If somebody bet you that Michigan wouldn't allow an offensive TD...

Submitted by marlon on

If somebody bet you that Michigan's defense would not yield a touchdown against Purdue, what would you have put up?  Even accounting for Purdue's injuries and the horrible weather, I could not have imagined a circumstance in which this defense kept an opposing offense out of the end zone.  I would have bet my car that Purdue would get an offensive TD.  So, kudos to GERG and company.  Purdue or not, crappy weather or not, the defense played well today.

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JClay

November 13th, 2010 at 8:32 PM ^

I like how our elite offenses woes are completely blamed on the weather, but our defense is being hailed for stopped Purdues vaunted injured 3rd string qb (with another injured QB playing running back) in the same, supposedly untenable weather. Good things that happen to us? A testimony to our greatness. Embarrassingly bad things that happen to us? Angry Michigan hating weather god.

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jmblue

November 13th, 2010 at 8:35 PM ^

I'm not blaming our offensive issues today entirely on the weather.  Purdue has the best pass rush in the conference and showed it again today.  I also thought we played into their hands by going very, very conservative offensively in the second half when Denard was in.  They were able to stop our run game on first and second down and then the pass rush did its work on 3rd down.

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Njia

November 13th, 2010 at 8:48 PM ^

They have one of the worst offenses in the country, let alone the B10. That's why I'm not ready to herald the Second Coming of the Michigan Defense.

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Blue in Yarmouth

November 13th, 2010 at 9:07 PM ^

but we have let some not so good offenses put up damn good numbers on us previously this year. UConn, Umass, Notre Dame....Regardless of the fact that this offense is not so good, our defense actually made them look not so good, which is a step in the right direction if you ask me.

I am not saying I think we have solved all our problems by any means, but to ignore the fact that we have seen some progress on defense over the past three weeks (from PSU to now) is as absurd as believing we are now a top ten defense.

Let's just be reasonable and enjoy the fact that finally, we are seeing some much needed progress on the defensive side of the ball. Also remember, we did this without Mike Martin for the vast majority of the game. It smells a lot like progress to me. I just hope it continues.

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