Per Rivals depth chart for this week Cam Gordon is listed above Jake Ryan. I haven't looked at previous weeks depth charts for a couple weeks so I'm not sure if it has been this way or not. Does anyone have any information as to why Ryan has been moved down or is this perhaps just a situation where an "or" should be there but isn't?
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Exactly. You just beat me to it.
Cam Gordon was announced as a starter just minutes before the game, on the Northwestern scoreboard. (You'd call it a Minitron.)
And then I never saw him on the field.
Did he get a chance to play on special teams? I did not see him, although I was looking for Woolfolk (they seem to have finally taken Troy off kicking teams) and Josh Furman, who is becoming a special teams stud a la Darnell Hood.
It hasn't been updated since
It hasn't been updated since 8/30 (see the upper right corner).
It hasn't been updated since
It hasn't been updated since 8/30 (see the upper right corner).
I've noticed that for the
I've noticed that for the last 2 weeks (so I assume since WMU)
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Ryan has some very big plays
Ryan has some very big plays both ways in every game. IIRC, he was responsible for several option plays getting outside of him in the first half. I think it's fine if he stays in because of some of the big plays he's had to help us, but if Gordon can come in and make those same plays while minimizing the mistakes, then we will be much better off.
Can't blame him
I watched some of those highlights from the options runs and you can't blame ryan for them. D-line wasnt getting through, demens was getting blocked downfield, and morgan was too slow to get over. That left jake ryan trying to defend two guys by himself.
I haven't gone back and
I haven't gone back and watched them, but RVB was pretty consistently forcing the QB to pitch early and then 1 or 2 defenders would miss the RB in the backfield, allowing him to get a big gain. I thought it was Ryan, but maybe it was another defender.
My point is still valid, though, that he has big plays in both directions.
If Cam is good to go, I hope
If Cam is good to go, I hope he plays but doesn't start. I don't want MSU to be the game we switch things up. Give him some snaps and see how he plays, and in the second half play the guy who's hot until he isn't anymore.
Agreed, I really think that
Agreed, I really think that Jake Ryan is doing just fine out there. If Cam is clearly better in practice, give him the start, but I really think that Jake should be given the start and Cam gets a few plays and see how he does. I wouldnt want to switch things up for Little Brother Week.
HOKE SMASH.
upperclassman thing?
Does Hoke have a 'you can't lose your job to injury rule?'
No
Whenever Hoke is asked about players returning from injury, he always says stuff like "he's going to have to earn his spot in the lineup..."
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did he specifically say start?
He always has said will play more, earn more time etc.
I wonder if that is coach speak
Hopefully a good thing
Ryan is a playmaker and has performed well in most games, so Gordon must really bring something to the table if he's still listed as the starter.
This is probably why Ryan plays so aggressively...he wants the starting spot and is attempting to prove he's worthy by making big plays. Once he settles down and gets a bit older, he could be our version of Clay Matthews.
The coaches aren't kidding when they say competition is good for football. Bo's book spends a lot of paper talking about competition at positions and how Bo would instigate arguments between his own coaches about who should be named the starter.
No excuses. Play like a champion.
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Cam Gordon is listed above Jake Ryan in last week's depth chart.
MGoblue depth charts
Cam Gordon has been listed as the starting SLB on every depth chart released so far this season.
I don't think Rivals updates
I don't think Rivals updates it every week. I think Cam Gordon has been listed the starter since the season began.
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Well he would deserve to
Well he would deserve to start. Theres a reason why he was number one on the depth chart coming out of camp.
Meh....
It might be nothing. At the game on Saturday they announced him as the starter for the lineups and he never played
This might be arrogant, and if it is, it is, but we're Michigan