MGoLateNight: Offensive MVP?

Submitted by WichitanWolverine on

It's late, and probably only the West Coasters and youngins are awake, but I haven't seen much discussion on the matter. So flat out, who is your offensive MVP?

My vote is Ty Isaac. I thought he was consistent tonight and even though he didn't make any major plays, he plugged away and moved the chains. JBB was also thrown into the fire and came out as cold rolled steel, in my opinion.

I think a more educated opinion might point to the right side of the line, but I need to rewatch before drawing that conclusion. 

So what say you?

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cincygoblue

October 2nd, 2016 at 2:21 AM ^

Hard to have an offensive MVP in a game where we only score 14 points, but I think Speight deserves because of his mental toughness.

On another note, I was hoping at this point we might see another TE emerging. Not that I don't love seeing Jake Butt getting the catches, but no one else seems like an option.



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JonnyHintz

October 2nd, 2016 at 3:24 AM ^

Part of that is the TE system Michigan employs. A pass catching type TE (Butt and Bunting) and a blocking TE (Asiasi and Wheatley). While obviously the pass catching TEs do block and the blocking TE's can catch passes. The way the plays are designed and executed, it seems to follow this trend.

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Lancer

October 2nd, 2016 at 2:22 AM ^

Ty's vision and patience created some amazing runs. I also noticed him blocking well. If his ball security wasn't shaky, he'd be the lead back. 

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JonnyHintz

October 2nd, 2016 at 3:31 AM ^

Really? I saw 350 yards of offense against a top 10 defense. Was it a perfect game? No. But we successfully ran the ball and were relatively efficient all game long. The kicking game left 9 points out there. All this against a team that allowed 3 offensive TDs in their 4 games this season. Overall, a solid showing against an elite defense. Not a Freddy P Soft sighting.

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JonnyHintz

October 2nd, 2016 at 3:52 AM ^

That's all I was asking. Who you had as the possible other top defense. Could have been MSU. As bad as they're playing as a team right now, their D has still performed relatively well. I personally feel like Ohio State is going to be the most explosive defense we play (speed and creating turnovers) but Wisconsin will be the hardest to move the ball and score on.

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UMForLife

October 2nd, 2016 at 6:33 AM ^

I can see that. We had 23 with the three missed FGs. We had dumb penalties that killed the drives and drops didn't help either. So it is possible. We were able to do that because of our defense. If OSU cannot stop the grinding drives of Wisconsin, then they will not get the opportunity to score 40. We will see in two weeks.

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CoverZero

October 2nd, 2016 at 5:01 AM ^

I disagree.  There was not a lot of separation between Michigan WRs and Wisconsin DBs all night.  Coverage was very tight.  Wisconsin's D is the real deal and was impressive at taking most Michigan routes away while still getting good pressure on Speight.  They are not easy to throw the ball on. 

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ThadMattasagoblin

October 2nd, 2016 at 2:43 AM ^

Speight always seems to start out well then go in a funk for a bit. I did think that Harbaugh needed to throw more in this game. We'd run on first down for two yards then run again for another and then throw on 3rd and 7. If we'd throw a short pass on 1st down, we wouldn't have been behind the sticks.

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UofM626

October 2nd, 2016 at 2:51 AM ^

That Isaac needs to get more and more carries! He by far has the best vision and most talent out there. Smith is to indecisive for me, Isaac make as a cut and runs hard...

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Esterhaus

October 2nd, 2016 at 2:56 AM ^

 

Not that I was exactly pleased with his play overall tonight. He dug some holes for the team and only by the grace of god escaped major self-inflicted negative game-changers. I see the case for Isaac, at times clutch, yet his bobbling the ball gets him down voted. Some on the O line repose at the other end of the spectrum. BTW some of us work late and we are not young. Only beginning to drink a little at 2pm zulu. We won tonight dontcha know.

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CoverZero

October 2nd, 2016 at 4:59 AM ^

It was an odd game on offense.  Several times in the first half, it seemed as if Michigan was taking total control of the game on both lines.  Then Newsome got injured, the strange penalties started happening, pass protection broke down often, 3 FG were missed etc.

Those 14 pts felt a lot more like 28 when it was all said and done.  Wisconsin was going to do nothing vs. the Michigan D.

Id go with Darboh as Offensive MVP.  He had one bad drop for a would be first down, but had solid numbers and the TD otherwise.  Good game for him.

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