Blake Corum #3 rusher, while having a teammate at #31
That's it. That's the thread.
September 19th, 2021 at 1:09 PM ^
1.5 Kareem Walkers > 1 Kareem Walker
September 19th, 2021 at 1:19 PM ^
1.5 Corum is how the dinosaurs went extinct.
September 19th, 2021 at 3:55 PM ^
That made me look up to see where Kareem Walker is now: he’s with his fourth school at South Alabama. Saturday he rushed for 150 yards and three touchdowns.
September 19th, 2021 at 9:31 PM ^
Kareem Walker was an early enrollee…in the same class as Gary and Bush
September 19th, 2021 at 9:33 PM ^
I can’t believe he’s still playing CFB after not making an impact anywhere
September 20th, 2021 at 8:27 AM ^
150 yards and three TDs in one game sounds like an impact to me...
September 19th, 2021 at 1:09 PM ^
I was hoping they would've given Haskins some more carries to get him over 100 yesterday.
September 19th, 2021 at 2:35 PM ^
and edwards.
That said, I love seeing guys that may never get another carry get to rack up stats as a wolverine.
September 19th, 2021 at 1:19 PM ^
He’s probably #1 in all purpose yards?
Edit:
” Corum ranks first nationally in all-purpose yards per game (193.7), No. 3 in rushing yards per game (135.7), and tied for first with 8 total touchdowns.”
September 19th, 2021 at 2:02 PM ^
He was after week 2. Wouldn't be surprised.
September 19th, 2021 at 2:52 PM ^
Problem is he only added 138 all-purpose yards this week with 0 kick return yards. NCAA website hasn’t updated the rankings yet for all purpose yards but that output drops Corum from 221.5 ypg to 193.6. Which would have ranked him 6th heading into this week. Obviously depends a bit on what other players did but it’s possible he fell out of the top spot
September 19th, 2021 at 4:12 PM ^
Kick return yards are a good way to inflate all-purpose numbers.
Weird fact: the one USC game I went to when I lived in California happened to be that epic 50-42 win over Fresno State in 2005 (the night of that year’s injurious OSU game—I was going to go to the Stanford game earlier in the year, but my friend and I settled on this one and it turned out to be a good choice). That was the night that Reggie Bush had that famous sideline stop-in-his-tracks play, when he gained over 500 all-purpose yards.
Bush was dominant, of course, but a key to hitting that ridiculous 500-yard number was that Fresno scored a bunch of TDs, which meant that he got to pile up a lot of yards on kickoff returns where you get 20 or so yards for free.
I mean, he still had a bunch of huge runs and a long pass reception, so it wasn’t a mirage, but returning kicks does pump the numbers a bit.
September 19th, 2021 at 8:17 PM ^
Used to be. With the new kickoff rules, way fewer free return yardage.
September 19th, 2021 at 2:04 PM ^
7 TD's. Nice.
September 19th, 2021 at 2:04 PM ^
Slow wifi
September 20th, 2021 at 8:45 AM ^
Blake Corum remains #1 in all-purpose yards after week 3.
Source: https://www.foxsports.com/college-football/stats?category=yardage&sort=y_ap&season=2021&seasonType=reg&sortOrder=desc&groupId=2
September 19th, 2021 at 1:24 PM ^
Corum! Haskins! OL!
September 19th, 2021 at 1:25 PM ^
Corum is also tied for first with seven rushing touchdowns.
September 19th, 2021 at 1:38 PM ^
This is the best stable of Michigan RBs in maybe 25 years.
OL is right at the top of the Big Ten this year as well.
September 19th, 2021 at 2:01 PM ^
Reminds me of the groups from the late 80’s early 90’s where we generally had two really good backs plus a 3rd guy who could fill in almost as well.
September 19th, 2021 at 4:36 PM ^
Jarrod Bunch
Jon Vaughn
Ricky Powers
Tyrone Wheatley
Tschmunga Biakabatuka
1988-1995
(spellings on my own recognisance)
September 19th, 2021 at 11:31 PM ^
That was a murderer's row of running backs.
September 19th, 2021 at 2:34 PM ^
Since Wheatley and Biakabutuka were on the same team. Although back then they didn’t share carries as much. If you were 2nd you had to wait your turn
September 19th, 2021 at 2:57 PM ^
Corum indeed looks like a special back that we haven’t had in well over a decade. Haskins is really good too, great change of pace, just not as talented as Corum.
This year is already well exceeded my expectations. I don’t care if it was NIU, just being able to see a functional offense…RB’s looking special…a capable QB. Man that was fun yesterday.
September 19th, 2021 at 4:56 PM ^
These guys are both finding the holes the line is providing and then they run with purpose and deliver punishing yards after contact. It’s truly fun to watch and hard to stop.
Cade should be seeing opportunity.
September 19th, 2021 at 1:44 PM ^
Kenneth Walker III is a problem. That guy is incredibly good; Who the hell is starting at Wake Forest that this guy couldn't break into the rotation?
September 19th, 2021 at 2:06 PM ^
He doesn't look super fast. I could be wrong.
September 19th, 2021 at 2:10 PM ^
A lot of people have been talking about his speed. I noticed a lot of analysts and beat writers on Twitter were saying he is very fast. He hasn't had issues getting to the edges. He has home run speed. Which every team Sparty has played has misjudged his speed. Players have taken poor angles to try and tackle him. And he blows right by them. Corum is faster I think...but that Walker kid is deceivingly fast.
September 19th, 2021 at 2:20 PM ^
You must be watching MSU reeeeeally closely. Keep the State updates coming!
September 19th, 2021 at 6:31 PM ^
It’s called being a fan of the sport
September 20th, 2021 at 10:17 AM ^
I like to watch Sparty closely. 15 years ago I wouldn't have watched any of their games unless they were playing us. However, the times have changed and I like to scout out UM's opponents. The days are gone of it being pretty much a forgone conclusion that we will beat Sparty. I have learned to not get my hopes up this early in the season from the continuous let downs. Some people like to make excuses as to why Walker is looking like a beast. Or that Corum is significantly better than Walker because this or that. It pains me to say it, but Tucker is doing some positive things for Sparty. Which if you told me after last year they would be looking this good...I would have laughed at you. I had them pegged to be a 6 win team. Well...they are half way there 3 games into the season. They look good. UM looks good. We will see where the chips fall.
September 19th, 2021 at 2:37 PM ^
UM defenders are getting a lot of practice vs Corum, so tackling Walker III should be no problem.
September 19th, 2021 at 4:57 PM ^
Assuming UM defneders are able to tackle Corum. :)
September 19th, 2021 at 2:11 PM ^
I agree. And why the F isn't MSU OL a tire fire lkem yesteryear ?
September 19th, 2021 at 2:31 PM ^
MSU really loaded up via transfer portal, transformed themselves overnight. B1G East is brutal this season
September 19th, 2021 at 3:32 PM ^
Not completely sold on MSU. They haven't played a team with a winning record. Miami is 1-2, whose only win is against App State and they needed a kick-off return and a blocked punt to do it. They are just bad.
Northwestern put up more passing yards against MSU than they did against. Duke.
We'll get a measure for how good both teams are after Rutgers.
September 19th, 2021 at 5:14 PM ^
It is true Miami is bad and Northwestern is bad, but it's not like MSU squeaked out a couple close or fluky wins. They beat the hell out of both of those teams, as a good team would do. Everything I've seen from them (which granted I haven't sat down and watched any of their games start to finish) is legit. I think their running game is legit. Their passing numbers may be a little inflated based on opponent, but they can run the ball and they still play pretty good defense.
I do think the game in East Lansing is going to be difficult to win. MSU is winning games the way good teams win games, overpowering opponents at the line of scrimmage, not turning the ball over and appear to be competent with the pass and very good on the ground. I think Michigan can beat them, but they're going to have to bring their A game, and they'll have to match MSU's intensity. If they don't, I think it's likely they'll be heading home with back-to-back L's. And the thought of that seriously makes me sick to my stomach.
September 20th, 2021 at 10:18 AM ^
There is only 1 transfer contributing on the O-line. My Sparty friends were excited about the O-line coach Tucker hired. And apparently they might have had reason to be.
September 20th, 2021 at 10:18 AM ^
There is only 1 transfer contributing on the O-line. My Sparty friends were excited about the O-line coach Tucker hired. And apparently they might have had reason to be.
September 19th, 2021 at 3:01 PM ^
Well, many believed on this Blog that Christian Turner was going to be All B10 and he is at best their 3rd string RB. Wake might have a talented stable of backs!
September 19th, 2021 at 1:53 PM ^
I love it. Dual, even triple threat running game, opens up the pass, end arounds, it's great to be back to our roots.
September 19th, 2021 at 2:20 PM ^
I choose to look at yards, YPC, TDs. That makes Blake Corum the number 1 rusher.
September 19th, 2021 at 2:23 PM ^
I’m just happy to see someone that has been developed and putting up some stats. We’ve had multiple promising skill players in the last decade that just haven’t had the impact we were expecting. Maybe that’s lack of player development or simply bad luck and whiffing on a lot of great prospects, probably a little of both.
Probably the most impactful skill player since…Denard?
September 19th, 2021 at 4:08 PM ^
But fast!
September 19th, 2021 at 2:24 PM ^
We wouldn't have been able to feed everybody if Charbonnet had returned. Looks like he fell back to earth this week against Fresno State. 2 TDs, 19 yards on 6 attempts and a loss.
September 19th, 2021 at 2:51 PM ^
Fresno St was one of the “locks of the year” last night .. getting 11.5. UCLA was getting too much hype and Fresno St can score 40 on anyone , that’s a deadly combo
September 19th, 2021 at 2:28 PM ^
Corum, Haskins and Edwards..what a freaking trio!
September 19th, 2021 at 5:22 PM ^
Reminds me of Rob Lytle, Harlan Huckleby, and Butch Davis.
September 20th, 2021 at 10:41 AM ^
Huckleby deep and Davis close and Leach the Peach under center.
September 19th, 2021 at 2:43 PM ^
Lightening has amazing balance. Thunder is quicker than his nickname suggests. Both are excellent and hard to tackle. Donovan Warren looks terrific as well. Agree they make an epic trio.