BlueCube

January 1st, 2016 at 4:47 PM ^

Brian posted this on twitter.

 

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BlueCube

January 1st, 2016 at 4:59 PM ^

Read the link on the second post. The exact play Florida ran is referenced.

 

2. Second and 10 at the A-45. Quarterback A12 is in a “shotgun” formation. All players are stopped for a full second when A12 turns (no false start) and begins to trot toward his sideline in apparent confusion about what play is to be called or whether the coach wants to request a timeout. He is moving parallel to his end line and is almost to his sideline when the ball is snapped to A45 who is five yards behind the snapper. A45 then completes a forward pass to A12 for a long gain. RULING: Unsportsmanlike conduct for an unfair act to deceive the opponents. The referee may impose any penalty he deems reasonable. In this case the penalty is for a live-ball foul, 15 yards at the previous spot and the down is repeated. Second and 25 at the A-30. (9-2-3-c)"

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Mr. Yost

January 1st, 2016 at 6:55 PM ^

Players run in motion all the time.

People run the direct snap to the RB all the time with the QB motioning out like he's changing the play. I didn't mind that part.

The part that I missed was the QB was WALKING TOWARDS THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE!!!

You have to be going parallel to the LOS and he was checking to the OG and taking steps towards the line. That should've been illegal shift and a 5 yard penalty.

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Picktown GoBlue

January 1st, 2016 at 4:52 PM ^

Drake, Houma, Chris Perry - great to see lots of folks contributing in this game.  Very multi-dimensional.  Without Peppers.

Also nice to only need to punt once without O'Neill.

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SWPro

January 1st, 2016 at 4:53 PM ^

Adjustments to Harris in the second half were great. The first half was a little bit flashback inducing with some of his runs.

 

Great day overall though. Pretty excited with all the returners.

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Rabbit21

January 1st, 2016 at 5:03 PM ^

Major PTSD in the first half with how well they moved the ball, great second half adjustments, well done.

Also, where the hell was the 1st half version of Nussmeier last year?



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rob f

January 3rd, 2016 at 9:58 AM ^

Florida and Nussmeier really did anything in the first half that was all that scary and felt that Michigan was in control defensively most of the way, even though Florida picked up some yards.  Many of those yards were as the result of broken plays where the QB was running for his life (and had the wheels and escapability that allowed him to get some yards); I didn't see anything that Michigan wasn't going to be able to stop with a few adjustments.

The most frustrating thing to me in the first half was the way Harris was allowed to throw the ball away several times when about to be sacked (a couple of those, IMO, could have been flagged).  I kept hoping for the adjustment to penetrate with a pass rush/blitz  from the back side to keep him botttled up inside the tackle box.  After halftime, we got that and that played a major part in how dominating our defense became.

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DanDiego1999

January 1st, 2016 at 5:07 PM ^

Visions of big-game defensive meltdowns were in my head for much of the 1st half.  Credit to Mattison for making good adjustments and unleashing our athletes 2nd half!

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BlueinLansing

January 1st, 2016 at 5:19 PM ^

"great", but lets not kid ourselve that Florida offense was as advertised.  How they won the SEC East with that monstrosity is a real mystery to me.  Tenn and Geo are both much better overall teams.

 

 

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funkywolve

January 1st, 2016 at 9:10 PM ^

played Tennessee when Grier was the starter.  Florida, like Tennessee, usually has a front loaded schedule in conference play.  They only had 4 conference games left when Grier was suspended:  LSU - loss, Geogia - win, Vandy - win and South Carolina - win.  Vandy and the Gamecocks weren't good and Florida's defense won those games.

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WolverineHistorian

January 1st, 2016 at 5:23 PM ^

I cannot stress enough how thrilling it was to see the defense do what they did today, despite a very frustrating first half. 

If you look back at our bowl appearences over the last 20 years, we've either won shootouts or been blown out in all but 2 bowls.  The defense has not had a performance like this since the 94 Hall of Fame Bowl against NC State, which Todd Collins/Tyrone Wheatley/Derrick Alexander won 42-7. 

That was pretty amazing what they did out there today.  I'm sooooo happy. 

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WolverineHistorian

January 1st, 2016 at 7:40 PM ^

The complaining in the first half was justified.  Florida converted 6 of 8 on third down conversions.  They got separation from the Michigan secondary a few times.  Two bombs were thrown perfectly and they were still dropped.  They had three good drives but came away with only 7 points because of a failed fake FG attempt and a mind blowingly dumb end zone interception pass by Florida's QB.  They also had a chance at a hail mary to end the half because our D gave up a 3rd & 18...on a running play!     

I felt VERY fortunate for us to be up 17-7 at the half.  But the second half?  That was pure domination.  It was porn.  They really got their act together the second half of the game.     

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RainbowSprings

January 1st, 2016 at 5:33 PM ^

I thought we were screwed. Quite a turnaround there. Congrats to Mattison and crew for making appropriate adjustments. FL only got like another 144 yards the rest of the game.

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WhoopinStick

January 1st, 2016 at 6:38 PM ^

Why is it when Jake Butt breaks the huddle early and "hides" by the sidelines before going out for a pass it's an " attempt to deceive " penalty, but when the QB is behind the center, then starts barking out instructions to the other players like they often do, and the center snaps it to the running back while this is going on, that this is not an " attempt to deceive " penalty?



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Saint_in_Blue

January 1st, 2016 at 6:56 PM ^

I think Florida had less than 50 total yards in the second half. I the 3rd quarter alone Michigan had a TOP over 11 minutes and outgained Florida 160ish-2. It was ridiculously fantastic!

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