Maryland Snowflakes: The Offense
September 24th, 2022 at 4:40 PM ^
Thank goodness for Blake. Great game and the team absolutely needed it.
The RB room is very thin without Edwards - especially if a guy like Stokes benches himself by fumbling.
September 24th, 2022 at 11:48 PM ^
Corum drove piles and defenders back with aggressive runs. He "lowered the shoulder" as Chris Fowler yells out during broadcast. He is developing into the short yardage back before our eyes but don't sleep because he will submarine you for a long TD as well. The guy looked really good today.
September 24th, 2022 at 3:31 PM ^
Blake Corum enters the Heisman race.
September 24th, 2022 at 3:31 PM ^
Blake "Chris Perry" Corum balled out today.
September 24th, 2022 at 3:31 PM ^
Offense was quite hard to watch today, but it got the job done when needed.
September 24th, 2022 at 4:11 PM ^
Felt like a basketball game where the open threes don't go down. There were open shots, we just missed them. It'd be more discouraging if there wasn't a clear path for improvement. Coaching-wise, I think we should've worked the play action and play action rollout game more -- especially with Corum getting like 10 yards a pop first half. Felt like there was a big running back screen play to be had as well, but we never tried. Maybe bc Edwards was out. But if the defense is going to drop 7 or 8, let those LBs and DBs eat a convoy of big boys and see if Corum can slalom through.
September 25th, 2022 at 9:05 AM ^
Thank you for pointing out the lack of WR screens. I couldn't figure out what was missing that we had seen before. Maryland effectively used screens all game and pounded us over the head with them. We did not, even though they were probably our most consistent play over the first three games.
And it's not like this was the type of game that the coaches had any room to say "let's tinker a little".
September 24th, 2022 at 3:31 PM ^
Bad playing calling.
The drive at the end of the 3rd into the 4th was only good called drive.
Corum was great
O-line was good
Tight Ends good.
Wr were average
Jj was average
September 24th, 2022 at 4:22 PM ^
Yup, when they finally figured out that run, play action, run play action was the formula they should have used all game. The McCarthy throw to Bell was a game winner in retrospect.
September 24th, 2022 at 4:38 PM ^
Jj was average
The funny thing about this is that JJ outplayed Taulia who people consider solid and also if Cade put up the same stat line, people would say he played well. He was 18/26 for 220 and 2 TDs. There is definitely room for improvement, he still did some freshman stuff, and missed some throws deep, but overall had a solid game
September 24th, 2022 at 6:19 PM ^
A lot posters on here won’t agree, but this stat line as absolutely more impressive than a similar stat line we’ve seen from cade. JJ extended plays and kept his eyes downfield. He didn’t have any “oh shit” throws. All of his misses except for the one to Andrel were deep shots. Cade’s statline would be that with flea flickers and check downs.
September 24th, 2022 at 7:09 PM ^
He did have one extremely "oh shit" throw that should have been picked off in the fourth quarter
September 24th, 2022 at 3:31 PM ^
Need to hit the long passes.
September 24th, 2022 at 3:32 PM ^
I’m going to choose to believe the offense functions better when Moore calls the plays. That is all.
September 24th, 2022 at 3:33 PM ^
The loss of edwards seems to hurt more than anticipated. He brings an additional wrinkle to the offense. Make no mistake. This is Corums team. Period.
September 24th, 2022 at 3:33 PM ^
JJ still had a 165 QBR and apparently few of you remember Rutgers 2021.
September 24th, 2022 at 4:39 PM ^
People are shitting on JJ, but his mistake are very fixable. His actual quarterbacking was very good. Just have to eliminate some of those mistakes where he tries to do too much
September 24th, 2022 at 6:17 PM ^
Experience will do that. The reviewed play they ruled was a fumble and not incomplete is the perfect example. I don’t think we’ll see him do that again.
His deep ball needs more air, but I was glad to see them call it and was glad he kept pushing it even after the first 5 or 6 fell incomplete.
His short and even intermediate passing (minus that last pass that was nearly picked) was quite good today.
September 24th, 2022 at 6:26 PM ^
It’s because those mistakes are the ones we were worried about seeing against a better team, and they’re the same mistakes as last year. Going into Kinnick next week, it’s…alarming.
September 25th, 2022 at 7:55 AM ^
They're definitely alarming, but think about even how much growth he's had in that area since last season. Last season it was like every other drop back he'd do that, but in this game he only did it like ~3 times the whole game. I'd like to see it be zero, but it's growth and that growth should be faster since he's the starter
September 24th, 2022 at 3:33 PM ^
Blake Fucking Corum
September 24th, 2022 at 3:33 PM ^
Something seemed to happen at halftime and JJ stopped keeping it on running plays. Corum had a monster game anyway, but could have been even more efficient if we had the threat of JJ's legs, too.
September 24th, 2022 at 3:38 PM ^
Happens every single time when a QB is a full time starter and they stopped keeping the ball for whatever reason. Hopefully, it's not a trend for JJ going forward.
September 24th, 2022 at 3:53 PM ^
Hopefully, it isn’t a coaching directive.
September 24th, 2022 at 4:18 PM ^
Possible. Might be a little different if Cade were healthy.
September 24th, 2022 at 6:48 PM ^
Or when qb fumbles.
September 24th, 2022 at 6:28 PM ^
Meyer wondered during the broadcast if he was told not to run.
September 24th, 2022 at 3:34 PM ^
Nothing like kicking off the ball and then going up 7-0, 8 seconds into the game. We were on pace for 3,000 points.
September 25th, 2022 at 9:12 AM ^
Actually the time on the game clock was 14:57 when Michigan was kicking the extra point. That has to be a Michigan all time record for fastest TD scored to start a game. I mean, how can you get a faster TD?
September 24th, 2022 at 3:34 PM ^
BC is a stud. Great game for JJ to learn. He learned and he led the team in the fourth quarter to win it. Everyone wanted to see how this team will perform against a legit team and they did decent. Hats off to MD. I thought their OL did a great job.
September 24th, 2022 at 3:55 PM ^
Aside from all of the uncalled holds, yeah Maryland's OL played great.
September 24th, 2022 at 4:23 PM ^
Maryland held all day. No calls from the refs. WTF.
September 24th, 2022 at 4:25 PM ^
I'm interested to see what the UFR says but it did not seem to me that this was a result of an onslaught of uncalled holds. Helt like our guys just did not get the job done for most of the game.
September 24th, 2022 at 4:41 PM ^
I saw mixture of both
September 24th, 2022 at 4:40 PM ^
Maryland had zero penalties, but I saw multiple on key plays
September 24th, 2022 at 5:04 PM ^
Going to have to figure out how to deal with that. It's a really, really old pattern Michigan gets hosed by that.
September 24th, 2022 at 4:14 PM ^
I agree that JJ did a good job in the 4th quarter. However, if that Maryland player had come down in bounds with the interception in the end zone, we might be singing a different tune. Still, the game was never seriously in doubt.
September 24th, 2022 at 4:27 PM ^
I would have been more upset with the second down call that put us in 3/8 on a short field against a team that just wants to drop into zone. Spread it down on second and take whatever that is given instead of running into a stacked box.
September 24th, 2022 at 9:38 PM ^
The Maryland DB (or any player) would've had to have 7ft long arms to have come down IB with that ball.
September 25th, 2022 at 8:47 AM ^
Be glad they didn't put Taco Pants in number 0 and move him to DB.
September 25th, 2022 at 9:24 AM ^
The game was 100% in doubt until we went up 15 points with 3:31 remaining in the 4th quarter. And the missed opportunity was Michigan stopping them on the next drive and putting the game away on offense. The last 3:31 is the part of the game that gives me some pause. It was still Michigan's two-deep playing. Yes, we were certainly bend but don't break but we broke...TWICE...in the red zone.
September 24th, 2022 at 3:34 PM ^
In the past 15 years (not counting last season) this game likely would have resulted in a gut punch loss. Even on an off day, this team is talented enough to pull out the win. May they learn from their mistakes, clean them up and improve. Let's Go Blue and beat the Hawkeyes!
September 24th, 2022 at 3:35 PM ^
It was nice knowing Haskins was going to pick up 2-3 yards on every 3rd or 4th and short. While Corum’s I’m just going to score a TD take is a little unorthodox, I think I prefer it.
September 24th, 2022 at 3:40 PM ^
It's nice to see those plays, but he's not going to get those every game. Corum still looks like he can get the short yardage when Michigan needs it, though.
September 24th, 2022 at 3:35 PM ^
Blake is a star. But we're not going to beat Iowa by just running him from under center.
September 24th, 2022 at 3:43 PM ^
I mean we might.
September 24th, 2022 at 4:46 PM ^
They might even try..
September 24th, 2022 at 3:35 PM ^
Blake Corum for Heisman
September 24th, 2022 at 3:36 PM ^
Blake Corum has filled the Hassan Haskins void! Roman Wilson did his thing and had a TD pass. JJ scrambled well but miss too many deep passes. Can't forget Schoonmaker as he was gem on offense.
A lot to be desired but they still scored 34 points.
September 24th, 2022 at 4:19 PM ^
Actually, he does not fill the Haskins void. Blake remains a lightning player. We need Edwards back and to find the thunder.