Defense - Snowflakes
January 2nd, 2024 at 12:12 AM ^
This defense is championship level. Every time we need a winning play, they deliver - every time. So many heroes to celebrate. Josiah Stewart had a career game. Huge plays by Sabb, Q Johnson, and J Wallace (multiple by Josh) show you just how deep this defense is. They are a special unit, and it will be a privilege to watch them one more time!!
January 2nd, 2024 at 12:20 AM ^
Played as good as anybody could have asked. Finally Michigan didnt allow a running quarterback to get the best of them!
January 2nd, 2024 at 12:23 AM ^
A wise man (actually numerous wise men and wise women) once said "defense wins championships".
I'm not nearly dumb enough to disagree with their wisdom.
January 2nd, 2024 at 12:35 AM ^
Bite 'em Calvin
Nevermind, I'm dating myself.
Fantastic job
January 2nd, 2024 at 12:44 AM ^
If you watch the final play in stop action, you'll see that one of the keys to the play was Josaiah Stewart taking a running start at offensive tackle JC Latham.
Stewart hits Latham so hard that Latham is lifted off the ground and as he's falling back, Jalen Milroe's right knee hits the back of Latham's left leg. As Milroe falls into the waiting arms of Derrick Moore, Stewart also falls on Milroe. Milroe is stopped short of the goal line and Latham is seen clutching his left leg.
JALEN MILROE IS STOPPED ON 4TH DOWNš±
ā ESPN (@espn) January 2, 2024
THE WOLVERINES ARE HEADED TO THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP š #CFBPlayoff pic.twitter.com/X2x3tPzwqr
Bad snap on the final play doomed the timing of the run. It was there if Milroe had a good snap and could hit the run where it was intended. Would have been tough but thereās a path with the widest guy going so far upfield. pic.twitter.com/khi61nHDV1
ā Geoff Schwartz (@geoffschwartz) January 2, 2024
January 2nd, 2024 at 3:56 AM ^
100% this!
Josaiah Stewart!
January 2nd, 2024 at 1:08 AM ^
We have 6 takes on UMs defense and the game ended 4 hours ago. 6.
January 2nd, 2024 at 6:27 AM ^
There are probably more than a few of us who are waiting to sober up and lower their heart rate before posting :<)
January 2nd, 2024 at 7:18 AM ^
This year we have a Better defense than the 97 team
January 2nd, 2024 at 12:39 PM ^
I won't go that far, but I did tell my son that watching the defense swarm Milroe over and over reminded me a lot of what it felt like to watch the '97 team: calm, even when the other team had the ball.
January 2nd, 2024 at 8:24 AM ^
Shout out to the Rod Moore ankle tackle on Milroe's big run in OT - they score right there, otherwise.
January 2nd, 2024 at 9:51 AM ^
And to Josh Wallace. On the next to last play in OT, the WR pushes off and makes the catch and he is able to recover and make the stop at the 3 setting up the final play.
January 2nd, 2024 at 8:30 AM ^
Minter is and was the mvp! I donāt know that AI could have drew up a better gameplan. Mcgregor, Graham, Grant and Jenkins played like they had rockets shoved up their keesters. What a dominate defensive performance for the ages. Imagine the shock of being a Bama/sec fan and watching all your team speed get the shit kicked out of them.
January 2nd, 2024 at 9:50 AM ^
The whole defense is amazing, but that d-line is something special
January 2nd, 2024 at 12:37 PM ^
Agree! My only question is on the technique they used to contain Milroe -- is it a "mush rush" (as Brian and others call it) or a "mosh rush," as Seth has noted a few times on the podcast this year. The first couple of times I thought it was a mis-pronunciation, but after more thought, I'm betting that Seth did extensive research into the technique and will soon tell us that it was developed in 1949 when some coach returning from WWII modeled his defensive line schema after a skirmish in Mosh, Sweden, or some such thing.
January 2nd, 2024 at 10:56 AM ^
Beast mode performance. The sacks, the consistency, the patience, the clutchness. Just an all time performance in the Rose Bowl.
So glad I was able to witness it.