Darth Wolverine

September 10th, 2011 at 10:20 PM ^

I was thinking the same thing. need to do more slants and other quick passes. denard hasnt been great downfield and he has had one or two good runs. gotta use the slots more....and the Irish halfback draw is killing Michigan.

FarceCarr

September 10th, 2011 at 10:35 PM ^

... it's not his fault.  He can't run a West-Coast offense.  Square peg, round hole.  Sucks for him sucks for us, sucks for Michigan.  Two years is what it will take as long as recruits stay firm.

FarceCarr

September 10th, 2011 at 10:47 PM ^

... to show why I'm wrong.  Look, I want this team to be as successful as it can, but the fact that I'm a rational human being makes me realize the shortcomings of trying to blend this talent with the offensive-scheme change.  Denard is a great ambassador of UM, but he' s not Joe Montana hitting John Taylor in stride.  He's Tommy Frazier but faster.  Tommy Frazier threw the ball 15 times a game.

Erik_in_Dayton

September 10th, 2011 at 10:40 PM ^

I think we're seeing the reason that you run bubble screens in the spread offense.  Denard isn't great at stretching the defense vertically, so you stretch them horizontally with the bubble screen.  Michigan isn't doing that tonight, probably shrinking Denard's running lanes.

funandgun

September 11th, 2011 at 12:30 AM ^

That TD play and the short fullback toss are great plays.  I like the fact we go under center some and hope we can run out of that look. 

Hopefully Denard hits some of those throws he was missing early.  He just didn't seem to have great touch on them.