-2 is certainly capable.
I'd be more scared if I was like Florida and had tons of talent with some experience and could only put up 7 points against Miss St. I look at some other top teams flailing a bit with much more experience and see RR is doing pretty well given the circumstances.
October 22nd, 2010 at 3:18 PM ^
If I was the former "hottest coach in the game," and I had blown chances to recruit Denard Robinson and keep Cameron Newton, had Trey Burton sitting on my bench, and was still bowing to alumni pressure to play an overwhelmed legacy recruit at QB, I would definitely be more scared.
Meyer is a great coach, but he has nobody but himself to blame for his current predicament.
October 22nd, 2010 at 3:57 PM ^
Meyer really is mismanaging the QB situation there. He also failed to identify Denard as a potential star.
But, Meyer has won a few of those NCs in the past few years, so he is likely safe for a while. He is also still recruiting lights out, so it will take more than one bad season for him to be canned.
Also, I really dislike him.
October 22nd, 2010 at 8:07 PM ^
Florida has lost ten games since the beginning of 2006. I'd love that problem.
Besides, he had to kick Cam Newton off the team and Denard had to have extraordinary work ethic to become the QB he is today. Legal recruiting doesn't really permit that level of evaluation.
October 22nd, 2010 at 2:30 PM ^
Explosion noises at work.
October 22nd, 2010 at 2:36 PM ^
At least a scarecrow tied to a broom might have made Johnson-Koulianos pause and think for a split second to try to figure out what the fuck was going on.
October 22nd, 2010 at 2:50 PM ^
about that whole play is, how in the fuck you line up that far inside and still let him have an easy slant. It's not like he fought for the slant or made a stunning outside move. He just ran a damn slant while Floyd was lined up inside.
October 22nd, 2010 at 3:17 PM ^
Yeah, it was pretty shocking. It was one of the few times that, "Hell, I could have played that better." had some legitimate merit to it.
October 22nd, 2010 at 6:23 PM ^
That being said, I have re-run that over and over. The only thing that I can guess is that Floyd is so lost and scared that he will be caught out of position that he is constantly second guessing himself.
It's the only thing I can come up with.