JJ Continues to Lead the Nation in Completion Percentage
JJ McCarthy continues to be No. 1 in the nation in completion percentage at 78.3, well ahead of No. 2 (and former Michigan recruit) Dorian Thompson-Robinson (74.8) and No. 3 Taulia Tagovailoa (74.1). JJ is also fifth in QB rating. Those are good categories in which to be good.
Blake Corum is third in rushing yardage and second in rushing TDs.
LINK.
October 10th, 2022 at 3:51 PM ^
Are those stats points? Harbaugh don't care then
October 11th, 2022 at 8:39 AM ^
Jimmy don't count points. Jimmy counts wins.
October 11th, 2022 at 2:28 PM ^
When Mel Pearson was at Tech he used to say "they don't ask you how, they just ask how many", re: messy goals or messy wins. I think Harbaugh takes a similar mindset.
October 10th, 2022 at 4:01 PM ^
At this point, who thinks the QB competition wasn't decided well before the first three games?
JJ is Jimmy Jr, only faster.
October 10th, 2022 at 4:39 PM ^
“This Michigan quarterback holds the single season record for completion percentage that included more than 12 games and a win over its main rival to the south”
October 10th, 2022 at 5:36 PM ^
Give it a rest. All you're accomplishing with this constant refrain is getting people to bash Cade.
Cade did a great job for us last year, but this year, JJ outplayed him. It happens.
October 10th, 2022 at 8:00 PM ^
Exactly correct
October 10th, 2022 at 5:30 PM ^
double post*
October 10th, 2022 at 5:38 PM ^
I've said my theory many times -- JJ was being integrated in 2021 to be the starter this year. It wasn't just packages and gadget plays, it was a way to get his feet wet and know what to prepare for in the off-season to be ready to start in 2022. Adjust to the speed, see some coverages, and so on. I don't think it really matter what Cade did. It was either JJ looks decent/good/great and confirms the plan, or JJ looks awful and Cade gets a chance to keep his job. Cade had a whole season of work to grade. One start wasn't changing the opinion on him.
October 11th, 2022 at 7:00 AM ^
Cade could have you know played well in either of his two starts?
October 10th, 2022 at 7:20 PM ^
This seems like a silly take considering JJ was not available for Spring.
October 10th, 2022 at 8:01 PM ^
Correct
October 10th, 2022 at 4:09 PM ^
The OL should get some love for this too. JJ has had some nice clean pockets to operate out of.
October 10th, 2022 at 4:19 PM ^
It has been two decades since we have had near- Heisman level quarterback play - I am planning to enjoy every minute of this!
October 10th, 2022 at 4:52 PM ^
Barring injury, we get it next year, too!
PROFIT!!!!
Did I do that right?
October 12th, 2022 at 9:42 AM ^
You forgot the second and critical step in the process.
2) Steal underpants
October 10th, 2022 at 4:22 PM ^
Sky's the limit, JJ! Take us to the promised land!
October 10th, 2022 at 4:31 PM ^
According to Brian's latest wrap, these geniuses disagree.
October 10th, 2022 at 4:43 PM ^
"Harbaugh drinks skim milk" is at least a little funny. "McASS" belongs in East Lansing.
October 10th, 2022 at 4:54 PM ^
There is a reason I spurned the home state school to go to Michigan
October 10th, 2022 at 5:09 PM ^
And you're far better off for doing so.
October 10th, 2022 at 6:15 PM ^
OverMcTaking McAss
October 10th, 2022 at 9:01 PM ^
As bad as the McRib is, it still beats that limited time McAss sandwich.
October 10th, 2022 at 10:26 PM ^
I hate to tell you this, but they're the same sandwich.
October 11th, 2022 at 4:35 PM ^
Now you guys know what Harrell was doing. Just got himself a fresh McAss sandwich and loved what he was smelling.
October 11th, 2022 at 7:38 AM ^
They really need to brush up on their sign work. I think a four year old on acid could make a better one.
October 11th, 2022 at 3:16 PM ^
Anyone on acid could make a better one. Take it from one who knows.
October 10th, 2022 at 4:45 PM ^
Had to take three looks at that skim milk sign. Thought for sure I saw a swastika.
October 10th, 2022 at 4:56 PM ^
Yeah, that is a really bad portrayal of the IU logo.
October 10th, 2022 at 4:56 PM ^
Same... any idea WTF that symbol is supposed to be... Greek letter?
October 10th, 2022 at 5:18 PM ^
It’s the interlocking IU logo but apparently drawn by a 6-year-old.
October 10th, 2022 at 5:30 PM ^
I thought it was the shrug emoji.
October 11th, 2022 at 8:42 AM ^
I thought it was that candlestick from Beauty and the Beast.
October 11th, 2022 at 2:02 PM ^
I did a double take thinking it was a poorly drawn swastika. Happy to know it is just a badly drawn IU symbol.
Edit: And I am, evidently, not alone.
October 10th, 2022 at 5:48 PM ^
they made those signs in the parking lot by borrowing some kids crayons
pathetic .... that is staee level of dumbassery
October 10th, 2022 at 6:01 PM ^
Kick his ass, McAss!
October 10th, 2022 at 6:53 PM ^
The girl in white behind the left sign looks like she smells some McAss.
October 10th, 2022 at 4:35 PM ^
How spoiled we are to be complaining about this vanilla offense.
Gonna be amazing when we get to the mix-ins and toppings.
October 10th, 2022 at 5:23 PM ^
I like my vanilla topped with crushed nuts.
October 10th, 2022 at 5:28 PM ^
FIFY "crushed Buckeye nuts"
October 10th, 2022 at 8:31 PM ^
I think his success IS why people are complaining about the offense. If your QB is leading the country by completing 78% of his passes, and is 6th in the nation at 9.6 yds/att...but is not even close to the top 100 for attempts a game at 20 att/G (Tanner Morgan from Minn is No. 100 at 23.5 att/G)....
People might have a point.
October 10th, 2022 at 10:49 PM ^
In games where JJ has played all 4 quarters, he's averaging 28.6 attempts per game.
In his first game he came off the bench and threw 4 passes. Second game he only threw 12 because Hawaii. Games like these are still affecting his attempts/game at this point.
October 11th, 2022 at 2:06 AM ^
Eh, none of this means anything.
He was like 11/11 against the worst teams in the county which means 1) his completion % is totally inflated by bad competition and 2) his attempts are deflated by the fact he didn't play much in those first two games.
People are complaining because we haven't just torched teams like elite offenses do. Maryland has a bad defense (but maybe not quite as bad as we thought) and we wanted to put up 50.
IU has a pretty bad pass defense that gave up 354 yards passing to Cincinnati and 329 to WKU so the expectation was that we should do better than both of those teams if we have a truly elite QB who definitely has much better supporting cast than those two teams.
Seemed like the offense was being held back by the coaches in the first half. Way too many runs on 1st and 2nd down despite IU being actually kind of good at defending the run.
October 11th, 2022 at 7:09 AM ^
And blake corum is a bum we should be giving less carries to? Maybe Harbaugh knows more than "people"
October 11th, 2022 at 7:59 AM ^
His attempts are so low because of all of the blowouts they've had.
October 11th, 2022 at 12:41 PM ^
This, a million times this!
It's also worth pointing out that JJ's achieved this success by making many (most?) of his attempts on downs where teams normally pass. Imagine how much BETTER he could be if Michigan started calling more passes when the defense is selling out to stop the run.
October 10th, 2022 at 4:46 PM ^
Clay Millen (CSU) is 4th in completion percentage. That should quell the noise regarding our strength of schedule…
October 11th, 2022 at 4:42 PM ^
Back to back Uconn wins and one against Fresno st. You know whats funny is if CSU won their conference and UCONN became bowl eligible by seasons end you wouldnt hear a word. The fact that we go from the 112th easiest OOC schedule to exactly on par with Clemson, Georgia, Penn St. etc. would never be mentioned again.
October 10th, 2022 at 4:55 PM ^
According to Brian, the kid gloves were partially pulled off for Indiana. They'll keep coming off over the next couple of games. I suspect MSU will get the full Monty, so he'll have a couple of warm-up games at full power before the trip to the Toilet Bowl.