Did #2 lose his job on Saturday?
I haven't seen much discussion of the disappearance of Blake Countess in the second half of the Penn State game. I wasn't looking for him every down, and the UFR will present us with a definitive answer, but it seemed to me that we moved away from a nickel package featuring Countess at NB in the early part of the game to a lot of 4-3 (presumably 4-3 Over but I can't tell) featuring James Ross MAKING PLAYS mixed in with a nickel package that suddenly featured Cass Tech little person Delonte Hollowell at NB. It's obvious that Jourdan Lewis has taken Countess's job on the outside, but now I wonder if Countess has finally lost his job on the inside, too.
For what it's worth, I thought Hollowell showed well enough in press coverage (or at least I didn't notice anything terrible), while Ross MADE some great PLAYS, including authoritatively holding the edge in a play that's already been given the .gif treatment around here. The only Blake Countess sighting I remember late in the game was his recovery of Penn State's second, post-fictional-penalty onside kick.
I'll be looking to this week's defensive UFR for answers, but in the meantime, what do you think has happened to Blake Countess and the CB depth chart?
In case you need an inflammatory comment to get going, I'll say this: if I'm Blake Countess, I'm busting my ass to graduate this year so I can take a graduate transfer to a team playing a zone defense that fits my skills in the hopes of getting drafted.
Also, just for fun, I'm putting the over/under on the number of downvotes from people who also call me stupid in the comments at 2.5. Total downvote over/under: 10.5.
October 14th, 2014 at 12:53 PM ^
A LOT of the threads started here are pretty insightful. I never understood the people who go crazy and insult the OP. Just makes me think that everyone around here is sexually frustrated and needs to get laid.
October 14th, 2014 at 1:03 PM ^
You were the first responder.
October 14th, 2014 at 1:26 PM ^
WHO DOES #2 WORK FOR????? WHO DOES #2 WORK FOR?????
Jesus son what did you eat?
October 14th, 2014 at 4:32 PM ^
Buddy. You show that turd who's boss!
October 14th, 2014 at 5:59 PM ^
Darn it I completely missed your post. Talk about redundant.
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October 14th, 2014 at 5:57 PM ^
That's right buddy. You show that turd who's boss.
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October 14th, 2014 at 1:48 PM ^
Dr. Evil's Number 2 looks incredibly like The Governor from The Walking Dead. Maybe it's the eye patch.
October 14th, 2014 at 3:35 PM ^
This makes me think you must be pretty young, but then your Chumbawamba quotes make me think you are in your mid 30's
October 14th, 2014 at 3:38 PM ^
on the 'Talking Dead' when Chris Hardwick asked Gimple if the Terminus leader would replace the Governor as the biggest villan? Or if there was another (Dr) evil force to be reckoned with? I am a Walking Dead and Talking Dead fan, so your comment lit a fire!
Go Blue!
October 14th, 2014 at 6:59 PM ^
I am a huge Walking Dead/Talking Dead fan, and yes, I heard Gimple mention that last week. Of course, he doesn't want to say too much, but he alluded to the fact that we might have another "Governor" type of villan this year. At least that's how I remember it, but I could be wrong. Such a good show!
October 14th, 2014 at 1:19 PM ^
Must be a cyber hooker, attempting to pander potential customers
October 14th, 2014 at 1:04 PM ^
So you're taking the over, eh?
October 14th, 2014 at 1:12 PM ^
Fo whatever reason, many posters want to out smart ass the other.
Sadly, not all are Michigan graduates and thus not embued with respect and civility. I expect to get my share of negs but it had to be said.
October 14th, 2014 at 1:15 PM ^
I'm a Michigan grad x 3 and I am pretty sure I can be a dick on the internet with the best of them.
October 14th, 2014 at 6:16 PM ^
I can attest to this. This is the only post you've made that I agree with 100%.
October 14th, 2014 at 6:34 PM ^
In my defense, you can be a heck of a muse.
October 14th, 2014 at 1:21 PM ^
LOL get off your high horse. Michigan grads are part of the problem as well.
October 14th, 2014 at 2:28 PM ^
Duuuuuddddeee.........are you sure that was hay? Gerroff, I'm in no condition to ride.
October 14th, 2014 at 3:36 PM ^
Wow. Just wow.
October 14th, 2014 at 4:06 PM ^
It's imbued. Way to let a guy with "some college" outperform you on the big word scoreboard. If you're condescending, you should at least be smart.
October 14th, 2014 at 9:50 PM ^
this is the most "michigan man" in the dave brandon sense on the term post ever.
Could you just never speak from now on? there are many great people who Graduated from UM, and there are many great people who never heve even considered UM in their minds.
To classify people into 2 classes, people who graduated from UM and those who didnt is about as ignorant as it gets. No matter what the argument or debate is.
I mean if you want to list a DBag HOF, UM has quite the lineup going for us by your "respect and civility" standard..
ann coulter
madonna
Kaczinksy
kevorkian
DuValier
and im sure that far smartermgoblog members than me can think of far more names that are low on the "respect and civility" scale than the ones i could think of.
I'm not saying these are the people who set our standards,or that i disagree with them and their politics, I'm just saying that we all have our skeletons in the closet, and this was a stupid post.
I think that mgoblog is better than this post from 991gt3
October 14th, 2014 at 12:55 PM ^
first rule of mgoblog
October 14th, 2014 at 1:00 PM ^
I was thinking for a second that the OP might be trying to start a negbang thread.
October 14th, 2014 at 12:57 PM ^
The coaches are keeping it under wraps.
October 14th, 2014 at 12:58 PM ^
Just heard Doug Karsch say Peppers is probably redshirting.. fml
October 14th, 2014 at 1:02 PM ^
He played like a full half of football. What are the medical redshirt rules?
October 14th, 2014 at 1:04 PM ^
played in 4 games in his freshmen year then "injured" his back which kept him out for the rest of the year, he was still able to get his redshirt 3 years later...
October 14th, 2014 at 1:10 PM ^
According to wiki:
A special case involves the eligibility of a player who loses the majority of a season to injury. Popularly known as a medical redshirt, a hardship waiver may be granted to athletes who appear in fewer than 30% of team competitions (none after the midpoint of the season) then suffers a season-ending injury. Players granted such a waiver are treated for the purposes of eligibility as though they did not compete in that season.
October 14th, 2014 at 1:30 PM ^
For football, the player must have sustained a season-ending injury before the 5th game.
October 14th, 2014 at 1:02 PM ^
that is true then we should finally be able to find out what is wrong with him, since hoke only talks about season ending injuries...
October 14th, 2014 at 1:10 PM ^
I've heard he has a broken knee cap and isn't cleared to play.
October 14th, 2014 at 2:30 PM ^
Heard the same thing. Was at the Rutgers game and sat near one of his old HS coaches. Said he probably won't be able to play this year.
October 14th, 2014 at 1:06 PM ^
He didn't say he was red shirting. He said it might be an option. I'd bet he's back for msu.
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October 14th, 2014 at 1:47 PM ^
if he can play this year he should. Do you really expect him to be here 4 more years?
October 15th, 2014 at 6:37 AM ^
Yeah, if they are holding him out for anything other than his safety that's just stupid.
October 14th, 2014 at 1:00 PM ^
I see no reason not to play the other CB's.. The ND game we were torched because the Countess and Taylor couldnt stop anything.. Same goes for te Kstate game. I'm a huge fan of Blake but I have to say that I'm disappointed by the lack of progress in his game.
October 14th, 2014 at 1:00 PM ^
we need Peppers to get healthy, quickly. And yes, I saw very little Countess in the second and I don't know how much we are going to see going forward. He is getting picked on, hard. He took at pretty good Cissoko-ing in South Bend and has not looked like the same player since. (And he has never looked quite how I thought he was going to look pre-Alabama).
October 14th, 2014 at 1:01 PM ^
It did seem to me that Jesse James head was over the 20yd line before the ball was kicked (only because he was leaning forward and is so tall.)
However, my understanding is that offsides on the kicking team is a lot like a second baseman touching 2nd on a double play. Unless it's really egregious, it doesn't get called. (Maybe that's not the case for onsides plays?)
October 14th, 2014 at 1:13 PM ^
I think it's more closely watched on onside kicks because a few inches can make a difference between which team recovers.
October 14th, 2014 at 1:14 PM ^
I believe PSU also got an illegal blocker downfield call against them, which this site believes does not get called often enough.
October 14th, 2014 at 1:23 PM ^
Let's not forget that CJ Olanyian (yay Waterford) clubbed Gardner right across the head and didn't get called.
October 14th, 2014 at 1:01 PM ^
This is a good thread. An actual discussion of Michigan football, player competition for time, scheme that best fits a player, etc. Had you not ended with the last few defensive comments re: getting negged / downvoted, called stupid, I bet that very few - except perhaps a few posters that live to post snark - would have said one bad word.
As for the substance, I kinda agree with you - Countess looks like he is getting passed by other corners more suited for man coverage. Unfortunate, as I thought that he had a lot of potential after his first 1-2 years. He has regressed substantially. Coaching?
October 14th, 2014 at 1:04 PM ^
due to the injury
October 14th, 2014 at 1:17 PM ^
I want to state this going in so if my idea is bad people may take some mercy on me. It seems like a common opinion that BC struggles in man coverage but we have seen that he is very good in zone and is an able tackler as well. He has good speed and is a bit of a ball hawk when playing zone. With this in mind and our struggles at the safety position, couldn't we push him to safety where we are in need of someone to go along with Wilson?
Wilson has played some strong safety and if BC played FS he wouldn't be used so much in run support so he could then utilize he zone and ball hawking prowess in a centerfield role.
I mean, as I said I'm no genius so there is something that obviously makes this option impossible, but could some explain to me that would be because I don't know enough to figure it out.
October 14th, 2014 at 1:39 PM ^
he is way to small to be a safety.
October 14th, 2014 at 2:12 PM ^
why do you have to be big to play free safety?
October 14th, 2014 at 3:37 PM ^
that safeties do much more than "go back there and make plays on the ball"
he would get manhandled around the los, he cant cover a te, so putting him back at safety seems to be limiting that position on the field quite a bit.