Kevin13

September 12th, 2016 at 10:18 AM ^

teams do improve. This is not the same Colorado team of a few seasons ago, or even last year. They have some talent and most starters are upper classman. This is going to be a test, I truley believe they are a better team then Penn State. I think 20 point spread is a little high in this game also.

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Hail Harbo

September 11th, 2016 at 7:08 PM ^

The DE in question was 93, Lawrence Marshall.  He crashed in from the left side and totally gave up the edge.  Of the linemen, only Glasgow took the correct angle in pursuit, though Marshall did end up mirroring him.  And yes, had Thomas taken a better angle then the runner would have been boxed in by the sideline, Marshall, and Glasgow for a 15 or 20 yard gain.  But, the run was always going to be a 1st down as soon as the unblocked Marshall ignored setting the edge.

The greater point though is that the teaching moment took place during a blowout.

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bleeker

September 11th, 2016 at 6:53 PM ^

UFRs are what I live for, but I don't think we need one to know that Thomas had an uncharacteristic whiff on the chance to make an open field tackle. He should've at least moved far enough outside so that the runner had to choose between stepping out of bounds, or funneling into Thomas' help on the inside.

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Ronnie Kaye

September 11th, 2016 at 10:18 PM ^

Why do you have to wait til UFR? The whole game is on YouTube and it's the exact same video of the game Brian will be watching. People can watch it, pause it and make their own conclusions.

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clarkiefromcanada

September 11th, 2016 at 8:15 PM ^

I mean, FFS, posters like Michigan Skeptic just make me laugh. Don Brown is not showing anything beyond the most vanilla of his scheme against these teams. Leaves nothing on film.

Only a certain element of Michigan fans could find 30 plus point wins (never in doubt) a concern. Apparently memories of beating Akron on the last play of games in the Big House are quickly forgotten in this new era.

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grumbler

September 11th, 2016 at 9:45 PM ^

I love reading homers so Homer that they completely miss the point of other peoples' posts.  I saw things in the game yesterday that concerned me.  So did Skeptic, and so did the coaches. FFS, for you to scoff at the idea that there are concerns about some aspects of the game just indicates that you have abdicated intellectual considerations of the team in favor of pure romantic homerism.

But do keep it up because, as I said, it is most amusing and I love reading brainless homerism.

 

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clarkiefromcanada

September 12th, 2016 at 9:21 AM ^

Wow, thanks for that insightful analysis coach. /smh

"Abdicated intellectual considerations"

I'll tell you what I *have* abdicated...I've abdicated silly intellectualization and foolish complaining when the team rolls a cupcake and shows nothing but vanilla scheme on purpose.

You keep keeping on though, genius.

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