Gavin Wimsatt Named Starter for Rutgers This Weekend
MSU week is over, so I decided to look forward and learn about this weekend's opponent for Michigan.
Looks like Schiano named Gavin Wimsatt the starter for Saturday night (SIAP).
He started last Saturday at Minnesota (Rutgers lost 31-0), but he was knocked out of the game.
His numbers...well, they aren't good, but they do run him a little bit, so Michigan will have to play sound defense.
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Unrelated random thoughts:
I originally was looking to see if this was a game where JJ can go off. While he could, this actually seems like a game where you continue to feature Corum. At least, by the numbers. Sorry to those who hate our boring offense.
Rutgers' defense isn't terrible. Offensively, they struggle. Hoping for a MONSTER game by our defense. Multiple turnovers.
Last, in looking at Rutgers defensive numbers, I came across Nebraska. I'll be disappointed if JJ doesn't throw for 325+ against the Huskers. That pass defense is...YIKES! That has to be JJs true coming out party. Give Corum a rest before the final two regular season games.
November 1st, 2022 at 11:16 PM ^
Sigh...
The tile should read, "...Named Starter..."
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November 1st, 2022 at 11:19 PM ^
I mean. You could have typed sharter. In the grand scheme of things, that’d be worse.
November 1st, 2022 at 11:19 PM ^
I kind of wish you made the typo sharted. Good info and looking forward to this team to keep rolling on Primetime Saturday night! Go Blue!
November 2nd, 2022 at 2:10 AM ^
I mean it's a game against Rutgers after 4 days of endless drumming about a terrifying event having to do with that team ~69 miles north west of us. I do not expect perfection from a post, our team, or anyone anymore. Name him the started, plus one. Name him a sharter, plus two. Name him a starter, plus three.
November 2nd, 2022 at 6:02 AM ^
One vote for sharted
November 2nd, 2022 at 10:01 AM ^
We already played Sharty last week. No reason to further confuse the thread.
November 1st, 2022 at 11:22 PM ^
Started because Wimsatt is already finished. He's done. The poor bastard never stood a chance.
November 1st, 2022 at 11:26 PM ^
He suffered from 4 or 5 drops. Either way you can see his potential for a couple dimes on intermediate passes and normally he would run. Under the new OC they didn't do any RPOs or designed runs which was weird and I think really limits him.
Defense for Rutgers is good, maybe not elite but pretty good. Their secondary is pretty solid, the weakest part of their unit is probably LB like Michigan. Aaron Lewis has turned into a really good player, he's good against the run and has a bit of pass rush.
The way Michigan plays probably matches up well against Rutgers since Michigan likes to just slowly breakdown the opponent and turn them one dimensional. Rutgers defense usually holds up pretty well until the lack of offense starts to slowly break them down a bit. Weirdly Rutgers has the worst redzone defense in the country, so maybe Michigan will have better success there.
November 1st, 2022 at 11:28 PM ^
Thank Odin's Raven!
Now I can stop losing sleep over Noah Vedral hanging 100 on us
November 2nd, 2022 at 6:56 AM ^
100... Total offensive yards?
November 2nd, 2022 at 8:26 AM ^
Minutes played.
November 1st, 2022 at 11:37 PM ^
Mauling is not boring.
November 1st, 2022 at 11:56 PM ^
Brad Robbins is probably getting pretty bored. Might need to take a knee a few times against Rutgers just to make sure he stays in game shape.
On the bright side, his leg should be pretty healthy for a long pro career.
November 2nd, 2022 at 2:50 AM ^
We should start practicing a Brad Robbins onside punt where he personally mauls the return man, pops the ball out and returns a Punt-6/Heisman finalist.
November 2nd, 2022 at 8:14 AM ^
There's a recruiting line for you: Come to Michigan where we don't wear out our running backs or punters so they can enjoy long pro careers.
November 2nd, 2022 at 11:34 AM ^
Or Robbins could practice throwing out of the Holder's position for a fake field-goal play. [Joking]... [not really joking]
November 2nd, 2022 at 12:25 PM ^
I really wanted JH to call a fake punt on 4th and 3 last Saturday in Q4. Two reasons:
1) Continue the punt-free streak
2) Give Spartan fans another reason to go berserk about JH trying to run up the score
November 2nd, 2022 at 12:53 AM ^
Is this going to be a Jabrill type of mauling? Can't remember a better one
November 1st, 2022 at 11:58 PM ^
Sadly I don't think the coaches are going to let JJ do his thing until OSU. After this past weekend I am convinced. I had high hopes that JJ would break the single season passing touchdown record if he became the starter this year but that ship has sailed. He would need Something like fifteen more passing touchdowns over rest of the season to do it. Not going to happen the way the plays are called.
November 2nd, 2022 at 6:51 AM ^
Teams are running two high against us which begs us to run and throw underneath until we get to the red zone.
November 2nd, 2022 at 8:30 AM ^
Which is crazy because all it does in reinforce our gameplan of grinding them to a fine powder by the 3rd quarter.
November 2nd, 2022 at 9:49 AM ^
It's not so crazy if these opponents look at our redzone tendencies and decide it's best to concede yards between the 20's all day long and save your tricks/changups for the redzone. I'm personally of the opinion that the RZ woes are a bit of conservative play calling combined with some bad luck and it will probably be fine, but I'm not shocked teams are playing us this way.
November 2nd, 2022 at 8:58 AM ^
The intermediate throws were available all game against Sparty. I know that's a lower percentage play, but I'd hate to see Corum or Edwards get injured before Illinois and OSU. This is the rare year where OSU has a chance to enter The Game more banged up.
November 2nd, 2022 at 9:11 AM ^
I’m starting to get a bit worried about giving Corum 30 carries a game each week… the next 2 weeks would be a good time to give him a rest and let JJ get live game reps. If OSU decides to stack the box, you can’t just turn your passing game on all of a sudden. Live game reps are crucial.
November 1st, 2022 at 11:59 PM ^
This game, like Indy 2021, gives us a chance to work on RZ offense. Last year, the waggle was successful for at least 1 TD, if not 2. I know we miss All, but the other TEs can step up.
Wash, rinse, and repeat vs. Nebraska.
The Biggies are Illinois and then Ohio.
November 2nd, 2022 at 12:09 AM ^
This poor sob doesn't stand a snowballs chance in hell against our defense. I wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't make it to halftime.
Go Blue 🏈🏈🏈
Beat rutger!!!!!!
November 2nd, 2022 at 12:18 AM ^
I for one really enjoy our boring offense. Wish it was humming a little better in the red zone, but the consistent success just dominating opposing defenses is like watching the siege of Carthage.
November 2nd, 2022 at 12:36 AM ^
I'm interested to see how the team responds from the events of the past few days. Will they sleep walk a bit or will they play angry? I'm leaning toward the latter.
November 2nd, 2022 at 6:37 AM ^
I'm a little worried. Not so much about outright losing but just distraction by all this.
November 2nd, 2022 at 1:03 AM ^
Corum shouldn’t get more than 15 carries per game vs RU & NU. These are the games to get Edwards and Stokes more carries, along wit JJ working vertically.
November 2nd, 2022 at 4:37 AM ^
Just killing the man's Heisman hopes!
Also, versus Rutgers, we're going to have to run the ball.
So that's probably 8 more carries for Edwards and 2 for Stokes.
But you just took your best pass blocker and your best short-yardage guy off the field. In addition to your best RB and offensive player as a whole (I'd argue the best player on the entire roster).
Rutgers, the way they play...we've got to run the ball.
Nebraska on the other hand, they stack against the run no matter the opposition. Let JJ throw 30-35 times.
November 2nd, 2022 at 6:01 AM ^
Corum could run 18x for 109 yards. That wouldn’t hurt his heisman chances at all. It won’t win it, but these games don’t do that. He wins it by with 32 carries for 241 yards against OSU.
November 2nd, 2022 at 8:32 AM ^
We always make in-game adjustments, so if it is warranted that Corum totes the rock more then he will. I don't think it will be necessary but we shall see. As far as the Heisman goes, we are trying to win a Title/s so that trumps everything and I know Corum feels the same way. Exactly Carolina Blue!!!
November 2nd, 2022 at 9:09 AM ^
Don't know if you're /s about his Heisman hopes, but Hooker's going to win it if UT beats UGA on Saturday. If they lose and he plays a so-so game, then it's highly possible that the winner of The Game will also win the Heisman. Either way, he's allowed to have a couple run of the mill 100 yard games with a TD or two before Illinois shows up.
November 2nd, 2022 at 9:41 AM ^
Putting a lot of value in the Heisman seems very late 90's where fans lived and died on AP/Coaches polls as well. It just doesn't matter much. It doesn't go to the best player in college football at least 50% of the time. Who you play for and how your school and the media campaign for you is a huge part of it. If Corum goes wild against OSU it will help him way more than 175 yards vs 80 yards against Rutgers.
November 2nd, 2022 at 2:05 AM ^
Gavin Wim sat previously but will now start.
November 2nd, 2022 at 3:43 AM ^
There is nothing boring about Corum
November 2nd, 2022 at 3:49 AM ^
After getting a 30 point lead by half time. I think JJ needs to work on his accuracy on those 30+ yard throws. Its not just going to all come together in Columbus. He needs more practice. If he could improve those throws, I think we will beat OSU. OSU will be trying to stop the run game.
November 2nd, 2022 at 6:25 AM ^
If we are calling 30+ yard passes after we are up 30, they might try to beat us up after the game.
November 2nd, 2022 at 8:47 AM ^
Rutgers players have way more self control than MSU players.
November 2nd, 2022 at 9:06 AM ^
More than practice making such throws, he needs in-game practice identifying defenses pre and post-snap, and delivering the ball to receivers under game pressure.
November 2nd, 2022 at 6:06 AM ^
i was in the big house the last time we played rutger. we all thought it would be a walk-over. not so. up 20-3 at half, we literally had to hang on for the win, and we were outgained substantially at our own place.
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Total Yards
- RUTG 352
- MICH 275
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Possession
RUTG 32:37 MICH 27:23
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1st Downs
- RUTG 21
- MICH 15
would love to get out in front early and rest starters, particularly corum who has been carrying the ball too much for my tastes.
November 2nd, 2022 at 6:40 AM ^
Game was never in question. Cmon now. Rutger?
November 2nd, 2022 at 8:28 AM ^
I suggest you check the box score. They were on our 12 yard line in the fourth quarter, down a touchdown. They were den down on our 35 in the fourth quarter it turned it over on downs. That game was in question.
November 2nd, 2022 at 9:02 AM ^
Yeah, I definitely remember that. My ass was so tight I was turning coal into diamonds between by cheeks.
November 2nd, 2022 at 9:43 AM ^
Why did you have coal between your cheeks? NTTAWWT
November 2nd, 2022 at 10:32 AM ^
To make diamonds! I mean, if you can do it, why not?
November 2nd, 2022 at 10:34 AM ^
Because I was running out of diamonds.🤷♂️