Indiana Snowflakes: The Defense
October 15th, 2023 at 1:12 PM ^
Dude, we we literally facing a new offense that we had never seen before (on tape or otherwise) from a team that had 2 weeks to prep specifically for us.
October 14th, 2023 at 4:46 PM ^
Some don't seem to understand that the soft coverage is completely competition-based. Against a competent offense, my guess is the defensive plan changes.
October 14th, 2023 at 5:14 PM ^
Is also against a team resetting their whole offense in a bye week with a new OC so played it safe.
October 14th, 2023 at 5:12 PM ^
Secondary can get scorched at times!
October 14th, 2023 at 5:20 PM ^
I mean, outside of a trick play thrown by a receiver, they gave up 96 yards passing on 28 attempts (with backups playing for at least a quarter). The longest pass by a QB was 17 yards. Torched is a bit extreme.
October 14th, 2023 at 11:39 PM ^
My guess is they're playing zone / off coverages to rep for OSU. And yeah, they've gotten got a couple times. Sabb the culprit both times. He's definitely not boring.....he seems to play a more high risk-high reward strategy. Probably drives Jim crazy.
October 15th, 2023 at 7:15 AM ^
One trick play and...?
October 14th, 2023 at 6:31 PM ^
It was...good?
I was watching the backups on that last drive and it was nice to see them RISE UP. Literally in Keon Sabb's case when he volleyball spiked that throw into the endzone, and the ball doinked off the goal post. With INT's in consecutive games, Sabb looks like he's coming into his own.
It was nice to see former OL Reece Atterbury get some action there to kill Indiana's final drive.
Mason Graham smoothly scooping a bouncing football up in the rain with a club on one hand...are you serious? The guy is such a Dude. Kenneth Grant almost snagging another pick? Also a Dude.
The Wolverines forced 4 turnovers and you love to see it. 232 offensive yards ceded despite the starters playing the usual ~3 quarters. Every game seems to be the same. The consistency is off the charts right now.
October 14th, 2023 at 8:04 PM ^
Given Michigan's ability and desire to substitute heavily on defense, why haven't we seen more tempo?
October 14th, 2023 at 9:00 PM ^
I can only remember once where I think they locked Benny and Goode(??) onto the field for a series.
My guess is because its too expensive to try to implement when the payoff is getting Mr. T instead of Clubber Lang... technically, they're different people, but are they really?
October 14th, 2023 at 9:22 PM ^
One trick play for a TD
October 14th, 2023 at 9:42 PM ^
"We're in the ass kicking business," Barrett said. "And business is booming."
October 14th, 2023 at 9:51 PM ^
Had this in the eve thread but i think it deserves to be here.
October 15th, 2023 at 12:48 AM ^
They are exceptional athletes
They play exceptionally physical
They are exceptionally well coached
This defense is a joy to watch. It felt like they developed their game plan for Indiana during the first quarter of the game, and that worked.
October 15th, 2023 at 6:38 AM ^
Will need to study/evaluate 1st qtr extensively to assure non-reoccurrence!!
October 15th, 2023 at 8:29 AM ^
I wasn’t sure which thread to post this comment.
Regarding the Indiana double pass, I am pretty annoyed that IU did this play. It was a good play, but why put it on tape in a game you are just not going to win?
Is my annoyance justified, or am I just being a crybaby?
October 15th, 2023 at 9:13 AM ^
Is my annoyance justified, or am I just being a crybaby?
I guess it depends on how much you have invested in Indiana's future success. Are you an IU fan?
October 15th, 2023 at 9:52 AM ^
The whole concept of "putting things on tape" is often overrated by fans.
This wasn't some creative play design that nobody's ever seen before -- it was the same double pass that Michigan ran in the Big Ten Championship game against Iowa, and it's been run by dozens of other teams in dozens of other circumstances too.
No, your annoyance is not justified. Indiana got a play -- you tip your cap and move on. In fact, if anything you should be grateful to IU -- as clearly Michigan could use some remedial training in assignment football and double pass recognition. This may prevent PSU or OSU from trying a similar play -- or it may allow Michigan to stop it if they do.
October 16th, 2023 at 1:12 PM ^
Why not put 20 wildly variating plays on tape? Make that defense scheme for a million things. Meanwhile your offense is only practicing your specific plays that week leaving the rest on the shelf. You get a huge advantage at practice time while the defense is trying to be jack of all trades.
October 15th, 2023 at 1:16 PM ^
Uh...maybe they actually wanted to win and knew it would take everything they had?
October 15th, 2023 at 12:20 PM ^
It was upsetting we couldn't set the line of scrimmage in the first quarter. Having the tackles so far apart seems like an issue, but idk if this was Moore experimenting min/maxing what his tackles can do?